Reap3rs E30 Bought back, Now M52B28

[Reap3r]

Having a 3.73 with around 60% lockup...

You will splooge, my friend. It's a fantaaaaaastic feeling.

Thats what I want to hear. Will be even better once I get the boost flowing & over 200-250whp!

[Vtec?lol]

Love the work. The meat on those tires really get's me hot!
*starts unbuttoning shirt*

[Reap3r]

So I ended up selling my M3 Evo 2 Interior to bergies last weekend. & I just received 2 of these in the mail :D



Now I just have to wait for the rails for them to turn up next week & they'll go in. Next on the list of upgrades is most likely going to be Z3 Rack & some form of BBK. & finally after all the brakes & suspension are tuned it will be time for a exhaust ecu & a tune.

[grt]

What a shitbox :P

[Reap3r]

What a shitbox :P

Pffttttt, at least your changing the colour of yours. Can't have 2 Dswartz E30's with black & red wheels & semi's cruising around brisbane lol.

[bmwguy325is]

I like the sparco upgrade. They are not the most compfy though.

[Reap3r]

I like the sparco upgrade. They are not the most compfy though.

Comfort isn't too much of an issue, It is only a weekend car & from sitting in them they feel plenty compfortable enough. That seems to be the way with bucket seats. They never look compfy but they actually are, I can see the only problem would be if doing a long drive of over 2-3hrs.

[Reap3r]

So not too many updates except that I got the new seats in. Rear seat belts all removed & holes plugged up so that I can get a modification plate. Also gave the car a buff last weekend.

[2002maniac]

terrific build!

[jules325i]

Pffttttt, at least your changing the colour of yours. Can't have 2 Dswartz E30's with black & red wheels & semi's cruising around brisbane lol.

Geez your in brissy i didn't know that there are alot of pimped e30 in oz

[Reap3r]

Geez your in brissy i didn't know that there are alot of pimped e30 in oz

Yeah there are a few nice e30s in bris, Majority of them are off the road getting builds done though. Everything just takes so much time & then other little things come into it. I still have to sort out a BBK, new tyres & get my suspension setup a bit better. Then it will be exhaust, ecu & tune then turbo.

Sometime early next year I expect it to be turbo & making power.

[Reap3r]

Not a whole massive update. Over the last week or so I've done a little bit of work on the car here & there & ordered a few things.

Friday Arvo I ordered some new tyres as the Old R888's were getting a lil bit too illegal. Ended up going for 225/50r16 Kuhmo Ku36's all around. This makes the front end a little bit more agressive looking too.


On saturday I removed my ground controls & put thin 1.5mm rubber top & bottom of each spring to try and quieten them down and make me not feel like my car was falling apart due to the obscenely loud noise the spring moving on the adjusters made. It made such a massive difference & now sounds like a stock car.

This morning I spent a little bit of time just tidying up the engine bay generally so that its a little bit neater. Still a long way to go, but waiting on a few things to arrive before going any further.



I'm expecting my turbo manifold to turn up sometime this week. Also picking up braided lines for remote oil filter housing & oil cooler setup today. Also have all the gaskets & a few other bits and pieces on the way from Pelican. So in 2-3 weeks I am hoping to have the oil cooler setup done, All the guages in & functioning correctly. 1000km Oil change & enough money in the bank to send the car to get the rest of the exhaust system fabricated that I got quoted for yesterday (3 inch system all the way back with magnaflow cat, res & rear muffler. Still not sure If I'll keep the resonator just yet).

[Dj Buttchug]

If we ever met in person we would be great friends.

[Reap3r]

So I got a call yesterday & got told that Now I have another week and a half off work. Sigh ohh well gives me time to get all the jobs on the e30 done that I didn't have time for.

This morning I wired up the Defi Gauges into the power source.


After that I figured it was time to get down & start work on the remote filter housing, & Oil cooler setup as I need to get that in before I can hook the sensors into the gauges. So I got the Air box, Alternator, Oil filter housing off this arvo & also cleaned up the remote filter housing & gave it a quick coat of paint. Will have some more updates tomoro :)

[bergie_318is]

sucks about your work bro, hopefully it all picks up again soon! ps harrys thurs?