my kraut burner

[ChristopherJason]

Nice Flares, that Brake setup is sick !

[hakhawk]

so this is happening(been waiting 3 months, coz stupid me got them "shipped" by boat

[hakhawk]

bolted the brake reservoir on today, and hooked up the lines to the master cylinders. gotta get a stack load of brake fluid, and i can flush the lines and start bleeding calipers.(front at least for now, still gotta bolt up rear subframe)

[hakhawk]

setup a heim joint on the clutch pedal today, probably needs adjusting once fluids done



found my spare pedal rubbers, screwed the brake masters into the pedal setup(also probably needs adjusting), threw the brake light switch on and took a photo



clutch pedal is ~1/2 inch further away from brake pedal than stock now, which isnt a biggy for me. trying to decide if i setup a stopper for the clutch master at rest, stock didnt have one, have to move my full depressed stopper over a bit too, again will worry about that when fluid is done

[hakhawk]

did some more work, havent had this much progress in ages, feels good

tested the remote brake bias adjuster to see if it cleared the accelerator pedal with everything at max travel, just touches the accel pedal with accel and brake pedals to the floor, but its flexible, so doesnt matter, and im not going to adjust it at full throttle and brake anyway

also cut down the brake pedal to fit a manual rubber



so i routed the cable and made a bracket for the knob. nice and solid. notice i removed the radio and center console, will be mounting a fire extinguisher on the tunnel, need one for doing local track/hillclimb days



and i spaced the clutch pedal over a bit more(spacer is a cut down chain tensioner, perfect fit ), clearance shot between steering column and brake bias adjustment bar. now i just have to sort out linking the clutch master, just a rose joint and bolt welded to pedal will work fine. id use the old setup, but its worn and the master is imperial thread now.

[budski]

subscribed.

[Spados.]

nice build, absolutely adore E21's. don't see many in Australia.

[hakhawk]

finished welding up the pedalbox yesterday and threw a (very crappy) coat of silver on it.

today i bolted the pedalbox and master cylinders in(taking the brake masters out requires removing the pedalbox, thats gon suck!!)

still need to sort out the reservoir mounting and plumbing, but thats easy





and bent the clutch pedal to clear the steering rack(moved it over to clear the brake bias bar, might move it over a bit more yet). need to cut the brake pedal to suit a clutch pedal rubber(used an auto pedal because i couldnt spare my manual one at the time :p)

[ilikestance]

sweet build color is awsome

[hakhawk]

nothing special today, got the fittings for the brake reservoir and test fit them, might need to change them for different angles, not sure. also got the revised front alternator bracket from my mate yesterday. christmas weekend should be fun!

[Lukey]

that wing is amazing

[hakhawk]

and its mounted.







random shot of both cars in the same shot(til e21 is on the road, then ill be getting a shoot of both of them out and about)

[hakhawk]

did some more work on the rear wing today

note: measure a shitload, drill once...



wing cleaned of old tape and silicon, new tape applied



and new bolts welded to the 2 outer mounting points, which were snapped off when i got it

how the inner ones look



and the new outer ones




tomorrow ill finish a couple bits on the holes in the boot(mainly an extra hole for screwing the nut on the outer ones), throw some sikaflex on the wing and stick it down

[hakhawk]

so these came today, isky springs, which are supposed to clear the early style valve stem seals. fun bit will be installing them, not sure if its a head off job



and so did this. bmw motorsport duck tail rear wing. threw it on for a quick test fit. have to fix the outer 2 mounting studs and clean the old glue off the bottom. not sure if i want to try painting it, its a really soft rubber/foam stuff

[hakhawk]

so today i did a bit. wired up and tested the new alternator, well didnt hook up the charge light, but its a 1 wire alt, so doesnt need it, but it charges fine, just need to get a longer belt from work. my mate is remaking the front lower piece this week for me.

pulled my front and rear bumpers, and dropped the front guards back on with a couple bolts(was sick of seeing them on the roof)

then it got the better of me, ive been trying to work out a clean way to mount the brake fluid reservoir, but had to clear the throttle cable bolted to the firewall.

so i tacked on a bit of metal to the pedal inside the car and bolted the lokar cable through an original hole(not sure why it was there, just was :S)

adjusted the pedal stop a bit, and i have full travel. no billion linkages and swivelly bits now, just pedal>cable





now allows me to bolt straight to the firewall like so