NOR-CAL General Chat.

[craiggroves91]

My DD's "The Piece" block. Nice n' dirty.


Called it a night at this


Resurfacing le head




Also got my white car "The Beast" back on its front wheels.
Reinstalled the whole suspension. Awesome night time cell phone pic. Just needs an engine now.

[Pantless Spency]

Met bwawuz02 today driving just out of the gate off base. Pretty cool dude. Hopefully my work week ends on Wednesday and I can start trollin' around town.

whaaaat always wanted to meet that guy lol.
only because hes from around these parts and been on the forums since it began

[Pantless Spency]

CJ what did you use on the block? just started going at mine with scotch brite and its sorta a PITA, but still do-able.

[Vivek]

that would be it. the stoptech's he has is another distinguishing item the car has

Lmao I looked at it and said "I think i know a guy who knows that car's owner" which made perfect sense in my mind and my friend was like "ummmm k...." :rofl:

[Cabriolet]

CJ, pull the guides out and clean that area so you dont get leaks

[Albuquerque30]

whaaaat always wanted to meet that guy lol.
only because hes from around these parts and been on the forums since it began

Yeah, he hollered at me at a red light asking if I was on r3v, then exchanged usernames. Haha.

My buddies were amazed that someone just rolled their window down to have a car talk. I had to explain e30's to them. ;)

[Pantless Spency]

CJ, pull the guides out and clean that area so you dont get leaks

these can be pulled with channel locks.vice grips?
do i need to worry about bending them? my block is at the same stage lol.

Yeah, he hollered at me at a red light asking if I was on r3v, then exchanged usernames. Haha.

My buddies were amazed that someone just rolled their window down to have a car talk. I had to explain e30's to them. ;)

i love those kind of moments when you meet other BMW folk on the road or in a parking lot, and you can tell they are as eager/excited as you are.
ahha.

[JinormusJ]

I had to explain e30's to them. ;)

"Listen Here Noob" moment
Had a couple of those with my dad. Gave a guy the thumbs up driving in the opposite lane and my dad was like "Huh"? I was just like "It's a subculture Pops!"

[Albuquerque30]

My dad caught on really quick. He was in an e30 before I could even drive (hence why I'm here). I'm working on getting a friend in Delaware to get out of his SRT-4 and into a 318is.

He pulled up in a Tacoma, so I was caught off guard at first. But then proceeded to get happy inside to know another e30 guy in town. It's seemed to be more important/occurring than making new friends at work.

[craiggroves91]

CJ what did you use on the block? just started going at mine with scotch brite and its sorta a PITA, but still do-able.

I used carb and choke cleaner, scotch brite, and a small brass brush.
Worked pretty well, takes a lot of elbow grease. I'm going to go at it more and make it even prettier.

CJ, pull the guides out and clean that area so you dont get leaks

The valve guides?

[Pantless Spency]

I used carb and choke cleaner, scotch brite, and a small brass brush.
Worked pretty well, takes a lot of elbow grease. I'm going to go at it more and make it even prettier.



The valve guides?

if i am interpreting what he is saying correctly i think he means the two tubes sticking out of the block that are used as guides for when the head is put on the block so everything is squared up.

[JinormusJ]

I'm texting Pantless...

























































I have a new man-crush

[Cabriolet]

The valve guides?

na bra. the ones that in the block.
use a vice grip rapped in tape, clamp lightly twist and pull out.

[Pantless Spency]

grrrrrreat.
haha thanks for the info cabriolet :)

[Cabriolet]

grrrrrreat.
haha thanks for the info cabriolet :)

just make sure you put them in before you put the head back on.