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Next came time to test fit the engine with the Garagistic engine mounts and subframe spacers i had purchased for the ease of a bolt in application. I got fellow member will to help out with this side of things. This discovered the kit design to have a few flaws, mainly the angle of the mount to the subframe, the fact that the steering geometry gets messed up by spacing the subframe down 20mm and there is no provision for the oil lines that run through the factory mounting arms and into the block. The decision was made to move on from the kit and custom fabricate some engine mounts and mount them off the chassis rails as will has done in the past, and also allowing the entire front subframe, steering rack and suspension to be removed while the engine can remain in the car. Finished mounts installed, with crush tubes located within the middle of the chassis and gussets to prevent the engine moving forward in a frontal impact, as requested by the certifier upon inspection. This allowed us to locate the engine where we thought was best to give us enough room behind and infront, and as low as possible, and also allowed us to run the factory m62 engine arms with the oil lines running through them and into the block. With the engine sitting so low, we had to notch the sump for clearance of the Z3 steering rack, work was carried out by Aero Machinists & Engineers in Hamilton With that done it was time to move on to mounting the driveline and 6 speed Getrag 420G gearbox and getting the alignment sorted with the driveshaft, an issue that many people run into, this was sorted when the engine mounting position was decided on without having to run and rear diff risers/ spacers in the rear. Im running Revshift 95A hard, street/track mounts throughout sourced from Mike at Euroturbo along with his driveshaft hoops that meet all certification specifications and are designed and made by his business here in NZ.

About time i updated this! The project is still alive and going well. With some extra help and knowledge needed i decided to send the car up to Kerry at Mosen Euro Parts in Hamilton. First off we wanted to make a clean and tidy removable front rad support to make the engine install and removal as easy as possible, so Jonseys Garage undertook the fabrication work.

Is anyone ordering from the likes on Turner Motorsport, ECS tuning, UUC or Pelican Parts in the next week or so? Just after a single $25 clutch line, and shipping is $50+. Not too keen to get ripped off. Cheers

Spotted ANTZV8 in the McDonalds carpark in New Plymouth yesterday morning 31/12/17. Always good seeing other E30s locally, not many around here.

Finally saw the light after all those years eh Phillip! Will be nice for a few summer cruises, see you around once my cars back on the road!

Not ideal that car had been through a few owners. They are still in storage but will get them done at some point

Welcome! Nice e34, white always looks good! I bought some e30 seats off you a while back.

Welcome!

Hey Josh good to see it still going well for you.

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Looking good! Are you going to the Show and Shine at the Valley this Saturday evening as part of the Taranaki Car Clubs Night street sprint?

Looking good team! Glad I could help out.

Awesome i have been recommended them by someone else too. Will get my Recaros done as well! Thanks

Who did the upholstery work? Keen to get mine done

Spotted this at the Valley in the weekend! Looks good and definitely a head turner! Hopefully in the future when we have more meets we will catch up.

Hell yeah! What an amazing achievement! One more small hurdle to go then its all on!

That it has! Will all be worth it though!

haha a lot since my last update! Will update this in a few months when its nearly road legal.

i have one, $65 shipped to you.

So good to see the revival! Looking forward to following the progress!

Also recommend using eBay and importing yourself. Did that for mine, be prepared to pay 2k+

Haha loving the stump pulling. Glad the car is getting what it now deserves on its new lease of life after its previous owner(s).

Had the pleasure of following this M5 through the Karangahake Gorge today with our windows down. Wow.

That back seat looks the business! Who did the upholstery work? Nearly time to fire it up and move the beast, must be so exciting and rewarding!

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