Vivek's Vert.

[LJ851]

I pulled off the unnecessary AC and PS pulleys. Is it okay to run it like this with no bolts, or are those 6 bolts also holding the harmonic balancer on?


I've also been working on my style 5's. All are split currently to be polished. Ones done and needs to be put back together. Another is almost fully polished, and the other two are still just sanded waiting to be polished. I also got my valve cover and intake painted in wrinkle black, still waiting to put another couple coats on those since I've been getting home too late the past few days.

lol !

[Vivek]

lol !

I take it those bolts are necessary…hopefully there won't be any interference without the front acc pulleys there. It wasn't too thick.

Anyways, today i got my painted motor mounts, headers, and oil filter housing on. I pulled the harness off my old engine to swap over and labeled everything. I put a new timing chain tensioner on the new engine and a new cooling pipe, and installed all the passenger side cooling/heater core hoses (simplified to eliminate the mess under the intake). Only one pic for today and unfortunately I'll be in texas the next two days so I won't get anything done.

[Cabriolet]

why is this still not running?

[Vivek]

So i've been very busy working on this and haven't posted any updates. So here's what's up.


Engine's in. Got an m20 starter to match my m20 flywheel. Heater core lines hooked up. VC on. The harness is on I just basically needa wire it up to the battery ad ECU, install the intake and hook up a couple vac lines. 4.10LSD medium case is in.

Got my stainless skid plate from Red46 fitted with the ejknight cross brace, installed a e36 rack packed with lithium grease with a condor PS delete. For anyone who's curious, the grease is not necessary. I ran my e30 rack with no PS and nothing in it for 10-15k with no issues.


Tomorrow it should be ready to go. Need to install my guibo and slave cylinder, tie rods, and pick up a new csb from Cabriolet because mine's ripped. Then just get my wheels balanced, order 8 studs I need to run them, and the car will be done! So excited.

[Vivek]

IT STARTED!!!
Gotta finish up the driveline (CSB, guibo), slave cylinder, put my wheels on (hopefully getting them balanced and a tire mounted today), and it's pretty much ready to go!

[oliver.r]

what was the issue?

[Vivek]

I had my starter wired wrong so the solenoid wasn't firing. Pulled it out, swapped a wire, and it fired right up.

[88SuperETABD]

Lol...gj. SO it wasnt pushing out like we talked about?

[Vivek]

Lol...gj. SO it wasnt pushing out like we talked about?

Yep I pulled it, grounded the starter and it just spun. Then I looked at the wires and realized I was retarded and had two wires hooked up on one stud and a stud that was empty. Swapped it and then it pushed out and spun. It was my first time touching a starter.

[E30stan]

make sure the bolts for the crankshaft don't bind against the timing cover seal, since you removed the pulleys

[Vivek]

make sure the bolts for the crankshaft don't bind against the timing cover seal, since you removed the pulleys

I was thinking about that. The pulleys weren't thick but I think I should maybe stick some washers under those bolts. How do I check if they're binding? The car already ran for a few seconds so hopefully I didn't already mess anything up.

[Vivek]

CSB, guibo, driveshaft, main heat shield are in. Goal is to be drivable tomorrow. Needs mostly slave cylinder (and bleed everything), exhaust, and I need to turn around one of my motor mounts because I put it on wrong.

Also bent my selector rod to shorten it to make the shifter sit more in the center and less forward

Because I think I'm running the shortest possible shifter without raising the carrier

(and it feels amazing).

[F34R]

Good work man.

[JinormusJ]

Vivek's Vert.

Was your shifter rubbing before or after bending the selector rod?

Either way
GG

Nothing like the feeling of driving a recently-deceased but resurrected e30

[bsturman92]

hey man lookin good! nice work... question on your motor mounts..how much did it raise your oil pan? if it did at all. been considering them for my m42 for a while