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

[Panici]

Seems like for the money an E30 M3 commands, keeping it S14 makes sense.

[AWDBOB]

Whats next?

Starts with M and ends with 3........ finally. Bringing it out after I'm fully out of my warehouse, which should be mid August.

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've been stockpiling parts for the M3 to lessen the time it takes to get it on the road. I need to go through the S14 and the yoda machinist I have used forever retired a few weeks ago, so I'm debating putting an S50 in it so I can drive it for a while, or buying one of the more affordable "good used" S14s on the market to avoid the process of trying to rebuild one.

I don't particularly like the S14 and think the car would be better with a 6cyl in it. I was initially dead set on rebuilding mine until he retired. S54 is too much $$ for the fragile beast that it is, so the only things that currently make sense are:

S50/52 because I haven't built a 24v car yet
Used replacement S14 - lots of cheddar and risk
Rebuild my S14 - meh

[2mAn]

Chapter closed.... onto the next.

Whats next?

[AWDBOB]

I bet its awesome to hang in those chairs for a bit!

2005 - House always wins.

Those chairs make it all worthwhile!

A kind barber from Louisville bought a flywheel from me last week and saw TX holdem in the background of the photos. I sent him a build sheet and some videos, and he left with the car tonight.

Chapter closed.... onto the next.

[moatilliatta]

I bet its awesome to hang in those chairs for a bit!

2005 - House always wins.

[AWDBOB]

I am getting ready to list texas holdem for sale so I thought I'd pull a carfax.

Low and behold, my "last ran and drove in 2005" assessment was spot on:

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"needs a front right ball joint, broke a timing belt last year"

I am thrilled to put this adventure behind me.

[AWDBOB]

wham bam


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[AWDBOB]

hell yeah! looking great. fingers crossed the rest of it goes well.

thanks man!!!

Making any ventilation system or anything?

Ridge is vented, two 9k CFM 60" fans, and a mini split that has a .93 gal/hr dehu dry mode. Will do gable vents if i need to

Ceiling above the mezz is open so it's hard to know how the air will flow as 12' of the ceiling isn't closed in and won't be insulated like the rest

[moatilliatta]

Making any ventilation system or anything?

[e30austin]

No E30 updates, but I got the barn wired and the ceiling closed in this weekend!! Hanging 36 sheets of 3/4" OSB over your head ain't no joke- can't thank the homies Casey and Clint enough for the help.

I made a floor plan, and against my initial assessment, I'll be able to fit the lift in here while still having more available shelving than I have at my current spot! I bought two 60" ceiling fans that'll move 9000cfm each, and ran outlets by the lift on separate 20a circuits so I'll have enough juice for whatever I need with separate light switches for upper/lower mezzanine. I still have to run another 20a circuit for a commercial dehumidifier and then I'll be set. Going to terminate the electric and hang lighting next weekend. The 30x38 main floor will have five rows of two 8' 9k lumen LEDs, and then above/below the mezz (12x30) will have 4 of the same 8' LEDs each. In the back of my current warehouse (40'x50') I only have 3 of the same 8' LEDs and it lights the place up fine, so I should be able to get a tan in the new barn, comparatively speaking. The lights also have the ability to daisy chain 4 each which I'm not taking advantage of, so adding additional lighting will be simple, should I find it necessary later on. I wanted to do a mini split, but am going to focus on moisture mitigation/insulation first to get that squared away so I can more efficiently do HVAC later.

Once the wiring is terminated I'll insulate and then can start moving stuff in!!! Getting there, slowly but surely

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Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr

hell yeah! looking great. fingers crossed the rest of it goes well.

[AWDBOB]

No E30 updates, but I got the barn wired and the ceiling closed in this weekend!! Hanging 36 sheets of 3/4" OSB over your head ain't no joke- can't thank the homies Casey and Clint enough for the help.

I made a floor plan, and against my initial assessment, I'll be able to fit the lift in here while still having more available shelving than I have at my current spot! I bought two 60" ceiling fans that'll move 9000cfm each, and ran outlets by the lift on separate 20a circuits so I'll have enough juice for whatever I need with separate light switches for upper/lower mezzanine. I still have to run another 20a circuit for a commercial dehumidifier and then I'll be set. Going to terminate the electric and hang lighting next weekend. The 30x38 main floor will have five rows of two 8' 9k lumen LEDs, and then above/below the mezz (12x30) will have 4 of the same 8' LEDs each. In the back of my current warehouse (40'x50') I only have 3 of the same 8' LEDs and it lights the place up fine, so I should be able to get a tan in the new barn, comparatively speaking. The lights also have the ability to daisy chain 4 each which I'm not taking advantage of, so adding additional lighting will be simple, should I find it necessary later on. I wanted to do a mini split, but am going to focus on moisture mitigation/insulation first to get that squared away so I can more efficiently do HVAC later.

Once the wiring is terminated I'll insulate and then can start moving stuff in!!! Getting there, slowly but surely

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Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr

[AWDBOB]

A/C in an E30 is the luxury a hooptie will never accept

tiz true, hoopties Sanden conversion cracked an alloy fitting at the end of last season that I have yet to fix.

and here i was giving my red car a bad time. nowhere near as bad as that one you just parted. guess i should be grateful...

bummer about the compressor but you'll get it sorted!

ooooh yeah that car above is your "average" midwest car. Scary what's driving down the road out here

Teh ol refurb spray job.

craigslist rebuild paid off!!

After the last compressor failed, I swapped the new compressor onto texas holdem (it's a 4seasons bosch rebuild, same line style as the seiki), successfully pulled vacuum, slightly overcharged it because I overlooked something, recovered some, and all is well.

I need to put some A/C tape on the expansion valve, reassemble interior, fix some other odds/ends and it'll be almost ready to list!!! I am quite ready to put this one behind me.

This is colder than my sanden car (older style aux fan still on low speed which I'm going to fix when I get the car back).

The A/C solutions CSF condenser set up for the 13" spal is tempting for the sanden car, but I think it'll be fine once I put the later style fan on and bypass the low speed resistor.

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**edit** looking at this the following day, the condenser to compressor hose is already splitting lol. oh the joys of old car life

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[moatilliatta]

Teh ol refurb spray job.

[e30austin]

The midwest definitely has its way with these cars. People always brag about their unrusty cars out here and I threaten to start poking.

ignorance is bliss methinks

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Well that didn't last long lol. There's actually a shaft seal you can buy for these Seiko-seiki compressors (MT2037), but I know exactly 0 people who have replaced them without a blowout immediately following replacement

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Thankfully, I know a guy

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and here i was giving my red car a bad time. nowhere near as bad as that one you just parted. guess i should be grateful...

bummer about the compressor but you'll get it sorted!

[2mAn]

A/C in an E30 is the luxury a hooptie will never accept