1991 BMW 325i Coupe - Build Thread - The end is in sight!

[MaksV]

Here we go. I got a lot of little stuff done today.

Took care of the brake fluid leak. Turned out to be a small line from Res to the MC.



Bolted computer in place.




Rolled the front fenders.






Replaced rear bumper.



found location of oil leak. Tried temp fix, need to order parts to get it permanently fixed. Wish I had known about this when I was rebuilding the engine.




Battery is now secure:



This brace is free for anyone who wants its....

[328ijunkie]

Your ECU is gonna last about 5 min right there

[MaksV]

Your ECU is gonna last about 5 min right there

Its been there for about 6 months already. No issues. At least now it is bolted into place. and water will not pool around it....

[MaksV]

Removed the stock carpet today in anticipation of doing the audio work, as well as the upcoming custom carpet. Stock carpet weights about 50lbs. shits insane, plus mine was a bit wet. yuk.

Found out i cant use my race seat, and I have been kicking myself for passing up a good deal on some nice race seats a few weeks ago, and now this just makes it so much worse. So I am back to rocking stock sport seats. Hopefully I can get the welding done and can go to town on the rest of the interior stuff.

A few rando pics from the day:


oil seals came in:


Pull all interior carpet


DIY I wrote

[MaksV]

Got a couple of things done:
-brake leak taken care of
-OFH leak dealt with
-cut down intake tube to make filter fit.












Yesterday my buddy Alex helped me weld in some new seat studs.



Much more stuff to come in the next few days.

[MaksV]

New stuff has come in for my interior project:



Put in new wires for the speakers. Decided i will go with 6x9 in the rear when the time comes. Also planning on recovering the rear shelf with black speaker carpet.

My special wiring tool. Custom made. Taking orders now. $100 shipped


wires:


yuk


anybody know what this goes to? on the passenger side next to speaker.


new wire in.


here is the rear shelf. Plan is black fabric, and 6x9 with custom covers. Gonna cover up the seatbelt holes as well.


used stock wiring locations:

[MaksV]

Made my custom carpet today. DIY is here

Pretty happy with it. could be better but good enough. Lots of pictures:

[goarmy]

your booster pic??

why is their a brake pipe running so close to the inlet pipe going to the master??

[MaksV]

why is their a brake pipe running so close to the inlet pipe going to the master??

I dont understand. can you be more specific.

[goarmy]

I dont understand. can you be more specific.

on one of your pictures you have, you are showing the master cylinder and your remote resevoir setup, well I notice right behind the first inlet pipe to the master I see another runing directly behind it kinda of strange never seen that before

[MaksV]

There are two metal lines coming of the MC. There are 4 metal lines under the car and attached to that wall. One for each wheel.

[goarmy]

There are two metal lines coming of the MC. There are 4 metal lines under the car and attached to that wall. One for each wheel.

correct but between the 4 on the braxket of the wall and master theirs one runing between the wall and master right behind the first pipe to the master... they usually come from under the master and into it. prabably got a different model thats all

[MaksV]

So my oil leak is back. Cleaned it all again, and checked it out, seems to be coming from the same place. I am guessing there is a crack somewhere in my OFH. I give up. Just gonna have to buy another one, and go from there.

[MaksV]

Updates. Got a new oil filter housing (DIY link http://e30performance.info/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1681). Mine had some sort of weird valve thing. Leak was coming from it. No idea WTF it is. Here are some camparo pics, vanos vs nv vs mine
Here is a series of comparison. The middle is a canadian NV OFH, The left is the weird one i had, and the right is a vanos M50 one.




Any thoughts?

Also put red vinyl on tails as paint was peeling.

[MaksV]

Hey guys. I am not dead, the car has not been wrecked. I have just been up to my eyeballs in school stuff, home stuff, work stuff, and life stuff. That means no time for car stuff. But we are going to change that over the next few weeks.

Short List:
-Infinity Reference Series 6x9 in the rear (ordered)
-Wink Mirror (recieved)
-Roll Rear fenders
-AC install
--custom AC lines
--R12 vs R134
--replace all other shit that needs to be replaced for this to work
-19# injectors
--new filter/pintles/orings
--sonic cleaning myself
--All parts ordered
-new harness
--cleaner engine bay, better wiring
-Rebuild Guage cluster and set milage to 0
-fix up exhaust (missing bolt, maybe replace cat with resonator, ect)
-Pull a few parts I need to get rid of.


so look forward to the updates.