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

[Mixedbyjairo]

Confused about the rear bumper caps.. posted this in the appearance thread too.

I know the end caps on early model chrome euro bumpers are different between the coupes and verts.. any luck getting the vert end caps to work though? they seem mount to the chrome side bumper pieces differently.

I'm seeing these part numbers in realoem, comparing an early model euro 323i coupe and an 85 euro 325ic:

bumper rear left and right (chrome)
51121922161 coupe and vert left
51121922162 coupe and vert right
51121888276 coupe and vert center

left end cap (not mtechnic)
coupe 51121888287
vert 51121937413

right end cap (not mtechnic)
coupe 51121888288
vert 51121937414

Pics of the caps front and back. note how they mount differently to the chrome bumper side piece



the front and back of the driver's side bumper (original part, sand blasted and rechromed - not happy with the result but that's another story)



Here's the coupe cap mounted on the chrome side piece. everything fits


The vert cap piece has a different mounting design



Not sure what to do about this. Could use some advice.

did you ever find more info

[bradnic]

Didn't know there was a Hartge H27SP with ITB setup.. engine was 10.2:1 CR, 2.7L, 220HP... nice pics show much longer runner length then dbilas, plenum details.. Also if you look closely at the engine compartment it looks like the brake booster is in the stock location.


pics from e30zone Hartge page

e30m3s54turbo's pic of an H27SP (probably from a catalog)


cool ad over on this rtsauto page of the same car. Here's the English text:



So they tuned a Motronic to support these... wow. I assume it was a Hartge specific ECU.

Found this on a French website - the car was for sale @ 8900 EUR


Someone actually just sold one of these on ebay.de.

UPDATE: guess who bought it? Mr Hartge, e30m3s54turbo.. check out his H35 replica build :-)

Wrote about the H27SP a while back... Mas Ipen just posted this on fb

drool worthy

[bradnic]

inspiration via rav320uk and e30zone.
RHD ITBs are da bomb now. if/when they have an airbox they will be the go to ITB solution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1Ej21rR7o

EDIT: this *may* be the same car (same color, appears to be right hand drive). has the new RHD plenum installed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgRDnFVX5FE

EDIT Looks iike fporro went the same route May 2016 3.1 RHDs, plus RD bundle of snakes headers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKOc7ITGoMk

[bradnic]

Fast as my Ducati was :devil:
And comfortable as hell - wife and I ride it regularly

[doorman]

How's the bike??

[bradnic]

pretty low key actually.. so sorry gents I know this update is lame.

engine's been perfect, butter smooth but definitely lower on torque. looks and sounds great though.

lots of parts on hand, but I haven't pulled the trigger on M20 stroking and MT1 yet. Been working the wife's allroad, emissions, turbo boost leak and a leaky arnott air bag. so a little distracted.

here are the parts waiting for install
-- RD long tube headers
-- full MT1 body kit ready for prep and paint
-- brand new front and rear console, top front trim and weatherstrip
-- new chrome for doors and rear quarters (original chrome pitted)
-- electric top frame and new tension straps in hand. still need to get an electric top cover though. hoping to swap a new manual top for one.
-- thinking about upgraded brakes but haven't pulled the trigger on anything.

lots of little gremlins have been creeping up.
-- broke my alpina wheel key, fortunately found 2 replacements via eBay australia.
-- my 2nd rack doctor E36 rack is leaking. super ticked about that. will probably end up buying a new one this time.
-- pass rear window motor died. found a replacement on ebay and swapped the motor portion of the mechanism out (kept the original gear box). replacement motor is from an 88 and I wanted to keep the original gear housing since it was molded slightly differently and has a date stamp on it.
-- pass rear wheel bearing replaced. car was completely quite for a couple of weeks but now I have a small squeak in the rear again. will probably bite the bullet and replace the other 3 bearings. will do the rear pads too.
-- my class C power amp seems to have failed.. when I pull the center stack apart I'll probably swap out the OBC with the euro clock i bought. missing the connector though so not too keen on hacking wiring.
-- windshield washer system is wacking. not getting fluid on the windows now. headlamp washers working fine though. had to disconnect the wire I added because it was temporarily shorting the entire car out. bizarre - wire never got hot or anything, but the car would go completely dead.
-- one of the euro headlights was intermittently flaking out. no problems lately. I assume it's related to the washer wiring issue.
-- also still need to deal with the hardtop headliner.

[Vtec?lol]

I'm anxiously waiting.

[2mAn]

updates?

[bradnic]

trial fitting the vert side skirts outside. I like it in black, and it looks pretty good with the jimmy hill..

[bradnic]

good friend is in Munich right now.. check out the euro E30s! mauritiusblau vert with euroweaves, and an mtech2. yum




and.. a calypso exactly like ours! check out the black mirrors

[bradnic]

Picked up another BMW

work on the vert has stalled a bit due to distractions..

[bradnic]

-- as installed the 2 front pumps have brown/black and violet/black wires, and the back washer pump has the same solid blue and solid brown wires. Basically the front washer pump and intensive clean pump appear to be connected together, but the intensive clean pump never turns on.

Uhh, that's not true. take a close look at the pic on the left. that is a BROWN/GREY wire, exactly what's supposed to be there.

I've cleaned up the previous posts above, and everything is working correctly now.
My problem was forgetting to extend the brown/grey wire from the driver side headlight area up to the fuse box.

YES, the PS and TS wires must short via the S switch for the intensive clean pump to turn on.

so hurray for me, but I still don't know how that brown/grey wire got to the intensive clean pump lol.

[bradnic]

thanks Raul.. more HLCS stuff for everyone as I figure things out.
quick review of the standard wiper setup helps explain what all the wires do.


I prefer this version as it shows everything concisely


You can clearly see the 4 stock wires on the wiper switch and K10 relay in the diagram and what they do, but for HLCS the important wires are the brown/black (washer switch input) and violet/black (fast wipe input).

This pic shows the wires on the intensive clean stalk, both on the connector and the switch body. note 2 things:

1) the colors match the stock drawing for 4 of the wires

2) there are 2 extra black wires. these go to the S switch at the end of the stalk. A simple check with a meter shows the switch is normally open (i.e. when you push it the 2 black wires are connected).




you already know the HLCS K10 relay has 2 extra pins, PS and TS. Note the numbering under the relay matches the stock wire numbers. This really helps you figure things out.


HLCS install requires you to wire those 2 pins. the stock colors for the wires are supposed to be Brown/Blue for TS, Brown/Grey for PS. This pic shows the mod, and also shows the stock wiper relay wires which is really helpful.


The 2 fuse box PS and TS wires then go to the black wires on the intensive clean stalk. Supporting info (other than I know it works)
- the stock wiper switch receptacle has 2 extra slots for the intensive clean wires, which match the 2 black wires.
- that's exactly what the headlamp wiring diagram shows - PS and TS go from the fuse box to the wiper switch, PS also goes to the brown/grey HLCS harness wire and eventually the intensive clean pump

So I did the switch part of this originally (you can see those 2 extra fuse box wires changed colors, because I was re-using some headlamp bushing wires I had laying around), but I didn't do the intensive clean pump connection.



So of course this never worked as intended, since the brown/grey wire is not getting from the S switch to the intense clean motor. Once I added that leg of the circuit everything worked as intended.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I like the headlight wiper write up. I will go back and read up on it.

I am glad you are getting your euro parts...

[bradnic]

thanks! Need to get some other stuff out of the way and replenish the budget.. so hope to have it the MT1 done by September. I'll do some trial fitting before then. The parts definitely need some repair and prep before they're ready for paint.

All the hardware is finally here finally except for one lower reinforcement. I'm reusing my chrome bumper trim so no MT1 versions of those - front left end cap is NLA anyway afaik. Also gonna re-purpose my old re-chromed euro bumpers and paint them calypso. We'll see which look wins out!