picked up a 33 year old MILF - non-e30 content

[kronus]

^ I think my sideloader is an LSD. have to double-check, though. The trans is 5spd and close-ratio, also.

[1craze30]

keep the M90. euro M90's are 10.5:1 compression. really stout motor. and dogleg to boot!! most euro's were slicktops also. btw nice find on the euro. im beginning to love my 6 more and more. every time i fix something, it makes me happier. i still have a soft spot for the e30's though. have you found out if your side-loader is an lsd? those things are so rare.

[browntown]

http://www.malloc.nl/BMW/635CSi/pages/en/index.html

ask and you'll receive

edit: nevermind, thats not quite the etk, let me look in my home computer

[kronus]

Very cool car. I'm glad plug wires got you some good progress to keep morale up. I vote to keep em both.

Thanks, and you're completely right, the morale boost was wonderful.

Car's at a shop now, getting coolant, oil, and a general suspension inspection. (mainly, I didn't feel like messing with fluids after doing an e30 headgasket on Saturday/Sunday)

I got the front windows to work again by cleaning out the switches - they're a much better design than the e30 ones! Come apart easier, less fiddly bits inside. However, the back windows still do not work. Anyone have a ETK for early E24s handy?

[Lof8]

Very cool car. I'm glad plug wires got you some good progress to keep morale up. I vote to keep em both.

[kronus]

Wierd question, do you wear adidas samba shoes? Looks like a really cool car. I would love to have a euro bmw one day.

...Yes. Wut?

[325ix]

Wierd question, do you wear adidas samba shoes? Looks like a really cool car. I would love to have a euro bmw one day.

[hi its me alec]

Love and keep both cars, fix 6er floor, be happy :D

[kronus]

That floor could be a gamebreaker for you? Damn, I want your life

Haha, I meant in the sense of deciding whether I DD the 6 and part the e30, or flip the 6 and look for a new car. Still not decided.

[hi its me alec]

That floor could be a gamebreaker for you? Damn, I want your life

[Turf1600]

The floor isn't that bad. It sounds like you have a lot of intake leaks.

[kronus]

seems like a fairly uncommon car at this point, i'd do my best to keep it original if it were mine.

I'm keeping it as original as possible, OEM+. The coilover plans are just because it's impossible to find aftermarket suspension for E12-based E24s. Not going supar-stiff-racing-man, just low and firm like a proper car.

More photo dump!

I joined a Lemons team, Team Jaywatch. This is Cheezy, our chariot, in the process of a headgasket replacement. My car looms in the background.


This is Cheezy after the gasket R&R and re-bolt-everything-back-together. Only 3 extra nuts/bolts!


E24 gettin' some gas.


German German German. The novelty wears off.


Got polite-company taillights. I'm thinking I want to black out the area between them with some flat black paint and pull the bumper back to the correct position (it had a minor ding before my relationship with the car began)

[8380 Labs]

seems like a fairly uncommon car at this point, i'd do my best to keep it original if it were mine.

[619E30]

s38 swap?

[kronus]

Well, what do you know. Changed out the spark plug wires and it runs 100% better, even has some power.

Also, took out the old taillights and put in a set that hasn't been smoked by a monkey. Looks much better. Photos tomorrow.

Next items in the project:

- Swap out smashed door with good one. Look into paint for it.
- Pull rear seats. There is some moisture behind them, it seems.
- fix all the windows
- fix leak, wherever the hell it is
- order Dynamat, cover the trans tunnel and footwells. Reinstall carpet.
- Engine maintenance: coolant, oil, distributor, spark plugs, AFM boot, air filter, oil filter. Radiator shroud.
- Short-shifter, bushings for the shifter carrier and mounts, cause holy crap.


Eventually:

- Suspension (custom coils, probably)
- Wheels/tires (looking at staggered setups or Style 32s)
- E30 Sport seats up front. Dye rear seats black.