332is Progression

[B Rod]

Nice sir! I am down to help bud!

Sweet! I'll let you know next time I'm going to be working on it. Got quite a busy weekend coming up unfortunately.

[Rob&co]

Nice sir! I am down to help bud!

[B Rod]

Suppose I should update this. STILL no stance(Broadways are sitting in their box at SeanDubs house), but tons of parts were ordered. Almost all replacement parts since everything is FAR easier to change out with the motor and trans on a pallet. Got a Mishimoto aluminum radiator though, so I wont have to worry about replacing that in 2 years like a stock plastic one.

I finally split the motor and transmission to replace the clutch and flywheel. I'm excited to see how the 11.5lb UUC flywheel compares to the fucking anchor of a stock flywheel. Here's a picture in the middle of the process.



Then I thought UUC sent me the wrong pressure plate(ordered 2.5 years ago), but after some forum reading, I realized the M5 clutch disc is supposed to be mounted backwards to fit.



Back together with the trans cleaned up a bit. Also installed the Bimmerworld coolant pipe adapter(not pictured) which was an amazingly nice part. Couldn't have fit better.



Swapping over the OBD1 valve cover, I got to take a peek at the Schrick cams. Well, one of them anyway.



After swapping over more of the OBD1 sensors and random little bits from the M50, the motor went in to its new home!!



Then I made this nifty(yes, I said nifty) 3 in one picture showing the ebay long tubes in, steering reconnected, and the shifter installed.



And that pretty much brings us up to today. Didn't get any further on the motor because I had to order new knock sensors. The old ones were cracked and crumbling. Can't see the difference can you? Oh...right.



Progress is good!!

And now for the reasons I haven't gotten further. My wife and I adopted this 6 month old puppy advertised as fully potty trained! Ya, she wasn't even close to potty trained, but oh well.



And the other distraction.



Hopefully updating this again very soon.

[B Rod]

2 max! In all seriousness, I miss driving it so damn much. Im realistically hoping to have it running within the next 3 months. Gotta get it SMOG'd so I can take it off Non-Op, which will be a mission in itself.

[Khalil]

Wooooo just another year now!

[SeanDub]

Atta boy

[B Rod]

Rear subframe reinforcement plates are welded in, and all the M stuff is transferred over! Also threw my TMS adjustable control arms in.

FINALLY some reassembly happening.









Now I just have to save a bit longer(Christmas isn't helping) to buy all the little stuff I still need, and I can really start toward ACTUALLY driving this thing again.

[Rob&co]

more!

[NegativeCamber]

I do however have an air setup for the front waiting to be installed, so that'll be cool.

look at all that room in the bay of the e36...know what this means? shaven....

[Zic]

aw that sucks tho, you can donate those shocks to me!

[B Rod]

awesome.

by this rate you should be done in late 2019 early 2020

*edit, not meant to be rude. tho hurry up and finish it! and anything new with the e28?

Not rude at all. I joke with my friends all the time saying, "Just another 3 years until it's done!"

Unfortunately the e28 had some rust I didnt know about and the rear diff "wishbone" rusted through where its mounted to the body. It's waiting patiently, oxidizing more and more until I finish the e36. I do however have an air setup for the front waiting to be installed, so that'll be cool.

[SeanDub]

awesome.

by this rate you should be done in late 2019 early 2020

*edit, not meant to be rude. tho hurry up and finish it! and anything new with the e28?

[Zic]

awesome.

by this rate you should be done in late 2019 early 2020

*edit, not meant to be rude. tho hurry up and finish it! and anything new with the e28?

[B Rod]

Did some more work, while bored....aaaat work. All along I was planning on swapping all the suspension and steering components from the M to the non-M, one piece at a time. Today, I came downstairs from my office, took a look out in the parking lot, and thought, "why the hell would I do something so silly?"

So today I dropped the entire front sub frame with steering, control arms, shocks and springs(M only since the non-M already didnt have these on), tie rods, brakes, etc, off both cars. I did the sway bars too, but not attached to everything. Then, rather obvious in the pictures, all the M stuff went on to the non-M car. One step further on the swap!

Also, my Broadway Static coils should be here soon. They will go on after the swap. Getting the car on jacks or on a lift is much easier with the stock M stuff.

The stock e36 front assembly.



The M stuff all installed. (Brake fluid EVERYWHERE, lol)

[SeanDub]

Good shit, we'll be cruisin in no time!