PNW Chit Chat thread

[e30Rooster]

hey guys and gals. new to this part of R3v. just wondering if anyone has dealt with the local M and M paint shops/people. if so what can you tell me about quality? looking to pick up some lachs metallic in an aerosol can for some touch up. thanks.

paintscratch.com

[e30Rooster]

Still out in the garage working anyone else up?

[LuckyHenriksen]

Still out in the garage working anyone else up?

No ;)

[e30Rooster]

Power nap, then home depot and back to work.

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[kid325e]

[Brilliantrot 318is]

i remember this abe b que half these pukes werent driving an e30.........just saying

Phil why you hurting my feeling man.. :(

Everyone pictured was an e30 owner at the time.

^ this
and to clarify, reason I was driving a corolla was because I couldn't drive this..

[bmwm42]

Don't get offended geno its manly affection

[e30austin]

'merrrrica...FUCK YEAH

[kid325e]

My "good" M20B27 gets delivered tomorrow night for the brown car.

Cousin says his dad bought it as a "crate" engine for his 325e a few years ago from BavAuto. Not sure what to believe.

Any good way to test the engine to make sure its good before dropping it in? Can I compression test it outside of the car?

Getting pretty excited. Everything is coming together for the little poop coupe.

[BBDirtbiking]

If the transmission and starter are connected you can jump the starter and get a compression test.

An ever better test is a cylinder leak-down test, that is the best way to test an engine. I just bought a leak down tester to use once, OTC for $80. Probably gonna resell right away.

[kid325e]

My coworkers have leak down testers I could barrow. Is this the way to test condition of an engine with it out of the car? The engine is just that, no trans.

Sorry for the Noob questions.

[BBDirtbiking]

That is the only way that I know of.

Leak down tests are kinda tough as well as the engine is cold so it is hard to get valves to seat all the way, what I do is when you have air running through the piston take a hammer and a screw driver or something and smack the top of the springs to get the valves to clear any crap from under them...

I just did the M52 I got, 2% leakage in all 6 cylinders... Followed by a happy dance, haha.

[kid325e]

All good info. Thanks dude! Pretty excited.

If anyone needs any eta parts a lot is coming off the coupe. Simon has dibs on PS lines.

[OldDrunkenSailor]

All good info. Thanks dude! Pretty excited.

If anyone needs any eta parts a lot is coming off the coupe. Simon has dibs on PS lines.

Center console thing already dibs'ed? (the part that the shifter comes up through)

and the hvac panel?

[kid325e]

Both are available Shapiro.

40.00 is my asking price for both pieces.