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

[kingston]

oh my god those seats. Where did you get those? do they come out of any specific car?

Pandaboo911,

Glad you like `em!

I got these from Levent at Guten Parts, who received the from AC Nico in Germany. Not sure what car they came from originally. I'll be running MASSIVE brackets on the seats, which work with the stock E30 sliders.

[kingston]

Just a quick update: I picked a set of 'gently used' Koni Single Adjustable rear shocks from IronFreak (Cheers Ross!) on R3v, and had a chance to pop `em on last night, in place of the Bilstein Sports.

And Holy Wow! What a difference! Best $105 I ever spent! Thanks man!!

I will never go back to Bilsteins again! Can't wait to get the fronts switched over now. WOOT!

Here's my best bud Samir swapping out the RSMs from my old Bilsteins to the Konis.

Thanks for the assistance, Samir!

[kingston]

I swung by Bob's today to have a quick chin wag and pick up a new glove box handle he'd ordered for me. Snapped a couple of pics of the dis-assembled S52 bottom-end parts while I was there...


My empty S52 block


All the pistons, labeled for each cylinder


Blurry photo of the front & rear covers.

The covers will be media blasted, then possibly painted. Bob's got the new hone tool now, and a set of piston rings that we'll use to check clearances, then discard. The goal is to make sure that the clearances are in tolerance once the hone is done. If not, it's Wiseco overbore piston time...

In happier news, I pick up my new suspension setup next weekend from my buddy Ross (IronFreak). Can't wait - I'll post pics once I have it in my hot little hands. :)

[ACHTUNG]

If you ever decide to sell the LS seats please PM first.

[kingston]

If you ever decide to sell the LS seats please PM first.

Hahahah! Man, I haven't even gotten them here from Germany yet!!

But yes, I will keep that in mind should I decide for any reason not to run them. Glad you like `em!

[kingston]

This weekend I am road tripping to Omaha to hang with my buds Adam Kemmerle & Ross Gredys. While I'm there, I'm picking up a new suspension setup from Ross, who's decided to go 5-lug. Ross has hooked me up, and I'm getting from him the following items:

*New front Koni Single Adjustables (to match the rear Konis I've already gotten from him)

* new front hubs & bearings

* control arms with new ball joints pressed in (these will go on Nikita, and Siobhan's are only bout 18 months old

* Eibach coil-over springs (F&R)

* IE spring perches (F&R)

* strut tubes that Ross has modified for me, which was darn nice of him!!!

Here's the link to a post he made detailing the process,with lots of pics:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?p=3646290#post3646290

Ross is one heck of a guy, and does quick, clean work. Let him know if you need any fab work, welding or other assorted work done.

Thanks Ross!!!!

[JCarp90]

a set of piston rings that we'll use to check clearances, then discard. The goal is to make sure that the clearances are in tolerance once the hone is done.

[IronFreak]

hOW WAS i NOT SUB'D TO THIS THREAD???

[kingston]

Good question, IronFreak!

And Jamison, yes I do say. The gist is that because cylinder #6 was a little wonky, we're having to remove a little meat from the cylinder wall. If it is too far out od spec to use the repair rings, then I'll be boring it out and using a set of Wiseco first-overs. As I said in the very next sentance.

[JCarp90]

Good question, IronFreak!

And Jamison, yes I do say. The gist is that because cylinder #6 was a little wonky, we're having to remove a little meat from the cylinder wall. If it is too far out od spec to use the repair rings, then I'll be boring it out and using a set of Wiseco first-overs. As I said in the very next sentance.

I read the next sentance.

Don't you think that the previous sentace was a little obvious? Oh, you mean if we make this hole too big, this cylinder will bounce around and possibly allow air to blow by?

[IronFreak]

[JCarp90]

[kingston]

I read the next sentance.

Don't you think that the previous sentace was a little obvious? Oh, you mean if we make this hole too big, this cylinder will bounce around and possibly allow air to blow by?

I like how you mis-spelled sentence the second time, when you were correcting me for my spelling...

I'll tell you what, Jamison, when you can build an engine that doesn't blow up after 2 weeks...repeatedly...you can tell me what is and isn't obvious about motor builds.

For example, you could say: "It's obvious that you shouldn't do a $2,000 motor build and then cheap out and use Metric Blues at the end, to save a few bucks."

Oh wait...that's what I told YOU...before your head lifted off the block, sidelining your car...yet again.

Go crap on someone else's thread, Jamison.

Hater, indeed.

[M42Technik]

What on earth is happening in this thread? Fuck it I'm out.

[JCarp90]

I like how you misspelled sentence the second time, when you were correcting me for my spelling...

I'll tell you what, Jamison, when you can build an engine that doesn't blow up after 2 weeks...repeatedly...you can tell me what is and isn't obvious about motor builds.

For example, you could say: "It's obvious that you shouldn't do a $2,000 motor build and then cheap out and use Metric Blues at the end, to save a few bucks."

Oh wait...that's what I told YOU...before your head lifted off the block, sidelining your car...yet again.

Go crap on someone else's thread, Jamison.

Hater, indeed.

You're a fucking idiot for so many reasons.