Reap3rs E30 Bought back, Now M52B28

[Reap3r]

heh customs can be a PITA like that. I probably need to order the few little things I need very soon!

Yeah well normally I get stuff from pelican within a week. Its coming up on 4 weeks now and still no idea when its going to arrive.:( After the engine goes back in comes the big job of saving money to buy a turbo & get a manifold & dump pipe made.

[euroshark]

What sort of paint are you using on the aluminum parts? It looks great!

[Reap3r]

What sort of paint are you using on the aluminum parts? It looks great!

Its just a 3M Aluminium caliper paint, I'm hoping that it will be temperature resistant enough. The aluminium came out clean after being put in the super wash but it wasn't consistant enough, So painting it makes all the peices look identical at least :)

[e30guydownunder]

did you order custom pistons yet? Pending finding someone who can bore my block with a torque plate tomorrow I'm going to place an order with VAC

[Reap3r]

did you order custom pistons yet? Pending finding someone who can bore my block with a torque plate tomorrow I'm going to place an order with VAC

Not yet, once I get my big xmas holidays paycheck they will be ordered along with all new arp studs, bearings & head gasket.

[e30guydownunder]

I just sold my daily e30....Christmas bonus the easy way :D

[Reap3r]

I just sold my daily e30....Christmas bonus the easy way :D

I'm kind of hoping to go down that way too :P but we will have to see what my boss says.:)

[6gen91]

another very respectable build. I'm in the process of my m50 swap and my engine bay is completely down to bare metal, now its just filly all the holes and gaps, and painting. Then to the rear subframe for some more fun... haha how difficult was your rear end? any procedures you took?

[Reap3r]

The rear end wasnt too bad, I was only just starting to do stuff on my own when I did it. If I was to do it again I would probably get the bushes pressed in before painting and get it either powdercoated or spray a form of crinkle or chip resistant paint onto it.

[clutch-monkey]

man i could run a few parts through that wash of yours hey :p

[Reap3r]

man i could run a few parts through that wash of yours hey :p

I'll talk to you tonight at jdm meet, may be able to sort something out for ya :)

[Reap3r]

So after finally getting some money sorted I just ordered the rest of my engine build:

Arp studs all round
8:5:1 Cp pistons
Vac Main bearings
Vac Rod bearings
42lbs Injectors
Bosch 040 Fuel pump

Just waiting for a email back about coilovers and then they will be ordered too. Allthough being christmas time that could take a while and have to wait till next week or so.

[e30guydownunder]

*whistles*

That's a bunch of cash monies. The good news is the 8.5:1 Pistons are in stock so you won't have to worry about delivery time on those!

Not planning on E85?

[Reap3r]

*whistles*

That's a bunch of cash monies. The good news is the 8.5:1 Pistons are in stock so you won't have to worry about delivery time on those!

Not planning on E85?

E85 at the pump here has been said to not be consistant in terms of the mixes. So I don't think that it will be good for me. Mabye in a few years time when they have a nice consistant mixture I'll consider swapping some 10:1 pistons in and setting it up for E85.

Have you heard much about Gaz coilovers. Upon looking into them they look to be a pretty good deal and a lot easier due to being direct bolt in. No having to make mods to struts or anything. Also gives the advantage of coilover rear end. If I end up going down the path or that I will definently be doing some strut tower reinforcing though.

[travis816]

right on! i dig the attention to detail in this thread, i see to many people who just through theres new parts on with out cleaning, refurbishing and cheeryin out that parts, you my friends have done a great job on contrast! cats pajamas!