Moving foward and Damn coolant bleeding...

Ahhh the joy's of coolant bleeding! Wasnt prepared for a M20 engine and the M42 radiator conversion with 2 bleeding points. After much research and boiling points of 3/4 gauges almost overheating headaches... I got her done.

I tough its taking a long time to bleed because maybe I had inverted the coolant pipes to the heater core but it was not the case.

Here she is running with my newly painted trunk :) Cant wait to get to this stage...



The engine already getting dirty... :( but it will be easy to shine it all up now that it doesn't have 50 pounds of old caked grease in it..




So proud I found the biggest size battery this thing can wake up 2 E30 in parallel lol..



Got a few more things done.. Got a stock Cat middle pipe for a very good price Thanks Robert! :)



installed ... few adjustements to do on it but for now its good as I dont want to be a nuisance to the neighbors..







NOW for the other half of the car..... I think I got a good month ahead of cleaning, painting subframe, diff, driveshaft, new springs and shocks work ahead easy.... Danny get you butt down here I'm going to need a helper over here lol

Danny is going to need a little break he just finished his rear subframe...Hell it was!! good job dude.

IT'S ALIVE....IT'S ALIVE....

Well today I finished with all the wiring, Computer, coolant, electric rad fan... It was ready for a battery and cross my fingers that the engine would start... !!

I need a middle pipe (CAT)...fix the tach.... other then that ITS ALIVE.....I'm so happy and relieved at the same time all this work.

No leaks... knock on wood all is great.... I was expecting to fix mistakes....but I checked everything 3x over and it payed off!!

Here is a video of my first start.... :))))





Now on the the next things to fix....the REAR Subframe, exhaust...then paint...cant wait for this summer!!

First work day of 2011

Today was the first day of 2011 that I decided cold or not I'm going to work on the E30 a bit.

I got busy and it got hot quick....doing the fenders.... the wiring not so much..lol

first time rolling fenders after few hours I think I got them done very nicely (Roll and pull) got the puller from a local guy in Ottawa (Matt Rose) he rents them for 40$ for 2 days for those interested his e-mail is: mtblifestyle@hotmail.com

Passenger fender....paint cracked but I don't care since I will be painting the car anyways..



Driver fender..



Also redone my "i" Cluster since the old "e" cluster will not work..




Installed my SMART FAN Miller performance on my new M42 radiator


I finished all the wiring thanks to this awesome website:

http://strictlyeta.net/technical/328i_6.html

89 " i" harness into a 87 "e" chassis I havent started the car yet...but I know it will be a challenge I dont think the car will start just like that am sure their will be tons of kinks to solve...part of all the fun

You can also see my MAF conversion from miller performance with their black cold air intake...very nice piece.



Also finished the install of the M42 Radiator conversion..really cleans up the engine bay...

Still missing upper rad support... 02 sensor...and a fresh battery so I can attempt to start it up.



After a lot of research on the C104 connector were everybody contradict each other am not too sure what to do with these wires ?? any help would be appreciated.



what a day it was....Its like -25 degree right now time to go inside and warm up a bit

Last day of 2010 Engine install...

Well its here, last day of the year for working on the E30 what better way to close it by having Danny and Julian over to help me install the motor....




Thanks to the BMW special tool that Danny put together to gently seat the drivers side motor mount...






what a year it was....time for my baby to go to sleep till spring 2011





BIG THANK YOU!! DANNY for all your help, yoru always there for me when I need it and I appreciate it.






Till next year

Clutch and transmission installed.....Engine ready for install

Today I installed the clutch and tranny on the engine.... Heart is ready for transplant




Stage 2 Exedy clutch good for 250HP and 250 torque All I will need with an NA M20B25 engine

Not much done lack of time...few pics of putting the body in place

Not much to report waiting for parts and lack of time as usual.... so I just kind of put together some body parts to see what needs to be adjusted / fitted...



lots and lots of adjustements to do everywhere but I think its going to look great once everything installed , adjusted and of course lowered with my new suspension, still missing "IS" spoiler, finishing filling/sanding in the Zender side skirts "ferrari wannabe fins looks.."


my brand new M42 rad just checking how it fits...



motor almost completed need a new alternator belt its coming



Does anybody know if I still need the crank pulley (PS and AC) since I wont be using PS or AC? The less belts and rotating mass the better...more reliable more free power


Also trying to locate a shorter oil filter since am not going to use the stock oil cooler and need a hair more clearance because of the header.... I saw somebody in here with a BOSCH with number 333xxx smaller filter but he has not gotten back to me if anybody know the type/number please let me know.

later!!

Finally more engine progress...

Finally more progress done with my engine

Found metric blues head bolt equivalents at a place in Hull called FASTENAL awesome company to deal with good prices too..

Torqued them down in sequence 20 pounds,,40 pounds...50 pounds,,,finish at 70 pounds.

Just need to adjust the valves before closing it all up. Also got a new timing belt, water pump, etc...







Intake ready to go in..





Here is the car awaiting a new heart



Arek (8legsracing.com) came trew today awesome guy even delivered the parts to me cant beat that...



new Behr M42 rad cheap Bastards....no Rad CAP!! Will have to get one Arek get ready for more parts...

Picked up a Used 3.73 LSD DIFF for a very good price from a Gabriel another guy who is moding his E30 just need to swap my cover as this one is cracked.



Transmission shifter work done....short shifter and new hardware



Major cleaned up of the transmission and high heat paint



More to come...another 3 weeks and The heart transplant should take place...I hope..

Also waiting for my stage 2 EXEDY clutch kit...and to find a good place to resurface my flywheel...