My '75 2002 Sleeper

[tinkwithanr]

Thanks for the tip. I have been using my MAP torch to Preheat for now. Ideally I'd love to be able to find an old oven or something like that, it would be a lot more precise. But for now the torch is getting the job done. It definitely makes a difference.

[evandael]

very inventive work with the ITB adaptation, i always admire how simple you make it seem!

[325ix]

I can't wait until I have the time/space/money to do something like this. The car looks awesome, I can't wait to see it rolling down the road.

I also really want to learn to tig weld. I learned most of the other types but, never got to learn that one.

[e30_neverstock]

those itb's are looking great. i need to do the same thing for my 2002, but i need a little more practice with my tig welder.

[JoeMadoo]

These last 22 pages just blew my mind. Amazing things going on here.

[SkiFree]

Glad to see you got the parts.....

Quick question, what is the i.d. on the mouth of the itbs?

[tinkwithanr]

They are 38mm. I just finished porting the manifold, and it seemed to blend very well overall. The other huge plus is 1.5" ~ 38mm, so I could use standard tubing sizes for the runners and plenum parts.

[tinkwithanr]

I decided to clean up the throttle bodies since they were pretty dirty when I got them. Can you guess which one is which??






5 more throttle later:





Here's a close up of the extensions I welded on the linkage tabs. Works great.






Then I worked on blending the modified intake manifold. This is how it looked when I started:






And after a couple minutes with a die grinder it changed to this:





And here is the same port with my spare gutted throttle body in place. I'm very happy with the overall taper and size, though I still need to fine tune a couple of areas. But I'm going to wait to finish them until I match the manifold to the head, which still needs to be ported as well.






And here they are bolted in place in the engine bay. The nice thing with this setup is it doesn't get in the way of the stock fuel rail, pressure regulator, and thermostat housing. My original S54 setup had some clearance issues:









Then I had to reposition the dipstick tube. If you look at the above pictures, you can see the stock position puts it right between the first and second cylinder ports. With my plans for a plenum this would definitely get in the way. Luckily my largest bead roller die was the perfect diameter to the dipstick tube, so I was able to avoid pinching the tube at the bends. After a few carefully placed bends this is what I ended up with.




This new position should sit right between the intake plenum and the upper radiator hose.






Thanks for looking!

[A Sucked Orange]

:hitler:

[tinkwithanr]

Small update from today. Didn't have a lot of time to put into her but I managed to get the steering linkage figured out. I only have pictures of the 'finished' product (I use that term loosely), but I basically just took the stock E30 linkage from my parts car and shorted all the sections of it so that the universal joints were closer together. Then I shortened the stock steering column.







I also needed to notch the firewall a bit so that the angle between the sections was small enough that the universal joints wouldn't bind. The lower one was fine, but the upper joint was very close.






I also need to add another support bearing to the middle section of the linkage. In the stock setup, the steering column didn't have any universal joints, it just ran straight to the steering box. Because of that the stock '02 steering column only has one point of support for the shaft itself. But now with the extra joint in the linkage the shaft has a bit of play, which the extra support bearing will take care of.

[red_e30]

Nice

[semaj4712]

I want to be just like u!!!

[craiggroves91]

Looks like you're missing the plate that goes in between the engine block and trans?

[Roysneon]

Quite sure that's his mock up engine.

[tinkwithanr]

Yup, I just threw the trans on there for making up the engine and trans mounts.