A Sherman Schwartz story. (e28 content)

[budski]

some of that is the head work causes the idle to be off. I idles at about 300-500rpm cold map and 1500-2300 warm. I plan on putting an adjustable fuel pressure regulator to fix it short term but a full stand alone would be the route to go if I didnt have other plans.

[NegativeCamber]

i guess it was the dump after the cat that made me think it was cammed. it sounded like it had a nice lopey idle in the vid. havent heard a stock m30 sound like that.

[budski]

raw is badass. powdercoating would make it look like a purchased item.

excited about LSD

yea, I still have time to decide. I can't wait for the LSD too but I may not have it in for the first show of the season in April.

Epic build thread man! Loving this car. I've got plans for my E28 as well!

Thanks! Just dont keep those plan as plans, make it happen!

Awesome! I have wanted to do something similar for a while. Love the ingenuity.

Thanks!

[montgomery]

Awesome! I have wanted to do something similar for a while. Love the ingenuity.

[Brian.]

Epic build thread man! Loving this car. I've got plans for my E28 as well!

[Miroteknik]

raw is badass. powdercoating would make it look like a purchased item.

excited about LSD

[budski]

i love the diy of this thread, i was thinking of doing the same custom hub to my car but its my dd and i dont know how to weld

you're in cali, you should find plent of places/people (even here on SW) that can tig for you.

[scweet14]

i love the diy of this thread, i was thinking of doing the same custom hub to my car but its my dd and i dont know how to weld

[budski]

so went to by buddies shop to finish the hub.



and since I have no experience tig welding I let him have a go at it



still needs some more cleaning up. We learned two things welding it, first being the cast metal used seems to have other material in it making it very messy, second being that the hotter it got the worst it seemed to be. So there be some cleaning up, still undecided to leave it raw, polish, or powder coat it.



in the end the total cost of getting a hub that allows me to mount the steering wheel? $0... granted I own by friend a beer or two for helping me out.

[budski]

happy new year! how about a photo of the new work space (wish i was kidding), you can see a bit of the car on the bottom left corner.

[BrandonMcKiernan]

i love this thing! especially that lip.

[indiejack]

I can dig it Budski, can't wait to see it in Sherman!

[budski]

so rare italian steering wheels that you cant find a hub adapter for? make one.



tearing apart the stock wheel to see whats going on under all that padding



cut off the wheel



cut the bottom of the adapter, just to give an idea of whats going on.



starting to smooth out the stock hub



thinking of leaving it raw finished



about ready to be welded!

[budski]

little progress, still waiting on price for parts so i can start ordering. Tried to pick up a LSD from a buddy's shop this weekend but he actually took saturday off for a change.

after fucking around with it a bit the whole subframe was out.



and shortly after that it was stripped down.



the main reason for pulling it was the bushings, sounded like hell when i let off the throttle because it was knocking so bad from being worn out.



there are many ways of removing old bushings, my #1 way of doing it is burning it out.



well with that done I'm bring it the diff up to my work to tear it down, and start cleaning up the subframe for a little fresh paint.

[budski]

change of priorities. The plan was finally getting the gotti's and bags on this winter but after digging around the ass end of the car I came across more worn out parts that need to be address first. New plan? Well right now its all new brake systems, replacing everything excepts a few hardlines and rebuilding the master and calipers. I'll also be putting all new bushings in the subframe and other suspension. Rebuilding the worn and torn CV axles. Last replacing the diff with a LSD.

I may also attack a few trans related problems, but I want to make sure the car is 100% sound before going forward on the bags. So how about some photos as I get started?

first was a peek one of the $25 tires...



I do have one extra so they should last till the gotti's go on.

What made me realized the rear of this car is not in good shape, cracks through out the rotor



brake shoe coming apart, still have a lot of pad life left



and since I no longer have shop/lift its back to the old school days of a cold garage and jackstands



as I'm waiting for parts I'll also be fixing an oil leak from the timing cover from fubaring a gasket on assembly and a power steering/hydro boost leak... needless to say I have a lot to get done this winter.