My 320ise - Progress thread.

[Albinojay]

Not sure what I'm going to do to it yet. Welded diff deffo! Thinking it's a keeper though so who knows. See how things pan out before I start saying shit.

Been looking at turbo manifolds etc so ;) Will see. Oh and Welded diff is a temp measure.

Pics are shite, I had a banging headache and I was uber tired.

[punk_sy]

yes mate another drifter ive got a 4:10 ratio welded up nicely if you want 1 as its doing my head in and i need a 3:15 ish for my m50 conversion

nice car tho mate and photos

[Albinojay]

what ratio diff will mine have as standard? and what is the difference?

How much? And where are you? lol

And thanks

[punk_sy]

im not possative but i think there 4:10 or maybe 3:90 but im sure some one will come along with the right answer.its still on my car atm but could do a swop for yours or you find me a stanerd one! im in nottingham mate

[Albinojay]

Hmmmmm if you still have it say next week (I think) I will do a swap

Started a new job ya see so unsure when and exactly how much I get paid.

[Albinojay]

Right well got up early yesterday and took my car into work to sort out a fuel leak.

Was just the filler neck so fibreglassed that up.

Then thought F**K it why not.

Welded my diff lol

Got it over one of the pits, then sprayed all the bolts with some DW40 to let it soak in whilst I jacked the car up.




First step was to unbolt the driveshafts and the propshaft. Drained the diff of it's oil. Then undid the 5 bolts securing the diff on.



Then got the diff off and give it a good clean in the parts cleaner and then with the steamcleaner.





Cracked the backplate off to reveal it's innards.



Gave the inside a good steamclean. Then proceeded to weld the spider gears.




Welding looks dogshit but it penetrated well and I actually welded more than what I took on the pics.

Backplate on with some gasket seal.



Diff back on, topped up with oil, driveshafts and propshaft on, wheels on. Jobs a good un!



Took it down the road and give ti some sideways fun. AWESOME.

[cliffybabe]

Gasket seal, Ur out of fowlers stable aint ya

Wont the welded diff burn threw tyres??

[Albinojay]

What's wrong with gasket seal? I can get it in the bucket load at work so why not lol.

And yeah it will chew through tyres, but I intend to drift it. So it will chew tyres anyway lol

[e30topless]

nice workshop ! be great to have access to somthing like that
not sure i would weld up a diff though how does it drive?

[Albinojay]

nice workshop ! be great to have access to somthing like that
not sure i would weld up a diff though how does it drive?

Fine tbh.

You can just feel and hear the wheels fighting eachother when I'm cornering slowly or parking up.

Normal driving though it feels ok.

Saying that, I havn't driven it in the rain yet

[t2g]

what ratio diff will mine have as standard? and what is the difference?

i had 3.96 and i changed it to 4.27 lsd and taking corners if so much fun
and acceleratin goes much faster

[Jhonno]

You can feel the low speed scrubbing with a standard slipper, must be mental with a welder!

Some great pics up top! Hobby of yours?

[Albinojay]

You can feel the low speed scrubbing with a standard slipper, must be mental with a welder!

Some great pics up top! Hobby of yours?

It certainly is mate. Might make a thread up with some photo's I've taken.

Just waiting to save up to upgrade my camera.

[Albinojay]

Managed to get some Billies for the back as it's soft as hell.

So fitted them today along with a sunstrip y0!!111!



drums FTW





Out with the old in with the new.



Fitted and keeping the back end planted lmfao ( was drifting for ages and had a smidgen left on the tyres so thought meh lets kill em properly.)



Whooooooooops my foot slipped officer.







and NO that wasn't at Castelfield lol

[Albinojay]

Managed to get my hands on some blsck leather seats for mucho mucho cheapness.

So fitted them today with the help of JC, then went to liquid cars and got a few more snaps.

[bodger]

nice one jay, glad your happy with the seats and shocks , how did you get the back seats to fit

[Albinojay]

nice one jay, glad your happy with the seats and shocks , how did you get the back seats to fit

They just went in same as the standard one.

Bolt holes were out a smidgen, but got my fat mate to sit on em, to line them up.

[Albinojay]

Took my car into work again to weld my diff.

Found some decent grade steel to plate it.



Then squeezed a pigeon to weld them in lol






Couldn't seem to get the welder set up right tbh, but it's penetrated and I can't see this one going anywhere.

Fingers crossed anyway!

Then I found a peice of stainless tubing and was bored so thought fuck it, the backbox is going and it's side exit time y0!!1! wack



Tis loud as fook but me likes because me a tool

[stevotheevo]

hope you've got some anadin extra in the glove box fella.

[Albinojay]

LMFAO!

Yea mate I'm usually smacked upto the eyeballs on ibuprofen they should do the trick.

On a serious note, it is far too loud. Get too much attention in it ;) ;)

So I'm after a stainless system or I may make my own with a universal backbox. Maybe a jap can? LOL

any suggestions?

[konflik1]

nice buddy.got me thinking to weld my diff now

[Albinojay]

dooooo it!

[Albinojay]

Little update.

Managed to get hold of some new wheels, same as mine but 15" so got them on with 2 14"'s in the boot for drift rims.

Also fitted a laguna splitter as my IS one came off and I wa sbored so thought fuck it whilst it's off I shall cable tie my laguna one on as it's been clogging up my room for ages lol. Scrape scrape.

Also I have a smashed grill and number plate thanks to Sammos13 for reversing into me so it's all held together with cable ties.

Next I think will be suspension, brakes then hopefully engine work.

[cliffybabe]

bloody hell its low on the front now

[Albinojay]

Oh yeaaaah been like that a couple of weeks now, even lower witht he lower profile tyres though.

It scrapes on cats-eyes changing lanes

hahaha

[ImysE30]

I'm assuming there aren't any speed bumps around you coz that is low as foook.

[Albinojay]

Got em on my street lol.

It's not too bad as it's quite flexible so it just scrapes. It's my fuel tank and sump I'm more concerned about when they scrape

[Albinojay]

Welded diff + Snow + Tiny roads + Splitter = FUN FUN SCRAPE SCRAPE lol




I even gave it some skids lmfao

[Tedswagon]

Just read your tread - actually made me laugh out loud . . . . side tail pipes . . . . just nuts - go get medical advice!!

Cool as fook car!

[Albinojay]

hahaha cheers.

Well have just been down to Bristol for 2 weeks, car didn't give me a single problem.

One thing I did notice though, Bristol is like an E30 haven. Seriously, nearly every other car I saw down there was an E30, mainly in great condition driven by old fogies.