1971 BMW 1600 Project

[speedracer 2002]

want to sell those BBS RM? build looks like its coming along nicely!

[tinkwithanr]

Great work man. Love seeing 'em brought back like this.

[SkiFree]

Andrew,

I'm on the FAQ under the tag Danc02.

-Ryan

Ryan, ok, it all makes sense now! I'll be back on brake-line duty after this weekend.

[CubbyChowder]

Excited to watch this build unfold. And good for you for taking a break from school, I think you'll be happy you did it.

[phreshkid]

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.

[anabolice30]

Jesus man, you've got one nice project, and obviously a lotta money to play around with.

[hfabricius]

Seen that engine in person, its sweet as shit! Loving this build.

[phreshkid]

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.
-Ryan

[raykoke]

:nice: Don't make me post here again.

[jhaurimn]

Director of marketing ? Sounds like you have things set up well for such a young age. Can't wait to see more! And be careful with that hot water pressure water :p

[deutschman]

Holly parts pile Batman!

[phreshkid]

[freeride53]

kewl stuff. what's the story with the m5 touring?

[phreshkid]

kewl stuff. what's the story with the m5 touring?

My buddy just finished two e39 m5 tourings. Everything was swapped over, including subframes and m5 trunks/floorboards. One just passed BAR too. So much more room for activities! And they are fast. One is fully Dinan'd out. Scary fast.

[evil-diesel]

awesome! It's so refreshing to see an '02 that hasn't been over restored...