The Blunderwagon - 89 325iX touring 3.1L stroker

[Julien]

I've got the fat giubo on it and have the x5 centering flange in box. Need to pull the oil pan cover off and get it machined to have enough room to mount both.

Also, yeah, I was pleased with the shafts. A skim through a wire wheel on a bench grinder took all the nasty stuff off, and then a few coats of rusty metal primer flattened it out nicely.




Well, this one is moving. The white car needs the engine bay painted and the motor dropped in.. it should be relatively close to done after that, but having to paint the bay is discouraging me a lot.

Then don't ;) Rock the car for a year or two with a sub-prime engine bay, or worse (better?), rhino line it

[kronus]

Those drive shafts cleaned up really well. I'm jealous. Did you get an x5 guibo for it or are you just planning on leaving it as is?

I've got the fat giubo on it and have the x5 centering flange in box. Need to pull the oil pan cover off and get it machined to have enough room to mount both.

Also, yeah, I was pleased with the shafts. A skim through a wire wheel on a bench grinder took all the nasty stuff off, and then a few coats of rusty metal primer flattened it out nicely.

I just hope this moves faster than the white car...or you finish the white car. Lol either way, very cool addition to the collection. Looking forward to progress on either of your unfinished cars lol

Well, this one is moving. The white car needs the engine bay painted and the motor dropped in.. it should be relatively close to done after that, but having to paint the bay is discouraging me a lot.

[wworm]

eh, I haven't done much here yet. The rust repair will be a big project, probably going to have to take it down to a bare shell to get it done. Thinking about getting it acid dipped as well, since the undercoating is such a huge pain in the ass and absolutely all over everything.

In a few weeks I'm also doing a road trip to harvest spares for a stroker build. Haven't thought about internals much, yet, but that will be a longer-term project as well.

I just hope this moves faster than the white car...or you finish the white car. Lol either way, very cool addition to the collection. Looking forward to progress on either of your unfinished cars lol

[jeenyus]

Those drive shafts cleaned up really well. I'm jealous. Did you get an x5 guibo for it or are you just planning on leaving it as is?

[kronus]

insta-bookmarked. teach me your sheetmetal ways.

[D.Martijn]

I'm currently restoring a BMW 2002 Touring
(it was sitting like this)


I've done some major rust repair on this one, and still have a long way to go. I also looked into acid dipping but went with regular sandblasting. Once you search into acid dipping there are quite a bit of horror stories out there of acid seeping back through the seams, stripping the paint and undercoating.

You need to understand that EVERY surface that has paint (eg inside of frame rails etc) will also be stripped..

shameless plug to my restoration thread
https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/to...s-of-pictures/

[D.Martijn]

I have a chrome kidney for ya, I will trade you for a bum transmission lol

texting ya now

Give it to him already! That would make it already look 10 times better.

[2mAn]

I have a chrome kidney for ya, I will trade you for a bum transmission lol

texting ya now

[Bimmerman325i]

This might be a good place to find iX stroker info...

https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=336129

I'm gonna assume you've seen it anyway, but there ya go.

[kronus]

I currently know 0 things about m20 strokers! would love to take that up a notch

thinking to acid-dip before, just to get a really clear idea of where all the rust is. hopefully the shell will stay in one piece, but the rot is *pretty advanced*. however, I also know 0 things about acid dipping, so maybe that's a dumb idea.

[bradnic]

+1

Same situation with my IX. Would you acid dip before rust repair or after? I’m thinking after but concerned about rust.

Would love to touch base with you in the stroker topic.

[kronus]

1 person working and 1 person drinking beer is twice as fast as 1 person doing 50% work and 50% drinking beer

[Julien]

Damn. Between you and @Julien I’m dizzy. Put slow pokes like me to shame
She’s a keeper

Maybe one day we'll combine our powers and work together



But usually when I visit I drink beer while he works or vis versa :)

[kronus]

eh, I haven't done much here yet. The rust repair will be a big project, probably going to have to take it down to a bare shell to get it done. Thinking about getting it acid dipped as well, since the undercoating is such a huge pain in the ass and absolutely all over everything.

In a few weeks I'm also doing a road trip to harvest spares for a stroker build. Haven't thought about internals much, yet, but that will be a longer-term project as well.

[bradnic]

Damn. Between you and @Julien I’m dizzy. Put slow pokes like me to shame
She’s a keeper