A few photos before she goes to sleep.

[iwantspeed]

I really like your build up its very clean.
I like how the wiring is cleaned up.
And I hope all of your parts come soon.

I just wanted to be aware that one of the reasons those wires are tucked through the engine bay and not through the fender is for safety.

Out at Willow Springs raceway my local racetrack.
My buddies tire started to come apart at the seams literally
It tore the inner fender well and ripped away his engine harness.
He was able to maintain control of his car but still scary nonetheless.
I'm not criticizing you just want you to be aware.

Maybe keep the wiring how it is but add something to protect it.

[e30this]

Question...I noticed some welds around the strut towers, what was the rationale behind that?

Secondly, with all the work you are doing, why not solder the wires for the ABS you extended? Just curious.

Its seam sealer and it if from the factory like that.
Its there to keep moister out from the joints so they dont rust.

awsome work but it looks kinda doo-doo ish, u should at least paint the firewall! sweet!

You should read before you post and know what your talking about.
How am I suppose to paint rubber?
Also I have a 318 cover thats going there. if you dont know what it is then look for it. Im sure I already posted that on the last page before you decided to speak your mind.

looks sexy sweetie. cant wait to see it. i love thoes wheels, but i hate you for how little you paid for them.

Thats what I see them going for, I didnt really get a deal on them.

This thread makes me wanna clean my engine bay

What ya waitting on???

[Stephen]

This thread makes me wanna clean my engine bay

[brandon11130]

looks sexy sweetie. cant wait to see it. i love thoes wheels, but i hate you for how little you paid for them.

[Greekstyles]

awsome work but it looks kinda doo-doo ish, u should at least paint the firewall! sweet!

[Dragowl]

are you referring to the seam filler?

I guess thats what it is...I'm not familiar with it...bu yes...they look like big welds.

[mattdk318i]

are you referring to the seam filler?

[Dragowl]

Question...I noticed some welds around the strut towers, what was the rationale behind that?

Secondly, with all the work you are doing, why not solder the wires for the ABS you extended? Just curious.

[e30this]

Yeah I have the battery tray cover as well. I bought it all new form the dealer. I have some carbon fiber coil covers and fuel covers too.
The intake is being painted gloss black to match the VC and engine bay.
I bought a new window washer tank and brake res to help clean that all up.

I just bought s52 cams, injectors, 540 maf, and a tms chip. I just need to find M52 or S52 lifters and cam trays. I think I got a line on some. :)

[M42Technik]

I just wanted to tuck the wires that ran across the driver frame rail.
I got a 318is wiring harness cover for the firewall.
Im not going for super tucked but I wanted to clean it up some.

I like the look you're going for. There is a battery tray cover as well that will help clean up the look of the engine bay:



And that other piece is a trimmed down ECU cover from an E34. Just a suggestion.

[e30this]

You should invest in a skidplate!

:up:

Thats next on the list of things to order once the motor is runnin.
I had the whole pan reinforced with 1/4 inch aluminum plate so it should hold up for some time.
Along with some stiff springs, I should be golden.

how much of a wire tuck are you going for?

looks great btw!

I just wanted to tuck the wires that ran across the driver frame rail.
I got a 318is wiring harness cover for the firewall.
Im not going for super tucked but I wanted to clean it up some.

[e30edward]

how much of a wire tuck are you going for?

looks great btw!

[M42Technik]

You should invest in a skidplate!

:up:

[e30this]

Well photobucket was nice enough to allow me to load some more photos so time for an update.
I got the motor set in place and realized I needed to make more room between the booster and intake, The grinding of the ribs on the side just wasnt enough.
So I added some shims on the driver side and I added a few on the passenger side and I was good to go. I was able to slip a nickle between the intake and booster and that was good enough for me.
I noticed when I was adding the shims that the front OBD2 header was super close to the sway bar so I had to cut off some of the collector.

Anyways on to the photos.

Shims on passenger side.


Shims on the driver side.


Clearance between the intake and booster.



Clearance between the header and sway bar/frame.


Motor from above.


and a few misc photos.







Enjoy.

[e30this]

Thanks fellas.
I hope my gasket for the vanos unit comes today so I can get all that stuff back together.
I still need to do a lot of stuff. More then I thought, but its ok. Car isnt going any place when the snow flys.