My Very Own V8 Vert (First drive vid added)

[Vtec?lol]

Not much has been done. Been daily driving it for the past month or more. It's fun. Definitely fun.

Few weeks ago we took a road trip to see my grandma and to handle some business. On the way we stopped and picked up this


Pretty used. Either that or improperly stored. Headliner is toast, canvas is toast. A few of the seals, and the front mounting hardware turns out to be broken.



Spent a good while stripping it and deciding if I want to lay fresh canvas or prep and paint.







Outside and inside stripped




Other than that, waiting on the flow masters to come in. Looking for some nice euro weaves and trying to sell my style 4s.

[Vtec?lol]

Quick video of me chirping gears

http://youtu.be/LDzvCt2AwI4

[Vtec?lol]

exhaust is on and it sounds mean!

[superleggera]

Wow awesome build. Keep up the good work man

[Vtec?lol]

Oh don't mind me. I've just been in the garage rappin'!
Check out my freestyle below:





So at the head I used 1" and 2" on the down pipe. I'll be spraying some sealer on there just cuz.

[Vtec?lol]

Sweet! Now I have another Calypso friend. They're so rare on this forum.

Yes they are. The coupes are even harder to find. I misse out on a clean ass minty 325i 2dr because I didn't want to do another manual swap.

[Zreberlcoe]

Yes sir. Calypso. My second favorite e30 color after lachs

Sweet! Now I have another Calypso friend. They're so rare on this forum.

[Vtec?lol]

True. I kind of lucked into mine. 1987-89 (IIRC) is what I would look for. Swap in some Discovery axles (24 spline VS RRC 10 spline) and be done. They got the LT230 transfer case (manual locking center diff) already. Later RRCs got the Borg Warner unit with a viscous coupling. Works, but are prone to failure.

I don't want anything viscous! Sounds like you got the recipie for a decent rig mate.

Calypso right?

Yes sir. Calypso. My second favorite e30 color after lachs

That exhaust looks fantastic!!!

Do you have any video or audio clips?

Not yet but I plan to get a video tonight or by Saturday. I've been working on it daily now.

[Garageaholic]

That exhaust looks fantastic!!!

Do you have any video or audio clips?

[Zreberlcoe]

Calypso right?

[slammin.e28]

That's actually impressive.
Only thing is LWB is $7500+

True. I kind of lucked into mine. 1987-89 (IIRC) is what I would look for. Swap in some Discovery axles (24 spline VS RRC 10 spline) and be done. They got the LT230 transfer case (manual locking center diff) already. Later RRCs got the Borg Warner unit with a viscous coupling. Works, but are prone to failure.

[Vtec?lol]

Man, LWB is the way to go, lol. Can fit a full cooler in the floor between the back of the front seats and bottom of rear seats.

1995 is the best, but more sought after year.

I could go on, lol. I get way more into my cars than is healthy.

/hijack.

That's actually impressive.
Only thing is LWB is $7500+

[slammin.e28]

Ok, on the hunt for a RRC. Everything down here is LWB and expensive.

Man, LWB is the way to go, lol. Can fit a full cooler in the floor between the back of the front seats and bottom of rear seats.

1995 is the best, but more sought after year.

I could go on, lol. I get way more into my cars than is healthy.

/hijack.

[Vtec?lol]

No to LR3, lol. Yes to Range Rover Classic, lol.

Ok, on the hunt for a RRC. Everything down here is LWB and expensive.

Man, being a welder I will give you props, that is about as clean as they come for your welder setup, good job.

Man, thank you! That means a lot coming from you lol. I'm trying to find an easier clean up method. I'll probably get to using anti-spatter as well.

You don't want to see the stainless lol. I kept getting termite mounds/air escapes so I grinded it down and re-welded a few times. Looks terrible but sealed and sound.

[IronFreak]

Good info.

As for today, I went ahead and modded my mid-x-pipe like yours

Went from


To


Pretty much the best I could do with a flex cored 110v welder

Man, being a welder I will give you props, that is about as clean as they come for your welder setup, good job.