My Hoopte30 Project Attempt #6 - the painless way to earn cash back every day

[moatilliatta]

Looks like my type of room!

[2mAn]

Amazing

[AWDBOB]

nice score, it pays to watch the CCA classifieds. congrats!

thanks homie- all i need is a back seat and hooptie will be a proper hooptie!!

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Insulation is mostly done! I need to close up a few gaps, finish taping, etc, but to have a barn with lights, fans, concrete and insulation feels quite nice considering the blender I was in just a few months ago.

I have blended into a nice, drinkable shake.

Can't thank the homie Casey enough for all of his help on this project.

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[e30austin]

Lightly used roundel really is a game changer.

Me too. Stoked to get the car on standalone! I won't be able to make it up to Jake's until I'm moved. All in due time!


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I didn't want to count my eggs before they hatched (see: getting scammed on a moonroof), but I have been looking for E30M suspension parts for the better part of 7+ years. I've been able to find stuff here and there, but there has always been something missing that wasn't obtainable without buying new or top market used ($$).

mjweimer being the great person that he is, knew I was on the hunt, and was keeping an eye out for off market parts. He found a random CCA ad with a very short description stating to call to inquire about an E30M suspension/brake conversion.

I called, and on the other side of the phone was a very kind older gentleman from upstate NY that had purchased a full E30M suspension conversion for his '84 318 20 years prior and never got around to installing it.

I had to figure out some complicated logistics because he wasn't able to package/ship the stuff, but was willing to drop them off somewhere for that to be done.

FAST FORWARD, the parts were real and are in my possession. Stoke is high.

Included in the kit:
Front Housings w/ Ackerman Arms
Trailing Arms w/ New Bushings
NEW Rear Dust Shields
Rear Hubs
F/R Calipers with Carriers
Rebuilt Steering Rack
Rebuilt P/S Pump
Original Steering Joint
S14 Pump Bracket & Hoses

I'm going to use most of this stuff to convert hoopty over to 5 lug finally, and the rebuilt goods I'll use on the M3. Yeeeeeee

Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr
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Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr

nice score, it pays to watch the CCA classifieds. congrats!

[AWDBOB]

Fresh roundel - you put a ring on it! Things are getting serious.

Ready for some dyno numbers & flyby vids.

It’s a good hoopty!

Lightly used roundel really is a game changer.

Me too. Stoked to get the car on standalone! I won't be able to make it up to Jake's until I'm moved. All in due time!


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I didn't want to count my eggs before they hatched (see: getting scammed on a moonroof), but I have been looking for E30M suspension parts for the better part of 7+ years. I've been able to find stuff here and there, but there has always been something missing that wasn't obtainable without buying new or top market used ($$).

mjweimer being the great person that he is, knew I was on the hunt, and was keeping an eye out for off market parts. He found a random CCA ad with a very short description stating to call to inquire about an E30M suspension/brake conversion.

I called, and on the other side of the phone was a very kind older gentleman from upstate NY that had purchased a full E30M suspension conversion for his '84 318 20 years prior and never got around to installing it.

I had to figure out some complicated logistics because he wasn't able to package/ship the stuff, but was willing to drop them off somewhere for that to be done.

FAST FORWARD, the parts were real and are in my possession. Stoke is high.

Included in the kit:
Front Housings w/ Ackerman Arms
Trailing Arms w/ New Bushings
NEW Rear Dust Shields
Rear Hubs
F/R Calipers with Carriers
Rebuilt Steering Rack
Rebuilt P/S Pump
Original Steering Joint
S14 Pump Bracket & Hoses

I'm going to use most of this stuff to convert hoopty over to 5 lug finally, and the rebuilt goods I'll use on the M3. Yeeeeeee

Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr

[moatilliatta]

Fresh roundel - you put a ring on it! Things are getting serious.

Ready for some dyno numbers & flyby vids.

It’s a good hoopty!

[AWDBOB]

guess who's back

Hooptie is the best e30. I got it back from the fab pals today. The header flange needed to be flattened due to a blowout on the number 6 gasket, added a custom Y pipe to replace the stamped Y, added a vibrant ultra quiet resonator that removed some harsh frequencies, and fixed an exhaust leak downstream. It is now bliss

The fresh 2.7 rips, and the header sounds amazing. You can hear it working. I'm on a stock DME and stock tune and it's noticeably quicker than the last 2.7 with a hot tune. Going to get it on standalone soon and do an a/b of the header vs stock exhaust up at Jakes some time in the coming months. This 2.7 is using the OG hooptie block and pistons, so it must be happy.

But for now, the a/c developed a leak, I need to replace the aux fan, the wiper motor failed all the way finally, I have some alternator noise coming through the speakers, and I got a Sony DSX-GS80 head unit to replace the shit continental. The Sony has a nice built in amp and a much better bluetooth input interface than the continental. Paired with the OEM Hifi premium sound trunk amp delete plug, my audio efforts should soon come to fruition. It doesn't look the part, but that doesn't bug me if it makes the right sounds.

I also have 3 huge boxes coming tomorrow that I am insanely excited about, which says a lot, because I am numb to car part purchase joy otherwise.

I treated her to a fresh roundel that I pulled off of a z3m trunk I gutted. I scrapped 14 rust free E36 sedan doors, and probably 25 E30 doors so far in prep for my move in the past few weeks. No one wants this stuff and it breaks my heart, so I am fully disassembling it all and saving the guts, scrapping the shells. A nice fellow is coming tomorrow to save the six passenger z3 doors and 4 z3m trunk lids I was going to scrap.

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Here's a short video from the drivers seat, window rolled halfway down. I am very happy with how it sounds. I still have a 3.46 in the car and it boogies

You'll have to click the link:

https://flic.kr/p/2q5b5rV

[AWDBOB]

A while back I took a chance on a set of E30M BC coilovers with ackerman arms in hopes that I could carefully remove/sell the BCs and send the spindles to GC to have them perform their housing service.

Got them back today, and the stoke is high. A taste of what's to come.

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[AWDBOB]

i like the e30m3 hot dog cart idea. chop it up, pimp.

to destroy is easier than to create

Duh I feel dumb now, I noticed that truss spacing and it just didn't register.

My garage is significantly smaller at 20x28, but you could stand on the runner in the attic and get an inch or two of wiggle perpendicular to the trusses even though the runner was a 7' wide strip of 3/4in OSB. I added another 4' down each side of 1/2in OSB and that movement is now completely gone. That 3/4 the whole way across is going to massively boost the strength of the end walls

Yup, I was shocked at the rigidity it added. I have to build a catwalk this week so I can finish hanging the fans. I asked my buddy if he would walk on the ceiling we put up and he said "you first". I was like, duly noted, I'll put a catwalk in

I'd be interested in this... manual or auto? How's the rust situation?

5sp car- I haven't looked at it in so long I don't remember, regarding rust. Whenever I end up getting to it, I'll send you a message

[iXguido]

I still have that '87 325i sedan sitting at someones house that I need to make run and then make disappear. That'll probably happen next week. I have struts/shocks/control arms/bushings I'll toss on it, change timing belt, fuel lines etc and move it along.

I'd be interested in this... manual or auto? How's the rust situation?

[Northern]

Rafters are 8' apart, so when doing anything less than 3/4" all of my construction buddies said it would sag over time, so I took their advice and put some thick stuff up. Hanging 36 of those over our heads was quite the endeavor. I likely could've ran boards between the joists to run an additional row of screws into, but the price difference between 7/16" and 3/4" wasn't much, so I just went for the big boy stuff. The bonus is that it'll make the building quite a bit stiffer which I like the idea of for longitudinal wind loads that the building was previously poorly braced for. Where I'm at here in the midwest, the 50' (longer) side of the building runs the same way that our prevailing wind does, so the stiffer I can make it, the better it'll be long term.

Duh I feel dumb now, I noticed that truss spacing and it just didn't register.

My garage is significantly smaller at 20x28, but you could stand on the runner in the attic and get an inch or two of wiggle perpendicular to the trusses even though the runner was a 7' wide strip of 3/4in OSB. I added another 4' down each side of 1/2in OSB and that movement is now completely gone. That 3/4 the whole way across is going to massively boost the strength of the end walls

[e30austin]

i like the e30m3 hot dog cart idea. chop it up, pimp.

[AWDBOB]

3.1 m20 w ITBs in an e30 M3?

Giga Chad move

Funny enough, this was the secret plan all along. The machinist I've used for years that made all of these M20 strokers I've done possible retired a few weeks ago and I don't have anyone else local capable of taking on the machine work for such a project that isn't an Indy Speedway race world connect ($$$$), so I gave up the idea.

[MrBurgundy]

3.1 m20 w ITBs in an e30 M3?

Giga Chad move

[AWDBOB]

I also second the 6 cyl swap route. I've contemplated swapping my car multiple times during ownership, and this is coming from somebody who has a car with all the 'holy grail' items ie 2.5, dogleg, alpha N, CF airbox, etc... As long as its done in a way that's reversible, and doesn't hack up the car at all, you're in a good spot! Enjoy it as much as you can, however you can, dude! We all aren't here forever.

This is good data, and more or less what I suspected. Thank you!

Put the s14 in a bubble and toss in a k motor.

This is the only logical solution

I like watching other people K swap stuff. The value to fun ratio isn't there for me. Kmiata swap kit alone is $5100 without exhaust, a/c, power steering, finding/upgrading a K, etc. Most folks I know with K swaps are in them 12k+. Too much for too little.

Maybe I'll just cut the car in half and turn it into a rolling hot dog stand so I never have to decide.

What's the purpose of the 3/4" OSB on the ceiling? Walking on the topside?

Rafters are 8' apart, so when doing anything less than 3/4" all of my construction buddies said it would sag over time, so I took their advice and put some thick stuff up. Hanging 36 of those over our heads was quite the endeavor. I likely could've ran boards between the joists to run an additional row of screws into, but the price difference between 7/16" and 3/4" wasn't much, so I just went for the big boy stuff. The bonus is that it'll make the building quite a bit stiffer which I like the idea of for longitudinal wind loads that the building was previously poorly braced for. Where I'm at here in the midwest, the 50' (longer) side of the building runs the same way that our prevailing wind does, so the stiffer I can make it, the better it'll be long term.