`88 Sedan track car build - here's Siobhan! Made the front page of Jalopnik!

[kingston]

Still waiting for updates kingston <3

Working on it!!!!


Just starting to fit the wiring harness covers - that looks a little better! I still need to tighten everything up some and re-route a few things.

[kingston]

Can't say 100% sure that the fan is wired up and working. But he was at my autox event with the car so I assumed when he brought it out to the event that it was done and all buttoned up

Mostly! I have to put the SPAL fan on there still; right now I'm just running the Aux fan from the track car, and its resistor is broken (as in, broken in half!). So, the 'snowflake' button has to be pressed for the fan to run at all, and then it only runs on 'low' speed.

This weekend I'll wire up the SPAL fan and mount it. Right now the temp gauge reads just over half or a little more, but not over. So, not too bad!

There's really not a lot left to do on the swap, although there are plenty of other things I want to do the Siobhan still! I can't even begin to say enough how much I love driving the car now! :)

Had fun watching the AutoX! Gonna have to try it out for myself in the spring!! I'll post a few pics up in a bit.

[6gen91]

Slowly ordering parts and will need you to shipp the tools aswell as the spread sheet <3 covers look nice though ! must be nice to have money <3

[kingston]

Slowly ordering parts and will need you to shipp the tools aswell as the spread sheet <3 covers look nice though ! must be nice to have money <3

Money? Who has money? I've been working on this build since April!! ;) I will admit to having a wonderful, supportive wife, who gives me a LOT of lattitude with the BMW stuff...

A big thanks has to go to Levent at Guten Parts, who supplies all of my parts...sometimes before I've even paid for `em! He gets every bit of my business!

[6gen91]

sometimes before I've even paid for `em! He gets every bit of my business!

Kinky....

Normally i go through Steve(blunttech) but while i was Talkin to levent earlier, hes pointing me in the right direction as far as what i need to buy etc. He seems like a good guy

[kingston]

Yep, Levent is a great dude (and also my muse/enabler/pusher in all things BMW!).

Just put money down on an S52! Whether it goes in Siobhan or Lilo, the project/track car, remains to be seen

Cannot wait!!!!

[6gen91]

Levent and I were just talking about ya lmfao

[kingston]

Wot?!?

[6gen91]

Ya mad shit ;p

[kingston]

Yeah, I've got a little bit of an obsession, LOL!!

[kingston]

Well, with Christmas over, it's time to get cracking on the BMWs again! A couple of changes are in order. First, Lilo, the red project/track car is going to a new home. That's to make room for this:


My 'new' Alpineweiss 325is track car!

Also, I'm picking up a `97 318ti for my wife, who wanted her own project car! G-d, I love my wife!

But this is a thread about Siobhan, yes?

So, I picked up a set of bullet-nose studs and 2 20mm spacers from Tim England (Philo on R3V). Great guy and a great seller BTW. If he's selling, you can buy from him with confidence!

It was dark out when I got home tonight so the pics came out way grainy, but here's a quick shot of the studs.

I LOVE `em!

More soon!

[bernzpeed]

Got a set of modded OBD-II headers from Tim England (Philo on R3V). SUUUUUPER happy with the headers, and Tim gave me a GREAT price on them, too!

Old headers vs. Tim-modded OBD-II headers!

I have started to shop around for parts I need to start rebuilding my M50. I am curious why you chose OBD II instead of OBD I? What is the pros and cons?

[B]
Got the Zionsville Motorsports Brake Booster...

This is a pre-modded E21 booster. Ready to bolt up and use with the stock MC and reservoir!

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Where did u get the pre-modded brake booster? Is there an alternative to this?

[Tico Frank]

Those are odbII headers modified to work with ODBI. If you look at the ODBII headers they are lighter and better built than those huge stock M50 headers.

[kingston]

I have started to shop around for parts I need to start rebuilding my M50. I am curious why you chose OBD II instead of OBD I? What is the pros and cons?

[B]
Got the Zionsville Motorsports Brake Booster...

This is a pre-modded E21 booster. Ready to bolt up and use with the stock MC and reservoir!

Where did u get the pre-modded brake booster? Is there an alternative to this?[/QUOTE]

Frank is spot on. The modded OBD-II headers flow better and are lighter. They are rumored to be worth a few extra HP.

Regarding the brake booster: I purchased it from Zionsville Motorsports. It is an E21 booster that has the thread modified to work with an E30. I do not know of anyplace else that sells a pre-modded booster. I paid $249 for the booster. Here's the link: http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/s...code/POMBB.htm

All ready to use, and they come cleaned up and painted. As I did not have access to the tools needed to mod the thread on the booster (VERY hard metal), and I thought briefly that I was made of money, I went this route. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I'm very happy wiyh it!

[bernzpeed]

how was it modified to work with OBD I?