E30 S52 Build + Turbo Install

[DrLeadFoot]

Took a wire wheel to my drive shaft to clean off the rust and put a coat of rust treatment on it. Flat black rattle can to come tomorrow.





Getting my linkage ready for the Evo3 shifter.





Popped the turbo off.





To fix this





New drivers latch and torx bolts mounted.





Is this my Central Locking Unit that has the internals exposed?





Any idea where this wire/plug goes?





What about this white/red wire? In drivers kick panel.





Thanks for looking!

[DrLeadFoot]

Got the e36 drive shaft painted up and the e30 CSB on it.

Comparison pictures of the e30 and e36 DS:







Painted. Zipties FTW!





Ready to go!





On to the Evo 3 Shifter.

The clip of the beeeaches.





Had to use a vice grips to get it installed.





Done. :)





New rear mount.





Top side c-clipped in.





Sitting low!!





ZHP Knob

[DrLeadFoot]

All new everything





Rigged up





Torqued to 74 ft/lbs.





UPS should be delivering the SS slave cylinder line today. I'll get that installed and bleed the system. Tomorrow the DSSR should be here. More than likely will have to sand down the selector to make it work.

After that all I'll have to do is:

- Drive shaft

- Diff and axel

- Change oil

- Turbo gasket

- Cut the tial BOV spring a little

- Shifter gasket thing, boot and ZHP knob

[DrLeadFoot]

Back in the garage...

Took the red/blk wire loop out of the door connector by splicing it out. Once I connected the wires something clicked in the central locking unit or interior light module. Good sign??





This might be the problem. Central Locking Unit.









Turned my attention to the stereo system.

Got a new sub amp. 600w Kenwood to replace my old 500w Alpine.







Also got new 3 new Stinger RC cables and routed them on the drivers side hopefully to eliminate the whining that matches the RPMs when they vary.





Headed back into the bimmer cave now!

[TheTacoMan]

More pictures of that rear spoiler?

[DrLeadFoot]

More pictures of that rear spoiler?

I have some on flickr and instagram accounts. DrLeadFoot for both.


Hooked up,the new amp and nada. Took the speaker out and tested the two coils. 2ohms a piece.



First one looks good.





Second one not so much.



Sorry for the iPad pics. Camera battery died.



Other things I got done.



- Tried to bleed the slave but the pedal doesn't feel right. It doesn't sit on the floor when pressed. It's spongie feel to it. I'm using an e36 m3 slave. Any tips? Also was using a vacuum pump on the slave bleeder while having my fiancée pump and hold the pedal.



- Cut a ring out of my BOV. I'll order the replacement springs tomorrow but there is no rush. The yellow spring was in there from Tial.



- Replaced the passenger side fog light. The old one had a crack in it.



- Cleaned up a bit.

[DrLeadFoot]

Scooped up a new sub this morning.





Wired it up to 2 ohms and installed it.





My next project. Installing a working glove box to hide all this.





UPS just dropped of a small box! Into the garage!!

[DrLeadFoot]

Got the DSSR in the mail.





Had to grind down the selector end a bit to make it fit. #Earl





At home.





The final piece to finish putting the interior back together.





E21 mounts and the powder coated brace. #Snap





Drive shaft bolted up, CSB preloaded, tunnel cover and powder coated brace installed.





Harness from the PO.





My E30 M3 interior from my old car. I need to clean and condition everything.





Where should I put these?? #Bassboy

[hokejka]

awesome work dude

[DrLeadFoot]

awesome work dude

Thanks a lot! I really do appreciate it.

[DrLeadFoot]

Got the ECS T3 solid gasket in the mail from @Frank_Mopar!





Installed it with some copper RTV.





Had to track down the Snap-On dealer to get a male 14mm allen socket for the differential fill hole. Picked this up too and it's the bee's knees.





The 14mm allen lead to this. Please don't judge my washers





The subframe diff mounting hardware. 16mm bolts and thick washers from a M-coupe if I remember correctly.





Which lead to this.





Oil change.







I drained my crank case catch can that draws vacuum from the exhaust. Nasty...





Who wants to clean this up?!!?





Some more pics of the e30 M3 rear seat.









Washed off the garage.









Goodnight.

[TheBankslife]

Nice build so far, looks sick. I'm jealous of the turbo.

[DrLeadFoot]

Nice build so far, looks sick. I'm jealous of the turbo.

Thanks, man. It is definitely fun but it has it's issues now and then. Hopefully it will be all good for awhile.

[DrLeadFoot]

A little 1st gear.

https://instagram.com/p/0zpiG9NL7H/

[DrLeadFoot]

A quick E30 shoot.























I'm experiencing some break up at higher RPMs. Need to look into some different plugs and get a new tune from TRM. It's way too rich.