Clint Eastwood: Old and white on the outside, black and leathery on the inside. +S52!

[411]

.........hmmmm.....looks like you forgot to weld "nfl" rear apron on rear to complete your vfl/nfl bumper swap....I,m thinkin' that would have been the smart thing to do before painting

[mtlbloodshot]

Dump this car on the ground please

[MaxBell]

.........hmmmm.....looks like you forgot to weld "nfl" rear apron on rear to complete your vfl/nfl bumper swap....I,m thinkin' that would have been the smart thing to do before painting

Yeh I prefer the high rear end of the early cars, looks more muscle car with the diff and more of the rear tires showing. I don't like how fat the tail looks on the later ones.

just letting this fourm [*forum] kno

Update: Piecing together the exhaust right now, considering Stromung vs Eisenmann. (400$ vs 1000$?!) I'm also working on the MS2 right now.

Also:

[bradnic]

I have a Strömung cat back on my vert. Absolutely love it. Not sure you have the right price there though. I got mine used. Vac sells these for $665 + ship.

https://store.nexternal.com/vacmotors/storefront/stromung---performance-rear-section-exhaust-e30-6cyl-p2480direct.aspx

That Eisenmann pricing is.. wow. actually about $1300 + shipping for the muffler and connecting pipes.

http://www.eisenmann-sportauspuff.de/shop/EN/show/BMW/3er_Cabrio/E30/325i__-__126_kW/

Then again.. there's a local here with a pristine E30 M3 and a Meistershaft setup that's just incredible. About $1800+ship.

http://www.gthaus.com/ver3_ghprice.php?selMake=2&selModel=10520&selSub=10770&selPerf=1&selTip=2764%231.0%23none.gif#.Uupf8nnfZuY

[Habla]

Sweet car, but who owns those houndstooth seats now and where do they live?

[Roysneon]

just letting this fourm [*forum] kno

:giggle:

If it were my car I'd lower it in the back too, but since it's the first thing I'd do it's probably a bad idea.

[MaxBell]

I have a Strömung cat back on my vert. Absolutely love it. Not sure you have the right price there though. I got mine used. Vac sells these for $665 + ship.

https://store.nexternal.com/vacmotors/storefront/stromung---performance-rear-section-exhaust-e30-6cyl-p2480direct.aspx

That Eisenmann pricing is.. wow. actually about $1300 + shipping for the muffler and connecting pipes.

http://www.eisenmann-sportauspuff.de/shop/EN/show/BMW/3er_Cabrio/E30/325i__-__126_kW/

Then again.. there's a local here with a pristine E30 M3 and a Meistershaft setup that's just incredible. About $1800+ship.
http://www.gthaus.com/ver3_ghprice.p...f#.Uupf8nnfZuY

Yeh, all pricey. Maybe I'll save the moolah and go with the Stromung. I wish I could hear from someone who has heard both.

There's no clips of the Meistershaft on an E30 that I could find. Got anything? You heard it on a 6 cylinder?

Sweet car, but who owns those houndstooth seats now and where do they live?

I have no clue. They were shipped into Cali. I sold the two fronts for $500 I think. Sedan sport seats are pretty rare.

:giggle:

If it were my car I'd lower it in the back too, but since it's the first thing I'd do it's probably a bad idea.

Yeh, maybe. I kinda like the muscle car rake it's got going on. I find under hard cornering it rubs on the fenders though, even with them being rolled and pulled.

I don't want to run any smaller width tires though, I'm already sliding a little at high speed cornering.

WHAT DO? Maybe stiffer springs?

[MaxBell]

OH SHIT, AN UPDATE!

Hey, so I've been slowly working on the supercharger in my spare time. To fit where I want it (A/C position), it needs to be shortened by 2", so the pully will line up with the crank pully.





Took some measurements, then built a design in Solidworks for the CNC Lathe to cut down the shaft.



Among other things, I FINALLY found an M3 drivers seat in Cardinal that didn't look like it lost a knife fight.



A lot of the plastic adjusters are broken, but I'll just take the leather off and fix my current M3 seat.

Then? Toronto Auto Show AWW YISS.



Next build anyone?



Then, I figured I couldn't get much more done on the car since it's far away in an underground parking garage, I'd work on the motorcycle again.

Step 1: Chop the tail.



Step 2: Make a new tail.







Step 3: ???



Step 4: Profit

[Ether-D]

Dude, I like how you just fuckin' jump in and go for it. Good job.

[MaxBell]

Haha thanks. I'm a little sporadic with my projects. "Oh I think I'll cut the tail off this motorbike."

K.

Anyways, I got bored playing League of Legends at home, so I went and did more bike stuff.

Out of cardboard, then out of steel.









PRIMER



WHITE FIRST COAT

[MaxBell]

Update: Bike is done. All painted and tucked away in storage until next summer.



Here it is after clear coat and everything assembled.



Back to the car! It's exhaust has been lacking, big time. First, I got Stromung to make me a custom muffler, dual 2" in and out.





I also ordered mandrel bends, v-bands, stainless pipe and a Borla Pro XS for the mid-muffler.





2.5" into 2x2" were very expensive, so I made my own. Much better.

[F34R]

Bike looks great!

[MaxBell]

Onto the new exhaust!



Welded the 2-1 up solid.



Laid it all out, measure and cut.



Assembly.



Cat-back done.



I found these really heavy duty 304 stainless flange clamps with solid butyl gaskets, good to 250 degrees with vibration and can withstand 30,000 psi.

They're used in the pharmaceutical and food industries, so they're sanitary stainless and extremely high quality.





I'm going to cut the mild steel 3 bolt flanges off the bottom of the S52 manifolds I got, then replace them with these things. Why BMW put mild steel flanges on stainless manifolds is totally beyond me.

[MaxBell]

Man, building an exhaust is a TON of work. Going on the 3rd full day now. Measure, cut, remove from car, weld, fit back into car, measure next section, etc etc.

Anyways, today I got the following done:

Removed 3 bolt mild steel flanges on the S52 manifolds. Tacked in sanitary stainless flanges for the quick clamps.



Built the merge and downpipe, lots of space to clear the subframe and sway bar. These were such a pain to make, but I could do more if people want em. (Maybe make a jig or something.)



Got the rest tacked together, from the merge pipe to the muffler.



Tomorrow I'll be backpurging and solid welding everything together.

[dothadance]

hell yeah man. sub'd. also, what bike is that and why is my kawasaki not anywhere near that cool? hahaha