GunMetalGrey

Should paint the strut bar yellow to signify the Golden Arches

This is on track for the largest Wibimmers meet since the deployment of the chatterbox. RIP chatterbox, RIP

If you click rapidly in any area on the browser you should be able to get it to crash (which you are familiar with, right?) which will have the same end result as the second option stated in the original instructions.


Haha, the opportunity was too good to pass up. 

You actually do have a couple of options! I am here to help you through your journey. 
First option would be navigating to the upper right hand corner of the top of this page and selecting "Sign Out"
This will remove your ability to post your opinions, but will not remove said "offensive" things from your screen. I would recommend following this up with second option.


The second option would be to simply go the the upper right hand corner of your browser (you seem like the Internet Explorer kind of guy) so once it decides to start responding, you will be able to select that nice looking X.
This will remove the page from your view, and then you can proceed to cuddle up in your snuggie and gently rock yourself back and forth while being concerned that people aren't doing "IS Lips, BBS RS, and a drop". I know that originality is hard for some, but eventually you will be able to break the confines of your cookie cutter car modifications.
 

seller lost me at: 
"
THIS CAR DRIVES GREAT, IT NEEDS NOTHING, NOT A SINGLE THING.
ONLY ISSUE IS THE TEMP GAUGE DOESN'T WORK.
"
Stupid shitfucks. Like, I know you think capslock is cruise-control for "cool" but pipe down a second and actually think about what the fuck you're typing. 

You actually do have a couple of options! I am here to help you through your journey. 
First option would be navigating to the upper right hand corner of the top of this page and selecting "Sign Out"
This will remove your ability to post your opinions, but will not remove said "offensive" things from your screen. I would recommend following this up with second option.


The second option would be to simply go the the upper right hand corner of your browser (you seem like the Internet Explorer kind of guy) so once it decides to start responding, you will be able to select that nice looking X.
This will remove the page from your view, and then you can proceed to cuddle up in your snuggie and gently rock yourself back and forth while being concerned that people aren't doing "IS Lips, BBS RS, and a drop". I know that originality is hard for some, but eventually you will be able to break the confines of your cookie cutter car modifications.
 

"1/10... exterior needs a good wax.  Interior is custom and could use a deep clean.  Oil changed regularly.  Could use some new tires."

And to think that I once thought that you had good taste...gross.

Got some more work done last night! 
Put some new plugs in, which clearly needed to be done... Replaced the Mighty Power Core plugs with some Bosch units.

Got the power steering pump back on, connected the heater core hoses, put the fuel lines one, did some coolant hoses and other various bits. 
I added oil and gave it a crank to get some oil flowing through then plugged the fuel pump fuse in to see if my work payed off right away. 
The heart transplant was successful! It felt pretty great to get that on the first try!
The car never wants to idle, it didn't last year, it didn't in the winter, it didn't in the summer. I tried a different ICV at one point with no luck, and now I just have a sharpie stuck into the ICV hose so that there is no vacuum leak, but I would really like it to actually idle. The motor is from an 87 325e which I believe had a separate control unit for the ICV, so I'm wondering if that is bad? Something to look into!

I also made a bit of a sketch for my fender flare idea. I had the idea in my head, and it looked okay there, but it looks a lot better than expected on paper! I could only find a sketch of a lowered e30 and I didn't feel like messing with it that much, so it is just to demonstrate the flare idea . It is kind of what GMC/Chevy (?) use for their flares, the square style fender cutouts. I am going to see if I can find some measurements for the size of what comes off those trucks and see if I can just use a trimmed set. I suppose a junkyard browse wouldn't hurt either, as I think jeeps may use a similar style.
 
 

Just asked him and he said it was a stock Evo 8 front engine mount

I'll be there, but my only remaining BMW is currently unregistered (because emissions) so I might just show up with a bunch of BMW running gear bolted to another car. 

I, also, will attend this meet. I will have the correct tires mounted in case of snow, and my fuel tank will be properly secured with an aftermarket ratcheting nylon strap. However, my air-fuel ratio will be closer to stoichiometric this time, so the aromatic emissions will be dramatically reduced.

The only concern that I have with cheap ebay flares that they would probably blow up as soon as they touch a tree or rock or something of that nature. 
Though I may sketch something up and see if I can find something to make it happen with! 

Picture #1 and #3 are absolutely gorgeous! 

Good progress was made this weekend! Most of the work ended up being on Friday afternoon actually, as a friend came to town and ended up helping out on things!
I pulled the front end off the new car, as it won't be needed. I initially felt kind of bad using this shell for the lifted e30 as it has pretty darn good paint and has no rust. These thoughts were soothed by the fact that the back quarter was hit, and clearly so was the front. 
 
The lower corner of the core support is messed up too, but that's not an issue for me. 
Step one was to pull the motor out of the IS, and that happened quite quickly because there were not too many things connected to it. 
 
 

The next item of business was to pull the E motor, which I had prepped for removal last weekend, but had to pull the drive shaft and a few other things and that one took a touch longer. 
I did find some interesting things during removal though! I found a large stick lodged up between the driveshaft/CSB and the trans tunnel! 

I also noticed that when I was wiggling the driveshaft to take it off the diff that the fuel tank was moving a bit with it. Turns out I broke a couple of the rearward mounting points on the fuel tank and it was resting against the driveshaft for awhile. This was very concerning to find knowing that the fuel tank leaks and it could have sparked and sent the car into flames. Luckily this didn't happen!
The shiniest part is where the tank was resting.
The motor came out without too much drama.
That was about all that happened on Friday! Other than the removal of the fuel system on the black car. I converted the E to a single pump setup so that there was no chance of smashing the external fuel pump on something, and then ran the fuel lines through the trans tunnel. This same setup will  be moved to E V2, and will be switched over to a fuel cell in spring most likely. 
I put one of the wheel/tire setups from the E onto E V2 just to kick the project off! 

On Saturday I worked on refreshing the E motor, and putting a new pan/gasket on.
I did the timing belt, belt tensioner, water pump, oil pan, pan gasket, spark plugs, some general cleaning, and will be doing the rear main seal before bolting the flywheel back up. 
I'm hoping to get the motor in and potentially running on Friday, and then I will need to kick the suspension work into high gear! 

One thing I learned when disassembling the old car, locktite EVERYTHING. I found too many bolts that I had torqued down properly that were loose. Most notably the driveshaft bolts! 
This has been another exciting update in the world of lifted e30's! 

Good progress was made this weekend! Most of the work ended up being on Friday afternoon actually, as a friend came to town and ended up helping out on things!
I pulled the front end off the new car, as it won't be needed. I initially felt kind of bad using this shell for the lifted e30 as it has pretty darn good paint and has no rust. These thoughts were soothed by the fact that the back quarter was hit, and clearly so was the front. 
 
The lower corner of the core support is messed up too, but that's not an issue for me. 
Step one was to pull the motor out of the IS, and that happened quite quickly because there were not too many things connected to it. 
 
 

The next item of business was to pull the E motor, which I had prepped for removal last weekend, but had to pull the drive shaft and a few other things and that one took a touch longer. 
I did find some interesting things during removal though! I found a large stick lodged up between the driveshaft/CSB and the trans tunnel! 

I also noticed that when I was wiggling the driveshaft to take it off the diff that the fuel tank was moving a bit with it. Turns out I broke a couple of the rearward mounting points on the fuel tank and it was resting against the driveshaft for awhile. This was very concerning to find knowing that the fuel tank leaks and it could have sparked and sent the car into flames. Luckily this didn't happen!
The shiniest part is where the tank was resting.
The motor came out without too much drama.
That was about all that happened on Friday! Other than the removal of the fuel system on the black car. I converted the E to a single pump setup so that there was no chance of smashing the external fuel pump on something, and then ran the fuel lines through the trans tunnel. This same setup will  be moved to E V2, and will be switched over to a fuel cell in spring most likely. 
I put one of the wheel/tire setups from the E onto E V2 just to kick the project off! 

On Saturday I worked on refreshing the E motor, and putting a new pan/gasket on.
I did the timing belt, belt tensioner, water pump, oil pan, pan gasket, spark plugs, some general cleaning, and will be doing the rear main seal before bolting the flywheel back up. 
I'm hoping to get the motor in and potentially running on Friday, and then I will need to kick the suspension work into high gear! 

One thing I learned when disassembling the old car, locktite EVERYTHING. I found too many bolts that I had torqued down properly that were loose. Most notably the driveshaft bolts! 
This has been another exciting update in the world of lifted e30's! 

I did a thing the other day. Proof.
 

I remember when @suspenceful had his miata that put down about 210whp, that thing scooted really well!

Fixed that for ya

I did a thing the other day. Proof.
 

Anyone else pre-registered for this? I'm seriously contemplating taking the 135i. Sounds like it'd be a lot of fun.

Im am totally digging the quik-latch in the roundel. Brilliant. 

One request: Please no external oil cooler.  It is becoming the fedora of the tuner world.
ALTHOUGH after spending hours upon hours trying to get a proper oil cooler to fit on my current setup I can now understand how it came to be. 

I got an alignment on the E30, so that's a thing I guess?
I also swapped the cluster gears so I can see how much I don't actually drive it and use that as motivation to drive it more.
Front toe was set with a tiny bit of toe out, I like the way that feels thus far! 
 

Yes, yes I do