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

[moatilliatta]

May 2021 - PT. 3

The Vintage sans The Vintage

A. You cant cancel The Vintage
B. I'm still gunna send it

A Full Stop before A Full Trip


2 TO TANGLE. Going to vintage like 1987 DTM non wide body cars thinning out. Team style 21 reporting for duty.


Resetting the ODO, Yes I've only put 1000 miles on it since 3 years ago...


Food Stop, Knoxville, TN






2nd Stop - Though the Tail of the Dragon to Fontana Village, NC




ONTO Ashville, Some Blue Ridge Parkway stops, Great Get Away Places!




























Next up, The Foundation














Ashville things


Found A few others hanging around, But not much. We arrived.






Back in Ashville, Onsite curbside AC service.


Clarion wasn't as Clarion as I though Clarion should have been Clarion.




And that means... The next day its time to go back... Removal is opposite of Installation.








Back in Knoxville, The Vintage lust begins


@KI4UJO VS roadkill chronicles

2173KM - 1350 Miles. More miles I believe than what I've put on the car since I've owned it.


Vintage trips always too short, but mission accomplished.

[moatilliatta]

Love it. Drive safe and get back in one piece

Such a wonderful machine, my favorite build thread on R3v

Safe travels!

love the back seat delete! super clean!!

The interior looks epic. Bet it's nice to be finally driving it! Maybe see you at one of the SE tracks one of these days?

Thanks all! :) Glad I can share with you all.

I doubt Ill make it to a Track event his year. I'm trying to take it "easy" and focus on work more. Trying to reach some goals. Maybe make something like PCOB Winterfest at Sebring in January if I can stay focused through the year.

[Digitalwave]

The interior looks epic. Bet it's nice to be finally driving it! Maybe see you at one of the SE tracks one of these days?

[s14brent]

love the back seat delete! super clean!!

[zwill23]

Such a wonderful machine, my favorite build thread on R3v

Safe travels!

[2mAn]

Love it. Drive safe and get back in one piece

[moatilliatta]

May 2021 - PT. 2

Progress? The Vintage sans The Vintage must continue.

And here we are, seats are in, Cards are in, Clutch and brakes are bled, tidy'd up the bumper with block off plate and a duct to the airbox, It moves. It drives, Made it out to cars and coffee and back. Still things to do Alignment, Nut and Bolt. A bit of a nerve racking drive to C&C, but made it flawless.


No pictures of the event... just the day after. Still not all the way assembled but to excited to care photoshoot


















I went with the COCOMAT checkered in Grey and Black. And they fit pretty well without carpet. Probably better than the E46 ones people try and pass off. But so far it feels like a great touch to tie things together, And hope to keep some road noise down.

Its quite weird to drive it around and see it make its way out of the shop after being immobile for a few years..



Well super! excited about the sound system and having to rebuild my CD collection... Isn't it weird how things you though you had sometimes just aren't there.
Europe oddly has all the good CD's... Map pockets hold about 8, go got to make it good. Its been a while since I've opened one of these...


Building a support panel for the spare tire well out of the same alumilite product




Fitting the rest of Dynamat dynadeck, I really like this product. Its REALLY REALLY dense though. You can see where I laid it under the SUB in the forward section Also tucked away on the left is an Aluminum chock, Aluminum Porsche 966 jack modified for E30 use.


Alright! And off to the scales for an alignment. A huge milestone
Its beast weighing in a 2666 LBS with a half tank, Assembled, Spare tire and actual tool kit, NO DRIVER and a few CD's...




I have 3/32 Rear toe in. I cant complain considering they are serrated adjusters in the rear, which adjust in increments of 1/16. Goal of 1/8 rear toe in is finally achieved with -2 deg of camber! Front was easy at zero toe and -3.5. Deg of camber. A WOOOT! Afterwards a full Nut and bolt was completed. Ready for some good driving and start dialing in some things


Oh yah, I like driving this thing!




So far its been super fun. The car is way too fast for these 205/50R17 Sumitomos. Needs something wider and grippier. The hood is wrapped for now till I can find a full carbon fiber hood. Unsure of venting right now. A full wash, first time in a while!


This wraps up this iteration as its reassembled again and ready to drive, Not many miles but we leave for the vintage shortly, a trip longer than the miles I've put on the car. A few small bits left always.., but nothing big for a while. The suspension needs some tuning but tires are too slippery to get too deep into it. The abs works great for the grip that is there.. As always, a shop photoshoot. Posted in Member rides - Out Of touch




























Enjoy, TBC

[moatilliatta]

You should sell that rear seat delete setup. Big fan of your direction.

Thanks! I could... But it would be like something around 100 labor hours and materials! Its pretty intricate as it has a mounting frame welded into the chassis and gaps are next to none.

Nice work on the whole interior!!! That looks so good. Love it. Your rear seat delete is on another level hahaha I kinda want to redo mine with aluminum or CF or ABS...

Thanks! I used 6mm alumilite, Pretty much thin aluminum sheet sandwiching corrugated plastic. I chose this route for its Strength, Weight, and acoustics properties. If this was a race car id just what Rules aloud for bulkhead material.

It worked out quite well with the carpet and the dynaliner. Panels are pretty light and deaden sound quite well. Goal is not to hear and sort of diff whine and keep road noise down from the back, Esp with the 75D AKG bushings. I also have a sub going though the rear panel, Definably don't want to vibrations.

[amcp]

Sh3rpak!ng Well do it up and market it already!!!

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Nice work on the whole interior!!! That looks so good. Love it. Your rear seat delete is on another level hahaha I kinda want to redo mine with aluminum or CF or ABS...

[amcp]

2mAn damn I'd take a lightweight setup!!!

[2mAn]

amcp We (Charlie, Abby, and myself) built rear seat deletes and I thought we were going to make some for re-sale, but my ADD and their OCD meant it was never going to happen. 3 rear seat deletes were made and that was that haha

[amcp]

You should sell that rear seat delete setup. Big fan of your direction.

[moatilliatta]

May 2021 PT. 1

Progress? At the Vintage 202X.....?

Welp, few weeks away and The Vintage is canceled. A few locals decide we will still go. The Vintage sans The Vintage must continue.

Burgandy was a hard match up, In hindsight I don't know why I just didn't get automotive grade enamel. Everything else is an attempt taken a high level. Anyway, floor prepped, band aided any rust holes, cut out mounting studs, Rust converter, 2k Primed, Painted.
Turned out well for V1, Eventually will get fresh floor boards with cage, But that really aren't that bad.














Shade is a little off dependent on lighting and batteling texures, but exciting none the less. And a quite a bit more presentable!




Took a few tries, but its working! My old OBC screen was shot. The 13 button OBC screen was from gearworks from Germany. I don't have all the OBC functions, but one day insanely would like to.




Stoked!


Next up rear cards


Not sure why one would want to put this rats nest back on, Anywho here we go.. But a little tough because it was glued back on..




Replaced with proper Dynomat Dynolite 1/2

Getting my antenna sorted, Fitting the headliner and visors for the first time!


Floors dried... Mostly, Defiantly not so much where seam sealer was applied at spots that had cracked seam sealer... Show must go on








Seat delete panel going in, Carpet turned out pretty well on the back side of the floor board. Door cards, Parcel shelf, painted interior all coming together!


NEXT:






TBC

[moatilliatta]

Are you doing carpet in the E30? Truck liner is too heavy and hard to keep clean as a floor surface. Just paint it with a roller if you're not going carpet.

Line-X at 1/8 thick is .7 LBS, Floorboard area is about 42 Sq ft. If I can put it on 1/16 thick Id assume it would be something around 20 LBS. Seems lighter than sound deadening or carpet.

Plus it wont wear down like paint would, Need something to help with road noise. If laid smooth, maybe could be an easier clean up surface than expected. Also will do DEI heat and tunnel shield when ever the engine gets removed.

Its curranty painted, I hope to have a May update next week. I try to save Wednesday mornings to update my thread but something always comes up...