Dave-gerous E21

[Stephen]

i like where this is headed

[Dave-ger]

thanks.

haven't done much on the car in the last few months because of school, work, weather, other stuff, and I've been distracted with this:




it's been a work in progress for a couple years now, has a couple things done to it that were not done in that pic. it got neglected during the time I was getting the car drivable, then I broke a front axle, then I fixed that and modified a bunch of stuff on it, the car has been mostly put asside lately.

today, I did kind of mount a new back seat and de-cluster some of my wiring a bit, more on that later.

[Holland]

Sweet thread bump! I was wondering what happened to the car?

[Dave-ger]

some pics of the original engine, decided to take it apart before recycling it, made it much easier to handle, and I got to see why it was seized.





it turned over real easy once the head was off... weird.

there is a little more progress on the car since my last post on here, I'll be sure to get you all posted on the bit of progress soon.

[Dave-ger]

well, it's a little different looking:






all red tails son:


welded the stock E21 shifter to the FB one, the throw is a bit longer, but being able to reach the shifter comfortably will be pretty nice. I also like how it makes it look like I've molested the car less than I really have.


more to come of course, stay tuned.

[Dave-ger]

I've tuned it a bit and I've done a few cosmetic things, I've been meaning to get pics, I'll post them when I have them.

the wheels are not alpinas as far as I know, they are just standard stock E21 wheels painted with polished lips. I'm getting 15's for it one day soonish.

and I don't know about the roof rack idea, I used to want one and have it decked out with semi-useless but awesome stuff because it looked great on some VW's, then I got tired of seeing so many cars with that kind of stuff, and I'd feel like a fool and a wantabe VW if I did that. maybe it will get a bike rack one day strictly for functionality. If I do, I'll try and make sure it's era specific, at least for the most part.

[Holland]

Any updates? I love those Alpina's on that car even if they are a bit small.

[yberther]

needs a roof rack ;)

[eld4au6]

i love slammed e21s

[Dave-ger]

you bet it is!

[namsayin]

^ is that a dinosaur on the door?

[Dave-ger]

adjusted the suspension a bit, I'll show you all the rest of what I've been working on later.

[Dave-ger]

bought the wheels from the parts car back, the dude I sold them to painted them and polished the lips, and he put some good tires on them.

[Dave-ger]

what is up with the dinosaurs?

jealous?


what do you mean? why wouldn't I have dinos on it? they are freaking awesome, it also advertises what kind of fuel I use.

perhaps I will post it on bimmer forums, and I live in bend to answer that question.

[wayfast]

dude, that's awesome. you need to post this on bimmerforums e21 section.

dinos rule