I hit a pothole with my 318is M50 swap car and bent the frame :(
Good side if this is that I picked up an alpine '87 eta chassis for $300! It will give me the opportunity to clean up the things that bothered me about the original swap.
First off it has the early rear arches! I'm going to shave all the brackets and paint the bay and finally have an engine bay that isn't full of cosmoline. The interior of the new car is in amazing shape, and I've always rear wanted pop-out windows. Fitting the plastic bumpers might be a bit of a chore, but it needs to be done. I can try and hide as much of the wiring as possible, and correctly mount the power steering reservoir that has been floating aimlessly around the engine bay. I'm hoping that I can place the power steering and windshield fluid in the spot that the battery sat on very early cars, maybe get a nice divided aluminum container that isn't as much of an eye sore as the old plastic stock parts.
I've already started pulling out the eta engine and planning the logistics of the swap. Should be getting an engine hoist later today!
Good side if this is that I picked up an alpine '87 eta chassis for $300! It will give me the opportunity to clean up the things that bothered me about the original swap.
First off it has the early rear arches! I'm going to shave all the brackets and paint the bay and finally have an engine bay that isn't full of cosmoline. The interior of the new car is in amazing shape, and I've always rear wanted pop-out windows. Fitting the plastic bumpers might be a bit of a chore, but it needs to be done. I can try and hide as much of the wiring as possible, and correctly mount the power steering reservoir that has been floating aimlessly around the engine bay. I'm hoping that I can place the power steering and windshield fluid in the spot that the battery sat on very early cars, maybe get a nice divided aluminum container that isn't as much of an eye sore as the old plastic stock parts.
I've already started pulling out the eta engine and planning the logistics of the swap. Should be getting an engine hoist later today!
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