You know it! Plus, registration rolls around on January 28th. I think we can get it back on the streets by then...
Maybe.
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It's time for an update, mostly just pictures. The M3 is currently sitting in paint and I'm slowly piecing the interior together, changing out my carpet, dyeing those rear shelves, and wiring here and there (lukebox, E36 switches, etc). I have a lot of goodies lying around (mtech II wheel, recaros, etc), I'll see if I can grab some pics by next week.
The S14 is still a few weeks out - still waiting on parts. :yawn:
Here's the car right before paint, pressure washed and naked:
Fresh out of paint, yum
Next to CATuned's Henna
I was fortune enough to sweet talk my girlfriend's father (again x4) to let me use his garage to temporarily store my car. I've been working on it here and there, and will finish the interior before sending it back for the S14. I will update this again when my interior is all in
Interior out, carpet followed shortly - The iron was a feeble attempt to fix the headliner.
Fixing the droopy headliner
Old dash on my oil stained, shitty carpet (that isn't going back in)
To my surprise, there was insulation everywhere. I haven't seen this in other build threads or in my 318, so I'm guessing this is M3 specific
"New" dash. The PO gave it to me with the car - it's in fantastic shape. I swapped over all the insulation into this one.
There was a little surface rust in trunk (mainly spare wheel well), but nothing bigger than a nickel and thankfully no cancer. Paranoia from too many Mustang restorations took over and I took a wire brush to the spots and then applied some rust encapsulator
Painting, re-clearing, and dyeing
Can you guess which is from eBay and which is OEM?
This was the shift knob that was on the car. Criminal. :hitler:
Illuminated ZHP short knob, better.
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Small update. Finally changed out the rack in my car to a Z3 rack and I love it. It'll be tempting to do the same to the M3, but I have to get it running and driving before that's even considered. I went over to another E30's enthusiasts house to do the swap. I live in an apartment complex and doing work in the complex is forbidden. I remember doing the mess under the intake mod and coolant dropping over all over the place... oops...
This guy and I decided to trade work - He'd do the rack and I'd do his mess under the intake. Bonus points if anyone recognizes the car.
New reservoir and LP hoses.
Old rack - Good riddance! Note the poor life choice in working shoes
Old low pressure lines. I kept the high pressure line. It wanted to be replaced, but General Wallet ordered him back in for a second tour.
Drift 318is:
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That wear is typical with x amount of miles on the engine. Those cylinder walls are not scored. That's just minor marking from side loading on the pistons. Those bearings are actually in good shape. I wouldn't use them again but your oil pump was not dead. If it was then that engine would be toast. Those nicely polished bearings would be welded to the crank and the same goes for the main bearings as well.
Most bearing wear happens in the first few months of engine break in.
I've seen much worse.
I just wish I could tackle this level of project.
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wow super jelly.
especially because your steal m3 price :hitler:
welcome!
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Car is in good hands. It will be better then new. The engine is fixable from what we can tell. We will have more time with it in the next 2 days and we can go from there. Dont worry we can save it.Leave a comment:
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It's getting crushed. I know a steel recycling yard - I'll get about $100, but I have to cut the car in three sections.What's happening to the shell?Leave a comment:
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S14 was torn down today (10/2) and I received some bad news (and these pictures) from the shop. Oil pump was bad, engine was starving for oil. There is scarring to the cylinder walls in all cylinders. Perhaps its a sign: the Motorsport gods want me to bore this out.. :bow:
Looks like I'll need new rod and main bearings as well.
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My original plans were to sell the S14 to pay for an S5x swap and call it a day. The //M Gods smiled kindly (perhaps not so much) and I found an appropriately priced S14 where I live. The S14 I found was reasonably low miled, very clean, and had freshly powdercoated plenum and valve cover. I planned to drop it in and rebuild the #'s matching S14 when I had a solid career. Long story short, nearly all gaskets, including the head gasket, were leaking, and there was some concern over the legitimacy of the compression test video/pictures I received.
Getting to the head gasket would require removing the timing chain assembly - may as well rebuild the engine - which defeated the purpose of me buying this engine. In the end, I really had two choices. Swap an S5x in or rebuild my S14. I had gotten so hyped up about keeping the car original, I went for the rebuild.
I've been a lurker on R3V and S14.net since I purchased my first E30. I followed CATuned's Henna build thread - it was even more exciting for me because they were local! I knew their reputation was stellar from R3V, so I brought my M3 and S14s to their shop (they were the ones who gave me the low down on the S14 I had just purchased - as a car guy, I felt downright foolish). I told them my plans and they have been more than accommodating since. I'll give my final opinion on CATuned/Auto Heaven when all is said and done, but my experience so far has been overwhelmingly positive.
Here's some progress on their end - pulling out the S14 in preparation to be torn down.
Towed into the shop:
After the engine was pulled, it was time for the car to start being prepped for paint - back to Diamantschwarz, of course
Interior is mostly out, the glass will follow in the next few days.
As of 10/1:
Just doesn't look right without that wing...
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