e30 316 rebuild from Finland

[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.

[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.

[sewo]

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

[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:

[Stolzy]

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

Looks really great, I love the wheels.

[ChrisOne]

Really nice work on the E30!!

@ plus

Chris

[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.

[Pazi88]

How wide are they currently?

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

[Earl]

How wide are they currently?

[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]

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]

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]

[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!

[Anonymoose]

Soooo good! alright

[Pazi88]

I had problems getting the air out of the cooling system last weekend, so i didn't got much done. The heater hoses were wrong way around, but i'm not sure if that helped.

Of course I did lots of little stuff that no one is interested, but at least I took few photos.

Here's the new gauge cluster with the old one. As you can see there is even room for future improvements Also there is oil temp gauge instead of that useless fuel consumption meter. (originally the car didn't even have tachometer.)


The interior is almost ready now. I only need to swap the steering wheel.


And some photo after washing: