E30 335i - The new track (drift) project

[DarkWing6]

Looking good Erick! Anxiously awaiting next week's updates.

[slo325i]

amazing progess! wish you good luck!!!

[1mz]

subscribed :D - awesome build man

[Mot]

Ambitious but rubbish :p

the r3v way.

[Erick]

Apparently so. I woke up early to go pick up the car and the shop said that they weren't finished with the car they are working on. So right now I'm pushed back to Tuesday now.

*sigh*

We'll see what's up.

- Erick

[Mako18]

Waiting sux, I feel your pain!!

[Erick]

Alright Ter-Tech, the shop that was originally helping me out has been giving me the runaround. Apparently they seem too busy so I spoke to a buddy and we're moving things to his shop.

Tonight we just moved the car there, but tomorrow we'll start the wrenching. Probably not too much as I gotta take both halves of the driveshaft (e28 front and e30 rear) to join together and balance it.

Because deadlines are so cool, I registered the 335i for the D1GP Miami on May 30th. The qualifying is on the 29th (Friday), so today is officially D1-DAY MINUS 9

Since we were so close next time, I'm hoping that two days of serious wrenching will get this car on the road.

With any luck this car will be running in time :)

Quick shot:


- Erick

[e30this]

Glad to see things are going to move along..

[Slick92GS-R]

this new shop is in Miami or Ft lauderdale?

[Erick]

Why do you ask? :D

If my car shows up on bricks tomorrow I'm having your head :p

It's in Broward. ;)

[Jesse30]

let me know if theres anyway i can help from the other side of the coast.

kinda return for helping me fix the car at bfest? hahah

glad to see things are moving along with it though. i want a lot of footage from D1 man

[TreFlip]

yesss this build is back on. hope you make the deadline

[4ce30]

wide wheels looks good!!

[Erick]

D1-DAY MINUS 8

Alright sweet, so we started off on the wrong foot. When the car went into storage, I made a list of everything I needed and I had bought it all from someone on r3v who picked the parts up off the junkyard.

The box was here when I came back from Brazil. Since the packing inside was a mess, I never really looked too far into the box and trusted it was all there.

Now I look and sweet! List of items I bought:

Downpipes: Sent e34 downpipes (2 bolt flange) while this is an M30B34, so 3 bolt flange. No use. Might end up cutting and welding to the 3 bolt flanges I have.

Crank PS Bracket: Never came.

CPS: Never came.

Brake fluid reservoir: Never came.

Injectors: Asked for 6 with fuel rail. Found only 5. Fuel rail is from an e34, which the hard lines get in the way of everything, but not a big deal to work around it.

Injector harness: Not there either.

Sooooo I'm going to have to make a trip to the junkyard and start hunting for M30s. Great jolly fun.

Right now I'm waiting on the new u-joints for my driveshaft to come in. Plan is to take the driveshaft to the driveshaft shop to get it balanced. Then off to the junkyard I go.

What's life without small challenges?

- Erick
PS: But in good news.... I just got a sick deal on some new goodies for this car. If we can hook it up on time for the event, this should be fun :D:D:D Moar details soon.

[RickSloan]

erick i have tons of m30b34 parts lying around that i dont need, i can have them to you in 2 days, i have injectors and a fuel rail already disconnected actually plus tons of other stuff

if you need anything let me know

robbie