[Entropy] - E30 Hiatus cont - More seeing, less wrenching.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I like the how you are lighting the front end. The air flow on oil cooler and radiator should be much cooler. I might do some similar work like you did 👍

[moatilliatta]

I like the how you are lighting the front end. The air flow on oil cooler and radiator should be much cooler. I might do some similar work like you did 👍

Thanks! A little here and there adds up. Thanksgiving may add a lot! :p

A dream one day would be to have a VAC aluminum block S54. Keep working for it!

[moatilliatta]

August 2022

Prog?

Yus

Front valance is coming around, probably loss 5lbs in paint and filler.. Luckily no real surprises. Still need finish sanded, I got all the easy areas.


A little corner crease, but not too bad..



These are Intergalactic back order next to probably NLA so I found some Reps on Ebay. A few to choose to see what I think. I already know the answer, do you?


Windshield banner, Helps with sun alot with lowered seats.


These little tabs I was so excited about?


Welp, the new genuine grills don't have them... WTF M9


So I made them. Not as aggressive as the Abraham Motorsport rep units. Maybe Rep units to Motorsport grills?


More work done to the valance. Bumper stripped, easy as it was just spray paint. The powder coat shop had no issues with this. Went over with a light blast media. Then I sanded it down to a brushed look. The next question, will clear powder coat work on these?

New bumper impact strip to go along with the new look!

The rear bumper... This was blasted and powder coated before.. When the powder coater was stripping it they had a really tough time... Oddly. And they told my they weren't quite what is was coated in? So on... they had to use very course media... Not easy to sand out, requiring lots of different grit of belt sanders, At least its lighter... A lot of work!




Getting there


MMM, Back to the ITB project! Time get them ready


Polishing up - Iphone likes to take sideways photos..






Oh baby, glamour shots with the RRD adapter.








I do enjoy the carbon hood I have, but fitment is OK, and needs more finish work. Weight is 11.5 LBS or so. Its constructed well, But I my first love came back in stock. Randomly searching for something else... A karbonius E30 carbon hood popped up on google saying instock @ Turner. So I called immediately and ask they put their hands on it. It seem surly they arn't making any more of these from the sound of things before hand calling everywhere including in europe... Weird enough they had it in stock and I ordered it for will call. Turner / LOL ECS is about 3.5H away, worth the drive to rule out the risk of it getting damaged during shipping. This is the same hood motorsport24de sells for their carbon E30 hood. And man it was nice and equal weight finished!






Assembly of the S54 ITB kit was pretty simple since I did all the hard work when the engine was out




Woot, Now what to do for tuning? It actually drives...


TBC

[moatilliatta]

AUG 2022

WERK

Offset bushings arn't all the same... And there is nothing really for STD E36 geometry control arms on 96+ M3 knuckles.. They all add to much caster. .


So SLR it is


Getting alignment lock back down

The car was hooked... maybe too hood. More work cut out for us... Slight roll. :(


Took about a year but finished out a TV stand.. But I love it!




Mission accomplished

Just for fun
BBS @ IKEA

[moatilliatta]

Sept 2022

Prog?

Chapter: Thalia & Melpomene

Coming along


Ported Driver side and snagged some old headlight rings and gave them a brushed look


New Bumber shocks while in there, CCA badge transfered.


Duct work complete with mounting tabs


Slip fit


Bumper Refinishing Complete


Thinking of what to do




SEM Trip paint, well see how it last. Seemed to much risk having it coated, and the finish damaged and the tape line not being right.








And fresh lens's W/ a smack of nigh shades internally. I always loved that honeycomb look like those 90's Firebirds had.


After all the pieces were Ceramic coated individually, and the back side of the bumpers got a coating of cavity was it was ready to reassemble.


The Grills also got a coating of ceramic coating, I was quite pleased on how its cleaned up and kept the trim work fresh so far. New foam on the top of the grills! I still need to paint the turn signal lens screws.

I have finally the bright work completed on the driver side. The first time ive had the rain gutter trim on, all this work also ceramic coated, since its now raw metal with no anodizing.

Fresh! I bet the bumpers at .050 thinner! But wait, whats that uhaul trailer?





After a snack, Sometimes I forget which one to eat..


The car is loaded for a trip.


Snacks galore




Conveniently dropped the car off at tuning shop in North Carolina and picked up a trailer in Florida line up! Stage Fab forgot my appointment, and I don't think put enough time into the tune that it should have had. It idle surged in the parking lot before test drive, which comes back while around town driving... Later on found consistent adaptation faults (like 30%) while highway cruising, and a weird sputter at 7300. YAY. They were dealing with a bad ECU causing random misfires. Bummed, all is normal Till this day driving around, More motivated for standalone.


The Car keeps getting closer to complete than ever before. I put the valance back on because it just sat at the body shop not getting touched. Passenger side bight work complete!






A good detail means another trip is due, and new driving shoes :) Stoked!


Here we go! Louisville, Columbus - NIN, Erie, Watkins Glen - BMW CCA CR / Hiking, Philadelphia -The Mars Volta - Pittsburgh, Home


NIN, second time this year!






The next morning were off, when possible, back roads. New York gets beautiful around Watkins Glen


TBC

[Digitalwave]

How's that new hood fit? Your old CF hood fit better than most I had seen. I put the stock hood back on my car and it was just a reminder how bad my DTM hood fits.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I’m also interested in fit mint on carbon fiber hood. I almost pulled the tigger on buy it from Turner MotorSport $1,632. in January called. They told six months to receive it.

[s14brent]

been a while, awesome updates man!

[moatilliatta]

I’m also interested in fit mint on carbon fiber hood. I almost pulled the tigger on buy it from Turner MotorSport $1,632. in January called. They told six months to receive it.

How's that new hood fit? Your old CF hood fit better than most I had seen. I put the stock hood back on my car and it was just a reminder how bad my DTM hood fits.

I've yet to fit, Still in the box... Been a bit busy an had a few steps back...

been a while, awesome updates man!

Thanks!

[moatilliatta]

Sept 2022

Prog?

Chapter: Thalia & Melpomene
PT. Deux

Oh deer.... We, me and the Girl Friend are alright. I'm a lil scratch up from the broken glass. Were a bit stranded though..

FUCK


FUCK


FUCK


SHIT


2 hour or so away from the destination.


When in these situations police calls dispatch for the local tow truck just to get the car off the road. Kicking out the window and traveling on wasn't going to work, I was trying... Then the car goes to some random lot... Its Sunday night. I was lucky the tow truck driver / company owner was a racer. It wasn't Cheap, but we got the E30 towed to Watkins Glen that evening. We spent most the time in between unsure of what to do being stranded next to nowhere. Being delayed 6+ hours were back on our way...


We got to catch some needed company and friends at the Seneca Lodge and start clearing out minds. Next morning it takes a while to make up a game plan. No glass shops have an E30 front windshield. No warehouse's east of the Mississippi had an after market E30 windshield. ALL of Safelite phone numbers go to the same damn voice mail to go to their website where a form was filled out 4 times. To this day, nobody has called. Nothing really used local.




We set off.


Taxi to the local airport a rental Prius, South bound and down.



Another stop at Gutan Parts! A used windshield and side window acquired.


4H back..






We get some tools on the way back, and I gather some more at Walmart including a shop vac..., we get back I get the side window in. Next morning I get the windshield in, Plenty used to installing these as no windshield shop locally can get this right. We spend 3 hours cleaning glass and dear guts out of the car and were ready to hit the road just in time to turn in the rental.

The Glass is a bit laminated and cracked, But It'll work..






Off we go again. Our free day to go hiking was absorbed, but were alive and back on the road..


Kinda funny, were were just here pretty much. Back to Philadelphia.


The Met






Its been a while and I melted. The Mars Volta


Is this month over yet?


Great night in Philly of to Pitts.






And we've made it back, Home town pub.


Good to back at the shop...

[2mAn]

She’s good a good side now lol

[moatilliatta]

She’s good a good side now lol

Very Good.

[moatilliatta]

Oct 2022

It start to settle in and absorb the damage. If I drive the car 10,000 miles a year, stuff is bound to happen.. I recap some photos of the damage. The fender doesn't bother me to much. But the LR quarter and the pillar does. I hope a PDR guy can make something of it. I'm Just not ready for paint.

We were lucky the deer didn't come in, I really think the tint on the windshield helped. It makes me thing about running tubing to the A pillars while doing the weld in cage. I have a feeling the L side A pillar is tweaked.












Moving on, body shops are backed up and its too nice quit driving. So finally start finalizing some things for track day prep!

A new driveshaft made my Powertrain Industries. Swapping out the E36 driveshaft to using an E30 CSB took hours, come to find hour they didn't machine enough area to allow for the dust shields.... FFF Whatever. I also tried this style of CSB to see if it tighten things up. It just caused vibration. I appears like the 3 bolt flange on the driveshaft isn't precise enough to tighten up the and take tolerance out from the CSB. The cheap CSB works fine. I replaced the driveshaft because the clutch chatter while taking off was really slapping the driveshaft and you could hear play and chatter in it. The U joints had axial play.

BAD VIBRATION - JXB CSB, I really think its poor tolerance in the 3 bolt driveshaft




I had these titanium bolts laying around for a while ready for this moment!


Another thing I didn't like was crap paint they used on the driveshaft. It'll be flaking and rusty and no time. YAY... At least I got keep my core. It also felt heavier, I didn't have time to weigh, Really trying to make that dust shields go on the CBS ate up hours. FFFF.


Fresh set of RT660 ready to go on


Time for another used windshield...




FFFFFFF About and 1/8 Pushed out.. FFFFFFF


Luckily I had an extra gasket and lock strip laying around the shop. Hope it'll seal the elements out now.. Tried another color for a windshield strip, it was a tough one to lay and didn't turn out well, Color is soso..


New wheels on and I am loving them!


Little test drive to coffee to see how they feel






Fresh wash, must be ready for another trip! Fixed the windshield banner..


NEW Zakspeed Sticker


Polished up the tip!








TBC

[moatilliatta]

OCT 2022

CONT

I've had this car for just over 7 years and it finally made its maiden voyage at Putnum Park in Indiana








Video! My microphones worked quite well, I doubt the youtube code will. Click me - I'M A LINK TO YOUTUBE..

The following week we had a good drive with the BMW CCA to Buffalo Trace

[DEV0 E30]

Your dedication to your blog/build/everything thread needs to be applauded. Even with the setbacks and crazy things (glad you and your lady are alright) as I missed the deer incident till today, and all of the adaptions and updates to every aspect of your car is awesome to read about.

Oh, and on the most basic level, your wheels and current stance looks downright sexy.