E30 Zone

well saturday was the day for this
so set off for Ant's place
with Lee (essexboy) in tow to help out
got to Ant's and he pretty much got stuck in right away

this was the exhaust before we got started


a little bit of cutting


soon it was cut and ready to take the pipes


a little bit of welding


Lee doing a little bit of grinding


and the final product


vids coming soon

now this job was not without its problems (never is when it comes to my e30)
after the job was finished we dropped the roof
and set off on our journey home
got to Lee's house picked up his car and set off for mine
to give them both a clean for the lakeside meet
we got a minute from my door and I felt something funny in the steering
turned out while we were fitting the exhaust
the downpipe for the turbo had moved
and every now and then would touch the steering uj
and send a vibration right to my hands through the steering wheel

so we adjusted it and set off for lakeside

told Ant what had happened
and being the diamond gent he is he invited us down on sunday
to sort it out

so we got there sunday Ant warmed up the welder
Lee put on his working clothes
and I stuck the kettle on

so another bit of pipe and a little bit of welding
and a bang with a hammer and its all sorted now

many many thanks to Ant and Lee for their hard work and help with this
I would probably still be stuck under the car if I didnt have their help

and to top my weekend off my leccy aerial stopped working
so now its stopped halfway up

here are the vids

Before

After

Burble burble

looking real good malc glad you sorted the little problem with it !!! did'nt want to see you go sideways well done fella

vids now in the bottom of the post

Malc that exhaust looks sweet mate
:
I am off up your way saturday week to see Ant. for fine tuneing. Ant

I am going to get her in doors to move house up there i think

CHRISP wrote:Malc that exhaust looks sweet mate
:
I am off up your way saturday week to see Ant. for fine tuneing. Ant

I am going to get her in doors to move house up there i think

might be a day for me and Lee to pop down and meet up with ya then
keep us posted

Ok Malc will do

looks and sounds good big man.

Still missing something tho?.......OOH I know what it is..... A manual box

d6dph wrote:looks and sounds good big man.

Still missing something tho?.......OOH I know what it is..... A manual box

all in good time my man

I turned the boost up half a turn on sunday too
its made a bit of a difference

looks like you got a bit of chrome stuck on your tail end now malc

tylerma did you treat and cover the metal bit of the back you cut with the angle grinder?

if you dont it will rust away badly make sure you do if you havnt

DJ_B4L wrote:tylerma did you treat and cover the metal bit of the back you cut with the angle grinder?

if you dont it will rust away badly make sure you do if you havnt

thanks for the tip mate
but that was the first thing Ant did after cutting it

thats great mate i did the same with mine when i fitted my exhaust cutted and treated it stright away

does you exhaust tap against it? or is it nice n steady at the back mine is fine but was just thinking it might shake a lil

Looks like a job well done Malc
Sounds sweet too!

it does get a bit of a wobble on
but it was slightly overcut to allow for that

cheers Tony

tylerma wrote: all in good time my man

I turned the boost up half a turn on sunday too
its made a bit of a difference

good man, Faster faster faster!

slightly overcut

my bad mate, I allowed for a little too much movement

nice legs huh

Ant wrote: nice legs huh

I was avoiding making any comments dude!

Ant wrote:
nice legs huh

i though it was one off thous pheasANT running round your workshop

Oh dear

LOL. Just kidding.

Sounds good, looks good. Give us a bell maybe later, have an idea worth considering

Bharat wrote:Give us a bell maybe later, have an idea worth considering

expect a call between 9 and 10

Looks good, would have looked better and more 'factory' if the cut-out had curved sides.

Cheers,

Iain T

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