ok, here we go:
i have been driving e30s for ten years or so, ad of course started modding them too. but after some time i realized that you cant make a car that is loaded with ice, have loads of power, is incedible fast in corners and a daily driven on bad roads. as my last cars body started to give up after firm suspension, 300kg ice and 230hp engine i decided that the time has come to buy a really good chassis, to swap all parts and sell the old car. and then things got crazy :mrgreen:
my old car looked like that:
lately i was giving it technical attention so never had time to deal with cosmetics
now this is my next project: 318i ยด88
some stripping is done:
to improve weight distribution engine and gearbox will be moved about 25cm back. of course all parts have to be moved backwards too
for first i thought i would use its own floor but that would have been more difficult than making new one
to not get bored i decided to work on other parts too beside body. here you see front suspension components: alu control arms, equipped with m3 3,2 rear bushings turned 90degrees, modified steering rack and othed details
well this is a dogleg sport gearbox used on euro m3 e30 and on m535i
these are shift linkage bushings on needle bearings, they will never wear out and make shifting sloppy
oil pump thoroughly checked and cleaned
25mm master cylinder
rebuilt starter
this is cylinder head fron m54 3,0l. it has conical valve springs to have lighter valvetrain
i got m54 without intake, wiring, ecu or anything, i throwed out cams, because in m54 they are infinitely variable ( double vanos), put in 525 m50 95y cams and vanos, ecu, intake etc, and bolted on remus headers and custom made exhaust. but as engine consumed serious amount of oil 1l- 1000km i had to rebuild it ( doing it now) idiots who sold me this engine had left it outside for several months and this screwed up cylinder walls. its very sad that you have to rebuild engine that has just about ten thousand miles on clock
pistons are ok, only need oversized rings
these sprinklers are mounted near the crankshaft facing up to cool pistons from beneath
old suspension components
roll cage arrived!
fabricating floor
front and rear strut tower modifications, will move rear springs on shocks
mating gearbox to engine
i have been driving e30s for ten years or so, ad of course started modding them too. but after some time i realized that you cant make a car that is loaded with ice, have loads of power, is incedible fast in corners and a daily driven on bad roads. as my last cars body started to give up after firm suspension, 300kg ice and 230hp engine i decided that the time has come to buy a really good chassis, to swap all parts and sell the old car. and then things got crazy :mrgreen:
my old car looked like that:
lately i was giving it technical attention so never had time to deal with cosmetics
now this is my next project: 318i ยด88
some stripping is done:
to improve weight distribution engine and gearbox will be moved about 25cm back. of course all parts have to be moved backwards too
for first i thought i would use its own floor but that would have been more difficult than making new one
to not get bored i decided to work on other parts too beside body. here you see front suspension components: alu control arms, equipped with m3 3,2 rear bushings turned 90degrees, modified steering rack and othed details
well this is a dogleg sport gearbox used on euro m3 e30 and on m535i
these are shift linkage bushings on needle bearings, they will never wear out and make shifting sloppy
oil pump thoroughly checked and cleaned
25mm master cylinder
rebuilt starter
this is cylinder head fron m54 3,0l. it has conical valve springs to have lighter valvetrain
i got m54 without intake, wiring, ecu or anything, i throwed out cams, because in m54 they are infinitely variable ( double vanos), put in 525 m50 95y cams and vanos, ecu, intake etc, and bolted on remus headers and custom made exhaust. but as engine consumed serious amount of oil 1l- 1000km i had to rebuild it ( doing it now) idiots who sold me this engine had left it outside for several months and this screwed up cylinder walls. its very sad that you have to rebuild engine that has just about ten thousand miles on clock
pistons are ok, only need oversized rings
these sprinklers are mounted near the crankshaft facing up to cool pistons from beneath
old suspension components
roll cage arrived!
fabricating floor
front and rear strut tower modifications, will move rear springs on shocks
mating gearbox to engine
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