My 89 325is head first dive (NEW BUILD PG.13)

[rmosca594]

Someone give me one good reason why i shouldnt throw in towel and sell this whole thing for a grand...

[Kevinl]

Why?

[rmosca594]

im just getting really stressed out i havent had a car in 7 months and i have spent every dime of every paycheck in this e30 haha, but im not quitting i just needed to cool off, messed up a piston putting a wrist pin in and broke my timing cover today, everything is good to go! :D ill make my big update right now too lol

[DIIRTY-30]

Personally been working on my project for almost 8 months now, only put about 80 miles on it since purchase. Done the complete overhaul and what not, been stressed out before wanting to sell it. It'll pay off once everything comes together man, you'll laugh wondering why you even thought of selling it in the first place.

Take a breathe, be patient, and it'll all be good. These things take a lot of time and persistence..

[saturnv7890]

Man I've wanted to set my car on fire... or punch a windshield, so many times. And those moments continue to happen.

But it'll all be worth it in the end, and you'll know this car in every direction.

Relax with the knowledge that you don't have any real deadline, that's when things really start pissing you off.

[stoja e30]

Personally been working on my project for almost 8 months now, only put about 80 miles on it since purchase. Done the complete overhaul and what not, been stressed out before wanting to sell it. It'll pay off once everything comes together man, you'll laugh wondering why you even thought of selling it in the first place.

Take a breathe, be patient, and it'll all be good. These things take a lot of time and persistence..

good adivce.
ive been driving a galant for the last 18 months while i build my project. just when you think your close something breaks or doesnt fit and you have to start again.
i'm getting close to a start up, patience is now one of my strong siuts.

[rmosca594]

Thanks alot guys! I just want to have a car again i can enjoy the shit out of, the miata was super fun but that didnt last long (fuckin deer)

Ill make my update now got alottttt of shit done...

[rmosca594]

UPDATE: 6/27/2013

Finally got my 900$ shipment from autohausaz.com :D

Started putting my block together
All new break lines, all victor reinz gaskets!
All new pads, rotors and calipers all around
main bearings and rod bearings finally but a piston got messed up so it needs to be fixed pronto to get the wrist pin in!

and alot of other shit lol

dropped subframe and painted with engine block paint and lots of clear, re assembled steering rack, rebuilt power steering pup (decided to keep my ps)

New ball joints and bushings on the way :D

Ordering the spec stage 3 clutch tomorrow and hopefully dropping motor in the next 2 weeks

steering rack and subframe



clear coat came out milky so i put alot on then went over it with a coat of the engine paint lol



Rebuilt the PS pump and painted pulley



the rack again



timing cover painted



Few tings painted and cleaned



Water pump and PS pump



New calipers :D



75 parts...



new rotors :D



old vs new brake lines....



Block almost done (no pistons in it yet)



new bearings



micro polished crank and dipped in that hardening blue stuff (n00b)



almost there

[saturnv7890]

Jesus man this is probably one of the nicest e30's I've seen in a while!

I might have to smack you for getting so discouraged haha.

2 quick comments:
-If you're replacing all the brake soft lines, why not stainless?
-I hope you didn't get a reinz head gasket..

Oh and is that the torque wrench you used to torque your head bolts?

[rmosca594]

Jesus man this is probably one of the nicest e30's I've seen in a while!

I might have to smack you for getting so discouraged haha.

2 quick comments:
-If you're replacing all the brake soft lines, why not stainless?
-I hope you didn't get a reinz head gasket..

Oh and is that the torque wrench you used to torque your head bolts?

lol thanks man, and thanks for watching my build :D

i didnt think about it at the time lol but when i get the wheels and suspension i want, ill switch all my bushings to poly along with stainless lines later

And yeah its a reinz HG is that bad? not going to boost with the reinz, going to boost with cometic! just dont have 250 to drop on one gasket ATM

And yeah i used that torque wrench its new so no bending, is it a terrible wrench?????

[saturnv7890]

Yeah I don't think the stainless lines are too hard to replace with the car all assembled anyway, and seeing as you'll have the subframe off again to do bushings it shouldn't be a problem.

For the headgasket, a decent amount of people, myself included, have had some issues with reinz. Whether it's poor sealing or longevity, most people will recommend an OEM gasket such as goetze. I'm boosting 10 psi on a goetze gasket, I do have an o-ringed block and ARP studs which help. With this same setup, the PO blew the rings before his gasket due to a poor tune and gratuitous HPDE's and auto-x. I don't think the MLS gasket is worth the cost until really high power levels, and even then its hard to get the thing to seal from what I've heard. But then people do use them a lot, someone stop me if I'm spreading misinformation here.

If it's new I can't imagine your torque wrench being a problem then! I used a $10 HF clicker to torque my studs

[rmosca594]

Yeah I don't think the stainless lines are too hard to replace with the car all assembled anyway, and seeing as you'll have the subframe off again to do bushings it shouldn't be a problem.

For the headgasket, a decent amount of people, myself included, have had some issues with reinz. Whether it's poor sealing or longevity, most people will recommend an OEM gasket such as goetze. I'm boosting 10 psi on a goetze gasket, I do have an o-ringed block and ARP studs which help. With this same setup, the PO blew the rings before his gasket due to a poor tune and gratuitous HPDE's and auto-x. I don't think the MLS gasket is worth the cost until really high power levels, and even then its hard to get the thing to seal from what I've heard. But then people do use them a lot, someone stop me if I'm spreading misinformation here.

If it's new I can't imagine your torque wrench being a problem then! I used a $10 HF clicker to torque my studs

Yeah ill see what happens with thie reinz gasket, if it blows or leaks ill just something nice and use gakset sealer... i need some clutch info, i have a connect on spec stage 3 clutch shipped to me for 345 bucks

but i dont have enough to get that and pay my phone bill :/

[saturnv7890]

Can't help you there, I am running a spec stage 3 haha

[rmosca594]

Can't help you there, I am running a spec stage 3 haha

How do you like it? i think im just goign to say fuck it and get the spec stage 3..... i would rather pay more and wait another paycheck to get the car running nicely for a long time than get the shit one and replace it in who knows when....

Tonight i re sealed my tranny, cleaned it apotless, replaced my throwout with a new sach's, and new master :D

[saturnv7890]

If I need a new one I'll go TCD, this one's a little heavier than I'm used to, and theres not much room for slipping, its more on-off. Fine for me but sometimes passengers don't like it. It'll probably get better once I start DDing the car.

Problem with TCD is it's expensive as shit, and all my opinions of that are purely based on hearsay. Spec is good, holds power, takes a decent amount of getting used to though