want to sell those BBS RM? build looks like its coming along nicely!
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Originally posted by phreshkid View PostAndrew,
I'm on the FAQ under the tag Danc02.
-Ryan
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Still looking for a good 1.6l. Andrew at IE mentioned that he might have one and I am very hopeful. If things don't pan out, I have a contingency plan.
I bought this engine on #Instagram last night:
I still don't think it will go in the blue 1600, but it's never a bad thing to have a few engines to choose from. This should be shipping out from Atlanta early Tuesday morning if things go as planned.
Andrew! Let's talk 1.6l.
I also went ahead and ordered some paint rehab supplies. I'm going to try to use exclusively Meguiar's stuff because I know the guys and I get a nice discount. I'll have some good update photos this week.
On another note, I accepted a Director of Marketing position for a company, so between that and the shipping container business, I'll be plenty busy. More work usually = more money = cooler cars. Stay tuned, things are getting good.
Congratulations Seahawks. I wasn't rooting for you, but the Broncos never showed up tonight. Excellent defense.world renown Harry Potter expert
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Some updates:
I cleaned the hell out of a complete set of 02 suspension today. Everything below (except for the e21 320iS diff) is from the Polaris 73 2002. I have to build up two sets of suspension, so I wanted the 73 car to be the practice run. It doesn't make much sense considering I'll be driving the blue car much more and much sooner, but I don't care. I don't do things that "make sense".
I conveniently loaded everything onto a forklift and drove to our "washing area". All washing was done using a massive hot-water pressure washer. I burned myself. It was cool.
Photos of things that are dirty:
Then things started getting cleaner:
And then I cleaned up the 320iS diff from my late car. She'll never stop giving.
Then I got all the parts back in the shop. I stepped on the forklift's brakes a bit hard and the rear setup fell. I damaged the rear brakes nice and good. Go me!
Photos of damaged brakes. Guess this means I'm going bigger brakes. Damn. ;)
Enough of that, here are a few more:
Here is a nice, clean rear subframe assembly. Pretty rusty (only surface rust). Looks like I'm going to have these powder coated or something.
I got everything tucked away until tomorrow. I pulled out another box and finally went through its contents for the first time. I bought all this stuff at the beginning of last year, thinking that I would build up the original engine for the Polaris 73 car. This was before I bought the s14, and before I decided I knew what I was doing. I still don't really know what I'm doing most of the time.
I bought that other engine last night and after some deep meditation over a Chipotle burrito, I kind of want to put it in the blue car. The blue car is awesome and I want to keep it awesome.
Here are some parts I've purchased over the last two years through various sources on this forum and others. They will all find a home on either the blue car or the Polaris car. I'll probably turn this thread into a simultaneous build of both cars. Mostly because I'm lazy.
And then I bought this thing a few months ago. It seems too nice for the blue car, so I'll probably keep it safe until the christening of the Polaris car.
That's all I got for today.
-Ryanworld renown Harry Potter expert
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kewl stuff. what's the story with the m5 touring?
1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
1983 Peugeot 505 STI
1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD
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Originally posted by freeride53 View Postkewl stuff. what's the story with the m5 touring?world renown Harry Potter expert
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