Upstate NY General chat.

[Swanny]

Top end only and a reseal. Bottom end is in great shape.

[thatphysicsguy]

Not gunna lie gentlemen...the m2o's been apart for so long that I'm worried about getting all the little things back together properly. I think that's what's been holding me back...that and trying to get finishing touches on the valve cover and intake manifold (paint bled through the mask 3 times so i gotta start from
scratch).

Were you doing a complete rebuild?

[Swanny]

Not gunna lie gentlemen...the m2o's been apart for so long that I'm worried about getting all the little things back together properly. I think that's what's been holding me back...that and trying to get finishing touches on the valve cover and intake manifold (paint bled through the mask 3 times so i gotta start from
scratch).

[thatphysicsguy]

Dude, come out this way if you want for a day or 2. I hit up elk but we can look around for conditions and wrench on shit

Edit: tuesday and thursday are my days off next week

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[Swanny]

Upstate NY General chat.

Dude, come out this way if you want for a day or 2. I hit up elk but we can look around for conditions and wrench on shit

Edit: tuesday and thursday are my days off next week

[thatphysicsguy]

Well I'll be on "Spring Break" next week. staying in Troy to look after the house and work on the FSAE car. Really wanted to take the E30 out of hibernation but it doesn't look like I wll be able to for a while.

Where is everyone's favorite ski slope? If I have to live through the winter, might as well get some sort of consolation out of it.

[ccsdo5]

Also a good clutch and PP with less than 30,000 miles on it

[ccsdo5]

The question is "what good parts are on it?"

Well a decent amount actually. It blew the head gaskket so engine is iffy. Here is what I've done to it in the past year or so:
- new bilstein shocks front and rear
- inner and outer tie rods
- sway bar end links
- top hats
- decent ANSA catback
- new control arms both sides
- new lollipop bushings
- front wheel bearings
- New CV joints
- Good drive line with probably 190,000 miles
- decent interior

I'm sure there is more I'm forgetting I have recites for almost everything I did. I just think the body is to rusty to keep on the road and wouldn't be worth the extra money for me to replace the head gasket even though I would do it myself of course....

[Swanny]

The question is "what good parts are on it?"

[Swanny]

The question is "what good parts are on it?"

[ccsdo5]

So going to ask a dumb question here instead of the parts for sale thread. How interested would people be in an 1988 IX partout in New York. I was planning on selling my car but I think the head gasket went on it and just from the condition the body is in it is probably better to part out everything then keep the rust bucket going...

[Swanny]

Yeah i'd say this is the first "real" winter inna few years. You missed the one 2 years ago where it barely got below freeing and we got less than 20" of snow. As a skier it was terrible.

[thatphysicsguy]

Wait, is this your first upstate winter?

If you count last year as a winter. It seems very mild in comparison to this year's.

Also I'm accustomed to perpetual SoCal Summer, so this time of year sucks for me. Also not having the E30 out makes me complain a lot more than I otherwise would...

[Swanny]

Wait, is this your first upstate winter?

[thatphysicsguy]

We lost damn near a foot of snow in a few days last week. Made me regret not getting out to ski when we got dumped on.

Yeah the weather here was a big tease. It got up to 50! but it's back to single digits for us this week. I just hope that the switch gets flipped before April (it's wishful thinking I know, but I'm losing my mind not having my E30 out and about).