e30 316 rebuild from Finland

[E.Three.0]

Could not be more jealous of this build! I dream of being able to build an E30 of this caliber! Love it, keep up the great work!

[Pazi88]

Haven't got much done for e30. Only ordered some little parts and sewed the m-tech II wheel back together.


That's because I was going to test e30 at the new track in my home town, but I didn't get it ready for that. So I went with my daily e36. Only changed the brake fluids to motul brf600 and oil to 5w-50. Still everything worked and I had lots of fun. Even the stock brakes were enough, although they got really hot:



And the paint in wheels didn't handle that heat:


Some pics:






And some laps filmed with GoPro:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnmiD86hT9E"]BMW e36 328i @ Ouluzone - YouTube[/ame]

[Earl]

Sucks about the paint but looks like you had fun=) Are you just going to repaint that one orange or are you going to do a color change?

[Pazi88]

Sucks about the paint but looks like you had fun=) Are you just going to repaint that one orange or are you going to do a color change?

Maybe some more subtle color using powder coating. And when I take the wheels apart, i'm going to change wider inner barrels, because i'm tired of that pizza cutter look of the rears.

[Earl]

How wide are they currently?

[Pazi88]

How wide are they currently?

9,5". I measured that even 11" wide might fit without modifications

[Earl]

I know it can for sure=) I have 10's on the rear of my compact and have at least another inch wider I can go with my barrels.

[ChrisOne]

Really nice work on the E30!!

@ plus

Chris

[Stolzy]

Not sure how I missed this thread for so long. Sub'd

Looks really great, I love the wheels.

[Pazi88]

Damn, the e30 doesn't still work* Cylinder pressures are leaking to cooling system, when there is some stress to the engine. The engine was supposed to be fine, but it isn't. I need to get the head off, check the condition/machine it and change head gasket. Before i can do that, I have one show next weekend, where I have to take it.

None the less I still built the boost control for the engine. For that I needed pressure outlet from charge pipe:


And then added VW n75 valve to control boost and the valve is driven by megasquirt. I'm not going to use some stupid old bleed valve


And finally I manged to get the steering wheel done. The leather was in ok condition, but threads were gone. I had to sew it back together:


And some VHT vinul paint and it's done:


looks a bit better than the original:


And the whole interior is now just perfect:

[sewo]

m50 manifold or you will keep m52's.. Cant wait to see it finished. Keep it up

[Chuckdee]

I absolutely love the quality of this build, literally from start to finish! Sucks about not getting the car to run right but I'm sure you'll get that fix!

Also, I just started following you on Instagram.

[Pazi88]

I'm going to keep the m52 intake manifold. I'm not going for such grazy horsepower numbers so that it would come restriction. And with m52 intake + vanos will give me lots of low-end torque.

Just ordered athena cooper ring headgasket, because i'm not going to install new stock one, when I take the head off.

[1jze30]

Awesome build mate, spewing about the head hopefully you dont find any leaks when you pressure test her
btw should have kept the chrome bumpers

[Pazi88]

Nah, the facelift look is much better

Last weekend was Hifi and Tuning Show where the car had to be towed:


There were little problems, but still we got the car on display.


I even got a trophy.


Few pics:














Yesterday I took head off. it took only about 1,5 hours to do


At least the number 3 has been leaking and also the 2. But the 4 and 5 don't look fine either.


I didn't find any cracks so I will just take that to machine shop, to be refurbished.