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28 minutes ago, Jdesign said:
I have a question!
If this is a '94 325iS M-technic how come it has 96+ grills on it? I personally think the pre-facelift grills looks better and will be period correct.
Im not bashing you, just something I noticed and wanted to ask/ bring to your attention if you haven't noticed.
The wheels look great, Its a shame the originals are so hard to find.
Your starting issue sounds like a bad relay.
Thanks for the relay suggestion, hadn't considered that.
I am both annoyed and glad that someone caught the grilles.
I have ordered three sets of grilles, and none of them fit. The last set was ordered by VIN so when they didn't fit I got super confused.
A bit of thinking and I realized that the nose piece has been replaced with a late model, therefore the correct grilles to the chassis do not fit. The car is also not in original paint so replacing the nose panel is not really an option at this point.
Tempted to see if I can make a template and do a bit of metal cutting to make the proper grilles work in the late model nose piece. -
Made it out!
It runs well, drives pretty well, but the speedo, gas gauge, and mpg gauge don't work.
Other than that, not bad.
It will not start once it has been started, will only crank after you shut it off. Disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it solves that issue, but is obviously annoying.
Trying a new ECU just out of curiosity.
Mike had some K1's that I tossed on for visuals.
A bit more work and it will be time to sell
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42 minutes ago, Jdesign said:
This video is so satisfying
On 4/4/2019 at 10:35 AM, SteelBlue said:This guy has some great videos.
He always has one thing per video that makes me say "WTF"
He does brake calipers, and locktites the bleeder screws in for example.
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This thing has been a pain lately.
Realized the belt tensioner screw was half stripped the other day and that was why the belt kept drifting.
I'm still getting black smoke at idle and grey smoke on accel. Very loud at idle.
Gonna try re-timing it once more, and if that doesn't change anything, the compression tester of doom will be rented to check the motor itself.
WEEEEEEE
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Things have been amassing near this stationary object, but at least trim is not white?
Got the intake stuff back on last night, with new hoses, boots, and a stock airbox.
Mucho better.
Connected the battery, and even though the low fuel light has been on since I bought it, it coughed right to life.
Runs butter smooth!
Gotta get some fuel in it before trying to run it again though, cant imagine I'm doing the fuel system any favors.
This has been new motivation to get it back on the ground and take it for a little drive to see how the rest feels!- jc43089, suspenceful, P_Roloff and 3 others
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1 hour ago, Jdesign said:
If I were you
I would pull the engine, just because it appears to be my favorite activity.
Maybe even put it in a lifted E30.
Who knows.
But for real. This thing is cool and uncommon.
I know a mix of ATF and Seafoam with the oil is good for clearing stuff out (only let it run for a bit).- ChrisO, Jdesign and straight6pwr
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Tough crowd today huh?
It's not quite my style with the carbon center, but having held it I can assure you guys that the weird shaping is pretty damn comfortable. -
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Speaking of regret, the water pump without a gasket (RTV instead) didn't work so well. Leaks pretty good, so I ordered a pair of every gasket (gotta put the other motor back together)
I also resealed the pump that had been on this motor, so now I've got two fully functional pumps, which is a novel thing.
I did paint some more stuff, which I think looks nice.
Front timing cover is in the works, just waiting on some parts to show up for it.
Mocked up some intercooler piping, trying to decide if I want to modify an intake, or run some different hose couplings.
Hoping the gaskets get in before the weekend, but we shall see!
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21 minutes ago, Jdesign said:
Diesel M21 Swapped E28 ......
The title is a bit ambiguous, it's a Euro bumper swapped 524td.
She was diesel her whole life, it's a US spec motor, and there are a few other clues that make me assume it's never been meddled with.
That being said, 524td's don't come up for sale often. Especially if this a**hat I know keeps buying them and harvesting their internal organs... -
It looks nice with the wiring all tucked up in there!
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Last night involved cleaning gasket maker off the head and coolant parts, painting some stuff, and staring at the front of the car.
I did have to use the MAP torch to get the lock for the shop door to thaw out, which was cool.
Ordered stuff to pipe the intercooler in (finally) which cost way more than expected.
I gotta bring my charge temps down as much as possible though, so it's a well needed setup. -
40 minutes ago, Jdesign said:
I like how this thread is now for your truck....
'Tis the daily driver right meow!
It's also very nice to have documented maintenance somewhere for reference later. -
She's back in action.
Added some pre-boost fuel, and added a touch more on the general fuel screw. Idle smoothed out a bit and oddly enough the black idle haze calmed down a touch.
Took it out for a quick spin and she's back to normal operations in terms of power, moving quickly and being responsive to throttle input is always nice.
As a celebration for making it work correctly, I took it back apart.
Before the meet I made it to last year I did something with the thermostat housing (replaced the thermostat maybe?) and found some sketchy stuff going on there.
There are two "blocks" that get sandwiched against the head, and held with three bolts, for the water pump pass through, and the thermostat housing. 1 bolt was snapped, one was stripped, and the other felt weird.
Took it apart to find exactly what I expected. Broken bolt, two stripped bolt holes, and RTV black on absolutely everything.
This did require removing the timing belt once again, so I will get the chance to really perfect timing these motors / pumps....
Bolt ended up getting drilled out, and a helicoil put in place, which I did with the other two holes as well. I didn't reassemble anything yet as I was contemplating between ordering proper gaskets or just using RTV red on the whole assy.
I also finally got my lower 324TD radiator hose from Latvia, which took forever to get.
Replacing my hose "solution" is nice.
Also shown is the fuel filter bracket from the E28, I am going to see if I can fit that to the E30 chassis.
Fun fun fun!- P_Roloff, AsparagusMike, Jdesign and 2 others
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Looking forward to the Toys R Us (RIP) camera picture!
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Oofta. Realizations are harsh.
Went to re-time the pump and noticed that the timing belt tensioner seemed to be in an odd spot. Grabbed the belt and realized that the tensioner hadn't been tight enough and slipped, relieving all tension on the belt. Super sketchy.
I re-timed the motor again and ensured the belt tensioner was nice and snug.
Firing it up resulted in a quieter motor (well, still loud, but quiet when considering it's diesel) but still got black haze at idle. The throttle response is better, and I backed it out and didn't have to touch the gas, so clearly things are better already.
Driving was a bit of a different story, still feels like very little power down low, but once it gets up on the turbo things feel very good and it looses traction immediately. It's odd though because I couldn't get enough power down low to whip a 180° turn in a round thing.
Things to do: Mess with the pre-booooooost fuel screw, I was driving in the dark so I couldn't see if the exhaust was hazing at WOT before boost (how it should be)
Mess with the global fuel screw, this will affect idle (more fuel = more idle rpm) and see if that helps things in the low end.
Aaaand the one I don't want to think about, check to make sure I didn't bend a valve. (about $50 a piece if I don't scavenge parts from my other motor)
I do recall the shop telling me that the supply pump in the fuel pump was a bit lower than spec for feed and pressure (yes there is a pump in the pump, pumpception?) so I may get weird and try a "lift pump" inline with the feed to attempt to relieve that issue, and I'm sure that also helps with power along the way regardless.- AsparagusMike, Jdesign and P_Roloff
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Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)
in Cars For Sale & Wanted
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So many things about that ad that bother me
"M3 convertible performance" That doesn't exist
"In perfect condition" Clearly it isn't
""No problems or issues whatsoever" Also not true
"Got messed up" There we go!
"Front bumper damaged" I see that, but I thought it was perfect?
"Hole in tire" Jesus, just replace the tire...
"Wide body kit" (where?) the rear has some measly overs that don't appear wider
"Race suspension" what does that even mean? Looks like stock E36 ride height to me
Friday rant complete!