Back in black BMW e30

[dillon7]

So as you know, the car wouldn't start after I re-did the wiring.

I was pretty sure it was the cps so I ordered a new one and installed it today with high hopes. Needless to say I was let down. After that disappointment I thought the only other logical thing to do was to see if the fuel pump even worked. Hot wired the fuel pump and it started right up. Now I knew it was the relay so I ran to autozone and grabbed a temporary relay. Installed it and she ran perfect.

At that point it was to test out this new air suspension and drive the crap out of it. And that I did.

Took a couple photos along the way with plenty more to come.


Gas station (1 of 1) by Dillon Makar, on Flickr

Gas station front end (1 of 1) by Dillon Makar, on Flickr

Gas station rear fitment (1 of 1) by Dillon Makar, on Flickr

rear camber (1 of 1) by Dillon Makar, on Flickr

[dillon7]

Quick little update.

Home for easter break so I can finally get back to this thing. I was having some serious withdrawals.

Kinda went sporadic with what I worked on. I couldn't get over how much I disliked the harness adapter because there was no way to really hide it and have a clean looking bay. My Dad was bored at home while I was at school so he started working on that. Helped him finish everything up last night.

new wiring (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Also finally installed my late model front valence. This valence was off an mtech 2 car and apparently those are a little different so I have no idea how I'm going to mount the IS front lip. Guess I will have to get creative unless anybody knows of a way.

new valence (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

After that I added some spacers to the engine. Raised it about 3/8".

engine space (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Moved on to the interior from here. Put the back seat back in.

rear seat (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Got this stupid piece I've been trying to get for a while now.

door piece (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

And just because I love having the euro grills back in

euro grill (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr


At this point she was ready to go. I had some trouble with wiring but had gotten it to fire up this morning so I was pretty pumped to take off on its maiden journey tonight.

I got her back on the ground, messed with the bags, and went to turn it on. Turned over, engine fired up, and then died. Kinda odd but it hadn't run in a while so I thought nothing of it. Turned over again...no start. Nothing. Just kept trying to turn over. This went of for 10 minutes and I was baffled. All the wiring was right and it had just fired up.

Started going through process of elimination and ended up not having any fuel pressure. Even more odd was the fuel pump had no power going to it. Pulled out the handy dandy iphone and googled the symptoms. Looking at the results I'm pretty positive it's the crank position sensor. Pulled it out and of course it had basically 0 ohm's.

This kind of make sense because it wasn't idling well beforehand and everything else seems to check out.

Of course this happens on the weekend though so I can't order a new one. I'll attempt to source one though because I really really want to drive this thing. At this rate though my first drive will be headed down to SOWO .

[dillon7]

Oh shit. This is simply awesome. Love where it is right now. And that shop. Dreams.

Thanks man, I'm very blessed to have access to an amazing shop. It helps a ton.

beautiful :')

thanks

[MrViicc]

beautiful :')

[F31Dingus]

Oh shit. This is simply awesome. Love where it is right now. And that shop. Dreams.

[dillon7]

Damn this thing is looking gooooooood

thanks man

[K-Line]

Damn this thing is looking gooooooood

[dillon7]

IT'S FINISHED

Well, the bags are finished anyways.

After looking at how to mount the tank and compressors I decided to build a little platform for them to sit on since the floor is so uneven. I didn't take too many pics building it because I was excited to get it done.

Drilled the holes



Mounted up



Test fit




After I finished all that up it was time to connect everything for the final time. Then I realized I hadn't rolled my fenders yet so I did that. Ended up pulling them while I was rolling which actually helped a lot haha.

Anyways enough talking onto the pics














So there she is. I still don't have the front valence on because I was working on building brackets for the fan. Now I'm at the point in the build where it's time to tidy everything up and put it back together. I'm off back to school so hopefully I can find time to come home and get a lot more done and take some proper pics and actually drive this thing!

[maikel_rox]

Quality work on the bagging dude! Keep it up

[CubbyChowder]

Hell yeah getting close! This is going to be such a badass E30

[bimmerspotter]

im so excited to see this!!!

[dillon7]

Just got home for the weekend to finally finished this thing up. Got a little done tonight and it should be completed tomorrow.

First I painted the struts



Inserts for the shocks



Front strut installed



Rear bag installed. I have the lines run but it's not shown in the pic



I'm putting my manifold in the spare tire carrier to the lines will all be run into there. Seems to be the best place to run them and so far I'm happy with the outcome.

Drilled the holes for the lines



Installed the grommets



Lines pulled through. Forgot I only bought 4 grommets so I need to go pick up another one tomorrow.




So all my lines are run and the manifold is ready to be bolted in. All I have left to do tomorrow is build a platform for the tank and compressors. I wasn't originally going to build a platform but the floor is so uneven that I think this is the best way to go. All the wiring is done so the platform is all I have left to do! Pretty excited and can't wait to get this thing on the ground.

[dillon7]

In that case I'll be looking forward to meeting you at sowo! Lol.

sounds good! You know where to find me

[Korito1887]

I have this problem where I finish one big mod then get bored for a couple days and start another one...and I still haven't even driven this thing on the street. At this rate my first time driving it will be to SOWO

In that case I'll be looking forward to meeting you at sowo! Lol.

[dillon7]

Are you planning on going to H2Oi too? I really wanna see this thing in person hahaha

Yup! planning on going to SOWO, H2Oi, and possibly import alliance and then some local shows

Man, you're so lucky to have access to that shop! omgsh why my dad's slacking? haha

haha yeah it's been quite nice. It's a NASCAR shop so I have access to basically any machine I could ever need.

Nice!!! Great thread! I love e30s and wheeling! That last shot is money!

Thanks man, me too