merl
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I look forward to seeing you there !
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Not shabby but they don't know what it is either haha. Gawd I want a Zinno E28.
I know the guy that owns this car and he knows what it is for sure. He has people working for him that probably posted the ad. This car was freakin fantastic at one point. It has a nice cam in the motor, remus exhaust ... the seats are very rare. Euro lights, grills, and mtech kit ... 2800 seems like a pretty good price.
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No .. it is not what any BMW was meant for... Stay the hell away from me if you are going to pull that bullshit on the street.
- rampelsauce and YoungCR
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Thanks !!! ... was goin to lunch
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I will be stuck at work later than normal so I won't make the drive up but will see you at Highland house
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Yes, unless you can run in the advanced group. Then you run solo. I would have to look at how that works ... Boris may know.
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Welcome !!
I will be in Mequon tomorrow as well although it looks like I will be fashionably late as work has me doing a change at 5.
I will be doing OktoberFAST in Sept with the BMWCCA as well. I am not sure if you participate in HPDE as well but let me know !!
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I was fortunate enough to drive one of those and it is a very impressive car. I really liked it.
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What kind of car ? .... and welcome !!!
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Since the car took longer to get together than previously estimated, I have not done any HPDEs yet this year. I did, however, register for Saturday and Sunday at Oktoberfast.
Anyone else ?
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LOL .. I wish I would have seen you !!
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Friend took pics yesterday
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It's on the road as of 11:00 PM last night or so ... Took it home and drove it to work today. The car is unreal ... Loud, fast, idles like a broken washing machine ... just wow !!
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After a marathon weekend, the engine is in and it STARTED !! ... Ran a heat cycle on it and did the final head torque. There is a handfull of things to button up and I do seem to have some tune issues but there was no time left for troubleshooting as I was exhausted ... Freakin thing sounds wonderful at idle though
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Ok finally ... Tomorrow round 2 of engine assembly !!!
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Ya Earl !
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woo hoo .. .maybe my car will be done by then
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So ... Not really bad news, it just delays us a bit. When I ordered the pistons, I ordered them for my engine but I never cross-referenced the numbers ... hind sight 20/20. The pistons call for a 92.5 bore and the factory block is 92.0 ... Pistons don't fit. The reason I say this is not really bad news is the fact that I did have some pitting in my cylinders. Not scoring, just pitting as the car sat for years at one point in it's life. Now we have to bore .5 mm over which will take care of all those flaws and give me a cleaner cylinder.So .. block will go in Monday. We will have to see how long it will take to get done and I still need Mat at Urban Motorworx to complete the longblock as I want him to verify clearances and time it.Good news is that we put in all new main and connecting rod bearing and it was spot on. Clearances there were all right in the middle of spec. With the crank torqued down, it spun with minimal effort.Most of my pics are on my real camera and I will upload those later but you do get the assembled pistons in their resting place for the time being.....
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Lots of progress.. I will update later when I am on the computer
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Gonna be delayed... Need the block bored ... Uggg
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Sweet !! Good job today Brian !!
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I don't own the tool so I would need to go with it. Not anything to do with trust, just my rule. Plus, I will prob need it for install.
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It's like the Same but Different: My 528e build
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Chris ... I have got some stuff on your list. I will be at my shop tomorrow night if you want come take a look see