w_elliot 7 Report post Posted September 21, 2014 decided it's time for an e30v8 project thread to keep everyone up to date with whats happening to the old girl. it's by no means a new build as some of you know but it's still constanty being tweaked and improved. decided to give the front suspension a birthday couple of weeks back with new balljoints, struts and offset CAB's I also made an underbody brace to tie the front crossmember back to the chassis where the lollipop bushes mount to it (idea shamelessly copied from ultra racing) and a rear strut brace. I always try to machine or fabricate parts like this myself instead of buying them, the new offset bushes are aluminium with replaceable nylon inserts. bought some cool 80s looking gauges ages ago and found the time today to make up a gauge panel and wire them up. more updates to come 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3568 Report post Posted September 21, 2014 Oh man this is good.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorburn 120 Report post Posted September 21, 2014 How harsh are the new cab? Have you put a grub screw or anything to stop the alloy rotating? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted September 22, 2014 Very cool. The boat's okay too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
w_elliot 7 Report post Posted September 22, 2014 How harsh are the new cab? Have you put a grub screw or anything to stop the alloy rotating? i wouldnt say theyre harsh but you do feel everything, huge improvement over the old cracked nolathane bushes they replaced. the front end feels seriously tight with brand new balljoints and struts plus the CABs. not a grub screw in sight. but the outer diameter of the aluminium part of the bushes is 0.05mm larger than the inner diameter of the steel lollipop brackets, they were fitted by heating the lollipop brackets up to around 200 degrees which causes them to expand enough for the bushes to just drop in, once things cool down the bushes wont go anywhere without the help of a big ass press. its called an interference fit. both the ali and nylon bushes also have top hats on the forward facing sides so they cant be forced out backwards, just as an added precaution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
w_elliot 7 Report post Posted September 22, 2014 got busy again tonight, bought a new windscreen washer pump and started making a new stainless washer fluid tank. the car has never had a washer tank installed during my ownership so it's time for a bit of luxury. not intrested in ruining the look of the engine bay with the factory beige plastic tank. to make a stainless tank you must first make a cardboard one had to stop cutting out stainless sections because the neighbours probably arent into listening to angle grinders at 9pm but it should be all cut out and glued together by this time tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
w_elliot 7 Report post Posted September 23, 2014 Progress. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1051 Report post Posted September 23, 2014 THAT is a cool "display" table! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
w_elliot 7 Report post Posted February 1, 2015 replaced all the bearings and seals in the diff. surface ground one of the carrier bearing shims to get the backlash spot on. way quieter now. also made up a second diff mount bracket to beef things up a bit back there. while the driveshaft was out i had new universal joints installed, new csb and got the whole thing balanced as a unit, heaps smooth now. also replaced all four wheel bearings while the car was off the ground (got carried away as usual). the navy blue interior is now all black, and the washer tank is also finally installed. overall the never ending project is coming along pretty nicely Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted February 1, 2015 Saw this on Innes Rd the other day, looks bloody good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1042 Report post Posted February 1, 2015 I followed you down Strickland Street a while back and it still sounds as good as I remembered. Good to see it still being looked after. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2312 Report post Posted February 1, 2015 Love your work. Keep it up 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Effects 3 Report post Posted February 15, 2015 what wheel specs were you running? what camber spec did you have? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WYZEUP 281 Report post Posted May 7, 2015 Hey, veruy nice conversion. love the look of the car.....how difficult was the conversion? and what gearbox did you end up going with? as im looking at doing a similar conversion very shortly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2312 Report post Posted May 7, 2015 Hey, veruy nice conversion. love the look of the car.....how difficult was the conversion? and what gearbox did you end up going with? as im looking at doing a similar conversion very shortly If I recall he bought the car already done. I converted my old E36 to run a 1uz-fe, fairly basic when you break it down. The difficulty is more time management and keeping the costs down, it's easy to over spend if you don't keep tabs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
