My Calypso Tech2
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:07 am
Bought this car on impulse having zero experience or knowledge of E30's whatsoever... bad idea that was.
Got it back to the garage and they found all manner of s**t wrong with it.
Firstly the footwells had given in, so they needed sorting:
The N/S wasn't quite as bad as this, still rank tho, out with the old & in with the new:
Another bit in the N/S arch:
There was a bit more near the battery tray & what seems to be the 'usual' flaky boot, this has just been temp fixed for now as it doesn't appear too bad:
On top of that, the dizzy cap was broken and the HT lead for cylinder 6 snapped off in my mates' hand, so both of those have been done along with the standard service and new air filter - is there an uprated panel filter for the E30 320 that can use the std airbox?
We went to have a look at why one of the rear elec windows wasn't working and discovered the wiring is an absolute mess, wires cut everywhere in random places and no sign of any headunit connection, am currently waiting on a loom from a zone member to fix that.
The exhaust is blowing but can't find any holes so suspect its through the gasket, is there any reason an exhaust from a different engined model would be fitted to my 6-cyl 320?
The target for these bits to be sorted was christmas but it looks like I'm gonna miss that. A bit gutted really as I haven't driven the car since I picked it up almost 2 months ago... can't wait to have it on road.
Future plans - stealthy ICE install, bushes all round, find out what engine code in uder the bonnet...
All comments/opinion appreciated.
Got it back to the garage and they found all manner of s**t wrong with it.
Firstly the footwells had given in, so they needed sorting:
The N/S wasn't quite as bad as this, still rank tho, out with the old & in with the new:
Another bit in the N/S arch:
There was a bit more near the battery tray & what seems to be the 'usual' flaky boot, this has just been temp fixed for now as it doesn't appear too bad:
On top of that, the dizzy cap was broken and the HT lead for cylinder 6 snapped off in my mates' hand, so both of those have been done along with the standard service and new air filter - is there an uprated panel filter for the E30 320 that can use the std airbox?
We went to have a look at why one of the rear elec windows wasn't working and discovered the wiring is an absolute mess, wires cut everywhere in random places and no sign of any headunit connection, am currently waiting on a loom from a zone member to fix that.
The exhaust is blowing but can't find any holes so suspect its through the gasket, is there any reason an exhaust from a different engined model would be fitted to my 6-cyl 320?
The target for these bits to be sorted was christmas but it looks like I'm gonna miss that. A bit gutted really as I haven't driven the car since I picked it up almost 2 months ago... can't wait to have it on road.
Future plans - stealthy ICE install, bushes all round, find out what engine code in uder the bonnet...
All comments/opinion appreciated.
