1971 BMW 1600 Project

[phreshkid]

Minor updates:

Dirty and in desperate need of re-polish using the industrial 3M stuff.





The car was at my buddies shop in Long Beach, Ca over the weekend getting a few things taken care of. Shop's name is Long Beach Autohaus owned by Scott Parsons; great guy and super knowledgable. These things include:

-tuning the 38/38 and adjusting the chokes (correctly)
-re-adjusting timing
-adjust valves
-create bracket for intake manifold/oil dipstick tube
-redo most wiring in engine bay
-new ground cable with new location
-install oil catch can
-fix/correct vacuum hose for brake booster to manifold
-new d side motor mount
-redo shifter bushings and change a few things back there
-other stuff

Photos of some of those things:
















I got the car back today, and decided enough was enough with holding the door open with my knee every time I got in or out of the car. I had to replace the door brakes. I couldn't take it anymore.

Removing the passenger side old door brake:



What is left of both door brakes. Note, I didn't break anything. This is exactly how they came out of the car.



and a fresh set:






I figured I'd also install the new door cards since I had all the necessary pieces to do so. Everything went well and looks better now. Huge aesthetic upgrade.









Overall, very satisfied with the one hour I had to tinker with the car.

Tomorrow's agenda includes ripping out the carpet, cleaning floor pans, and laying down a fresh layer of raam mat sound deadener and ensolite, then the new carpet goes in. I also want to prepare the paint for fresh polish using the 3M stuff I bought a week or two ago.



I'm strongly considering getting the car resprayed. Don't fight me on this. It's probably going to happen. I'm leaving the bullet hole though. Don't fight me on that either.




It feels good to work on the car a bit.

[itskingsteelo]

drool....

[Jamie H]

Awesome build you have going. Your updates are always a good read.

One day I hope to do something like this with my grandpa's 02. Its been sitting for a long time and I look forward to a time when I can bring it back to its former glory.

Regarding the sound deadener and ensolite, what would you recommend that I use to keep out noise? When I pull my carpets I assumed that my only option would be dynamat, but I'd love to know of some other good options.

[TimeMachinE30]

Someone was using butyl acetate tape... a home improvement item. It seems to off gas a significant amount I have read.

There are options other than dynamat; they are just the kleenex of their field.


Great car. Really nice work done.

[phreshkid]

Awesome build you have going. Your updates are always a good read.

One day I hope to do something like this with my grandpa's 02. Its been sitting for a long time and I look forward to a time when I can bring it back to its former glory.

Regarding the sound deadener and ensolite, what would you recommend that I use to keep out noise? When I pull my carpets I assumed that my only option would be dynamat, but I'd love to know of some other good options.

Someone was using butyl acetate tape... a home improvement item. It seems to off gas a significant amount I have read.

There are options other than dynamat; they are just the kleenex of their field.


Great car. Really nice work done.

I've used the home depot peel n seal stuff in a previous e30 and it really does work, though it's probably fair to say that it wasn't designed with sound deadening in mind. This time around, I wanted to use a product with a specific purpose.

So I did some research and a lot of guys have had great success with this company and their product. And if you tell them you found them on a forum, they usually give you $10 off or 10% off your purchase.

http://www.raamaudio.com/#

They are much cheaper than dynamat. They all do relatively the same thing. No sense in spending an extra $100 for a few pieces of hidden mat with a stamped "dynamat" logo on it.

[phreshkid]

I just bought a set of front bumperettes designated for early 2002s and 1600s. They are much lower profile than the current bumper overriders for the front. In the same order, I purchased rear bumper seam covers. Very euro but I want to see how they clean the car up, aesthetically.

I should have those on next week.

[dvck]

I could not resist

[phreshkid]

I could not resist

Holy Shet


I think I need a new sig and new pants.

[freeride53]

This weekend gone be gud.

[phreshkid]

Also, threw a fresh mirror on this morning.
I'll be removing it tomorrow, so not sure why I did that.

[Nesset]

Soopah dope. Wana do up my 76' for me? Lmao I loved reading through the past 46 pages.

[dvck]

:thumbs up:

glad you liked it pal, gotta get in touch with you about those seat rails if you still have them, going to need them afterall.

[phreshkid]

:thumbs up:

glad you liked it pal, gotta get in touch with you about those seat rails if you still have them, going to need them afterall.

Of course I still have them and of course they are still yours.



because that's what friends are for.

[oliver.r]

source for oil catch can?

[Jamie H]

I've used the home depot peel n seal stuff in a previous e30 and it really does work, though it's probably fair to say that it wasn't designed with sound deadening in mind. This time around, I wanted to use a product with a specific purpose.

So I did some research and a lot of guys have had great success with this company and their product. And if you tell them you found them on a forum, they usually give you $10 off or 10% off your purchase.

http://www.raamaudio.com/#

They are much cheaper than dynamat. They all do relatively the same thing. No sense in spending an extra $100 for a few pieces of hidden mat with a stamped "dynamat" logo on it.

Gotcha, thanks very much for the info man. Ill be sure to put it to good use.