Another e28 build

[d0wse]

Wow going all out on this thing.

[kaclaytor]

Killer stuff! keep the pic coming on insta to!

Thanks man, haven't done anything in the past couple weeks. Real life is taking all of my time/money. Soon though.

very nice build. love the look of those flares.

Thanks man, they look better than I thought they would.

Wow going all out on this thing.

This has been my dream since I bought the car. Never thought it would be a reality though.

[bdkawey]

bump for requesting more updates hehe. Honestly this thing is gonna be so nice i dont know if you will want to trash your chassis as much as it takes to fit the 5.0

the motor/tranny has to sit so high that i had to chop up the shifter hole and do some more cutting and hammering so the output shaft could clear so that the tranny could sit high enough.

and the driveshaft wasnt going to clean the driveshaft tunnel. i had to cut out the ebrake handle mount in order to make room for the driveshaft.

firewall hammering is also required but you could do the bodywork to make that look nice with some body work.

hood clears though so thats good.

[kaclaytor]

bump for requesting more updates hehe. Honestly this thing is gonna be so nice i dont know if you will want to trash your chassis as much as it takes to fit the 5.0

the motor/tranny has to sit so high that i had to chop up the shifter hole and do some more cutting and hammering so the output shaft could clear so that the tranny could sit high enough.

and the driveshaft wasnt going to clean the driveshaft tunnel. i had to cut out the ebrake handle mount in order to make room for the driveshaft.

firewall hammering is also required but you could do the bodywork to make that look nice with some body work.

hood clears though so thats good.

Haven't touched it in over a month. I'm starting to get depressed. Kitchen it finally finished though, so I'm going to start getting back at it. Probably won't start the 5.0 swap until winter. I'm going to try getting the interior done and drive it a couple times this year so I don't get overly depressed. You'll be hearing from me frequently once I start tearing into it. I'm going to start ordering parts within the next couple of weeks. Mostly things I'll need to get the engine assembled and ready to go in the car.

[kaclaytor]

I've mentioned multiple times about my kitchen remodel being the reason I have not been able to make progress on my car like I would like to. So since it has been consuming all of my time, I figured I might as well share my progress. After nearly 7 months my kitchen is finally finished, I did all of the work myself and learned a bunch of stuff in the process (the hard way). I know it has nothing to do with my car but here it is...

[kaclaytor]

did a little bit of work on the floors today after work. I currently am out of c25 so I cant weld anything up, but I cut out the bad spot on the passenger side rear floor pan and made the patch piece for it. After struggling with the drivers side, ive learned first hand that the patch piece needs to fit well and have minimal gaps. I also picked up a tube bender. I plan on making a tube front end once I pull the motor, Ill also make a bash bar for the rear so i can cut out all of the bad sheet metal hiding behind my rear valance. Im going to spend my free time over the next couple weeks cutting out the rest of the bad metal and making the patches. I want the floors done so I can start working on the roll bar.

[bdkawey]

when are we getting started on this 5.0

[kaclaytor]

Just realized pictures didn't work in my last post. Car has sat for way too long untouched. Finally getting back at it. Have some parts on the way. Temporarily putting the car back together, so for 2017 it will be back on the road with a turbo m20. I also picked up an 03 Audi allroad, which is something I've wanted for a few years now.

The e28















Audi allroad

[kaclaytor]

Been working on the e28 a good bit recently. Converting over to manual brakes, and deleting unnecessary pieces in the engine bay. Turbo parts coming soon.

[philohlean]

No idea how I missed this, I'm excited to see it all come together man. Keep it up. Would love to see it in person sometime I'm home in Columbus again