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UPDATE:
So since the last post, I have gotten a little more done, but not as much as I hoped. Been pretty busy and more important things came up. The rear subframe assembly has been completed to the point where the brakes and reman axles can now be installed once I pick those up. The LSD has been painted and installed along with the sway bar and bushings.
Before installing the subframe assembly back on the car, I wanted to clean up the underbody of the car first. Surprisingly, for a 30 year old Wisconsin car, there wasn’t much rust at all. I was surprised for sure. Here are the only spots of rust I found.
I also removed the fuel parts back there since they were a little rusty and the brackets were broken. I am going to be using a spare set of brackets for the fuel stuff as well as a spare accumulator that is in better condition.
After a little wire brushing, metal acid etching, and some por-15 this is what it looks like. Just got to underbody coat it all and its ready for the subframe assembly.
I tend to jump around when doing this many projects at once. So, along with working on the stuff already posted I also managed to removed the valve cover of the engine and give it a new paint job. Its not the best, but it will do for now. Can always sand blast it back down later if I wanted. Im not worried about it.
I also got the trigger wheel/pulley setup done for the megajolt install as well.
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and after some lathe work and grinding
That’s it for now. Will be a slow process, but completion will be reached by late spring/early summer at latest. I will keep updating as I go, so feel free to keep checking in. Thanks guys!!
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Hey guys! It definitely has been awhile since I have posted updates on the e21 project. If you don’t remember my intro thread that I updated every so often, you can check it out here …
http://www.wibimmers.com/board/showthread.php?423-Dd-e21
Recently she has had the title of Daily Driver taken away from her by a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. Gotta keep it in the family.
Haha!! I leased it for dirt cheap, so I didn’t have to drive the e21 in the winter which has turned out great. So, the e21 has been parked next to the garage inside a fully enclosed car canopy to get some work done.I installed a methanol injection system since the last time I posted as well as a small block chevy aluminum radiator for better cooling. The meth injection feeds right from the washer fluid reservoir. The red led in the gauge cluster is tied to a fluid level sensor in the reservoir to warn me when its almost empty. The green led is wired to a pressure switch that feeds off the boost line. When the switch hits a specified psi level (5 psi on my setup) it will send a signal to the pump to run which in turn illuminates the green led to let me know its on.
I also have been collecting parts for work that will be done such as EDIS-4 parts from an escort to convert to electronic ignition
s14 oil filter housing tapped for oil supply to turbo (so I can get rid of this stupid sandwich plate), ARP head studs, and an e12 throttle body for more air flow.
This winter I plan on getting quite a bit done on her for preparations for a super fun spring/summer this year. Right now I have been focusing on the rear-end stuff which includes, subframe, trailing arms, sway bar, bushings, etc and rebuilding a spare head I have.
I got the head cleaned, decked, and had a valve job done on it from C&S Performance in Butler. They did a fantastic job. I then deep cleaned all the internal parts and put it all back together. Unfortunately I don’t have a pic of the head done. Ill add it later.
I picked up a spare rear end from forum member kyletime666’s 323i e21. These euro models came with rear disc brakes, which is what I mainly got it for to replace my awful drum setup.
I took the setup over to Snap Understeer’s place to prep it all for POR-15 and paint. First thing I did was wirebrush everything down as much as possible to get heavy crap knocked off and such. After that was the degreaser stage and finally the metal acid-etch stage.
Once all dry, it was time for the POR-15.
I decided to go with a beige/copper/black color scheme for the car. I will eventually repaint the car with the same BMW safari beige color, so everything else gets painted. After the two coats of POR-15 dried completely, I went ahead and put primer down on everything. With that said, I give to you, COPPER REAR-END!!!! I think it turned out pretty badass!!
I went ahead and bought all new poly urethane bushings for the rear-end. They look amazing in my opinion. I know some of you won’t like the color choice, but I strive to be different … WAY different.
These include:subframe bushings
trailing arm bushings
sway bar bushings
different hanger bushings
and I also swapped my previously ordered steering rack bushings for the newly designed ones in yellow of course.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r175/bassboy3313/IMG_5571.jpg
The trailing arm bushings were kind of a bear to get it. Once those were finally done, I bolts up the subframe bushings and viola, one step closer to install.
Tomorrow I should have the diff bolted to the subframe and the sway bar all painted and bolted on with the new bushings. After that, it’s onto the brake setup with parts I have already and then it will all be installed back on the car.
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Happy New Year everybody!!!
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Bassboy was the coolest MSOE nursing student when he rolled up to class on his S2
"I JUST WANNA RIDE MY MOOOTORCY CLE."
HAHA!!! Nice one! I took that AE senior design by storm and raped it good!
Thanks!
Side note, either of you notice the massive amounts of sti's and other subaru's on campus? there's like 5 sti's that have some stuff done to them that i've seen
Oh for sure. Quite a few there when we were in school.
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another MSOE grad here. Welcome to the club and super clean looking car. Looks fantastic!! That moto looks real fun too. I have a 95 Buell S2 that I absolutely love riding around. Hope to see you around sometime.
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Welcome to the club and really loving your car! Super slick!!
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Happy birthday ryan!!!
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OMG I see me!
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Do you know exactly where it is? What kinda motor?
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it most likely could be welded be its free of rust and whatnot. If too much would have to be cut away due to rust then idk. I would take it to an exhaust shop for a quote.
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what do you need looked at in milwaukee?
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Always with the facebox. What about us who say aslkhfsakelakj to facebook?
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Great stuff guys!!
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Heck yeah!!!!
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I know its not anywhere near a direct fit. There will definitely need to be some modifications made. Obviously, anything can be done wit hthe right tools, money, time.
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You guys are killing me!
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I have not installed them yet. The guy I got them from runs a set on his e21 and said they are great. I will let you know how everything goes when I install them hopefully over the winter.
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Does he know his stuff about turbo k-jetronic CIS???
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Car is looking fantastic Jake! Thanks again for letting us stop by and check things out. You got a hell of a setup at the shop there. I limped the e21 back to the house safely on 3 cylinders too.
Turned out it was VERY badly corroded wires at the cap end. Replaced the plugs and wires and she runs like she was before again. -
Was kidding about the flex seal, but I have used JB Stik putty in a pinch on a friends oil pan leak.
Who dat?
Aarrgg! I forgot you changed your username. Lol!
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Looks like I might be coming Saturday to check this thing out. Super excited! *im the one he mentioned with the turbo e21*
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^^ Me too. First time I saw more e21's then e30's at a meet tho.
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Thanks Kerry! It was nice seeing and talking with you guys again.
E21 project thread
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Well, much hasn’t really happened lately since I have been busy and also am dealing with a personal hardship. I finally got myself up and motivated to go out and do something today, but not much unfortunately.
I finished por-15’ing and undercoating things under the rear as well as reinstalled the fuel parts and brackets back up there. I went ahead and replaced the fuel hose that went from the tank sender to the external pump as well since it was in bad condition. Sorry I never took pics of that. I am waiting to install the subframe since I want to replace the ebrake cables and remove driveshaft so I can replace the shifter plate and necessary parts too.
Like I mentioned I tend to jump around since I have quite a few projects going on at the same time. I went ahead and removed the rear bumper since I will be putting on the euro bumpers I received a couple weeks back. Still haven’t gotten those fully out of the box to take pics of yet. The bumper shocks sure were rusty and left piles of rust dust inside the rails that will need to be vacuumed out.
Bumper removed and time to clean that surface rust up and por-15 it all.
I also received my front euro bumper bracket adapters this week so I decided to powdercoat those as well as the rear adapters I made.
Rear adapters
Front adapters
That was pretty much it for today. Slow but steady I think. Hopefully things will start picking up, but who knows. Thanks for looking!