Austin??

[HennaE30]

I lifted the engine from the pan in the front, then put blocks in the spot of the motor mounts and rested the motor on those blocks to drop the pan... Granted I was also replacing the motor/trans mounts while I was at it.

[homegrone30]

Lol wait a minute. Chris right?

[homegrone30]

Ocell. I just bought one of those for work $150 from matco. Well worth the money.

[dothadance]

I put it up against the passenger side engine mount arm.

[Ocell]

Where did you put the block of wood? The oil pans cover a lot of real estate. I'm afraid lifting from the bell housing on the transmission would put a lot of strain on the transmission mounts.

[Edit] I don't know the underside of the M20. I'm guessing your oil pan doesn't cover the whole block like on the M42.

[dothadance]

Yeah I just used a jack and a block of wood to lift the engine.

[Ocell]

Yeah, M42. My understanding is the subframe blocks access to the rear of the upper pan. You've got to either lift the engine a couple inches, or drop the subframe. Either way, I'll need to support the engine without the motor mounts.

[dothadance]

When I did my gasket on my m20 I didn't need any special tools or anything. I'm assuming you have an m42 or something of that sort. Couldn't be much different.

[Ocell]

Does anyone happen to have one of these I could borrow/rent for a couple weeks? I'm trying to do my upper oil pan gasket as soon as possible, but I'm not sure how many more times I'd need one in the future.

[kid8]

So I was browsing on GJ and saw this awesome build. Noticed the TC Baur and was wondering if it was anyone on here? I would love to see more pics of the E30.

The house/shop build is inspiring though!

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257468

[noE30]

Who has the black e30 with the e30ftw license plate? I spotted you on west 6th near Little Woodrows, on Friday or Saturday I think.

[dothadance]

Has a kamotors intake. But man that puddle kept on going.
The worst part is it blew out my is lip and splitter

[HennaE30]

Drove through a puddle last night. Hydrolocked my car and now I'm fucked. Anybody have an m20 they could sell to a dude with the worst luck for cheap?

Sounds like time for a M50 swap... Did you have a cone intake in it?

[kid8]

Man, sorry to hear that! There is one in SA for sale currently. It's listed with a trans so you may be able to get it for cheap if they split it.

http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/pts/4969974024.html

This one would be a drive:

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/4925130282.html

[dothadance]

Drove through a puddle last night. Hydrolocked my car and now I'm fucked. Anybody have an m20 they could sell to a dude with the worst luck for cheap?