Orcgrinder's Castro Built Turbo Monster!

[MR 325]

I'm going to sound like an idiot here, but how do you smog a turbo E30 in Socal? I hear a lot of conflicting information on that.

Usually somebody knows somebody and you get yourself a "special" smog. :)

[dnick]

i love this car. and yeah im curious to what your going to finally paint your interior with.

[funcrew]

I'm going to sound like an idiot here, but how do you smog a turbo E30 in Socal? I hear a lot of conflicting information on that.

[einstein57]

Damn. Looking at this makes me wish one of my cars was remotely finished. One day.

[MR 325]

Carpet is always an option. :p

Sorry to see that happened!

[orcgrinder]

Do not UNDERCOAT your interior!! When I initially did it, I thought... undercoat, bed lining, it's all the same. Undercoat is rubberized, and while it gets hard, it isn't scratch and abrasion proof like bed liner... so after having a few passengers it had scratches and entire chunks taken out of it! You live and learn right? ha


Right when I finished it looked awesome.



This stuff is made to stick around for a while, so I knew it would be a chore getting it out. We thought grinding would be the route, but after an hour we barely made a dent. After trying 3M plastic bits, and about a dozen different sander bits and my friend even buying a $300 air compressor (which we returned)... we decided to go the chemical route and bought some paint stripper.


Here's what it looked like after 4-5 hours.



There is no real method of getting six pounds of gooey undercoat out of a car haha. We just scrubbed with a brush till it was loose then used cloth rags to scoop it out. Real fun.


And about nine hours later. Don't worry, I have lots of little burns and cuts to commemorate the festivities.


I'm really happy to say that my E30 is completely tar free. I have been researching and have decided to go the POR15 Whitecote route. Brush application, UV resistant, and scratch proof! Wish me luck.

[F34R]

Nice job on that interior! looks so fresh and new!

[azael325i]

I want dyno test too...

[ak-]

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[e30polak]

Bumpity! :p

[castros]

I've seen this car pre turbo. Very unique ride with tons of personal touch (cool shit Kyle!) Chris does excellent work and is one of the most stand up people I've meet in this biz. Glad you're here Chris!

Thanks man, just here to help and glad you guy's like it. We will start posting more of our builds for you guy's to enjoy.

I will be setting up a dyno day soon to get number's.:up:

[BavarianSwap]

hahaha! you dyno that thing yet Kyle? I want Chris to turbocharge my M42 powered 4door now damnit!!!

[orcgrinder]

i've seen this car pre turbo. Very unique ride with tons of personal touch (cool shit kyle!) chris does excellent work and is one of the most stand up people i've meet in this biz. Glad you're here chris!

here here!!

[BavarianSwap]

I've seen this car pre turbo. Very unique ride with tons of personal touch (cool shit Kyle!) Chris does excellent work and is one of the most stand up people I've meet in this biz. Glad you're here Chris!

[Vtec?lol]

I love this... It's so simple but among one of the best builds I've seen on r3v... Keep it up