89 Schwarz 24v Project

[TexasTerp]

Nice Project! Looking forward to seeing how it works out!

[rbartongrimley]

are you going 5 lug?

Not going 5 lug. I got a really good deal from a friend on a brand new ground control set. Couldn't pass it up!

[MR 325]

cool whip. you should have grabbed those ds2's while you were at it! :D

They are DS1. :)

[iXguido]

are you going 5 lug?

[rbartongrimley]

cool whip. you should have grabbed those ds2's while you were at it! :D

Still have the e36 and everything else on it sitting in my lot :D

[freeride53]

cool whip. you should have grabbed those ds2's while you were at it! :D

[rbartongrimley]

I doubt anyone remembers, but I had planned on doing this swap into a bronzit shell I had, BUT decided to go another route. I am a full time Physics student right now, so finding time for my cars has been very very hard. Today was my first day of winter break, so I got right to work.

I also figured I should start a thread for me to keep track of what I am doing on my e30. Ground Control, s50, UUC, Borbet, Treehouse Racing, IE, and tons of other types of win. (The s50, ZF tranny, and Steering rack I am using are out of an E36 M3 that I had).

Here is the car when I first picked it up. The previous owner had a valve tick or something odd, and let it go for very cheap. The car is very clean, and has an almost brand spotless interior.
















NOW TO TODAY 12/13/2010

Pulled out the entire front suspension (control arms, struts... etc). Got started on cleaning the motor and getting all of the unused garbage off of it (air conditioning, power steering). I am heading over to a friends to weld in reinforcements for the front sub-frame, and I will also be starting to assemble my coil overs (will have pics of that tomorrow).








I also found a HUGE rats nest under my steering column (all fell out when I undid the knee bolster). Apparently sitting outside for 3 months with no interaction forced my car to try and make new friends.




Will have more updates this coming week!