DrLeadFoot

Eventuri intake installed. Left the fog light ducting out as I don't have an M5 bumper yet. 
Been driving this a ton!  Some fun goodies should be arriving in the next month.  Stay tuned!! 🤪

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Eventuri intake installed. Left the fog light ducting out as I don't have an M5 bumper yet. 
Been driving this a ton!  Some fun goodies should be arriving in the next month.  Stay tuned!! 🤪

Had BMW Milwaukee North Body Shop install and paint new oem BMW rear glass and rear hatch.  Also, added a carbon fiber spoiler. 
Popped on some Pilot Sport 4S but ordered 255 rears instead of 275.  Well, popped a rear tire on Mother's day with the family so I fortunately got to get the 275 rears mounted!  The Mobile Tire Pit Crew is the JAM!  They come to your house and mount and balance on their truck.  Worth every penny!
Wagon is running great!  Pumping gas weekly, topping off oil biweekly and smiling daily 😄

Had BMW Milwaukee North Body Shop install and paint new oem BMW rear glass and rear hatch.  Also, added a carbon fiber spoiler. 
Popped on some Pilot Sport 4S but ordered 255 rears instead of 275.  Well, popped a rear tire on Mother's day with the family so I fortunately got to get the 275 rears mounted!  The Mobile Tire Pit Crew is the JAM!  They come to your house and mount and balance on their truck.  Worth every penny!
Wagon is running great!  Pumping gas weekly, topping off oil biweekly and smiling daily 😄

145amp truck alternator going in! 
2 weeks ago I finally popped in the Drives Shaft Shop Level 5 700hp Axles.  They are not direct bolt in for this '89 325is. Had to remove the ABS ring and grind down a manufacturing "bump" on the inside of the hub for them to fit.  This involves mounting, removing the axle and grinding 10-ish times to get the clearance right. The output shafts are SUPER beefy.  Out of a 930 Porsche I think?
Cut off some more fenders to try and stop the tires rubbing.  I think it worked 💪

those axles look like they came off a pickup truck too!

Had BMW Milwaukee North Body Shop install and paint new oem BMW rear glass and rear hatch.  Also, added a carbon fiber spoiler. 
Popped on some Pilot Sport 4S but ordered 255 rears instead of 275.  Well, popped a rear tire on Mother's day with the family so I fortunately got to get the 275 rears mounted!  The Mobile Tire Pit Crew is the JAM!  They come to your house and mount and balance on their truck.  Worth every penny!
Wagon is running great!  Pumping gas weekly, topping off oil biweekly and smiling daily 😄

145amp truck alternator going in! 
2 weeks ago I finally popped in the Drives Shaft Shop Level 5 700hp Axles.  They are not direct bolt in for this '89 325is. Had to remove the ABS ring and grind down a manufacturing "bump" on the inside of the hub for them to fit.  This involves mounting, removing the axle and grinding 10-ish times to get the clearance right. The output shafts are SUPER beefy.  Out of a 930 Porsche I think?
Cut off some more fenders to try and stop the tires rubbing.  I think it worked 💪

Had BMW Milwaukee North Body Shop install and paint new oem BMW rear glass and rear hatch.  Also, added a carbon fiber spoiler. 
Popped on some Pilot Sport 4S but ordered 255 rears instead of 275.  Well, popped a rear tire on Mother's day with the family so I fortunately got to get the 275 rears mounted!  The Mobile Tire Pit Crew is the JAM!  They come to your house and mount and balance on their truck.  Worth every penny!
Wagon is running great!  Pumping gas weekly, topping off oil biweekly and smiling daily 😄

Had a wild @TehRaydarlover sighting on 94 westbound near oconomowoc in his gorgeous e39 M5, what a perfect color spec. 

Maintenance!!!!!
Slow leak in the coolant reservoir, front diff whining on decel, clunk in front suspension all addressed along with some other items! 
Grabbed a used diff and Mike added new input and output seals.  New o-rings on the trans cooler. New serpentine belt. New locking/hazard button.  New swaybar links. "New" suede steering wheel with white label airbag. New Phillips 4300k xenon blubs. 

Stock shock mounts installed!

Mike replaced the front main seal, pressurised PS line, reservoir mounts and new side markers.
New Pilot Sport 4S tires on all corners!

Mike replaced the front main seal, pressurised PS line, reservoir mounts and new side markers.
New Pilot Sport 4S tires on all corners!

Maintenance!!!!!
Slow leak in the coolant reservoir, front diff whining on decel, clunk in front suspension all addressed along with some other items! 
Grabbed a used diff and Mike added new input and output seals.  New o-rings on the trans cooler. New serpentine belt. New locking/hazard button.  New swaybar links. "New" suede steering wheel with white label airbag. New Phillips 4300k xenon blubs. 

Got an engine light for a cylinder 6 misfire.  Popped in some new plugs and swapped the cylinder 5 & 6 coils.  Fault transfered to cylinder #5 so I swapped that coil with a good used one.  Back on the road!  Have a slight coolant leak I'll be hunting down but everything else is great!

UPDATE 
Got the engine harness installed. 
Looks like a mess in the photo but I'm pretty satisfied with it.

 
My AEM wideband came in as well. 

 
I was a little worried about where and how I planned to install the sensor but I figured out that I can just install the sensor in the rear of sensor location since I only have the primary ones installed.
To do this I had to chop down the sensor bung and then I chased the threads and installed the sensor.
Before.

 
After.

 
Once I had the header back installed I routed the sensor wiring up behind the head with the OEM o2 wiring. I then made a hole in one of the blank grommets and rand the wiring into the Ebox and then the chassis.

 
I need to decide where I plan to mount the gauge yet but the wiring is there.
 
Next I found a plug to replace the barbed fitting that was normally plugged since it is only used with the 330 manifold originally. 

 
I then began the process of trying to figure out how to use the original VF mount that goes to the oil filter housing. Since the bracket I have rotates the charger a bit compared to the original bracket (that was lost in the mail), this is what I came up with.
I made a plate that mounts to 2 of the mounting holes on the bottom, and then figured out where the mount landed on that plate.

 
It started out as extremely crude, so just ignore the stud that I made in the mean time to land the bracket onto the plate.

 
Then my dude Sam worked his magic and waaaala, we have a much nicer bracket.

 
Then I test fitted it and I plan to weld the rod to the charger plate and it should be a much more compact package. I had to do it this way because I dont currently have a welder. 

 
And finally today after some adjustments to Version 1 of the power steering resiviour bracket we landed on a final version 2 that just needs paint. 
 
V1 on the left, V2 on the right.



 
Also got in a few parts to route the recirculation valve hoses. There's also an adapter in there to put my coolant temp sensor into the upper hose.

 
Hopefully will get a chance in the next few days to see how this hose idea will work.

Killer updates as usual. Any steps to take to keep the new tailgate from rusting or is it just a given eventually?

Got the wagon back from Mike's place.  He did a ton of work. A lot of new suspension arms with monoballs added where I could. Also some e60 M5 bits! New battery, clutch slave cylinder, antenna, washer fluid funnel, fog light and properly coded in the abs module. 
I drove up to St. Paul to trade my tailgate +cash for a rust free 525i tailgate with the same color. Mike fixed some of the wiring that was breaking apart.
A new roundel for the tailgate and a Dinan strut bar top off this round! 
Feels like a whole new car!  Loving it! 
Just have a exhaust leak from a hole in the new headers and an O2 sensor fault. Almost getting to mechanical perfection!

Isn't that where @DrLeadFoot lives?

Got the wagon back from Mike's place.  He did a ton of work. A lot of new suspension arms with monoballs added where I could. Also some e60 M5 bits! New battery, clutch slave cylinder, antenna, washer fluid funnel, fog light and properly coded in the abs module. 
I drove up to St. Paul to trade my tailgate +cash for a rust free 525i tailgate with the same color. Mike fixed some of the wiring that was breaking apart.
A new roundel for the tailgate and a Dinan strut bar top off this round! 
Feels like a whole new car!  Loving it! 
Just have a exhaust leak from a hole in the new headers and an O2 sensor fault. Almost getting to mechanical perfection!

Got the wagon back from Mike's place.  He did a ton of work. A lot of new suspension arms with monoballs added where I could. Also some e60 M5 bits! New battery, clutch slave cylinder, antenna, washer fluid funnel, fog light and properly coded in the abs module. 
I drove up to St. Paul to trade my tailgate +cash for a rust free 525i tailgate with the same color. Mike fixed some of the wiring that was breaking apart.
A new roundel for the tailgate and a Dinan strut bar top off this round! 
Feels like a whole new car!  Loving it! 
Just have a exhaust leak from a hole in the new headers and an O2 sensor fault. Almost getting to mechanical perfection!

Got the wagon back from Mike's place.  He did a ton of work. A lot of new suspension arms with monoballs added where I could. Also some e60 M5 bits! New battery, clutch slave cylinder, antenna, washer fluid funnel, fog light and properly coded in the abs module. 
I drove up to St. Paul to trade my tailgate +cash for a rust free 525i tailgate with the same color. Mike fixed some of the wiring that was breaking apart.
A new roundel for the tailgate and a Dinan strut bar top off this round! 
Feels like a whole new car!  Loving it! 
Just have a exhaust leak from a hole in the new headers and an O2 sensor fault. Almost getting to mechanical perfection!

Evolve Medusa headers installed!  Mike and I had to drop the engine to get the stock manifolds out and the new headers in. Rawspeed welded up a new Y-pipe and 2 high flow cats to bring the new into the rest of the custom exhaust.  Was running 1 high flow cat but that was choking the system at the old Y pipe.
It is a whole new car! Really feeling the added POWA!