Running again, no matter how hard it tries not to

[Byron]

Finally got my car mostly buttoned up with the new swap. It's been driving for exactly one week so far, and I have already blown up a diff, killed a flex disk and center support bearing, popped the heater core, scraped through the resonator, bounced off my window trim, and pulled my lower fender bolts through the fender.

God how I missed this car lol



Some point and shoot pics in the rain today at a meet I went to in NY


DSCI0756 by Byron Wilcox, on Flickr



DSCI0759 by Byron Wilcox, on Flickr



DSCI0763 by Byron Wilcox, on Flickr



DSCI0769 by Byron Wilcox, on Flickr



DSCI0767 by Byron Wilcox, on Flickr


one in my driveway that I thought looked cool


DSCI0735 by Byron Wilcox, on Flickr


And a shitty pic of the engine bay from my build thread. Still need to clean up in here

[Moose]

Glad to see it up and running around!

[andybob]

This thing is pretty sweet. If your ever in the Binghamton or Oneonta area let me know. I'd like o see this beast in person.

[thehillshavestis]

awesome. i have been wondering about this swap as i just saw the thread on r3v with the mounts. how does it handle its it nose heavy or is it good

[Byron]

Glad to see it up and running around!

I am too haha.

This thing is pretty sweet. If your ever in the Binghamton or Oneonta area let me know. I'd like o see this beast in person.

I'm almost never over that way. This meet was in Bear Mountain, but I rarely leave RI

awesome. i have been wondering about this swap as i just saw the thread on r3v with the mounts. how does it handle its it nose heavy or is it good

Well it handles like crap right now because the front struts are completely bottomed out. I'm waiting to get another daily driver so I can send the struts back to bilstein to get revalved for my new springs, then I'll be able to shorted the struts another 2" and still be this low or lower. Weight isn't really an issue, as the engine has an aluminum block and is mounted farther back than the 6 cylinders that came in the car are. This car had an m30 in it before anyways, so it's actually a bit better than it was.

[MikeG]

the car is slow as shit...

[Sterling_Archer]

loving it still and i want your interior.

[525iT_Feen]

Finally. Be at Broke.Down. Or else.

[Byron]

the car is slow as shit...

With your fat ass pushing it down it is

loving it still and i want your interior.

Thinking about changing up the interior soon. It seems too stock.

Finally. Be at Broke.Down. Or else.

As long as I'm not broke down (wink wink, nudge nudge) by then I'll be there

[jared1988]

lol love the title sir. glad its running, dunno the history but seems pretty awesome

[Jedidiah]

Looks great Byron... Know you have been working on it for a while.. Kudos!

[Byron]

lol love the title sir. glad its running, dunno the history but seems pretty awesome

Quick history is it started out as a DD 318is, I swapped a 3.5 I6 in and blew it up in 3 months, and now the engine's working but it's tearing the rest of the car apart haha. Here's my build thread if you want the long history

Looks great Byron... Know you have been working on it for a while.. Kudos!

Thanks Ben, it feels awesome to finally be driving a fun car again rather than the PT loser that has been transporting me for the past 10 months

[4eyes]

I was wondering why you were tearing so much shit up… then i saw the last pic of the swap.

Video of the car in action is a must. I think the car looks sexy btw.

[Repiks]

Oh my. That is so sick.


Anything with an LSwon is the best. Evar.


Ninja edit. Wait, is that the 4.6 mod motor??


Double edit. I'm way wrong.

[arinme]

wow..., nice sitting ...
may i know wheel and tire spec?