I have no idea what I'm doing...

[aLaFleur]

That's looking really good dude.

[Stancyeze]

Awesome build man, been following it for awhile. Can't wait to see the interior in the car!

[fitted_fit]

I got a lot done today. Well, a decent amount.

No pictures but i mounted the e34 pan and oil pickup,

Decided to give up on stripping the valve cover myself and gave it to a friend to sand blast. that thing is a bitch

and then i ate at sheetz and drank coffee

and then i welded in my new frame rail pieces, this time using 16 gauge, its 1000x sturdier

now i cant sleep because i drank coffee at 1:30 am

pics:






the edges hadn't been ground in those pictures, dont worry, not that you would worry anyways.

[fitted_fit]

im so jealous of your car, its going to be wicked!

thanks man!

I just want you to know that this still my favorite e30 ever as long as you finish it. It's turning out amazing. I bet you make your mommy proud. Maybe.

<3

[aLaFleur]

I just want you to know that this still my favorite e30 ever as long as you finish it. It's turning out amazing. I bet you make your mommy proud. Maybe.

[MrViicc]

im so jealous of your car, its going to be wicked!

[fitted_fit]

here's the pictures:

[fitted_fit]

i agree but still would be cool. maybe polish ? just did a 1.8T audi intake manifold with help a friend came out decent. it was his so he ended up finishing it.

The problem with polishing an m50 valve cover is that the metal underneath is covered by the plastic coil pack cover. I'm kinda stuck with painting it if I want them to both flow, which I do.

At the moment I'm thinking of going with stone white ( the color of my wheels) possibly with some pearl thrown in. I might get a couple valve covers to swap out when I get bored haha.

Also I'll just update while I'm here. Mounts for the core support are 80% done, all that's left is weld in the nuts to the frame rails.

Got the motor completely stripped as far as I'm going with it, and painted the block and head satin black. I might switch to flat black if I decide I don't like it but so far I'm a fan.

Also I cut out the flat sections over the frame rails as well as the stock steel underneath so I can redo them with 16ga instead of 22ga. Plus removing the metal underneath will eliminate water sitting and getting trapped up inside.

Pictures won't upload from my phone, I'll get them up tomorrow

[seven-57]

This thing is definitely starting to look wicked. Can't wait to see how it comes out. Progress is looking good too man. You're actually moving like lightning in comparison to a lot of other builds. I almost went the 3.0L route too, but decided that I didn't have the money to completely rebuild an m20 from the inside out, so now I'm just boosting it for the bitches. Think I'm selling my RS's to fund it unfortunately, but wheels come and go.

[logyt]

hey hey looks good!

[vrekdis]

sweet build man, inspiring. wish I had more time to do something like this

[99sil-teg]

Paint it hot pink and put a hello kitty sticker on it, it will get you da bitches....

Can't wait to see the progress on this thing

[MarkoE500]

i agree but still would be cool. maybe polish ? just did a 1.8T audi intake manifold with help a friend came out decent. it was his so he ended up finishing it.

[fitted_fit]

do the ///m colors on the valve cover in a slant formation. it'll give the car another reason to pop da hood (where da hood at?)

i like that idea but it wont go with any of the other colors of the car unfortunately

[MarkoE500]

do the ///m colors on the valve cover in a slant formation. it'll give the car another reason to pop da hood (where da hood at?)