Blunttech / Classic Daily S85 V10 E30 M3 Swap

[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:

[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

[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.

[E30 Wagen]

cool 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...

[arch4ngel]

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

Also congrats on the new shop space.

[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...

[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

[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]

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.

[glenn-b]

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

[jakeb]

More updates coming soon but here is a tiny one....

[jakeb]

Well the subframe from before was a bust.... The z3 steering rack was wanting to be in the same spot as the header. So we start again.

The engine about in it's final location


This is the e30 m3 rack rotated slightly down to clear the header.




Rack in it's new home in the subframe jig.


Bending a piece to connect the dots




Trimmed down and tacked together


Testing and ears for rack




Boxing it in

You can see a piece of bent plate going under the pan here. This piece was fun to make.



Tacked together


Clearance to the pan...around 1/8-1/4"


Out of the car


I really like how this part came out. Some little open holes still.
Before (opposite side of after pic)


After


Still more cleanup needed.


Entire thing before welding...

[jakeb]

Also come see it at the blunttech booth at vintage in NC this coming weekend...

[ForcedFirebird]

Also come see it at the blunttech booth at vintage in NC this coming weekend...

Why are all the cool meets and/or projects going on during race weekends for FL :(

Nice job, man. Ingenious to angle the rack a bit.