87' 325e

[1987E30project]

Buy a Bentley. Best $30 bucks you'll spend.

[ben312]

ill be sure to do so. the problem is the alt bushings. the car is only having this shop done becasue i do not have time right now to do this. and i need the car back asap, so this is just the quickest easiest way. when i have the time i would much prefer to do any and all work myself, but not possible these next few weeks.

[ben312]

[ben312]

going to look at a 93 325i tomorrow.
m50 swap?

[ben312]

so i havent done to much to the car the past few months. untill about a month ago i was driving along and everyhting is fine. suddenly i start to lose power, this is all of five min after i fill tank so i know its not out of gas. finally car dies. after getting towed home i look and find no broken rocker, no bent valves, nothing wrong in the head. so i pull the head. find this:

alot of rot around the oil and coolent seals and one of these:

cracked, and pretty bad. so i need a new gasket. being low on cash at the moment its been waiting. hopfully i'll get the money i'm owed this weeked so i can get the car back up and running.
small teaser:

(sorry for shitty cell phone pic)
;) yes thats white

[ben312]

well my DD blew up today so tomorrow is gonna be a one day full rebuild of the e30. paint is not done but its going to have to wait. lucky for me the head bolts came in today so i can get this motor put back together and hope to have this thing running by this time tomorrow.
a few pics of the paint/ body work. yes it does suck but im young and this is my first car body work/ paint job. me and a buddy are doing all the work. the paint is FAR from perfect but for a free paint job i can live with it. all body and paint done by me or my freind dom.

car in parts


touching up some primer

side view. it has base color down now

rear emblem gone

needs more clear and wet sanding. and I KNOW the flag is wrong. im fixing it!

i know it has overspray, and needs more wet sand but this is what it should look like. maybe another clear coat or two.

[ben312]

i know its not the best but look at the improvement.
(new)
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(old)

[ben312]

got almost everything finished tonight. i just have to drop the rad back in and get a new o-ring for the fuel pressure regular. tried to turn her over tonight and it was turning but never caught. after looking at the block and finding gas all over the place i had a friend look at the whole top half as i cranked it over. he saw the gas leak and after patching that up tomorrow it should run fine. got all my paint in today as well and the car should be all the way done by saturday night, i hope.

[ben312]

got everything back together yesterday, but now I am facing a HUGE fuel leak. i turned the car over and it tumbles but no start. I get out and smell gas, look around and see gas dripping off everything in the subframe on the drivers side. I still have yet to find the exact spot where the leak is, it looks to be where the hard line meets the soft line. i will be fixing this tomorrow. the car sounds much strong already though just tumbling over. that head gasket was really bad compared to the new one. I am very excited to get the car back on the road. paint should be finished tomorrow and hopeful the gas leak also and i can have her running this time tomorrow.

[ben312]

flip switch start installed tonight. other than that, raining today so no other work :(

[TopOfTheLine89]

This thread makes me reminisce about picking up my "87 325" for 1200. Good times

[ben312]

she has been fun so far. also a pain in my ass. learned a TON tho. i have gone from a kid who knew jack about cars to one who knows a whole lot. slow and steady i guess. kinda hard to do any real work on it when im stuck in school all day and still don't have a job. stupid economy...

[ben312]

Fuel leak is fixed but now no spark. Think the igniton coil is bad.

[NeoMishMoo]

I know what you're talking about as far as running an air duct to you cone filter. If you want more cool air coming to your filter just remove the driver side high beam bulb. Probably just as effective as running an air duct, which isn't really effective at all. Plus you'll get lots of attention from people asking "what happened to your headlight?"

[ben312]

I know what you're talking about as far as running an air duct to you cone filter. If you want more cool air coming to your filter just remove the driver side high beam bulb. Probably just as effective as running an air duct, which isn't really effective at all. Plus you'll get lots of attention from people asking "what happened to your headlight?"

lol well at the moment its just started running so i have no hood on for quick and easy tuning. so im getting all the air i need ;)