It's business time

[chadthestampede]

Here we go again.

Some of you may remember this:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=115261

and this:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=145982

But it's time to start anew. I picked up a clean, 4 door, schwarz '88 325i from a guy in Cleveland, mostly because it was rust free (florida car) and close at the right time and exactly what I wanted. Basically every wear part has been replaced by him (another reason I bought it) Here's a pic from the PO:




I decided to pull the engine this weekend, which may have been a bad idea because the weather has been a balmy 9 degrees for the last few days, and my garage has no door.





Hopefully I can get it pulled tomorrow.

This thread will probably be updated slowly and without frequency, I'm not sure why I decided to start this project in this god-forsaken weather.

[ColdAccord]

that garage is no stranger to e30 swaps. If you listen carefully, the wind still whispers the anthem of the fatherland

[chadthestampede]

that garage is no stranger to e30 swaps. If you listen carefully, the wind still whispers the anthem of the fatherland

I called Anne and she said God has a plan for me.


EDIT: and now it has all those boxes in it that you left. Taking up my space.

[ColdAccord]

sweet, so you can just relax and chill. god will do all the work

[Super Sedan]

Keep on truckin man! I feel ya on the cold, it isn't much warmer here.

[decay]

looks like a good score from here. get to work!

[Iain]

Read the thread title and all I could think of was Flight Of The Conchords...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcX7BVddxSo

[chadthestampede]

Read the thread title and all I could think of was Flight Of The Conchords...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcX7BVddxSo

You get a free back rub for being the first one to get it.

[ColdAccord]

EDIT: and now it has all those boxes in it that you left. Taking up my space.

I went to grab one of the boxes to use and she started using my boxes to put books in. so I said eff it and left them all there

[chadthestampede]

I went to grab one of the boxes to use and she started using my boxes to put books in. so I said eff it and left them all there

That's alright, I was kidding of course.

When she told me about it she was like 'Oh, Andre left all these boxes in here' and then started talking about how you had parts in them or something. The way she made it sound I started to think you left a bunch of parts in there.

Then when I opened them expecting tons of euro goodies they were empty.

[chadthestampede]

Got the m20 out by myself, which of course called for me hopping into the engine bay and lifting the tranny out. I then celebrating what a mountain of a man I was by roaring and beating on my chest. The neighbors were confused, scared, and inexplicably aroused.

The m20 leaves with a local guy on Thursday, which is when the real fun will start. And by real fun I mean it will sit there for weeks while until I feel like lugging the m30 up here to put in.

In the meantime I'm going to swap the db's out for plastics. More pics later.

[Iain]

Got the m20 out by myself, which of course called for me hopping into the engine bay and lifting the tranny out. I then celebrating what a mountain of a man I was by roaring and beating on my chest. The neighbors were confused, scared, and inexplicably aroused.

You were probably dressed like Old Gregg. Has happened to me before. No matter, just offer some Baileys from a shoe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydr8a3UHUy4

[Ray Smoodiver]

You were probably dressed like Old Gregg. Has happened to me before. No matter, just offer some Baileys from a shoe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydr8a3UHUy4

It was a Nazi! A Nazi man!

[Iain]

It was a movie for the funny fuzzy tingle times...

Squishy boots!

[chadthestampede]

easy now fuzzy lit'l man-peach

that movie gave me a chewy nougat feeling inside.


But how did you know I LARP for my engine swaps?

When I pull an engine I feel like a victorious viking.

rub a dub dub