Absorbantnut's '87 325is

[AbsorbantNut]

Can you explain this belina tight thing to me? I must've missed it!

It's something my friends tell me to help me remember to check my torque specs after a few mishaps It was taken far enough where stickers were made and Jay gave me this at the track


And here's what I'm trying to do with the engine bay. Black krinkle & chrome, but I still need to touch up a lot of things. Just posting my progress so far:p

[saturnv7890]

I like it! A little cleaner than my engine bay right now... that thing is slowly becoming a bigger and bigger mess with every problem I have

[ST1G]

Awesome build mate, I just read the whole thing. I like the turbo set up, doesn't seem too complicated. I'd like to do something like that. Would you recommend it? Recommend starting with the second larger turbo?

I dig the rust, its unique. I liked the green accents too, especially the valve cover, kinda sad to see it go.

[AbsorbantNut]

Gonna be out of commission for the next few months guys, broke my ulna and radius. Two plates & 13 screws later and I'm back in action, well kinda lol

[ST1G]

Gonna be out of commission for the next few months guys, broke my ulna and radius. Two plates & 13 screws later and I'm back in action, well kinda lol

Wow, that blows. Good luck recovering man.

How did you do that?

[IronFreak]

Wow, that blows. Good luck recovering man.

How did you do that?

Second this!

[AbsorbantNut]

Skateboarding! Tried a 360 flip & ate it

[kts]

Ouch! That X-Ray hurts to look at.

Sorry for the bad luck. :(

[AbsorbantNut]

I have a few things coming in the mail ;)

[AbsorbantNut]

So I have been healing up fairly quickly. I have a good amount of mobility back in my arm, here's a more recent picture. Sorry for the large pictures in advance, my smarter smart phone broke the day before I broke my arm.



^^ That's from where they operated to put in the plates. I have one scar on each side of the arm. I haven't let this break slow me down though! My roommate was able to get his TA to weld my junkyard bov flange onto my charge pipe, allowing me to finally have some sort of pressure release valve.


I tightened the valve all the way, but it still leaked. So I ordered an ebay knock off of the Greddy Type-RS blow off valve. I haven't had it in the car yet because the flange is a different size than my current one:puppy:


I also ordered up a 4 gauge center vent panel from r3v member jaywood. It arrived very quickly, I would recommend him if you need any panels! Now that I had the panel I needed some stuff to fill it up with...so I ordered an oil pressure gauge and a real boost gauge!


I wired up the gauges Friday and installed the oil pressure sending unit last night & everything works! Now I just need to fill that fourth hole; I'm debating EGT vs water temp. Or if anyone knows something better, feel free to suggest it.

[saturnv7890]

Fuck yeah the boost gauge looks nice sittin there ;)

I'd vote oil temp, that way you know when the oil's warm enough to start beating on the car

[AbsorbantNut]

Took two more videos after some AFM adjustment. Still need to refine some things, but it's quick! Excuse the terrible shifting, I just got approved to drive.

[Jb325is]

I saw this car at Daytona in the paddock last weekend.. I knew I'd seen it on the forums. Looks quick!

[jaywood]

Glad to see the gauge panel worked out for you! Looks and sounds great man

[AbsorbantNut]

Not much has been done in a month. Spaced out the rear wheels 5mm more, rewired the AFM, and ground down some more paint.