Blunttech / Classic Daily S85 V10 E30 M3 Swap

[glenn-b]

you dont want to do everything now....otherwise you'll have nothing tinker with after the summer :-)

[jakeb]

TAs are reinforced. Diff cover is getting a second ear added but I needed to have it all hanging first.

Yes stock axles for now.

[kronus]

stock axles? no TA reinforcements? Single ear diff cover? These might be pain points in the future with that much power going through them..

[jakeb]

Steve flew in to do some work on the M3 last week....

Got the bottom all re undercoated.

Before


After


Fresh rear subframe and painted diff bolted up.


Subframe in and trailing arms bolted up..new bushings, bearings, etc etc etc


undercoated in the wheel wells too



New brake and fuel lines run



Gas tank ready to go in

[jakeb]

Grats on the shop space Jake! Nothing like having all that room, until you fill it up that is lol.

I moved our shop once to double the size, it filled up within a year, don't plan on moving anytime soon...

Yeah I can see how easy it would be to fill this up. One really nice thing is I am only using about half of this building so far. The other side is the same size as what I have and vaccent. So if I ever need to expand...

[arch4ngel]

Thanks for sharing this epic project!
Can't wait to see it done.

Also congrats on the new shop space.

[ForcedFirebird]

Grats on the shop space Jake! Nothing like having all that room, until you fill it up that is lol.

I moved our shop once to double the size, it filled up within a year, don't plan on moving anytime soon...

[E30 Wagen]

cool shop space

[JRKOUPE]

Jake, you going full time with the shop I take it?

In case I missed it... congrats! You're definitely going to do well because the work you do is jaw dropping :up:

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congrats Jake....space looks wide open.......cool.

[Jb325is]

My e12 posi locks have stayed put for 12k hard miles.... I tore the rear diff mount out of the car but they stayed in place.. . I had a set of eccentrics on my s52 track car and they constantly came loose. finally aligned it and tack welded them. These have been great.. Eric When you say fuel hose interference you mean the fill hose right?

They come loose because it binds everything up, right? When you jack your car up with poly bushings and rear eccentrics does the wheel droop much? I am going to have to do adjusters but I don't think I'm going to do it without doing spherical rtabs

[dude8383]

Jake, you going full time with the shop I take it?

In case I missed it... congrats! You're definitely going to do well because the work you do is jaw dropping :up:

[Eric]

My e12 posi locks have stayed put for 12k hard miles.... I tore the rear diff mount out of the car but they stayed in place.. . I had a set of eccentrics on my s52 track car and they constantly came loose. finally aligned it and tack welded them. These have been great.. Eric When you say fuel hose interference you mean the fill hose right?

That's it, I'm sold!

Yes, the filler hose is what I was referring to.


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[Todd Black 88]

What do you think of those new IE adjusters? My eccentrics are maxed out for toe correction, I was thinking of doing the IE adjusters on a spare subframe and swapping them around.

Have you seen Jake on S14.net's trouble with the trailing arm enforcements? The fuel hose bumps into the right one, and the exhaust bumps into the drivers side one. He had to reweld them with the right one on the lower side of the seam, and the drivers on the upper side of the seam. Everything fit nicely on the bench, but didn't notice the interference until installing them on his car.

This was what I was going to post, and yes, iirc, it was the filler hose to the tank.

[blunttech]

My e12 posi locks have stayed put for 12k hard miles.... I tore the rear diff mount out of the car but they stayed in place.. . I had a set of eccentrics on my s52 track car and they constantly came loose. finally aligned it and tack welded them. These have been great.. Eric When you say fuel hose interference you mean the fill hose right?

[F34R]

I heard the IE adjusters moved around...I am also maxed out on the e30tech weld in toe/camber kit.

Great build, Jake!

no I did not see that... I saw another person that did them like I did and they said there was no interference with the fuel hose. I guess we will find out when we put it up in there.

I believe I am that "other person" ;) I have not had a single issue rubbing my fuel hose, I am also running 4" GC springs to get even lower, you will be just fine!