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On 7/7/2017 at 3:34 PM, andyhundley said:
I also will have my Zuma because walking sucks!
I volunteer myself for bitch seat
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that's a sweet rear look. i'm tempted to run an mtech ii wing on mine if i can source one, cause the price to paint an IS spoiler in alpine would probably be close enough where i wouldn't hate myself for shelling out for the mtech
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On 5/24/2017 at 0:03 PM, GunMetalGrey said:
I wish I would have seen that you were having a driveshaft rebuilt. I have one sitting in the shop that I would have sold you for half of what you paid.
my bad, i should've specified earlier!
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Yeah, a lot of people have recommended their service to me so I thought I'd take advantage.
Also that car was at Schmidt's, they don't charge extra labor for moving stuff but they make you pre pay for the part you need pulled. They told me $100 for the driveshaft and $300 for the LSD, so I hopped right on that.
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Now that the calypso is running I can focus on this guy.
I sourced a manual driveshaft from this totaled 88 (will be sending to texas for a rebuild), as well as possibly a 3.25 LSD (VIN claims it does, waiting on confirmation). I know the optimal ratio for an M50 is a 3.46, but this guy should be close enough and the LSD is worth the trade off. I had them pull it out of the yard and get it up on its new throne, because screw getting under any car that's jacked up on wet mud.
The sedan is still down to the head on the M20, as the pull was put on pause to work on the Calypso subframe. Hopefully we can start up again on that soon.
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thanks a ton guys! leaning on getting that bumper fixed asap, we gotta properly rep the calypso crowd.
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Didn't have time to update until now!
The bushing swap finally happened, and we also ran brand new nickel brake lines while the subframe was dropped (we literally tried EVERY method, and ultimately ended up dropping the whole thing.)
Also got the interior back together Friday night for the picnic. Carpet still needs a little cleaning, but I did do some carpet cleaning a while ago and it cleaned up real nice.
The first test drive with everything back together ran great! We made it to Waukesha without a hitch.
Next on the list is fixing the minor lower coolant hose leak, speedo sensor in the diff, odo gears, obc clock swap (current obc screen is smashed), and looking into the bumper. I have a brand new bumper in green/teal, just gotta see how it mounts up and then i'll look into getting it painted.
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Anyone see this 740i M sport yet? Only 128k on it. Not a bad price https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/6110602090.html
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6 hours ago, Snap said:
So for a second there were 2 running/driving M20s in the state. Now its just Mr. Hundley again. Its nice to see progress on the Young BMW fleet nonetheless
AFAIK my sedan is the only one in the Madison area. I believe there are two coupes downtown but they're relatively stock. I'm of the belief that the calypso should be kept as stock as possible visually, it wasn't meant for the works with is lips and skirts
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3 hours ago, i_love_cars said:
3) Plz find me a 2002 in a similar fashion
Last pristine 2002 I saw ran for like 20 grand pretty sure. I'll just keep reminding my dad of that, since his 2002 was his first car and didn't hold onto it
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1 hour ago, Jdesign said:
One small detail I must point out though....
i have failed you and the sullied the repertoire of the M50 dynasty. Truly, I am not worthy.
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Just now, YoungCR said:
Photo evidence of @andyhundley working on a e30. Bravo!
in his flannel, nonetheless. damn hipsters wanting to look like they live in cardboard boxes
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I'm throwing my hat into the Alpine arena.
It's a CALIFORNIA (!!!) 1990 Alpine 325i Sedan. Automatic, and the M20 has about 260k miles on it + a leaking head gasket. But these are perfect conditions for a M50 5-speed swap.
We picked up this guy around the end of December before Christmas, however with the fact that we have two E34's to attend to and the calypso e30, my project schedule was pushed back a bit
The driver's side of the valance is forked pretty badly, so I'll be swapping that with a brand new one. Other than that, this body is pristine. I don't have any solid pictures of the interior but it has gray cloth seats, which the driver's seat is a little tattered but nothing horrible.
Let's get up to speed:
Dec. 20th, 2016
We found the car on a farm outside of Verona sitting under snow, which we had come to learn had been sitting for quite some time since the guy had a lot of other project cars. But to our disbelief, there is zero rust on the car and it started up immediately after wiping off the snow. Somehow this car sat on Madison Craigslist for two weeks without anyone even coming to check it out?? I swear I thought it was a scam, it was quite literally a Christmas miracle.
Chris survived the drive back on probably the baldest and rotted set of spare tires I've ever seen.
Cleaned it up to get rid of all the salt, cause it'll never be seeing a winter again.
Dec. 22nd, 2016
Since Ben was home from SC for the holidays, we pulled the M50 from a parts 95 E36 325i we had sourced a few weeks prior, which was put out of commission due to the hood flying up and smashing the windshield while driving. The motor was running a week before it was picked up, however it's believed the starter went out, which doesn't matter since I need a new one for the swap. Removing it was a breeze with four people and the core supports sawzalled off. that e36 is mega scrapped by now.
Feb. 19th, 2017
The E30 twins currently sit together. I took this the day we got the Calypso M20 running.
Forgot to mention around this time I scored some side skirts from Dan, which you can see leaning on the wall next to the E28.
Mar. 18th, 2017
The M20 pull has begun. Andy stopped by to drop off the set of 15'' Weds Bavaria 4x100 rims he no longer wanted. I think they look fresh as hell, and are a perfect fit for the Alpine.
I'll be looking into powder coating them in the future, but for now they're in perfectly acceptable condition to run. I found a thread on E9 Coupe that pointed out that 68mm BMW center caps fit these guys perfectly, so I ordered a set of them. Very excited to see how they look on the car.
I also picked up a pressure washer today. Hoping to get a good engine bay wash going once the motor is pulled.
Here's my WIP parts list so far if you're curious of my plans. I'd tell you that this is for you, but it's actually for me.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g5PsFmSzEas-rl7x8jwDGZs5WF2SzdOdVU6ErX8QxGI/edit?usp=sharing
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the calypso has risen. and promptly fallen back down
we did this quick test drive last week after fixing a fuel leak (o ring in the fpr was forked), but i took the rear subframe apart to swap in the poly bushings i picked up last year. currently working on getting those swapped in.
after that it should just be interior. it seems to be running pretty solid.
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7 minutes ago, jc43089 said:
Are the campsites in a certain area best? I have never camped there before.
chris and i camped over by the johnsonville bridge for IMSA last august, was a pretty good spot by the track. the inside of the carousel is supposedly one of the more rowdy areas though
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On 2/28/2017 at 6:42 PM, straight6pwr said:
but I don't trust myself to get that done right
jokes on you, this is how i feel every waking moment of my life
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5 minutes ago, straight6pwr said:
did you do the trans selector when you were in there? tough to do with it still on the car?
we did just bushings and washers (garagistic delrin carrier shifter + rear) and that alone made a huge difference considering how sloppy it was. if we had more time it could've been done possibly but it took quite a bit to get it all in because the bushings were seriously rotted. lots of torching
but the good news is i'll have all new hardware on my alpine since it's a manual swap, and chris sourced me a z3 shifter for that guy. (i REALLY should make a build thread for that soon)
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Forgot to update.
Sunday we connected the steering column, and while attaching the driveshaft we impromptu decided to do shifter bushings while we were under there.
Still trying to figure out the fuel leak. Chris suspects its the fuel rail, which we have a spare so we'll swap it in next time and see what that does.
Other than that leak, just needs the interior put together before it's in a good state.
Considering I wasn't a licensed driver when this car was obtained, it should be nice being finally able to drive this thing for once while I work on the alpine swap. Funny that it all came together exactly a year after we dropped in the new motor
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Do you have any alpinweiss ii parts you need to paint? I was gonna order a primed front valance and spoiler in the near future (i'd rather have a white on white lip) and we could cut down on paint costs if we tag team it.
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https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/6013423750.html
don't tell marc. he doesnt need 2
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oh dang its gone already, was a clean 95 325i convertible with 110 on it
AWESOME car shirts (DTM content 5/5-5/7 only)
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