Slow White, the E28

[jrcanes55]

Well dudes haven't updated in forever. Been getting a lot of shit done. Don't really have very many pictures because I've been so busy prepping for streetwise that I didn't have time. Basically short list of what got done.

Z3 short shifter
AC delete
Picked up some drift spares
New belts
Running distilled water
Gutted the trunk and took the back seats out.
Fixed my battery tie down
Got my euro trim on then it fell off and I just bought another set today.
Got my poly upper and lower control arms in
Annnddddddd.......

Got my BC coilovers on the night before the event and was out on track the next day.

Now time for a few pics.


Now with BCs









This thing was a beast drifting. I was linking the whole track in my second session. It was so awesome. I'm doing another event at the end of next month. I have some more pictures and a video i'll try and post. I;m currently having issues with photobucket.

[notsolow]

Car looks great man. Where is the next event? I'll come out if I can, won't be drifting my 528e though, sadly.

[jrcanes55]

Next event is the 25th of this month. I'm not sure if i'll be there or at the vintage.

More stuff. I had a great week. Got to go work MINIs on the dragon and got to drive this. Brand new MINI Paceman S. I only set the brakes on fire 3 times.



I also got to drive a 2013 JCW and a Roadster S Both were awesome.

I was also in a dry county and discovered this in a grocery store I've never heard of.



Now how about some pictures.



New fishing pole for SOWO



Car being low



Car next to a 500 wheel torque boosted E28. Also on BCs and also with ACS wheels.



Also found this stuck in my shifter column. That's why second gear was being a bitch.







Some sweet coilover action



Studs and coilovers



Welds with some Walmart paint thrown on



Rear



Rear adjusters



Got euro trim for days



Front with maxed out camber



Nasty ass engine bay



Euro trim off. And roof rack back on until after SOWO



Gas stationing. Yes that's a verb.



More gas stationing



Some cool MINIs





Some cool gas in bumfuckmountaintownville



That's all. I gotta fix my bumpers and trim before SOWO and I'm going to give her a good cleaning before then. I need to fix my front wheel bearings welding the coilovers on melted the seals and they're shot. Enjoy my boringness. I'm to tired to apply myself to this right now.

[jrcanes55]

Just found some pics from the drift event.

[244Brick]

sideways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jrcanes55]

This is pretty is just a taste of what's been going on with this turd in the last month or so.

[notsolow]

Nice man. There are monthly drift events at virginia international raceway if u can ever get there. If u like driftaholic racing on facebook he has all the info on when they are and how much it costs and stuff. I got everytime they have an event.

[jrcanes55]

So my car got pissy with me over the last few week. On the way to work on of my tires exploded. So I spent all morning on the side of the road waiting for a friend to bring me a spare I could use. Then a few miles into the trip home my buddies car started acting up. Typical M52 swapped e30s...



Then I found my roof racks! They had been sitting at a friend's house for going on 4 months. They were dusty a hell. But now they're sold and gone and you'll never see them again.



Got tired of riding around with open headers so I welded my exhaust back on. This shit will never leak again! I did a much better job thi time. I caked a ton of bead on there to seal it up nice and tight like...



Random photo of my lugs, Gonna paint these soon. The purple is gay. I want something gayer.



I broke the connector on the left and it'll play an imortant role later on in this update.



here's where things really go downhill. So I tried to swap to 19# injectors. I replaced all the seals and I was super excited. It's to bad I don't have an o2 sensor. The car couldn't adapt to the injectors and was running way to rich so I had to swap them back to the 16s. I used the new seals on those too.









On startup I forgot to ground the fuel rail. And I blew either the main relay or the speed and recerence sensor. So now the car won't start at all. Sometimes I **** this thing. But whatever.

I also painted my valve cover and my beauty cover for the afm and my extra c-pillar trim.







Then I started gutting the car some more and put my racing harnesses in. They're so awesome.







Also got our garage in somewhat of an order. I finally have all my tools the way I want them. We also picked up a 20 gallon compressor which is awesome.

[jrcanes55]

I'm updating this when I get home. This car is umm well, different now.

[jrcanes55]

Alright since Stanceworks decided to log me out while I was typing this up like 10 minutes ago, here is my 3 months worth of an update.

Here is my last known shot of the car in the ACSs both rears were completely toast so onl the fronts were on.



Here are the pics from my last drift event on the ACSs





That event went really well. I got very comfortable with my e-brake and got my suspension pretty much dialed in. I ran until basically the last run group. Halfway through my car dropped below half a tank and started fuel starving so I called it quits and didn't think anything of it.

Between that event and this one I didn't really do anything except put those harnesses in and change my wheel set up. I couldn't find/afford to put nice tires on the ACSs so I traded them to a friend for his style 32s. I'm now running 17x8s up front with an ET0 and 17x9 et 14 in the rear. Both with spacers. I also went from 205s all the way around to 225s. It has made the biggest difference. I've got full front end control. Absolutely zero understeer. It's so awesome. Here is how she looks now. Not a fan of the black, but it's functional.













That made my next event absolutely amazing. I got some Conti sport contact 2s up front and she drove like a dream. Here are some pics from that event. I literally just found some more.











Here is my favorite from the day. Me and my friend running tandem at the end of the day. This was my first real taste of running tandems. It's so crazy. I already can't wait to get out there at the end of year bash.



Here are a couple I found like 5 minutes ago.





The day was going quite well until it got hot again. My car started running lean again. and until this event it had never crossed my mind that my crappy exhaust was the issue. Turns out the exhaust was pointed straight at the gas tank. I feel like such an idiot for not noticing. It was heating the pump and fuel up and making the car fuel cut. I solved this by spraying the tank down with a hose in between runs. That was all fine and dandy until this happened.



Yep that's right kids. Coilover number two snapped off. FML I had to trailer the car home and when I got it off the strut was bent so far back I couldn't get the ABS sensor out and had to cut the wires.

I spent almost two hours grinding, heating, and bending the strut back.







I welded it back up and it's held fine.But I know it's going to happen again. Welds were done with flux wire. Looks like shit but it works.



After the event I got numerous complaints about how loud the car was. So I welded this up.



Looks nice. But sadly it wouldn't fit with the gas tank where it is, So I had to settle for this.









You may be wondering why there's a hole in my trunk. I cut the spare tire well out to weld in a flat trunk piece for a fuel cell. Haven't had time to get to it yet. I have the metal just need the time. While I was in there I moved the battery to the trunk. Now I drive a real BMW





Cost me $12 got the cable for free from a 750 that fried it's fusebox and got the whole thing replaced under warranty. CHA-CHING!

Like most people I get way ahead of myself. As of right now I'm trying to work on a shit ton of stuff. I picked up an e36 subframe and rack to convert my car to.



I decided to start on my widebody. I was originally planning on doing e30 m3 box fenders. But I found this picture in the E28 M5 CSL build thread and promptly changed my mind.



I'm going to use his design and make mine the same. Just not fiberglass. I ain't that rich. I love this car. It's my favorite BMW ever. Pure sex



I started. and this is how the car looks now. But I got side tracked by some other stuff. One of which being another drift event.







I threw the hood back on for safety's sake. Apparently people are afraid my engine is going to fly off and kill babies. (As if the hood would stop it if it did, which it won't.)



Also picked up a set of Corbeau GT seats since my E21 seat wasn't cutting it. They're so nice. I've only got one in now. Just need to make the bracket for the other one.



Installed. They look so gooooooddddd.



Also picked up a Z3M shifter. 10 of 10. Would recommend.



Here is a pic from the piedmont drift event I did. It was a different experience. It was a very technical track. I'll post some videos tomorrow. I had a blast. And didn't break anything for once. The new exhaust quieted the car down and stopped it from leaning out.




Here in NC the temperature has dropped quite a bit so I had to do a coolant flush and replace my thermostat. The car loves actually getting up to operating temperature in the cold.



Found my problem. lol



Gross



That's pretty much all I got for now. I have new big brakes coming in and I should hopefully start working on the widebody this week. Can't wait to get it all done. Here are some more random pictures I have of the car and some stuff I've been working on.





This is almost full lock. I put 20mm spacers on the front to get the ET0



Ballin on the way to piedmont



BC finally sent me replacement bottom mounts since they actually broke above the welds. I just need new kingpins an I'll get them welded up and put on.


That's all folks. I'll post videos tomorrow.

[floatingdino]

Interested to see how the subframe swap works. Glad to see you out thrashing the old girl.

[aLaFleur]

Looks like shit.


Good job

[difeliciantonio]

i think you should sell my that front lip before something kills it

but are you cleaning the metal where you are welding before you weld? grinding, sandblasting or whatever your thing?

[karmo]

it is very nice car, but dude u need WiseFab lockkit, to get that car steer well.

[Nick475]

thats awesome man! i love hat you had a harness on the comfort seats. you still probably slid all over the place on those lol. makes me want to build mine up this winter and drift next season