Eric's Mtech2 Vert

[Cabriolet]

Rebuild 1: Blown water pump and seeping headgasket. replaced rings, bearings, and all gaskets, new PS pump, and manual swap.
Rebuild 2. Headgasket blew bc I had used VR stuff. bolts had streched
Rebuild 3. Noticed bad oil consumption this summer at high speeds. on thanksgiving all the top rings let go and the second compression ring let go in cylinders 2 and 3. giving me 50psi on compression test. so i did a light refresh on LBV's donor car's engine and after it was in and running found out that the head or headgasket was bad so I changed both. also did brand new eccentrics, bolts, nuts etc on the previous head so it's running near perfect now.

[Cabriolet]

I finally got the whole video together. So here is 7 days of work in 4 minutes.

[P.Kelly]

Video is private...

[Cabriolet]

fixed. thx man

[Cabriolet]

Finally fished my sub install today.
also Dynamated all around the rear speakers, sub ports and frame holes.

sub finished by Eric Berger, on Flickr

[reelizmpro]

Impressions?

[Cabriolet]

Impressions?

you, know having a near identical car to me, how bad stock audio is. Luke has out done himself on making the power top box. it's not booming base but it's clear and rich sounding. and the dynamate got rid a few of the side speaker vibrations.

[///schwartzman]

Nice job! I wanted a 10" Luke Beast Box but I have a rear strut bar so I had to rethink that.

[Cabriolet]

Nice job! I wanted a 10" Luke Beast Box but I have a rear strut bar so I had to rethink that.

there is 100% no reason for a rear strut bar in an M3, there is no torsional support on a 3point rear suspenssion. ditch it for a luke sub box.

[Cabriolet]

After a 16 month wait my rear seats leather came and Todd and I installed them last week.

Today waiting for my wife's plane to land I took some pics of the car, dirty but w/e.



Well worth the wait. The leather is the best interior I have ever sat on.

[MR 325]

Very nice!

[F34R]

Why do all that work on the engine before and swap it in with a bad HG? Or did you put a new one on and it just fouled up?

Nice build and enjoyed the porn music ;)

[einhander]

Good project! Well done.

[Cabriolet]

Why do all that work on the engine before and swap it in with a bad HG? Or did you put a new one on and it just fouled up?

Nice build and enjoyed the porn music ;)

i was told it was a running good engine. was just a blown HG, so swapped to a known good head and new HG/bolts. I have a bunch of good heads at home

[Cabriolet]

Today we spent the evening getting the car ready to sell.
we painted the engine bay

paint scratch paint is nearly 100% identical

then I finally put on the euro grills



Rear wheel bearings were done a few weeks ago. now just fix the AC and the power line to the antenna (short somewhere)


PS:
forgot to add that the new rear window is in and the new rear seat is in.


And the Dinan exhaust tips are on so that now the exhaust tips fit the body kit.