It's S50 time!

[e30austin]

I've been collecting parts for about a year now. Probably a smart idea so I don't see all my money disappear all at once!

[DÌEGØ]

haha thats what I did for my turbo build. took me about 18mo from when I started gathering parts to my first start-up

[e30austin]

It's worth it. Best money I ever spent!

[vabbster]

Thanks! Are you the one who bought Steven's '90 sedan?

Yup! That's me... I hope to have mine finished pretty soon as well. I can't wait to drive it.

[e30austin]

Pic heavy post to follow...

Yup! That's me... I hope to have mine finished pretty soon as well. I can't wait to drive it.

Awesome, man. Hope to see it sometime soon. It'll be my brilliantrot cousin :rofl:

Got some work done today. Didn't have a ton of time, but I did what I could.

Prepped the block for paint. Wire wheeled the shit out of it and sealed it:







All done!





Painted it with John Deere Blitz paint:



Picked up a set of Turbine covers for my M-Systems (missing a couple center caps though, boo)



M-Systems! They need some love:



The ever growing pile of parts:



SuperSprint replica headers:



Intake painted with Blitz:

[freeride53]

Awesome m-systems. but the question is...how much did you pick em up for? :D

[e30austin]

Awesome m-systems. but the question is...how much did you pick em up for? :D

They were priced very fairly for their condition. A little rough around the edges, but they'll definitely clean up!

[spiDmang]

Got a new rack going in as as well? Is that a z3 rack?

I just picked up a e36 rack for $20 bones...can't wait to put it in! :giggle:

[e30austin]

E36 M3 3.2. I wanted a Z3 but I couldn't turn this away for what I paid. Plus, anything is an upgrade from stock!

[acolella76]

Believe me, I've thought about it since I have a spare one kicking around, but it would mean I'd have to upgrade to an E36 radiator (which I have) and delete cruise control (I enjoy thoroughly and don't want to delete it.) Maybe when I do a shell transfer...

Huh? I'm not saying you have to mount it the same way the E34s do. There is enough clearance with the V8 booster mounted in the stock location.

[e30austin]

Progress on this has been slow, but my motivation has been super low lately. Been having real long hours at school, so I've been using my weekends to catch up on some much needed sleep.

Tuesday night, my G260 took a shit, so I spent the majority of last night changing that out with another good used one. While I was in there, I figured it was as good of a time as any to assemble my EVO and DSSR and drop it in. Wow! What an incredible difference from my stock, worn out shifter and worn selector rod. I had a big smile on my face the whole drive home last night.

I really wanted to just wait and do the S50/G260 all at once, but I still need to order a couple more things. Oh well.

[butters]

do S50/ZF!

[e30austin]

Tis the plan if I can find a good one!

[e30austin]

Pulling this bitch out today!!

[e30austin]

Had to finish a lot of maintenance type stuff on the S50 today, but the M50 is ready to come out. Hope to have the S50 in tomorrow and maybe running! I took lots of pictures but am on my iPad so I can't post them til I get to the computer tomorrow.