shaved bay m50 turbo - super hella stance etc

[E30Mastermind]

This will be great keep up the good work!

[iamsilverfox]

ended up buying a finger power belt sander thing and that made a pretty nice job of getting in the space.

after various trials with seam sealant i couldn't achieve a finish with the seam sealer that i was happy with. couldnt get it smooth enough. after talking to a few people with smooth engine bay experience ive decided to use filler. lots of people said not to and itll crack, lots of people said it would be okay. so i thought id try it,

first parts when on tonight.



kept putting way too much on. large large learning curve. never worked with filler before.





and thats how i left it for tonight.

will have a big push to get alot done this weekend before monday as thats when i start my new job and will have to focus on that for a bit.

[iamsilverfox]

weekend progress.



primer by the end of this week. watch this space.

[NoTurbo]

I'm liking it nice touch with that engine bay.

[iamsilverfox]

I'm liking it nice touch with that engine bay.

thanks dude!


small update. had a busy week staring a new job at audi so havnt touched it in a few days. did some tonight. the one side is veerrrrrry close to being ready for primer, and started the other side tonight. made quite a lot of progres.

[Mitchen]

Great thread.. just read the lot. Hope it stays original

[NoTurbo]

Are you going to move theuse box and fluids to the boot?

[iamsilverfox]

Are you going to move theuse box and fluids to the boot?

leaving the fuse box, and which fluids?

[NoTurbo]

Cooling, washer reservoir and possibly hiding the P/S reservoir. I have seen a few motors do this and the bay looks really clean. All motor

[iamsilverfox]

Cooling, washer reservoir and possibly hiding the P/S reservoir. I have seen a few motors do this and the bay looks really clean. All motor

expansion tank is being deleted, along with the washer reservoir. the pz reservoir will be tucked away somewhere yeah. It should look pretty good!

Small update.

Engine bay is still in the works. Many an evening rubbing bloody filler. My fingertips hate me. Got the cross member back and built that up tonight. Also bought a bunch of stuff,

intercooler
rad
steering bits
pas pipes
rack spacers
fuel pump



rad in place just to gauge a few things

[iamsilverfox]

also stripped the engine today. everythings looking real good. stacks up with the mileage of 53k on the clocks. will be completely rebuilt anyway.

[JM2012]

Great effort dude, keep the updates coming!

(Although I think it would have been wise to use a proper seem sealer before going in with the filler)

[iamsilverfox]

final guide coat and a rub with 400. primer on tuesday

[iamsilverfox]

Aaaaaaannnd it's in primer






Such a mega step I'm so happy. (Please ignore the pink bedsheets, it's all I had haha)

[jimbom30cab]

That looks great, nice job

Have you sold the seats yet?

[DanThe]

They are circling

[Ashley1995]

Looking good, Cant wait to see this painted!

[jimbom30cab]

Circling ?

[vytas85]

nice work,just buy better face mask when you working with thinner and paint 3m mask do a job perfect http://www.screwfix.com/p/3m-4251-maint ... r-p2/13038

[iamsilverfox]

nice work,just buy better face mask when you working with thinner and paint 3m mask do a job perfect http://www.screwfix.com/p/3m-4251-maint ... r-p2/13038

ha, i had this one on and it was fine. Thom, pictured, is now moaning of the classic 'primer lung'. he'll be fine im sure

and no the seats arent sold. focussing on other things like getting it running atm

[Rav335uk]

[iamsilverfox]

have some pictures

[jimbom30cab]

cool pics

Sell me the seats, make some ££ to finish the project

[iamsilverfox]

yeah jim, but id still have to buy more seats at some other point ha.

bolted more stuff on today. all ready for its trip to the exhaust shop tomorrow









(dont know how im going to get this cooler to fit ha)

[bss325i]

Are you going to keep it this colour?

[appletree]

I'm running the same intercooler but upside down to how you have it and then removed the inner lights and used kit car lights with side dipped and mains in the outers and then made some fake lights for the inside, will upload a picture tomorrow when I am at work board.

[jimbom30cab]

Coming on quick this project, huge effort going in

must say I did laugh at the Audi on bricks !!

[iamsilverfox]

I'm running the same intercooler but upside down to how you have it and then removed the inner lights and used kit car lights with side dipped and mains in the outers and then made some fake lights for the inside, will upload a picture tomorrow when I am at work board.

yeah i saw a few people doing that. got any pictures? but tbh really i want to keep to current lights. ie, i dont want it to scream that theres an intercooler there. but with the pre facelift bumper i dont have much to work with.

the audi on bricks is a friend of mines. its here for a replacement propshaft, replacement front shocks and front and rear arb's

real quick picture of it on the trailer.



now the garage is empty

[jimbom30cab]

Party and BBQ in the garage time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DUBGT]

This is a great project with excellent progress. I gave many years to the Veedub scene and was Edition38 Crew for many years so can appreciate the touches although many won't. Keep up the great work. Very impressive to take it all on yourself...

James.

[Gert_8]

Excuse my ignorance, but can you explain how the turbo, inter cooler set up works please?

[appletree]

I'm running the same intercooler but upside down to how you have it and then removed the inner lights and used kit car lights with side dipped and mains in the outers and then made some fake lights for the inside, will upload a picture tomorrow when I am at work board.

yeah i saw a few people doing that. got any pictures? but tbh really i want to keep to current lights. ie, i dont want it to scream that theres an intercooler there. but with the pre facelift bumper i dont have much to work with.

the audi on bricks is a friend of mines. its here for a replacement propshaft, replacement front shocks and front and rear arb's

real quick picture of it on the trailer.



now the garage is empty

Here is some info on my old build thread.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&start=50

And a pic

[bigryrs]

Cool project mate! look forward to updates!!

[P_VIDDY]

Good effort

[snooka]

looking forward to see some more