My '73 Roundie Revival [BMW 2002]

[SkiFree]

Good to see the progress, a little bummed I didn't know what you were doing....

On the inboard camber for the 2002 I go with the taller bracket for the lowered racecars which would have had a much bigger change in overall adjustment. You can also see it already has a step on the backside for reinforcement.



And to reinforce what Lorin pointed out, on a semi-trailing arm the camber and toe are tied together (adjusting the camber, especially this dramatically WILL have enough of an effect to noticeably alter toe), and the off-kilter toe is what will eat your tires.

[CubbyChowder]

Good to see the progress, a little bummed I didn't know what you were doing....

On the inboard camber for the 2002 I go with the taller bracket for the lowered racecars which would have had a much bigger change in overall adjustment. You can also see it already has a step on the backside for reinforcement.

And to reinforce what Lorin pointed out, on a semi-trailing arm the camber and toe are tied together (adjusting the camber, especially this dramatically WILL have enough of an effect to noticeably alter toe), and the off-kilter toe is what will eat your tires.

Well shit....that's not very ideal. Thank you for the info and for looking out, wish I would've seen those taller brackets before I ordered the IE ones, they seemed to be the only ones I could find. Bummed to hear about the toe situation, especially after just completing all that work. Not exactly sure what I will do at this point...

[SkiFree]

The tall ones are from ie...

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/2002-suspension-steering/02adjsf.html

As for the delema, shoot me a PM and we'll figure something out.

[CubbyChowder]

The tall ones are from ie...

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/2002-suspension-steering/02adjsf.html

As for the delema, shoot me a PM and we'll figure something out.

Those are the exact ones I ordered, and I remember now that I later noticed that they looked different than in the pictures on the website. I also noticed the step on the backside wasn't machined into it, and I guess I just figured these were a new design or something. Too bad about all that, I really could've used that extra adjustment... These current ones really don't adjust much at all. My only option would be to do it all over again or source a new subframe and start from scratch. I'm gonna hold off for now and focus on the rest of my build for the time being. Thank you for your help

[CubbyChowder]

Just a small update. Bought this totaled 1989 325is yesterday. I'm keeping the M20, selling everything else that is useable and scrapping the rest. Very happy to say that this 2002 will be M20 powered :)

[JCarp90]

Like.

[CubbyChowder]

I got some work done today. I'm kind of slacking when it comes to documentation lately, I'm usually just too in the zone, which isn't exactly a bad thing haha. Got the E30 up on the lift, ready for disassembly:



I took my time and just enjoyed myself while I got the car ready to drop the engine/tranny. Observed everything really well and just got a better idea of how these cars are put together. All of this is pretty new to me so I want to learn as much as I can. The time came about 6 hours later, I situated my welding table under the car, unbolted the front subframe and rear tranny mount, lifted the car and there it was:




Now that it's out, I'm going to be refreshing the entire engine and doing preventative maintenance stuff, clean/paint, make it pretty etc. Then the swap begins:



I also forgot to post these, but I thought they were pretty cool. Just a couple pictures of the fronts aired out and no fenders haha, the rears are just on cut springs for now (hence the terrible rake) so I can move it around:

[Dylanhat]

Wow! You're 02 looks awesome. Glad you decided to go with the M20 swap!

[grt]

Looks great!

What colour are you going to paint it when your done?

[MokinWeet]

Looks great!

What colour are you going to paint it when your done?

I'd love when this gets updates. I think a color close to that tan that's on it now would look incredible

[moe30]

Such an awesome shot

[knuklehead92]

woot woot!

you going 5 speed right? and what happened to the m10

[SkiFree]

Good to see you decided to go M20, they're a ton of fun. You won't regret it. I'm not sure how much you plan on modifying the M20 prior to going in, but a lightened flywheel goes a LONG way to retain the easy-to-rev nature the 2002 yearns for.

[CubbyChowder]

woot woot!

you going 5 speed right? and what happened to the m10

yes sir, currently trying to find a G260 and driveshaft. M10 will be for sale shortly.

Good to see you decided to go M20, they're a ton of fun. You won't regret it. I'm not sure how much you plan on modifying the M20 prior to going in, but a lightened flywheel goes a LONG way to retain the easy-to-rev nature the 2002 yearns for.

I'll keep that in mind!

Update:

I somehow scored 4 days off in a row from work, so I've been cherishing them and spending as much time at the shop as I can, wishing that it would never end haha.

I've been making progress on the M20. Taking my time and making sure I'm labeling everything correctly and taking lots of pictures for reference. Here are a few from the motor untouched, sorry for the point-and-shoot quality, wasn't exactly planning on posting these, but they show how it looked when I started:






Labeled everything thoroughly and pulled the engine harness off:



I partially stripped it down and brought it up to my dad's house for a pressure wash. It was nice to work on something up there again, I miss that place:



Post pressure wash. I ran out of degreaser pretty quickly so I couldn't get it spotless, but that's ok. I just wanted to get it clean enough to where I didn't come home to my lady looking like a coal miner every night:




(^^Yes I plugged the intake ports while washing). I brought it back down to my shop and put it back on my makeshift engine hoist, my M10 is still hogging that:




I then proceeded to strip it down even more, and this is where I left off tonight. I didn't have a wrench big enough to get the fan clutch off, so I'll have to get one tomorrow:

[F34R]

Looking good, I forgot how tiny the m20 is.