My Update! (cable/dsl only)

[FredK]

ah crap someone was selling a Schrick intake cam on bimmerforums a few weeks ago, but it's sold now!

[BDSax]

damn, its looking REALLY good!

[Hick]

16" will look better than 17" IMO. The 16" style 5s are super nice too [had em on an e28]

[PiercedE30]

im still mad at you for building this car.

Why? Oh, I saw your dad at the AutoX this past saturday. He was beating the shit out of that white Mustang he was in.

On with some updates:

Welded up the oil filter housing:




Also started refinishing a set of E38 16x8 basket weaves, until I can get my hands on 3 more E39 Style 5's. I've got one wheel done, and another one with some primer on the weave, waiting for tomorrow to finish painting it.







And there we have it, for now.

[M42Technik]

Subscribed.

[f u z z]

im still mad at you for building this car.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Meow... I wanna let that cat out all over my e30...

[PiercedE30]

Well, with the power that I am intending on making, I felt I should upgrade my brakes. So I will let the pictures do the talking.

A couple of goodies:


(going with a direct port setup running 25hp per cylinder (wet) for a total of 150)

On with the brake upgrades.










Well, the cat is out of the bag now.
Discuss.

[Sean]

sweet. your motor is coming together 10x faster than mine. i just threw my block in the back of the GF rav4, and even though the oil pan was off, about a quart of oil proceeded to leak out of the top of the timing cover and onto her carpet... i could have swore that thing was empty. LOLz @ me.

Was she loling? :P

[PiercedE30]

They tanked the block, honed, and resurfaced it to a mirror like finish. I don't know why there was stuff still built up in the passageways.
I did end up going with a 0.120" HG. You know what they say, high compression LOVES the dope!

[Jean]

Nice! I'll be following this thread for sure :)


What did the machine shop do the block ? Did they blast it ?

Reason I ask is residue left in the cooling pathways as seen here -



So, did you end up going with 0.12" HG ?

[PiercedE30]

Time for a few nice money shots:






I still need to order a clutch kit from somewhere and a Schrick intake cam. I just closed it up to keep dirt and shit from getting in there. I think it looks bad ass as it is now. Also, those are the only pulleys I will be running. I am trying to find some info on electric steering pumps, ideally I would like to have it on a switch so that I can use it when I'm moving in a parking lot or something. I will probably mount it and the reservoir in the trunk.

Jon

[golde30]

sweet. your motor is coming together 10x faster than mine. i just threw my block in the back of the GF rav4, and even though the oil pan was off, about a quart of oil proceeded to leak out of the top of the timing cover and onto her carpet... i could have swore that thing was empty. LOLz @ me.

[PiercedE30]

Ok then. BIG update for you guys. I'll let the pictures do the talking.











Does anyone have a picture of where they had to grind in order to make room for their flywheel? Is it this little piece here next to the bolt?








And just so everyone knows what my compression ratio is looking like:



Jon

[PiercedE30]

Yea, it definitely was nasty before I threw the block in my truck and took it to the machine shop.