Dirty Baja E30

[JGee]

I use a chisel and hammer to get the bulk off and wire wheel to help clean it. For the bits trapped between the layers a mapp gas torch and pick work well. It is a major PIA but worth the extra time. If any sealer is left over it will "explode" when it gets into the weld pool leaving holes and shity looking welds. Careful of gas vapor return tube just under the right shock tower.

JH

[epiphy]

Grinder or drill with a wire wheel works well, you'd have to repaint over it though obviously. If you remove it all you should probably still seal the seams again and just do a nicer job

We are fitting up the reinforced shock towers today. That's why we had to get rid of that rubbery nonsense, so we could properly fit it up before welding.

[cormier]

Does anyone know of an easy way to get rid of this crap surrounding the shock tower? It's driving me up the wall

Grinder or drill with a wire wheel works well, you'd have to repaint over it though obviously. If you remove it all you should probably still seal the seams again and just do a nicer job

[MR E30 325is]

I will do this one day! excellent work!

[pacmanE30]

chisel...pneumatic chisel...

[epiphy]

Does anyone know of an easy way to get rid of this crap surrounding the shock tower? It's driving me up the wall

[pacmanE30]

just read the entire thread so far...this build is amazing to say the least. glad to see it's in san diego so i have a chance of oggling at it sometime when i'm in the area, lol.

[Wild Ride]

Sure why not, in in UTC so real close. The real question will be whether I can get it back on the road within the next 50 years :)

Haha take your time don't cut any corners

[epiphy]

Im down in mission beach we totally need to swap rides in each others cars sometime

Sure why not, in in UTC so real close. The real question will be whether I can get it back on the road within the next 50 years :)

[Wild Ride]

I sat in this car at Oceanside Motorsports before you bought it. The car was just so in your face awesome I loved it! Im surprised you haven't mentioned the custom fuzzy dash it pairs well with the ridiculous shifer handle!

Im stoked to see you taking this car to the next level and really re-engineering the car to be rock solid reliable for its intended purpose, Love the WWII style shark graphic not the fender. Im down in mission beach we totally need to swap rides in each others cars sometime. PM me.

If I was moving back to Hawaii anytime soon I would have to buy this from you and take it with me. All the locals care about around there is trucks and this is the best of both worlds.

[epiphy]

Found out about these today... they excite me.

http://www.bilsteinus.com/uploads/tx_templavoila/Bil_46mm_UniMtrsprtsStruts_flyer.pdf

[epiphy]

What are you going to do for a fuel tank?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Probably going to get a small fuel cell to sit in the trunk somewhere.

The exhaust is going to be routed to the side where the fuel tank used to be, so can't use the old one

[10Toes]

What are you going to do for a fuel tank?

[epiphy]

Did a test fit of everything today, and put the bearings and hubs in (thanks to the Harbor Freight tool!). Used a lot of antiseize. So far it is all fitting properly. Sorry this is the only pic I have for now.

Looks like I'll be able to get roughly 8-10 inches of travel with the right coilover. The differential will be lowered by about an inch using spacers between the diff and subframe, which will give me a little more downward travel from the cv's. Gotta reinforce the subframes diff mount area now :loco:

The shocks I was going to use are going to be a really tight fit between tire and body. The springs are roughly 3.75" in diameter. Gonna get wheel spacers now just to be sure.

More to come soon...

[PaladinReed]

You'll see. The coilover solution I'm going to use is... well, unique to say the least :D

With what we have just seen I can imagine. I knew it was going to have to be unique seeing as how both of your stock mounting points are certainly not optimal (spring seat being inaccessible, and damper mount being far too weak)

Can't wait to see what you've come up with