spanners

Haha I’ll think about the dodges but no need to break in, just walk in the front door and start pillaging!

I think I’ll hang filter under the mount like a normal car and just have it on an angle to clear belts and ground and cats eyes.

Funny you both point those out - I just realised I have done multiple oil changes on cars with those tray setups.

I guess my main concern was the function of the actual filter, but safe to say it doesn't matter.

Haha don’t worry I appreciate that the vert life isn’t for everyone!

the current 19s are 19x8.5 ET35, with 235 35 tyres on them. No rubbing at all and I reckon I could lower it without an issue. Not very stancey but I’m fucking over rubbing wheels and dialling in camber to compensate.

The style 32s I had on there were a 215/35 mounted on 18x8 et20 and 18x9 et22 wheels. The sidewalls just touched the guards on big bumps, but honestly I think the 330i deserves much more Tyre than 215. 

I still haven’t decided what to run on the e36 but with a planned 500ish horses I think it’ll be a 245 or 265 in the back.

Got underway with the exhaust. Off the shelf headers fit mint on passenger side. Sadly drivers side isn’t so easy! I have an aftermarket steering shaft which makes more room, but still gonna be a cunt.

Passengers 

Drivers 

Anyone got an opinion on mounting an oil filter upwards? Trying to keep it super accessible while not scraping the ground. Is the oil pouring out at oil change time going to ruin my life? Was thinking about here. Otherwise I can flip it upside down. Also fine to run on an angle?

I chucked on e46 330i front discs and calipers for a bit more meat in the anchor department, and matched it with e46 328i rears. Thankfully my hawk pads fit the rear calipers but I’ll have to buy new ones for bigger front stoppers. Will probably end up buying slotted discs too for 100% wank factor. Is a bit sad to sell my other slotted discs after only a couple of thousand ks but I guess with the extra horses I’m gonna need the best brakes I can afford. 

Obligatory hoist shot. Fuck I can’t wait to detail this car, it’s looking pretty rough at the moment. 

Also I noticed my vert tyres were bald so I bought some 19s off a commodore. Never had a wheel that big before, actually drives better than before (I think the less offset means correct scrub radius cos it’s much less twitchy). Send flaming about hideous wheel choice to ialreadyknow@hotmale.cunt

Vert is actually for sale now which makes me sad, but building a big shed so need to stop throwing $$ at too many cars! Also have to give the moto a bday which will cost a few bucks. About to chuck motard wheels on for summer, keen to do some wheelies.

Yo cleeeeetus. 

My van was certified for a wheelchair hoist which I have removed. No other mods at all. 

Can I remove the plate? 

Xx

A few people were just limit bashing their sports bikes but I can’t imagine the 200kg fatty boombalatti ever actually giving it the beans, so the long swingarm seems a bit silly really. There were a couple of subtle ones which looked like they got used properly but the show bikes ain’t my thing... 

This was sweet tho. The eagle eyed may notice the name Lynchburg - this is next to the Jack Daniel’s distillery.

Got my high quality Fenix radiator and shroud today. I suspect they’ve never test fit one into a car but I can make it work. Didn’t come with a filler neck / cap which is a bit gay cos I need to weld one into the end tank.

Looks good tho 

Hey I don’t have FB so I think I’m missing the dates/times for these? Is it posted somewhere else?

Update to that - the engine fire wrecked the old bits so I would have had to replace them anyway. Will blank off for now and reassess after cert

9 minutes ago, Yowzer said:

I reckon keep the AC if you are able to do so. It's just one of those great little luxuries.

It’s already pulled out of the car and the engine doesn’t have an AC compressor which I don’t quite understand. But... anyway I am leaving the E36 side of it unbutchered so I can add it easily if I want to later. Generally in a bmw the heaters are on full hot to prevent bhg lol, and I don’t remember ever using AC with the old engine. Maybe it didn’t work. But I pretty much leave AC on in my van and E46 just to dry the air, so I definitely see the benefits. I’m just terrified of never finishing this car so don’t want to bit off any extra!

What were you driving? Cheers for the pic! Sorry for driving like a 15yo. 

Me and a mate swapped cars for a bit and I broke his 500+hp evo! Crank pulley exploded and let the belts go. Overheated it. Considering it’s a 2.4 stroker that’s quite new I really hope I didn’t kill it.

Slapping engine together at the moment for the TYRBBQ. So far it’s been a bit of a cluster but nothing too major. The oil pickup tube fouled the plate that sits under the crank, so the die grinder sorted that out. Frustrated that the fucking pickup tube hits the sump though so will need to be modified. I bought them all off the shelf from Sikky and I would expect it to just work! Also the engine guy wrecked the water jacket bung by cross threading it. What a munter, I’m gonna have to go and find an m28x1 tap to clean it up. 

Got really hammered last night so progress is slow. 

Unpacked engines. They look brand new so I’m stoked about that. This weekend is the big push to get it sitting in the engine bay. I’m assuming this is gonna be the first of about 20 install/removals of it so may as well get good at it!

Also took the convertible out for a track day. Got it pretty sideways for heaps of laps. Eventually it went into whiskydick mode so I went home. 

LS Engine Supplies in Perth. He’s a nice guy and the price was about 3500-4000 cheaper than what I could find here, but I can’t help but think he doesn’t understand his duty/gst requirements. Not really my problem and I’ll hold my judgement and cross my fingers that it all works out ok. I bought 2 engines and boxes from him so he better be a GC lol. 

L98 with aftermarket camshaft and pushrods etc installed + TR6060 box was $12500. A good chunk of that (maybe 2500) was cam and install which is something I’d normally do myself but atm I have waaay too much on so figured I’d be better off paying for it and just getting an engine I can slap straight into the car. 

Cheers! Yeah i can’t believe how much I’ve spent on this car. I love the way they drive, and that unmistakable bmw smell that somehow lasts forever. 

Engine still stalled in customs, the company I bought it off is pretty fucking tardy tbh. In the meantime I put some power flex LCA bushings in the vert and it made it waaaaay better 

7 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Old Spanners!

Still pesting BMW's. You were one of the first north island os boes I ever met. I remember you under the bonnet of your e34 at nats 11. Trying to bleed the cooling system on the side of the road. 

Fuck you’d think I would learn ay. I have had quite a few since then! Fuck I got drunk that night. 

Ive been in Chch for 5 years now so I’m a mainlander. 

I thought the 4 locals who went there every day would be enough to keep it open! I quite liked stopping in at that one - by that stage of the drive I’m normally pretty thirsty.

Sorry man sold it to a pal ages ago