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

[DEV0 E30]

Awesome trip!

Photobucket is killing me.

Switch to imgur - it's fast and you don't need an account.

[moatilliatta]

Photobucket is killing me.

[moatilliatta]

May 2022

The Vintage 2022.

Stop 1, The Full Stop Great place for breakfast minus 1. (635csi :()


Picked up a few more on the way, pulled over randomly to check out London speedway, I think were still in Kentucky..


The tail of the dragon is tail of the dragon but I love hanging out at the river next to Historic Tapoco Lodge Resort.


Back at the Fontana Resort we found more Z car BMWers from Florda doing a trip




I think this was diesel, I'm not sure what was looking at, and I'm still not sure.. But it was fun to stare at. All in awe just excited with nothing but a good drive ahead on my mind.


Some good group shots around the area










My yearly photo of, oh cool look at the size of this turbine.










Oh yeah.


Coke can for refrence


Oh cool, Mechanical things.


Blue Ridge Parkway


And we made it to the Clarion!




We all are probably pretty excited to be here








Im always excited to see what other crazy things other people like




A set of hearing aids




THE FOUNDATION - Power of M

The First and Last US E30 M3. Firehawk, Us factory team by Korman on left, The one on the right was a BMW Promotional Pace Car at LRP.

TBC

[moatilliatta]

May 2022

Someone say The Vintage? But first work.

Some last minute fixing and finer details.








Me and a buddy getting his rig ready.
Put this


On that Jordan, fresh ITB rebuild


Balance that


Dyno this, remote tuned on A Life Ecu 183hp @ 6300 / 167tq @ 5333 Dynojet SAE Smoothing 5. If we can get water temps down there is more timing in there.


Getting close






Some late night water testing. Insert Video here

And as always late night early morning.

[moatilliatta]

I love the lightening of that hood hinge bar. Torsion springs deleted as well?

While testing fitment of the carbon hood I found the torsion springs VIOLENTLY opened the hood which looks like it could damage things. I thoroughly go though most cars hinge system and they all usually work quite well with no resistance. Going together with the LTW hood hinge bar I left the torsion springs out. The tension on the sealing foam on the grills and hard rubber stoppers is enough to get the hood out of the latch when released, and I can lift it up from there. Works good.

Awesome updates! Love the hood hinge!

Thank you, :beer:

I want that hood hinge! Can you tell me about the seat back/bottom blower setup pictured there?

Get your drill bits ready. The Heated and cooled seats run air through a "TED" module, Works well, but can only cool 90* outside temps so much, which would be hotter interior temps.. Defiantly keeps swamp ass down, if your back is sealed to the seal you may have to lean forward to get some flow. Scroll back you'll probably find the install.

https://katzkin.com/degreez/

https://leatherseats.com/shop/seat-c...r-cooler-unit/

That LTW thing looks like a noodle! Must've been fun to drill it out

Just another day of building stuff for me, The previous one I've done had smaller holes, this one was a bit more tedious :beer:

Go on r3v FB and post a pic of those finished strut towers LOL I think they look great!

I remember when they were shitting on the post you did... what a bunch of 'tards

Its a bit of inner motivation to get the car track ready. Then I'd like smash some lap times first and get some feedback from some pro drivers. Then I'll waste some of my time on those fools.
:beer:

[MrBurgundy]

Go on r3v FB and post a pic of those finished strut towers LOL I think they look great!

I remember when they were shitting on the post you did... what a bunch of 'tards

[2mAn]

That LTW thing looks like a noodle! Must've been fun to drill it out

[Digitalwave]

I want that hood hinge! Can you tell me about the seat back/bottom blower setup pictured there?

[amcp]

Awesome updates! Love the hood hinge!

[Northern]

I love the lightening of that hood hinge bar. Torsion springs deleted as well?

[moatilliatta]

May 2022

The end of E30 month, the beginning of The Vintage month.

As its taken some time to catch the thread up, these months are taxing on time and require lots of focus back at the shop to catch up.

Its another year with sad door card that looks like it had a stroke from Nine Stitch, I've been quiet, well see how this goes... Ill probably reach out to AMX in Poland, Ill keep this picture here for motivation to do so...


But the Interior is back together, and this part has been drafted for a week due to how terrible Photobucket app is. If any photo fails upload.. its as you have to delete the app and start all over..
Here we are, seat belts, Harness, Roll bar, interior paint, is all coming together now. Loaded up ready for the DYNO










Break in and Initial tune on the M50 manifold, All went well, was getting sporadic vanos faults... Ahh


THIS IS A RUN FILE FROM THE ORIGINAL BOTTOM END WITH WRONG CAM TIMING TO NOT HIT VALVES - SAE Smoothing 5


THIS IS THE LATEST RUN FILE WITH CAM TIMING SET SQUARE ON THE NEW MOTOR WITH M50 INTAKE SAE Smoothing 5
+ 11.5:1 Compression & 140MM rods

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/y202/CruceE1Rubicon/IMG_9209.MOV

A breath of fresh to get out of the shop - I guess I got what I deserve, NIN. On the trip I got to pick up the hood.




And then back to shop where I excitingly and disappointingly fitted the hood, It'll needed work. fitment wise, In the end I got it pretty good after shaving down and filling with resin..








At least I got some resin to use as filler with the hood to finish it out.


But at least I had some resin laying around the shop


Break in oil, 1st change.


Finish swapping out some carbon bits.


Dialed in the alignment with all the new front bits, Running 5mm front spacers only to clear the coil adjusters with the new WIDE Falken Rt660 tires, but was able to get the track with from adjustment of the front control arms. Caster 8.5* 2705 Curb weight 1/2 Tank. Gained 40lbs from the roll bar, Harness's... Hood was only 25lb lighter (11LBS). Tires maybe a little bit heavier, fresh rubber and wider vs worn out dunlops. The reinforcement from sub frame probably added a few pounds.. Gained a few LBS in the rear of the car with the Roll bar also which helped F to R balance..




Had to make some room




Now were about 5% left with some roller needed on the upper the inner fender in the rear..




Looks like had a bit of a lash issue with the Vanos plates, I ran them on some sand paper on a flat edge and got a few thousands of the stack shaved down.Assume it was binding causing the Vanos CEL, felt better re assembled.


Another thing I'm curious if this vanos spline is deeper only letting me get 8.8MM measuring the intake reflector wheel via TIS repair.


One thing I'm not in love with is the turning radius of the DTM arms, I get about 20* steering angle, just enough to get a caster sweep. Along with the relocated tire rod pick up point this is how much rack stop I needed!


Feeling great everything is back together and finally able to get some test drives in... Vintage departure is around the corner... The new bearings are bit tight, but I can tell things are getting smoother with less resistance.


Checking out the control arm angles. We'll get some bump steer and roll center measurements later,. Maybe have to do actual bump steer tie rods later to them parallel with the control arm.






Strut top mod turn out well, we will see it it works on track.


Carbon hood is fitted about 85% and still needs a coat of clear, Did some LTW on the hood support and went together with Titanium hardware




Had to build a mount for the hood support.


Welp, there she is, Hood 11 LBS


Washed and Ready to roll, Added a windshield banner mainly to get out of the sun and swapped over the roundel. Its driving and feeling pretty good!


Work and Vintage to follow.

[moatilliatta]

April cont
Prog.
Drive line is back in and Getting ready for Burgundy version 3.0, Gave the car a good breakin warm up and check out before dropping it on the ground.












BAM. The Paint mixed up from the 1927 Coupe AMBR 2013 winner has me satisfied. Its hard to tell in all the different lighting, And then you.. I.. question did they really give the the correct color code, was it that easy. But burgundy's always take a large swing in lighting as I'm sure. I'm even thinking of doing the chassis in the color and keeping the panels lachs. Another brain buster for another time.







That moment when you think you're "Half way" because its time to reassemble.




Welp after after 6 months of spending hours packaging these cards up, finding a box and about $100 in packing materials.... its time to unbox with no progress of a redo - A few had poor craftsmanship that needed redone.


Watching time waste away


Due to reassembled with original screws that weren't long enough for the added leather and on the card and door pocket.. they pulled though and got to the tabs... Cut down new longer and bigger screws


Made up a repair for the tabs that actually worked alright


Iphone likes to 90* photos and photo bucket crashes when you edit them. Aint that sumthin.


Ready for reassembly of cards, The sound deadening from original install looks good and perfect thickness.


Get a coat of leather conditioner on the rears before they are behind bars for a while... Also I need to find an alternative to these hoffmeister kink grommets. They pull out way to easy.


Those things are some BS


Did a thang to the depos, just lamin-x.. And Morimoto projector retrofits. https://www.esgprints.com/ @gilber33 - Installed in the car next month.



I'm getting closer to having a hood! Sneak peek!





Choosing colors.


Work.
I will say I was excited and pleased of how the heat shielding came out on 726 in the muffler box and exhaust area and is now done.







Some other vintage cars getting ready, E30M Standalone and carbon box, Finish interior and bits on the E24er

E38 wheels never looked so good, for the E30M


Repair seats from AMX Poland... Mounting boss cracked...










Clean Paint reassemble.


WHOOT!

[moatilliatta]

That's a really good idea for sealing off the front of the radiator!

I just have to remember to order the door seal for the passenger side I used.. I still need to duct the valance to the core support.

Yes.

Love seeing that motor in. Looks like you have the same oil cooler housing - I looped my lines also. Man you must be stoked to have this project moving right along. Motor in is a big deal ..

What are your plans for the interior floor? Looks like you used some kind of paint stripper to prep ?

Yes. I just looped them to start the motor, since I could prime it on the stand... Currently it got a repainted, but in the future there is a truck bed style liner I can match up with paint. Right now is just to get the paint matched to something I like. Mineral spirits brought up the rustoleum best so far.

[ethirtydavid]

Yes.

Love seeing that motor in. Looks like you have the same oil cooler housing - I looped my lines also. Man you must be stoked to have this project moving right along. Motor in is a big deal ..

What are your plans for the interior floor? Looks like you used some kind of paint stripper to prep ?

[Digitalwave]

That's a really good idea for sealing off the front of the radiator!