98 alpine 3 328i

[Broche]

Update: car is back together and everything is great. I **** this break in period thing I still have "500" miles to go until I start to open up on it. But I have been speeding up the process to get it moving along.

By, now my head gasket is seeping oil and so is my new rear main seal and oil pan and everything pretty much.

So now I am planning in pulling my motor and stroking it with the m54b30 rotating assembly. And fixing all the leaks.

[Broche]

98 alpine 3 328i

Get it on the road! Just got mine road legal not too long ago

It's been on the road for the last 6/7 months but this decided to break



And clutch won't come in until Monday 😡😡😡😡😡

[hazelbeiz]

Get it on the road! Just got mine road legal not too long ago

[Broche]

So everything should hopefully be here by Friday, lifting the motor up and going lower shortly after 😈 cleaned the transmission:

[Broche]

So, i snapped a transmission mount and got bolt through ones from UUC, then this happened:

https://vimeo.com/90820029

Shook like that all the time, so I figured the sold mounts must have amplified another problem in the car (possibly something off balance in the engine). I checked the harmonic balancer, but no luck. I did a lot of testing and nothing was hitting anything and there was no misfire on it or vacuum leak. I then read up on dual mass flywheel failures. I had the exact symptoms of a failing flywheel. So I bit the bullet and got my car on the lift (which was a task and a half) and dropped the transmission out:



The clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel were pretty messed up, which explains why my car smells like burning clutch whenever i park it. The pressure plate side of the clutch is litereally ripping apart



This most likely explains why my clutch has felt so shady for the 8,000 miles I have had the car. I cleaned everything so far and painted my tunnel and floor welds up again so they don't rust anymore.



Ordering all the parts tomorrow most likely. This should fix everything and hoping to get the car back on the road by next weekend. Breaking in a new clutch is going to suck though.

[MrViicc]

real quality work man I'm digging the car a lot!

[My_156cm_pickle]

buy my buddies 17x8 bbs rc090's freshly refinished not a mile on them. 1300$

and i don't go on here. so shoot me a text if you're interested.
six zero nine six one zero five nine eight three.

[meech]

lol still looks nice man

[Broche]

Car is no longer track oriented that lasted about 5 days hahha

[Broche]

My friend and his WRX


Me, looking like a major awkward creep




Yes, I admit i need wider wheels.... But they work for now while I'm broke. I tucked my exhaust up another 2", installed rear mudguards, and removed the front lip.

Currently I need new motor and transmission mounts and a new steering guibo. Transmission mounts and steering guibo are on order and I am waiting on money for new motor mounts. Then I should be able to lift up the motor and transmission and sell my xbrace then go lower. Also test fitting my friends style 42s this weekend with my 20mm spacers to see how I can handle et0. If I can run them I will probably be picking up some 17x8 e0 throwing star reps.

[Broche]

Turned out to be my ballpoints, so replacing those next weekend... Yay

[Broche]

Upper strut bearing didn't fix the problem so I think it's my lower steering joint. Throwing it on the lift to tackle that and my unpluged o2 sensor

[Broche]

I need to lube the front strut bearings today, and it needs a transmission fluid change. I also need to fix the exhaust leaks because the drone is just way to much for me.

I am also planning in finishing on rebuilding the front coilovers so I can lower it down but with school just starting my big paychecks go away):

I want to get an alignment but if I do I'll need another one done the coilover parts come in... So I'm not sure yet.

Also the hood and roof are being repainted due to dirt falling into them. Shouldn't be too long until everything is done the way I want it

[guessqjj]

So I have spent the last week or so finishing it up.

[parttimeprojectionist]

dude thats a lot quality work done! conrgats!! its lookng good, any more plans for it?