the Aluminum Monster. a 318 with a special 24v

[joncrz]

so I just realized, after gawking at your pictures several times, that you have a mono wiper

[Ray Smoodiver]

[E30NJ]

Wow!

[2mAn]

I miss driving this car

[Red46]

What the heck man! Any progress?

[2mAn]

Its running, but its not quite ready... soon I guess

[E30Runt]

Looking forward to seeing this finished. My E30 swap situation is turning out to be alot like yours and your swap is giving me hope. After my M10 blew and now I'm piecing an M52 and it's stuck with the mechanic. I want to drive it already!

[Mlarsen]

Perfect timing for the picnic!

[2mAn]

I wish the timing was better for the picnic. I plan on picking it up as soon as I can. I hate driving my brothers Volvo. Im going to be back up in the PNW for a week this summer for two weddings, and Im thinking about driving up there.

[2mAn]

Since I might actually be driving this car soon, I have been keeping my eye out for little things that needed attention on the car. Bought new bolts for the Momo steering wheel, 3 were stripped out and my steering has a weird offset spacer thing on it that I want to remove. Also got new tailight gaskets for the "new" early model tails. And finally I picked up a used set of IE3 springs since the current spring setup is a mash up of random stuff. I loved them on my eta and it will be nice to have a matching set.

[Gregolas]

I hate driving my brothers Volvo.

"Every time I drive my Volvo in Beverly Hills, they tow the shit!"


I seriously tried to find a gif of this, to no avail...


(hopefully everyone knows what movie this is from lol)

Ninja edit: Glad this is finally coming together! It seems like just yesterday we were doing the HG in the garage...

[2mAn]

Thanks Greg, hopefully we can hook up tonight! R3V night out!! I'll be up in Seattle in about 12 hours, picking up the car tonight. 1200 mile drive back to SoCal starts tomorrow morning.

[thatphysicsguy]

Thanks Greg, hopefully we can hook up tonight! R3V night out!! I'll be up in Seattle in about 12 hours, picking up the car tonight. 1200 mile drive back to SoCal starts tomorrow morning.

Wooo let's goo!
Enjoy it, best of luck!

[2mAn]

Wooo let's goo!
Enjoy it, best of luck!

Thanks, hit me up when your car is here and we'll go for a drive.

so, I had a busy weekend. This was Saturday morning before I left Seattle. Car was filthy, but fired up right away and purred like a kitten.

readytogohome1 by 2mAn

readytogohome2 by 2mAn

Not sure why the pics came out so crappy

And then I did this for about 12 hours...



5th gear pull...I think I had about 500miles on it at this point lol
stupidity by 2mAn

Arrived at my parents house and gave the car a much needed bath, and swapped on the "new" taillights on the car. Basically gave the car a good scrub, cleaned all the crevices out.

cali_clean1 by 2mAn

Heres a current interior pic, this will change before the end of the week :D

two_recaros_tan_interior by 2mAn

and finally, an engine bay pic with the engine in it

new_engine_bay1 by 2mAn
Wiring still needs to be cleaned up amongst a few other odds and ends I need to do. Basically now that the car is solid and ran well over a 1300 flawless miles, its time to take it to the next level and install all these extra parts that Ive been accumulating in the last year.

[Red46]

Looks awesome! I'm sad we weren't able to get together on your way through. Pm me when your ready for a skidplate