316 superlite

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Recaros' wiring done, sort of, and their electrics fixed. Sort of.

http://petrolhead.kuvat.fi/kuvat/1984BMW316projekti/Muuta+osaa+ja+varustetta/recaroidealsitz.mp4

People have donated a couple pieces of titanium plate to me. And I can't think of anything cool to make out of it :roll:. As a skid plate they'd make nice looking sparks! :D

More stuff. Something every day it seems..

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Exhaust manifold will be something like this, quick & dirty.. An old 4-2-1 thing, I had to cut the 2-1 collector off because it was rusted. Really un-equal length primaries, plus I'm guessing the pipe diameter is a bit overkill.





I'll just cut these where they cross paths, and weld in a 2" pipe.

That'll do for evo1 of the car. Someday I'll make a fancy equal length primary, stepped 4-1 manifold, but this is it for now.

OE covering to where the radio's supposed to be


Oil pump stuff & T-headed bolts for transmission mounting bracket




I ordered a new front valance but for some reason didn't get this as well

I'd forgotten how rusty it was.. duh, like everything else in the car!

Nothing a little sand blasting won't fix.


I did yet a few calculations and decided that I need to pay another visit to the CNC guy. 1 mm was taken of the dome tops, static compression ratio is now a hair over 12,4:1.

Compared to stock, assembles pistons are 224 grams lighter a piece.

Front valance bracket cleaned up. Loads of stuff still to do before paint shop.

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Waiting for the chain tensioner guide rail to arrive, from your side of the pond. Really bad availability from anywhere in Europe.
I took the head to local machining shop, they agreed with me that a few valves weren't tight to their guides. I don't know what they are in english, the brass tubes that valve stems are in :). They phoned me that no one imports the valves anymore other than BMW, turned out they're ~64€ a piece. I found a semi reasonably priced set at Ebay.co.uk. Waiting for those too at the moment. And my timing chain is somewhere between Germany and Finland..

2 component primer paint to rocker panels, rear valance etc. areas that'll then be covered with 2 part sprayable sealer.


I cut the diffuser area a bit larger yet, because race car.







Turned out the new front valance came with the narrow bracket above it, included.


Arrived, finally.

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Headed for the paint shop

[EGoman]

Nice job hippie! :-) What color are you going to paint it? Nice to see some progress

[petrolhead]

Nice job hippie! :-) What color are you going to paint it? Nice to see some progress

Post #183. Different variations of it exist, I believe. Yellow with a tiny bit of orange would be ideal.

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All timing gear parts finally present and accounted for. The engine having been out of production for 26 years now might have something to do with poor part availability.. Modified the cam sprocket for timing adjustment


Bit of an oops moment with oil filter head mounting point. Should be repairable.


Bit of a problem with the pistons, or rather the machining work.. They're not symmetrical so that each would be 0,9mm over the deck. Should be repairable, needs yet another trip to the machinist :/



I found that a few valves were not tight to their guides. Took it to a cylinder head specialist shop. They first called that exhaust valves need replacing, then informed that no supplier imports them to Finland anymore ecxept BMW dealership. I found that they're 64€ a piece.. Found a set on Ebay.co.uk for a reasonable price. Well at first they sent me 3 exhaust valves and one inlet :D.
I ground off the seam sealing stuff from doors' and rear lid's inner edges.. It's only there as an aesthetic thing anyway.. found lots of rust, no surprise there.

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Got this back. New exhaust valves fitted to seats, K-liners installed.

[Panici]

Damn those are big valves! Do you plan to flow-test the head?

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Damn those are big valves!

Standard 46 and 38mm M10 valves. But yes they are big. BMW engineers must've thought they're vital to getting 105 bhp:)

Do you plan to flow-test the head?

No. By all my calculations, I'll exceed my modest power target with everything as is. I just want to get everything together and drive for a change. Mind you, our winters last from October to April, I'll have all the time in the world to build an evo II. Right now, just looking forward to finishing this open wallet surgery for a while.

Hood.. still in need of some tidying up. A week of back pains screwed up my schedules, so the car went to paint shop without all parts included. Trying to get them there ASAP.


Shimming the side bearings of an iX diff, after swapping the ring gear and replacing flnge-shaft seals.

http://petrolhead.kuvat.fi/kuvat/lukkoper%C3%A4.mp4

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Work in progress

[litu]

Wow that color looks epic

[petrolhead]

Wow that color looks epic

I like it. It's exactly the kind of shade or variation of the color I want. So far only engine bay/interiors were painted, they waited for me to take a look at it and confirm the shade is OK to proceed. While it's not a matte surface, it's only "half shiny" or whatever is the correct term in english. Anyhow, half shiny is just the way I want it.

Bit of an oops moment with oil filter head mounting point. Should be repairable.
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Bit of a problem with the pistons, or rather the machining work.. They're not symmetrical so that each would be 0,9mm over the deck. Should be repairable, needs yet another trip to the machinist :/

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Finally got around to disassembling everything and took the parts to the machinist. The crack in the filter mounting point was only 3mm deep so shouldn't be a problem.

I browsed the internet for tyres.. Fact is, the selection of 14" tyres is not great, normal OR semi slicks. But, I'm not ditching the current 14"s till I can afford to buy a set of 15"s that aren't any heavier. On a road driven E30, I've found that 14 is a nice size, especially with stiff suspension. It has so much tire wall that the tyre compliance soaks up and dampens a lot of the forces.

[Skarpa]

Looks brilliant!

[petrolhead]

Pic link work OK?