W201 v.2.0

[Exami]

Meanwhile..


Crank bearings super!


Crank in, torqued to spec.


Pistons meets rods..


Pistons meets piston rings..


Pistons & rods meets block..


And again checked clearances on all bearings all on middle of tolerance. and now rods also torqued to spec, Bottom end DONE.

[Exami]

Quick day @ garage, welding aluminum

Drill hole for an10 fitting


Weld it from inside..


Boom, looks monis and ready for paint

[Exami]

All this time...






and now it has color! finally!

[Exami]

Paint, done.

[nellydragracer]

Oh yes! Looking good man.

[nsogiba]

Love this build, keep it up.

[Raarasutra]

The paint without the clear gave me a brain boner

[loekaaz]

The paint without the clear gave me a brain boner

This^

[Exami]

Color without clearcoat seems like BMW's frozen grey paint.. cool but im going for stock look :P

Next parts..

Exhaust manifold with egt sensors..


Car @ garage some bits installed..


Couple quickones of the interrior.




Will continue piece by piece, day by day.

[MadMax]

I think I have to move my lazy ass to suomi when this is finished !

[SD202]

Wow amazing work man! this build is on point cant wait to see it finished

[erkko]

Fantastic work. Love the sound of m50 and look of w201 so this should be awesome. I see that you dont have abs brakes on this car is that going to be a problem to get this street legal. I would love to get rid of abs on my own car so i can but bmw diff as well. What model you are going to use as a refrense when you going to an inspection? Sorry for my bad english.

[Exami]

Fantastic work. Love the sound of m50 and look of w201 so this should be awesome. I see that you dont have abs brakes on this car is that going to be a problem to get this street legal. I would love to get rid of abs on my own car so i can but bmw diff as well. What model you are going to use as a refrense when you going to an inspection? Sorry for my bad english.

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Thanks guys for nice comments, trying to get more welding work on my afternoons to fund the project... will see what happens ...

[BigDcBiggs]

This is amazing

As the proud owner of a slightly used 190e 2.6 LE, this build is inspirational. Are you familiar with electronics? I would highly recommend putting a 2A 5VDC USB charging port in the dash while trying to keep stock look. Mine is where the fader switch used to be, and mounted at a 30° angle to minimize crud build up. While the interior is still out of vehicle, this is a 5 minute add n that your phone will love u for. Just my two cents. I'm curious what this car is gonna be for track or road?

[Exami]

As the proud owner of a slightly used 190e 2.6 LE, this build is inspirational. Are you familiar with electronics? I would highly recommend putting a 2A 5VDC USB charging port in the dash while trying to keep stock look. Mine is where the fader switch used to be, and mounted at a 30° angle to minimize crud build up. While the interior is still out of vehicle, this is a 5 minute add n that your phone will love u for. Just my two cents. I'm curious what this car is gonna be for track or road?

Going to be allaround car, will se what i endup driving with it, mainly roaming streets but will visit drag races and trackdays for sure, but i keep it mostly track / street minded

I will plug some fairly common cigar lighter so i can have electricity for common devices..

And when im at it:


Rear window installed, starts to look like a car again