BMW e30 Daily/StanceMachine? **Warning** Picture overload!

[danielpak_ek9]

The trunk looks really good.

That's a shame about the 318is. It looks nice in the pictures.

Thanks! And I will post pics of the underbody soon. The frame rail on the drivers floor board is seriously all rotted out from rust. It's structural damage so that's my main reason for parting it out.

[danielpak_ek9]

Any interest in selling the cluster off that 318is?

Haha, clean build. I was wondering why the fuck you powder coated rods then I noticed they were part of a table.

Because it adds horsepower duhh... LOL. Yea they look awesome on the table. As for the cluster I will think about it. I will pm you if i will decide to. It's in good working order.

[Codym42]

The trunk looks really good.

That's a shame about the 318is. It looks nice in the pictures.

[ahrensNW]

Any interest in selling the cluster off that 318is?

Haha, clean build. I was wondering why the fuck you powder coated rods then I noticed they were part of a table.

[alistairolsen]

Loving that all your parts cars have the double vent valance which is like rocking horse shit over here!

[danielpak_ek9]

Ok guys so another pretty big update...ummm I got another parts car LOL! I need to stop with the parts cars foreals. But here is the story. So I found this red 91 318is on CL he was selling for a decent price. Has a running motor and runs just fine. Has BC coilovers, very very clean black sport interior euro smiles grills and a bunch of more goodies. He was selling it for fairly cheap because of a rust issue with the car. It didn't look that bad when i was buying it since it was slammed on the coilovers. So at that time i thought it all looked decent and possibly fixable but Once i put it on the lift the entire drivers floor was gone including the frame rail. Its all rotted out the control arm surpisingly still barley hangs on. But anyway the plan with this 318is is a full part out.


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Also had motorsport hardware extended studs and lugs
Also had e46 aluminium arms with the offset lollipops

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Started to disassemble the e30s suspension and swapping the coilovers out onto the e30

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[danielpak_ek9]

So as the car stood for some time I still did some work on it here and there. And I had photos of the progress on my phone all the way up to how it looks now. Did changes here and there as well.

Installed the ellipsoids from my parts car and wired it all up. Also got a pair of euro grills

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I also decided to put on my stock exhaust manifolds back on and just painted them a 2000F black ceremic paint. The ebay headers are complete crap. The fitment is horrible and the flanges were not straight were it meets the head and caused massive exhaust leaks. So they had to go asap.

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So now I started on the trunk, had bunch of sound deadening material glued to the panel i wanted it all removed and fix any rust that was present.

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Mounted the rear bumper and picked up a ac schnitzer rear valance from CLASSIC EURO PARTS. I picked it up to use it on my next e30 project soon in the future but just for the heck i tried to mount it on the early model and fitment is terrible. The rear arches curve alot more on the earlys than the lates.

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And the brushing process begins yay.

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And stripped it all to bare metal Fixed some tiny rust holes here and there and seam sealed all the welds to fully seal the metal.

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And with a fresh coat of epoxy primer Mmmm.....

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3....2.....1....

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So clean

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I think im gonna put M3 badges on my car now because of this undercoat yea??

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[danielpak_ek9]

Just read through this entire thread. Great work! I can't wait to see the e30 fully painted blue.

Thanks! Im stoked to see it finished!

[Codym42]

Just read through this entire thread. Great work! I can't wait to see the e30 fully painted blue.

[danielpak_ek9]

Ok guys so its been about a year since ive updated this thread. And I havent been working too much on the e30 ive just had too much stuff going on. but just recently after this long winter its starting to get fairly warm and im having more motivation to finish up my E30.

First thing is first. Remember the 2.7 block I had and the motor had a bad head? Well, ive done a little something to it the past month or so. I decided to make a little coffee table for the shop from it. Check it!


I didnt have photos of the block assembled or how i was disassembling it.
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I cleaned the block as best i could and even sandblasted it. Since these blocks are Iron blocks they are a bit harder to clean than aluminium. But now i cleaned it real well and prepped it for paint.

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Fresh paint and fresh clear coat
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So I wanted to make the rods and the pistons as the legs of the table to give it a nicer look and so the table can be just a bit taller than just the block on its own. I first bolted up the rod to the oil pan mounts and welded the other part of the rod to it and angled it perfectly so that the table will sit straight.

The Rods i powdercoated candy red! Looks gorgeous.

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As for the pistons I just cleaned them and left them raw aluminium.

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Honed the cylinders to give it a much cleaner look. Also polished the inside of the cylinders so that the LEDs reflect like a mirror inside the cylinders.

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And for the final touch i polished the top of the block and added some leds inside the block.

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Last thing i need to source is a piece of glass for the top of the block to finally put this table to use.

This is just a quick little update. Ive have alot more in store for the e30 and plan on updating this threat a LOT more. Stay tuned!!!

[danielpak_ek9]

After rear main seal replaced and the Flywheel was resurfaced the clutch is now going in!

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Has more torque on the bolts than your Honda.

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So after doing some research about late eta g260 trans and all that i realized my TOB is about 5mm short when using the single mass flywheel. Since my original transmission had a dual mass flywheel it pushed the clutch stack a little further. My only option was to get a 323i TOB but I welded 5mm spacers on the TOB tabs to compensate for it. Now clutch engagement is spot on.

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Still prepping the engine for full installment.

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Here is the intake mani all ready to get slapped on the motor.

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The moment i was waiting for a long time. Just attached the engine and about ready to go in. But first, picture time for my fellow r3v members

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And its in. Ebay headers because racecar. My stock pipes were rusted bad and they just look terrible.

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So shiney
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Well thats it for this update. I know ive been slacking abit on this car but will try to keep it updated asap. Peace

[danielpak_ek9]

I keep forgetting to update this thread all the time I just got done with a few things after the car has been painted.

All the goodies i have collected!
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started to find all the seals i could replace the "while im already here" parts
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Replaced the cam seal!
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didnt get pictures of installing the new timing belt and such but now it got it on the lift to pull the motor out!

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almost there!

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pulled the oilpan and cleaned the surface inside and out and the mating surface to install a new seal

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I woulda took pictures of the process but this material is very ikky and messy. But the pan is on!

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Looks so empty and filthy.
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started dissasembly of the motor for cleaning and basically refreshing the seals.

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rear main seal ready to be replaced

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painted the new manifold and cleaned up the ports. Mmm looks so clean!

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Bare longblock

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Painted accessories of the engine a aluminum cast color

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Thats it for now i guess, will keep yall updated!

[danielpak_ek9]

That paint looks incredible. Can't wait to see the whole thing painted! There's nothing wrong with putting an M20 back in. You could build a 2.7 stroker and be close to M50 power.

Thank you! Im getting anxious to see it done too!

[danielpak_ek9]

Oh man, I'm stoked to see what she'll look like when she's all assembled and painted. Awesome beginning to this thread.

Thanks!

[gdrumm93]

That paint looks incredible. Can't wait to see the whole thing painted! There's nothing wrong with putting an M20 back in. You could build a 2.7 stroker and be close to M50 power.