1991 Mtech Build

[IronmanE30]

This is the day that I bought the Mtech from Dave. First stop Dockweiller meet.






After some clean up the first addition was putting the Mtech1 tail on:


Then I installed the Mtech II Steering Wheel and while I was working on the interior I made some minor mods to a stereo trim piece and wrapped some leather around the Husco arm rest.


I found a hardtop in Chino Hills and added that to the car. This pic is on my daily driver.


The car did not have a front valance so I had to order one from Germany
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/Ironman1256/Mtech/Mtech3.jpg

I had to do away with the autotragic and drop in a 5 speed with the Z3 3.0 shifter and MHW shift knob.


After 8 months the rims were finally done


Front end and Suspension rebuild were next in line


And here is the way she sits today


Cheers,

Jim

[e30trooper]

looks great , maybe just maybe , get some drop hats for the front. beside that your vert is very nice!

[flash 23]

looks good

[N2MYE30]

Wow, I remember this car f/s long time ago. Im glad you brought it back to something respectable. Wheel stats?

[StereoInstaller1]

Car is looking stellar. Planning on dropping the front any further? How is the engine bay coming along?

[MR 325]

Looking good Jim. This car has come a long way since I saw it in Dave's garage.

[cbouchez]

very nice! Love the wheels.

[grippymonkey]

clean ride... wheels are great

[brutus87]

Good god...thats awesome.

[VacMan]

Ahh the memories. Looking good, Jim. Glad we finally caught up again the other day, too.

[IronmanE30]

Thanks for the comments guys, I am going to see if there is any droop in the H&R sport springs and then drop the front end a little more. Drop hats are the plan. I may space the rears out another 5mm also. The rims are 15x8 RS 001 with 205/55 tires.

Here's a pick of the engine bay with the valve cover off


And with the valve cover on


Cheers,

Jim

[karzrtoyz]

Looking good!!

[robrez]

Love that color on an m-tech II!

[M-technik-3]

Nice...continue on your current path of improvements is approved.

[IronmanE30]

I borrowed some 235/40 R17 Toyo Proxes r888 tires from a friend to try out on the Hartge wheel. The rims came stock with 15mm spacers (ET25} so the stock lug bolts would not work. I found a friend with some longer wheel bolts so Raul and I were able to do the test fit. The front tires are hanging a little too far out and the fenders are sitting a little far away from the tires. I am considering changing to coil overs and camber plates to get the perfect front fitment but I will also experiment with thinner spacers. In a few weeks the wheels will go to get refinished. Here are a couple of pictures of how she came out.





You can see that I also added Euro Smilies and wipers. I have collected all the part to make the wipers and washers functional but that project will be completed a little down the road. I found some more Hartge parts that we are working out the details on now. The parts include the strut bar, valve cover, steering wheel, and maybe a cluster if my friend decides he does not want to use it on his car. This car is turning out to be a Hartge/Mtech which should be kind of different and add a little character to the build. I also picked up a 528 block and forged crank for the stroker/turbo motor build (thanks for the inspiration Matt). Now I have to save my nickels up for the next step in the build.

Cheers,

Jim