86 eta 5.0 swap...

[Elysian]

Speaking of...

Driveshaft is done.



Came to $375.

[Elysian]

whats the plan for the exhaust? are you going to do duals or merge them into a single or what? things gonna sound great either way

I'll have a better idea when the driveshaft is in.

[DividedBeing]

Cool build, man. Can't wait to see it run.

[hkv]

whats the plan for the exhaust? are you going to do duals or merge them into a single or what? things gonna sound great either way

[Elysian]

LKQ (junkyard) had a 40% off sale this weekend, so went and grabbed some E46 control arms for the E30 build.

[Elysian]

That escalated quickly. Driveshaft is being made. Should be done mid next week.

[Elysian]

Got the new fuel pressure regulator in today. Plan right now is to drain the gas tank and refill it with clean fuel, install a new fuel filter, and install the new regulator. Then I'll clean up the wiring, prime the engine with oil again (since it's been so long), and run it. I'm going to start getting quotes for a driveshaft as well, possibly get that going.

I also went ahead and just ordered a GM HEI style distributor with vacuum advance. Didn't think through the distributor I picked up with the electric advance. Should be here tomorrow.

[Elysian]

The rear end is out of the BMW. Already have the replacement modified and painted, but need to press in new wheel bearings and buy the rest of the big brake kit. The subframe bushings were stuck on pretty good, took some wrestling to get this out.

Also need to add a second diff mount while it's out.

Oh I also measured the driveshaft length before I pulled out. With the WC T5 I came up with a length of 46" from end of output shaft to diff flange.

[Elysian]

Cut the core support off and cleaned up the car side of it. Swapped the carb setup on.



Verified the strut bar will still work with the carb.



edit: Air filter showed up, bought an Edelbrock for my Holley carb

[Elysian]

Recently, I decided to change direction slightly and simplify things. I want to get the car on the road so I can feel it out, see where I want to take it from here. To do that, I've decided to temporarily go carburetor/distributor. Yesterday, I picked up a Holley 600cfm setup for it.




Still need to grab an HEI distributor, but this will allow me to get it on the road without the tuning I'd need with the Megasquirt setup. I'll see how the car drives with this setup and go from there. I think ultimately I'll wind up with a 347 stroker and a turbo, but I've never even driven this car so I think this is a vital step.

[Elysian]

Picked up a Milwaukee 14" abrasive chop saw so I can eventually do my exhaust... $75 at the flea market, couldn't pass it up.

[Elysian]

Would have posted if I had anything to post.

[AWDBOB]

booomp

[Elysian]

No, still too busy. I sold the radial arm saw that's to the left of my E30 in that last picture though, so slightly more room

[efficient]

any new updates?