The Full Banana

A year later, and I'm just about to button up installing a fresh engine built with Wiseco pistons and h-beam rods in a painstakingly refinished engine bay. This car has been a real test of my patience and perseverance.  

This looks potentially interesting. My car has round headlamps but doesn't currently run or drive...

It's great to see that M3's destiny finally panning out. Good work!

I have to say, turnout was even greater than expected! Great to see familiar and new faces alike. Perfect weather and an amazing variety of cars. Big thanks to everyone that attended and so nice to see such great enthusiasm for not only e30s but BMW's in general. Here's to next year!

Very reliable and cheap turbos. Should be a great choice on there. I’ve used quite a few of them over the years. There are several different turbine housing available. The one you have flows decently well. You can also easily upgrade the compressor to a larger wheel if you end up wanting a bit more. I ran a 20t (upgraded 16t, and a 16t is near identical to the 15g used on the 850 turbo). They continue making power into ~25psi and can run that pressure all day. I ran mine at 27psi for quite a while without any problems after swapping the wastegate actuator out for one from a T3 (looks like you’re already addressing the insufficiency of the original actuator).

Very reliable and cheap turbos. Should be a great choice on there. I’ve used quite a few of them over the years. There are several different turbine housing available. The one you have flows decently well. You can also easily upgrade the compressor to a larger wheel if you end up wanting a bit more. I ran a 20t (upgraded 16t, and a 16t is near identical to the 15g used on the 850 turbo). They continue making power into ~25psi and can run that pressure all day. I ran mine at 27psi for quite a while without any problems after swapping the wastegate actuator out for one from a T3 (looks like you’re already addressing the insufficiency of the original actuator).

Printable heatshrink labels with clear heatshrink over it to protect it worked great on my harness.

wait wait wait people are going from clear tail lights to amber now?
lol the cycles of life.

Just a random picture of it at work. But so far so good! 

why do you want to have a stripped interior but then start covering random things back up?

At first, I thought your stickers depicted two wives of varying sizes. 
Engine bay is looking fantastic!

At first, I thought your stickers depicted two wives of varying sizes. 
Engine bay is looking fantastic!

Same question here. I'm in Jackson and would love to find somewhere close that I can trust. 
I've had a set of wheels and tires sitting stacked for almost a year now. 

I should be picking up this car's replacement later this week, so this will be going up for sale shortly.
I'll post more about the replacement when I have it in hand, but it is a BMW. 

I should be picking up this car's replacement later this week, so this will be going up for sale shortly.
I'll post more about the replacement when I have it in hand, but it is a BMW. 

I should be picking up this car's replacement later this week, so this will be going up for sale shortly.
I'll post more about the replacement when I have it in hand, but it is a BMW. 

E28 still has the original m30b34 in it, with thoughts of a TCD kit in the future.

Rear flares fitted. Time to figure out how to finish this wrap in the cold weather. 🤔

M5 washer pump. Sweet upgrade!
 
 
time for some ///M badges

Yep

Back on the ground! Hopefully for a while this time. One of the tie rod securing nuts was frozen, so it got new tie rods. Oil is drained out and new stuff goes in tomorrow. Fixed the hood ground strap. Getting the lights finished. Pretty excited. 

 
Now my standard question. How would I go about aligning this bumper?

Getting the interior cleaned up a little bit. Shampooed the carpets and have some new floor mats coming in addition to a factory parking brake handle to get rid of the M handle thingy. 

Zach powdercoated just about everything in this engine bay:
IMG_2107 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

Zach powdercoated just about everything in this engine bay:
IMG_2107 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr

Zach powdercoated just about everything in this engine bay:
IMG_2107 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr