Venatus 2 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) So, got my second e30 after the first one was minged up, same colour, same year, less doors, less cc's ( ) Sat in a container for 6 years as someones unfinished rotor project, got it damn cheap too. I towed it back to mine with the trusty corolla which was stolen a few weeks later Lined up with the old car What I resurrected from the (semi) dead, with the help of a few parts in the boot and a few I bought Its now sitting on: Bilsteins + H&Rs in 51mm struts and disc rear end. 325i Swaybars front and rear Powerflex m3 offset control arm bushes Hartge Fibreglass front Cloth sport interior (Ripped ) Done nothing to it in the last month, got a motorbike instead... And finally got a new camera, so first attempts with it... ======================================================================== Ok, so apparently I havent even updated this within the last year haha. 13 months exactly to be exact. Nothing has happened much really. Cleaned it maybe 5 times, took it to a gravel autocross in dannevirke and bottomed it out a few times, snapped 2 alternator mounts and blew an alternator bush. stuffed the radiator full of putty because I didnt want to pay for a new one. All the good stuff really. About 3 months ago I found an e34 525i with a blown auto box...Got a (relatively) good price (for palmy) to take the engine, ancillaries, loom, ecu, basically anything I wanted from the engine bay etc. Ive been slowly amassing the other parts, and have finally bothered sorting it out. The engine is in there, mostly wired + plumbed, still need a couple parts though (looking for the Y shape tubular steel m5x manifolds if anyones got some?) Have had some (major problems): Snapped subframe bolt (extractor snapped off, engineer helicoiled it) Left rear half of driveshaft attached because I was lazy towing it to the engineer = new fuel tank. Lazy in general and lacking motivation. Went to bend heater core lines, lower one is apparently plastic and snapped it in half. Will just not have a heater until I can be bothered sorting it out. Edited December 3, 2011 by Ven Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 Looks awesome, I know the terrible feeling of parting out a pride and joy to re shell it in another one. Good to see your sticking with the E30 love. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tire 10 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 Mhmmmmmm10. Cool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apex 693 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 Good stuff! 2.5 going in then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubman 39 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 looking mint! i just love how good the white paint turns out after a clean, my 316 just had its 1st clean in a year Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isis 16 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 great job resurrecting it! it looks amazing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joshnz 2 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 Jealous of the wheels, good to catch up last night, will be looking fiiiiine with the suspension setup you have coming Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 Cheers everyone, yeah josh good catch up, will be posting pics of it with new suspension, which will hopefully be in by the end of the week. 2.5 wont be going in as its buggered, knocking noises and lots of smoke haha. Will be leaving it as a baby 1.8 for now, will decide what I want to do engine wise later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OP6 27 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 Car looks great, good to see a p/fl and the new suspension bits will set it off perfectly. Love Hartges! You don't just happen to have a fuel injection relay (nine pin with the numbers 5WK2244) available from one of those cars? I need one to get our M10 318 running properly. It's stock standard at present and staying that way for the next 6 months or more as we have other projects to complete. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sp8s 1 Report post Posted March 28, 2010 love resurrections Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ari Gold Report post Posted April 19, 2010 Looks bloody grouse on those Hartge wheels! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Updated in main post with a few upgrades to the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmpower 3 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Looks good Brad - thought it looked like you had a different front on when you went past us! Looks awesome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
APT 179 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 What size are those Hartge Wheels? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Cheers kerry, And the Hartges are odd - 15x7's. Have only seen a couple around, seem to be fairly obscure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
APT 179 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Cool thanks i like the wheels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmpower 3 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Cheers kerry, And the Hartges are odd - 15x7's. Have only seen a couple around, seem to be fairly obscure. If you ever want to sell........ Let me know!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Front kit looks sweet, keep it sideskirt-less with a nice rear wing (all the cool kids do that now ) It is a shame I couldn't get a closer look at a million miles an hour when I saw it Friday. Keep up the good work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bimmer boy 21 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Looking good Bradd. When did you score the plate? proper or germanplate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Im not too sure if i want a larger wing, i like the lip but i want to know what itd be like with a bit more of a wing, maybe at mtech 2 or a hartge to keep the hartge love going. The plates a german plate, been pulled up a few times with comments such as interesting plate, but no problems with it being illegal, it was a 21st present from the missus haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted November 13, 2011 Original post edited, been 13 months, wow how time disappears... Need m52 stainless y manifolds if anyone's got any? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2122 Report post Posted November 13, 2011 how are you finding doing the M50 conversion on a prefacelift car? Its well worth it though youll have fun! even more than me seeing as your coming from an M10! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted November 13, 2011 Seems to be going ok, main things that held me up were/are laziness and no motivation as I have other vehicles. I did get some really lucky scores along the way, got the clutch/flywheel/engine mounts/transmission crossmember already modified etc off Jacko when he parted his out (thanks heaps) Scored a golf mk2 booster for 20 bucks out of pickapart too, so that helped. Yeah, twice the horse of the m10 should keep me happy for at least a couple months haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted December 3, 2011 Alright, so im getting there slowly... Went and bought oil for the engine and fuel for the new tank. Decided I couldnt be bothered fully checking over the wiring harness I made up semi-drunk, and plugged it all in, minus ECU. Turned key on, starter cranked over fine, everything else seemed to work, apart from I couldnt hear the fuel pump going, realised its part of the ECU's job. Decided to plug in the ECU and tried cranking it, bit of popping and burbling then died. Realised id forgotten to attach the MAF to the rubber boot. Did so. Crank crank crank... Pretty sure the whole neighbourhood would have heard it fire up, revved it a couple times then turned it off. At least she runs. Whats left : Get a drivebelt suitable for the job Attach fan to car or radiator Wire said fan connect radiator + fill/bleed tidy all the dirty wiring, some sort of custom/oem looking jobby for ECU (e34 loom ) modify m52 SS headers + make up dowpipes sort out gearshift mechanism, then driveshaft + exhaust install aaaand other stuff ive probably forgotten. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venatus 2 Report post Posted January 16, 2012 Jeez, another six weeks of my life wasted... Ok finally sourced a driveshaft...turns out I have the wider flange on the g260 - doh. the other one i had doesnt fit due to shaft size differences. doh. Have finished 99% of engine loom wiring, made a box for ecu, mounts for relays etc, attached the fan to the radiator, clamped all the hoses up. Have sorted out gear shift linkages etc etc. All thats left is find the right output flange for the g260, put the driveshaft in. Theres 2 more wires for the engine (up under the dash - prefacelift. Also need to wire up the fan to the thermoswitch in the radiator. Then, just need to weld up my exhaust and it should be done. Probably will take me another 6 weeks due to losing motivation every time something goes wrong, which is every time I try to work on it haha. Will post photos of progress at some point... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
