Boosty 30... track day, fun car (Now with a new owner)

[dugly52]

Timing Belt and Water Pump

Well I got in my tensioners and adjuster nutts from Pelican. And I know what I did wrong the first time, so now I can go in and actually do my timing belt and water pump.



Yup, its that time.



Part way through.



I got her all back together with only one problem. There is a leak coming from my new water pump. I don't know if I got all of the old gasket off. I used a razor blade to scrape it off, but there is a leak coming from the bottom part of it. I got it warmed up and bled the system, and I'll let it sit for the night and see if anything has changed in the morning (Fingers crossed).

[dugly52]

Cams and cover

I put on my painted valve cover. And while I was in there I painted the support bracket for the intake manifold. I like the way it looks. And when I have the IM off, I'll paint that.

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And I checked out my cams and rockers while it was off. There is no pitting or groves on my cams, which is awesome. And the rockers seemed like they look good. But I'm not exactly what telltale signs are and only looked pretty quick. Here it is tho.



Going to head to a friends in Bellingham tomorrow, so hopefully it won't be raining and I can get some pictures on Chuckanutt drive. At least some good curves. (Not too spirited, since people get tickets on that road left and right)

[GnarShark]

This is a pretty sweet build thread, your car is looking awesome!! Keep up the good works!

[dugly52]

Chuckanut Cruise

Drove home from Bellingham this morning and took Chuckanut Dr. Fun little road. Stopped at a couple places to take some pictures. (I need a better camera. And I need some photography skills) But, I hope you enjoy.

[dugly52]

Not an update, just bored so I look at the progress I've made. And with the time I've had on my hands I can tell, I've made it much more my car than before.

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[TimeMachinE30]

Purple tint and wood slats on the roof......


Looks good otherwise.

[dugly52]

Purple tint and wood slats on the roof......


Looks good otherwise.

Yeah, removing and/or new tint is on the to-do list. Its left over from the PO and is shit.

[IzzY_325is]

Not going to lie, I love �� the look this car has now. If you don't mind I'm going to see if I can put my own spin on some of your ideas on one of my e30's.

Keep it going.

[dugly52]

Updates!!

So I've neglected this thread for a long time. But now it's time to update. Some quick things I did:

Painted the rear valence orange to match the front lip :)



And I put in pop out windows! That way the pup can have fresh air if I leave him in the car.




Those are 2 quick ones. More to come :)

[dugly52]

The picnic!!

So one of the big things that happened over the last year, was I went to my first E30 Picnic!! It's was a fantastic weekend. Made it to Griot's on Saturday to see Darin talk about his M30 turbo vert. And Eric talk about his beautiful blue E30. Then headed over to James's house (aka owner of R3v) for the pre party. I still can't believe he does this every year. Takey a lot of balls to open your house up to an entire forum of car guys to come party. But good thing most everyone is respectful and doesn't take advantage of him. Thanks again for hosting this. Great party!

So in preparation. Of the picnic, I decided I needed to do something different for the event. So I decided to take my extra hood and make it into a white board. :) So I picked up the paint at home depot and rolled it on.





Turned out reallyour well. Especially on a white car. So I let people start signing it at the pre-party. After that night:



And then the picnic. So awesome!! I'm sure you guys have seen all the pictures, but here is one for my thread:



Can wait for next year. Rediculous to see how there can be a couple hundred of the same car, yet all so different.

And here is how the hood turned out after the picnic. I was super happy with it. I might have to make it a regular thing because it's a great way to remember the picnic.

[jeenyus]

cool. nice different approach, but it's lookin' good. thanks for the updates.

[dugly52]

Random pictures

Thought I'd load up some pictures of the car and other stuff I've acquired to hint where I'm going with it. :)



I had finished up the rear bumper. Don't think I posted a picture of it.



Went and did a little paddle boarding in the E30. I feel it screams 80's with the boards on top. Haha



Before the white board, I experimented with an orange stripe in the hood. Thoughts?
I thought it was too much for a car driven on streets.




Oh... and what is this? ;)

[dugly52]

Well, I neglected it again. But time for some updates. I've done some things to the car, but mostly just enjoying it. Did 4 or 5 track days with Audi club, and this thing is a blast. It is way better for the track than the audi. But I'll do a quick photo dump to show what I've done.

Painted the wheels
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This is the only picture of them all black on the car
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I gave them a little orange to go with the car. Really liked it at first, then wished I just stuck with all black. Oh well
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Build a fold up work bench in my garage
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Had to replace my Odometer gears. (E30 lyfe)
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Picked up a shift boot and E-brake cover. Some sweet orange and black hounds tooth :)
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Here it is installed.
Also got a cup holder... banana for scale :)
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Picked up some new wheels and Tires. Wheels are Miro I think? and the tires are Ventus RS3's 225x45x15
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And painted them black because red doesn't go with the car. Here's them installed.
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[dugly52]

Then I decided to do a big rear sub-frame refresh. When you rested the sub-frame on a jack it would squish almost an inch. (Bushings were shot)

So I picked up some condor bushings. sub-frame, trailing arm, and the diff spacers to help offset lowering that car.
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Then I dropped it
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The bushings were definitely stuck in.
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So I had to use some fire!
(Pro tip from FredK. you don't have to burn them out. You just need to heat the metal on the sub-frame enough to start melting the rubber on the inside. Then they slide out)
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But the large washer was stuck and wouldn't come off, so i have to saw off one side
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Put on some SS lines from ECS
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Pulled off the trailing arms
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And new bushings with the diff spacers in
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And its all back together
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Getting it back in can be a little tough by yourself. I just had to do a sweet balancing act on the jack, and then got it back in. (forgot pictures of that)

[dugly52]

Then I picked up a bunch of stuff to go in it off CL. He was building a PRO3 car, but lost interested and parted it. So here is the stuff still needing to go in.

SS clutch line
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Brake ducting and custom dust covers for brake cooling.
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DSSR
(I've been putting this one off because I have an early model and need the late model selector that goes into the tranny) And not sure how it connects, so I need to do some research.
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And got some sweet wheels with Proxy RA-1s. He said the tires had 1 heat cycle on them and the wheels had never been mounted. ($700 )
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An oil pan scraper. Which he had 2 oil pan gaskets he threw in free. (1 for top and 1 for bottom of scraper)
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And an entire engine gasket refresh kit. (With a Goetze HG fo free!)
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And grabbed an intake cause he said it was free. So I figure I can paint it and throw it on later.
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He had some old 6 Pt harnesses that had "Expired" so he sold me 2 sets for $20 each. Which they expired in Feb of 2016 and showed no wear. So perfect for me, since I'm not doing any sanctioned racing. (yet :) jk)
So I grabbed a harness bar to put in until I can get a cage in the car.
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And last, I picked up a car dolly to tow the car to and from the track. The car has always been great, but its almost 30 years old and with 210K plus on the clock, anything could happen. And I don't want to have to pay to have it towed back.
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