RamRod E28 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Yes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Finally my van is photoworthy thank you so much for telling me about these wheels Mr. Menard!!!! bfinley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Looks great, how is the ride compared to before? Might be a little more stable in the wind with the wider stance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Ride is the same and it is a bit more stable in the wind but way more confident in the corners and only lost a tiny bit of fuel economy but this may be because the old g forces on the wheels are worn very unevenly causing more rolling resistanxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 The wider the tire the worse fuel economy, maybe put 225's on them instead of 235's when you replace the tires. Also funny that that the pics are in my parents driveway. Did the hub bore match up? I have the 4th hub ring adapter at my house if they were the right ones. Backstory, my dad bought these wheels to put on his 06 Maxima because the craigslist post said they were 17's and he didn't even look. Turns out they are 18x7.5. So his good tires that he took off of his stock wheels when he had Blizzaks put on didn't fit. They are 5zigen pro racer wheels, pretty legit in the tuner world apparently. Seen alot on Subaru's, Civic SI's, s2k's, and of course, Nissan vans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Back to bmws!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 My question is how does one practice for that... Intense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 OK ordered what i think is all of the parts that i need to get the manual and super eta swap done last night off pelican parts! I love ordering stuff and will love it even more if my e28 would just put itself back together when the parts show up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 my parts wont show up till next tuesday and i ordered monday!!!! grrr!!!! wtf pelican???!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Must have been some special order stuff on there, booo!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 AANNNDD now my e46 trunk light dash indicator was on even with the trunk perfectly closed and also the key the handle and the trunk release button on the dash arent working lovely.... I will have to do some digging. Most likely where the wires flex when the trunk opens and closes I bet a break is in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 It's almost always a broken wire. I've fixed them on a handful of e46's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I have had to repair my e36 harness where it bends for the trunk to open as well. Use some 3M rubber splicing tape over the whole thing once you repair the wires, it seals to itself and stretches very tight. I use it at work for insulating lug/bolted motor wiring connections, but you can find it at at any hardware store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Ok... Finally got my parts from Pelican after ordering almost 2 weeks ago... not too happy about that and they didnt even send me a sticker and I realized that I ordered the wrong size copper lock nuts for my exhaust studs so gonna see what options I have. And found out why my trunk would only open with the key in the tumbler and why the trunk open light would stay on with it shut...That was a fun one to get to i had to almost cut the entire boot in half to get to it. Some e28 getting put back together porn coming your way soon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I hope that sticker says Wife-Beater Communist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 As a matter of fact it does! You would not believe the amount of dirty looks I get! It's actually worse than the no fat chicks sticker with the whale below it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 So made some progress on the e28's super eta. I installed the new exhaust manifold studs (which go in a lot further than you'd expect). I got the old manifolds of the original eta because the super eta has a different downpipe layout over the regular eta. Also I got the oil pan off the seta which had about 20 lbs of nastiness all over it so i used about half a roll of shop towels and brakleen to get all the greasy shit off of it. Then ground off all the old gasket on the pan which is hard as a fugging rock. Gonna tackle getting all the old gasket off the block with a scraper tomorrow. Also I wanna find the ass that thought that using 26 tiny very fine threaded bolts to hold the oil pan on was a good idea and kick him (or her) square in the man (or girl) BALLS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 1/4" impact driver to remove oil pan bolts FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 We'll busted my ass on the e28 all day massive update and pics to come tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Ok finally back on to do an update... Last time I left off on here was I got most all my parts for the Super ETA swap and manual swap.... Well here some pics and some info for whats been done. Well I removed the oil pan and cleaned up all the nastiness and didn't get any pics of that just due to wanting to get it out of the way and wasn't all too entertaining just getting all the nasty hard gasket off and putting the new gasket on. But then I moved on to the timing belt and water pump. This was just one swipe from under the crank! Timing belt and water pump are on! That was so easy to do on the m20 (Does anyone have an M20 Water pump pulley? need one ASAP!!!) The blurry engine has taken flight!!! Shits about to go in Going in Close... But no cigar Finally after wiggling and jacking the trans up and down about a bajillion times I got the engine to set down on its mounts and bolted in the trans crossmember!!! Here's what my old trans bushings looked like compared to the new ones Starting to look like a car again!!! Bye bye gangster lean The harness is "in" lol The condenser and the radiator are now bolted in place some of the hoses are set in place also the exhaust the driveshaft and the heatshield are in the car now The shifter is in thanks to Mr Menard for his mad fabbing skills Just need a few things and new fluids and its ready to roll and do some maaddd!!! burnouts mkoepp and DrLeadFoot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 The shifter is in thanks to Mr Menard for his mad fabbing skills Anything can be done with a welder, you would be doing some crazy shifting to break that bracket off lol. We got some good stuff done today, I will get the corroded nasty hose connector off of the thermostat housing this week, I picked up a brass plug for it on the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Why dont you have a seat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 With balls big enough you don't need one. B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 With balls big enough you don't need one. southpark comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod E28 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Chillax I do have a seat guys its just laying in the back seat. the drivers front seat install is the very last thing to do to let me know that the car is running and driveable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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