1984 BMW 745i build thread

[e21]

This is awesome so far, I almost bought an E23 a month ago so it's cool to see what could have been haha. What coilovers are those? Look like K-Sports?

Yes thats correct. Someone in the states found them on an e23 in the junkyard!

[igotbank]

I can't wait to see the end result

[e21]

Well that was short lived, after driving the car i found lots of blue smoke during deceleration down hills and after hard WOT pulls. After some investigation found my turbo bearings are toast and my charge pipes are all full of oil

Good news is once i pull the turbo it will be getting fully rebuilt with 360 bearings and hopefully a billet GTX3582R compression wheel.

Received my chipped ECU from TCD and will install that once everything is back together.

[e21]

Turbo is out!


Crappy cell picture for proof haha. Going to the shop Monday

[e21]

[e21]

Unfortunately I wasn't able to get the gtx wheel upgrade as It would have taken a couple weeks to get the wheel and I need the car moved by Nov 1st. Got the turbo upgraded to the 360 bearing and rebuilt. Springtime I will order the gtx wheel and pull the turbo again to have it installed. By that time I should have a garage and I won't be so rushed.

Couple pictures of the cleaned up turbo:



Very happy with the results and recommend ADP distributors for anyone looking to get turbo work done

[e21]

Turbo is in



Took me awhile to align it all as when they put it all back together the return/supply for the oil was incorrect. Still waiting on some manifold bolts as 2 of them broke during removal. Hopefully have the car up and running this week.

[e21]

All buttoned up. Still need to drop the front some more. She's off to storage, see you guy's in the spring

[_e90]

Fucking dope.

I want this.
That burnout vid was sick.

[e21]

Finally after multiple attempts and misses i finally have a full set of European Hella Lenses with city lights. Just need to repaint the grills and install

[SHOoff11]

So sick!!!!!

[e21]

Thought the trim rings were long gone but a bit of autosol and we've got ourselves a mirror

[gooders]

Can'tm get enough of the zimmers.

[D Unit]

Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try this on my mirrors.

[12vsex]

super jealous man , The more I see these cars the more I want. Doing great so far !