'87 e30 - the American Conquest

[jalopi]

Did some stuff lately.

330i brakes. Working brakes? Check. (330i front rotor left, stock e30 front rotor right)



Modded my e46 arms to accept the non-m e30 sway bar endlinks




The new wheels / poke amount... I need flares / a widebody.

[Jack89i]

So how are the new brakes?
Awesome build btw

[jalopi]

I've only driven the car with the front brakes... it's glorious. I don't know how much your dual master setup is going to help, but my guess is that you're gonna want to plan for a BBK in some shape or form in the future. Manual brakes suck. (definition of glorious: for the first time in months, it feels like I've got my power brakes back [though I know it's just the massive 330i brakes])

Fought the subframe all day trying to get that bitch to come down. The metal sleeve for the bushing was suuuuuuuuupppppppeeeerrrr seized into the sleeve on the body. I tried everything - heat (not torch, too close to the gas take imo), 4ft pry bar, puller, 5lb hammer, ect....

What finally worked was this: I tapped the bushing sleeve with a 16x1.5 tap from the bottom. It's just the right size. Threaded a bolt in from the bottom, hit it from the top with my air hammer, though I guess a long ass punch and a hammer would work too. That did the trick. Fuck old cars.

[Brezzi]

more pics of the control arm and 5 lug set up?

sick build btw.

[jalopi]

Any specific pics you want? Don't have much more, but I'll take some if you've got requests, if I remember and happen to be around the front suspension

[Brezzi]

Any specific pics you want? Don't have much more, but I'll take some if you've got requests, if I remember and happen to be around the front suspension

Just kind of interested in how they're mounted and what you used to go 5 lug. Loving the look of this thing flares will be dope.

Also interested in the bbk upgrade did you make the brackets?

[jalopi]

The control arms mount exactly the same as regular e30 arms, no change there

For the 5lug front conversion, look at this thread:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=306268

The caliper adapters are included for the 5lug swap in the front

The rears I had to make, I'll see if I can get a pic of em