My v8 touring build..... manifolds and system DONE

[stbaz]

hi guys, i bought rics 335i touring last saturday, over the past week between work i have been trying to make a car out of it..... the conversion had been light heartedly done in my opinion and there must have been a cable tie sale on in a local shop as everything seems to be held together with them. coil, radiator, expansion tank, washer bottle etc etc ....... anything that was near a hole that a tie would fit through was mounted there.

anyway..... heres some pics from the advert i bought it from







as you can see from the bay shot , the loom is a bit of a mess..... anything that didnt reach the correct mounting points again .....cable tied...

i have stripped the loom and fitted the correct bulk head plastics and made brackets for the bottom of the inlet manifold to secure the sensor wiring to and the fuel pipes which were also hanging loose.
the car had dark gray rear seats and light gray 318is front recaros.... these have also been replaced with full imaculate touring standard interior.
ive replaced all the lights with smoked stuff, new front brakes, new suspension as it had gmax kit on it which i dont really rate that much to be honest. genuine schnitzer wheels, replaced the heater blower motor, replaced rear abs sensors as the wiring had been cut for som reason, fitted a thermostat as it didnt have one for some reason....running fine with new one!!

slowly making a half decent car from this..... rear subframe bushes and roof lining are next as the bushes have been done but one is only half fitted into the axle and the plates that fix to the sill are upside down and on the wrong sides

heres how its looking today

[shedrool83]

Looks good Baz thats three e30 335 in Dundee now that i know of.

Btw was that you in the cab about two weeks ago on the Forfar to Muirdrum road?(Passed as me and gaz were at the front of the shed)

[stbaz]

hi mate , no that wasnt me in the cab....... dont think it was anyway haha. cant think of being up that way. the cab goes away at the end of the month. mate bought it so you will see it going around but it sure wont be me

[shedrool83]

Whats the plans for the m30 then?

[magpie]

looking good but i'm afraid these seats have to go.

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[stbaz]

Whats the plans for the m30 then?

at the moment it is just to get it into a decent daily, the old 2002 is the main project just now, dunno if your keeping track of it on retrobmw but the shell is near done ready to be rebuilt, im in the middle of making a manifold for the t3 at the moment as the obx racing one is no use the shell has cost me 10 grand so far including the money i paid for it so i dont really want to go down the major money road with this. it will get titavation of course but no major plans at the moment

[shedrool83]

Yeah been following the 2002's progress .Top job your doing there.
I know what your saying it's hard enough doing one project without adding another.

[Jhonno]

I think I would have rathered a mismatched interior than discomfort seats..

[stbaz]

I think I would have rathered a mismatched interior than discomfort seats..

na not for me.... the car looks far cleaner and finished now

[Jhonno]

Does it not offend you how high up, uncomfortable and unsupportive they are?! You might as well be sat on a park bench.. Good work with the rest of the car, don't get me wrong.

[andrew320i]

Looks good, keep up the good work!

[stbaz]

When your 5'4" tall sitting up high ain't a bad thing

this ain't a long distance car for me anyway so comfort ain't an issue, use the gttdi for long runs ;)

baz

[e30topless]

rick Loves his cable ties !

this engine used to belong to Jaffro ,

here it is in his cab..

[stbaz]

new wheels now on....schniters now for the winter







baz

[dougall]

Cool i like it. A nice stretch on the tires as well.

[Falkster]

I quite liked the Borbet Cs

[stbaz]

didnt get them with the car though

[oldroydsr4]

New wheels look lovely, the reverse rake ruins it tho. Lower the front more and it will look awesome.

[stbaz]

Na it's not going lower at the front. It just scrapes into the garage as it is. Alpina front spoiler here for it though

[stbaz]

well with the new wheels on there was slight arch issues....... not as bad as i thought i would have but still.....

bought the proper arch rolling tool and with a bit of time and patience here is the result of the first attempt

[stbaz]

and today, this happened

[djk]

Wasn't expecting that, but good on yer!

[Alex]

Mental but awsome

[BMJG]

looks cool as

[zaust]

Was not expecting that either Nice one though, keep the pics rollong.

[leeparkes]

Hells bollocks

V8 ftw

[ImysE30]

Awesome, V8 powahhh

[schnaarf]

That looks mega. Get the iS splitter back on! Mine falls off all the time but they do look good

[Coops90]

This is going to be bananas

[stbaz]

That looks mega. Get the iS splitter back on! Mine falls off all the time but they do look good

na mate its just a nightmare, its all broken and repaired anyway

ive got a full m tech 2 lined up for it but that wont be on this yr. its my daily so i need to get it running for the winter then next yr i have four doors, two wings, sunroof,bonnet and mtech2 kit to go on and full paint

[/// KAMI]

what size tyres were on the bbs?

[stbaz]

they are 195's on 9" wide. to be fair they are over stretched for my liking but the tyres are as new so once they wear down 9shouldnt be long with the m60 in it) i will get bigger as i have rolled arches now to take bigger tyres anyway



baz

[/// KAMI]

ok i have standard arches and i was thinking of going 205.40.16

how does it drive with 195s all around?

[stbaz]

that 195 50 15 on mine and it rubbed badly but the car is 60mm lower rear. also in the damp / wet it drives like a fish on an ice rink

[stbaz]

The car is at the stage of just needing manifolds and I've decided..... Sod it! It's coming back out.

Should have just jumped in at the deep end from the start.

4.0 v8 is on route to me now. 3.0 v8 and e30 mounts for sale soon


Baz