325ic Calypso Euro Conversion - Houndstooth & dbilas now, MT1 & MM 3.2 stroker coming

[bradnic]

Was able to get some time on the car today, so I worked on prepping the mounting area for the top motor


turns out I didn't need to drill the hole for the motor sprocket - the hole was already present! there's a simple cover tacked over it in 3 places, so it was a simple thing to remove the cover.


I'll try to tack in the top motor reinforcement bracket tomorrow, at which point I can hook everything up, swap the tops and give her a go.

[bradnic]

Thanks Andre, and Javier, really appreciate it. Yeah he was spoiled rotten :-)

Thanks Parker for the sharing those wonderful pics of Harley and Borden. I know what you mean. We've had 5 goldens over the last 22+ years, down to our last now. She loves to sit in front of the TV and bark at horses whenever she sees them

[e30rapidic]

man, losing a pet sucks. I'm sorry to hear about your fur baby. I know he lived the good life!

[parkerbink]

Harley my black Lab loved the red '90. He died of intestinal cancer in 2002. I miss him like it was yesterday.


Borden saw Max on my MacBook Air and wanted to play with him.

[Javier h]

Sorry for your loss man. The one extra weird reason I would get a vert would be for my dog as well. They tend to love the open space. Build is going fantastic as usual.

[bradnic]

thanks Parker

a few more pics

[parkerbink]

I'm really sorry. I know how badly that sucks. RIP Max.

[bradnic]

RIP Max 2004-2017

You were deeply loved and will be sorely missed

[bradnic]

Post 51 has all the info you need. I literally trimmed the car wiring connector down so it would fit in the 2 prong housing on the light. you need to be careful which end you cut off though! check the wire colors. Bumper's mounted so I can't take a pic right now unfortunately

US are 2 filament combination parking + turn signals. euro is a single filament bulb turn signal. the brown wire is ground. one of the two outside wires is the turn signal wire. That's the one you KEEP!

[Mr. Wolfe]

Hi Brad, awesome build! Hey, quick question - do you have any pictures of how you modified the euro turn signal? You show a picture on post 51 and supply a link to a member that did this, but Photobucket killed his picture. Just wondering if you have a picture of how you modified it? Thanks!

Mr. Wolfe

[e30m3s54turbo]

Pics bud��

[bradnic]

well my dropbox pics expired. slowly migrating to Flickr
happy Labor Day!

[CorvallisBMW]

The X-brace makes a larger difference than the strut bar, no doubt. X-braces should be mandatory on all convertibles IMO.

[jeffnhiscars]

Yeah clearance is a concern.. probably 1.5 to 2” clearance.. it sits under the exhaust and is at least an inch away from the bottom of the lollipops

you can see the lowest point of the x-brace in the 2nd pic three posts earlier.

That's a lot to give up given how often I rip my apron off in parking lots. Im wondering how much change the x brace provides over just the strut bar (which Im quite happy with).

[e30rapidic]

it just keeps on getting better and better...