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

[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:

[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]

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]

Photobucket is killing me.

[DEV0 E30]

Awesome trip!

Photobucket is killing me.

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

[2mAn]

I switched to Flickr years ago. something like $50/ year which sure sucks but at least Im not worried about them pulling photobucket BS on me. Moved most of my pics from photobucket over too... that wasnt fun.

[DEV0 E30]

I switched to Flickr years ago. something like $50/ year which sure sucks but at least Im not worried about them pulling photobucket BS on me. Moved most of my pics from photobucket over too... that wasnt fun.

I had flickr for years, then even paid for a little bit, but their ads in-between pictures completely turned me off from them, they just started doing all the wrong things to foster a photography community IMO. Being tied to a proprietary yahoo email too - I just grew tired of them sadly, used to love that site.

[moatilliatta]

Awesome trip!

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

Thanks! More to continue.

I switched to Flickr years ago. something like $50/ year which sure sucks but at least Im not worried about them pulling photobucket BS on me. Moved most of my pics from photobucket over too... that wasnt fun.

I despise Photobucket and it was a hard trigger to pull when actually paying for after they destroyed the internet..

But what do you expect out of a free service.. Free.. ha And I'm pretty sure they are in it together.



SO... I finally figured out the photos that wouldn't load were RAW format on the I phone.. I had this issue before and quit using the RAW formatting, looks like that option got changed while being in the pocket, and assumed that wasn't the problem but their primitive uploader..,

[moatilliatta]

May 2022

The Vintage 2022.

ONCE Inside the the foundation...

Sheah


Ughuh...


Yah?


Are you shitting me?










AND Cecotto M3 EVO II Nogaro.










2002 Turbo.


E34 M5 with interesting wheels.




Spotting on the way to the Zentrum


Inside the Zentrum


Next we head our way to the Clarion! But first a stop at autozone for a oil catch can and supplies.

Get in the Zone


Quick wash and now time for break-in oil service




As seen by the Roundel


Old oil coming out looks good, New oil going in :)


Chatting with E30 update and E30ers from Indiana.


Not to many more pics I took around the lot. NUMBER NINE.....


Tomorrow, The Vintage.

[moatilliatta]

May 2022

The Vintage 2022.

This year we took the back roads into the event.


Got there later than wanted, I love being there early when its cool watching the cars roll in. Carry on.

2002 ONLY.


Touring


Baur


Campy


M51?


Please fix wheels.


One of my fav


Strip zone


Love seeing cars that travel


Basics.


I would


Smells 70's


Keep those miles rolling


One of the group, one and only, Johnatron @KI4UJO





After dinner desert


Nuburgring needs crank sensor. Hope that was it and made it home safe.


Back at the station. Crowd thins as things end. Closing time.

[moatilliatta]

May 2022

The Vintage 2022.

Not wanting The Vintage to end you scalp the parking lot looking for the last time, the details you didn't see before start to appear on the left over rides. The last absorption of The Clarion parking lot.










We part ways and We're (Me and S.O.) are back to The Blue Ridge Parkway - When in Rome.. or NC..


YUSSSS.




Captions aren't needed up here.












I seem to find this spot every year.










Viaduct




Cafe, Lunch time. Some other E30 Travelers












Made it to Salem, almost all the way... Maybe Next year will complete up to Skyline Drive.


The place we stayed was an old auto repair shop.












Motivation










The next morning, Coffee food.




Then, back to reality, back to home.

The End

[Panici]

Great pics! Looks like an adventure.

Thank you for sharing.

[moatilliatta]

JUNE 2022
Went a few car shows / CnC, Got some new wheels. Did a few smaller bits. Didn't really do to much, to hot...
Was good to be home. HEH oh deer.


A new look.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/y202/CruceE1Rubicon/IMG_9815.MOV

I just cap it at top 5 cars I enjoyed while out in the E30.












Work:
M240 getting some goodies, its a shame there arnt more of these on the road...





Rebuilt and 02 heater box






Got some cleaning and organizing done.



Bunch of other stuff, thats enough clutter.

[moatilliatta]

Great pics! Looks like an adventure.

Thank you for sharing.

Thanks, Of course, Love sharing E30 adventuers!

[moatilliatta]

JULY 2022

Progress? HOT.... So I decided not to drive and knock out more items on the to do list

I hate the weather here, please move.


But I sure wish I could get some more driving in...


Welp, I got some new wheel to fit the style of the car better. Felt it out with the kooglewerks spoiler. It'll be a bit till I mount up the spoiler, I'm still working on mechanical grip. Not like this aero is that substantial..


I decided to finally get the bumpers sorted. Fitting the NOS front bumper shrouds. One needed a confidence boost after setting around for years..


Did my old night shades inside of the side reflectors. They are no longer wired up.


Brake ducts fitted


Finally got some LTW in on the front






Feels good, Checking the CAD work for the air dam


Getting stoked






Fantastically the back side of the passenger side grill line up with the airdam, the driver side is off, but maybe I could order one that has more air openings for the radiator.


What a secrete.


Fitting up


STOKED


While here I finally got to do some finish work on the oil cooler brackets






The fan mount got some too, Need all the CFM available.


No body shop wants to touch this valance. Even if offered to bill me by the hour... One guy mentioned that his guys cant focus for that long... But I still dig deeper into looking for restoration shop that'll enjoy the work... So as usually, I get to work


What will we find.


Werk.
99 Lives on and Got some support in BMWCCA PWR2 class


323 Cartech turbo car has been freshen up


Play with oddball stuff, get oddball results. FFFFF


More X5d's...


And some Goods to just help out the day
Fresh E88 combos


GTMORE