BMW E30 M-Tech cabrio, V8

Post Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:51 pm

Jonsku, what BBS rims are you running??

Post Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:23 am

Snapped three different tools when trying to open the crankshaft main bolts (actually got 2/3 of them open), but today i'll use bigger tools

Rav335uk wrote:Jonsku, what BBS rims are you running??

8,5 + 10 x 17" BBS RS

Post Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:34 am

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Post Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:03 pm

Oh yeah, today i got her up'n'running again!

No rattling noises anymore, some lifter tappeting but that sound will go away after a while (the engine has been sitting for long time)..

So this is a good start for this year, now there's quite a bit of cleaning and little thing sorting to do but lots of time..

Post Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:18 pm

Finally all starts to come together nicely.. Got couple of parts blinged

Custom radiator arrived;

"Refurbished" the front lights;

Rear shock absorbers were shortened and stiffened, all kind of small parts have arrived etc etc..

The cabrio is going to a car show on easter so i've to get her ready. Hopefully i get coolant in and engine ran warm today

willnz wrote:Need a video to remind me how it sounds.... Might spur me on to finish mine but wiring is making me

Will

Heh, here's the one where the timing chain rattles..

Post Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:31 pm

Yea yea, screwed the engine bay back together, drove the car out and let it run for 45mins. Temps ok, oil ok, coolant ok so now it seems to work fine!

Now all that remains to be done is just some bumper-bolting and minor touches

Some more pictures here.

Post Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:52 am

Woohoo, now she's all ready!

Washed her three times and did some claybar-cleaning. Next weekend is for waxing and finishing touches and then it's off to car show and waiting for summer

Post Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:00 am

Stunnig car you have there Jonsku

Post Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:09 pm

Gold plated tool kit???

Congratulations on getting it all together!

Post Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:41 am

Thanks!

Morat wrote:Gold plated tool kit???

Yap

Post Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:23 am

Oh well, now all i've to do is to bolt on the hood and get her inspected as soon as the weather gets better

Post Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:05 pm

Another pic from the local car show..

And because this is "V8-section", here's one picture of my friends V8

Post Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:20 pm

Oh yeah! First drive done, about 100 miles today and damn she seems to work just fine. Some minor things i've to do but nothing major. Maybe i'll make some short video tomorrow.

Here's one big of the tools

Post Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:02 pm

Another 100km's to the clock and still it works nicely. Here's one short videoclip we filmed today..

Post Wed May 12, 2010 9:17 pm

Long time no updates but this week i got the cabrio inspected.

I upgraded the battery;

Today we aligned the wheel angles (2 deg '20 camber in the rear and 1deg '30 in the front) with my friend and i drove small 100km test drive, here's one pic.

So nothing big left to do anymore, just driving and some really minor things to be done..

Oh yes, we measured the weight-distribution also which is 55/45. The weight is distributed evenly on the axles also so it's surprisingly good

Post Thu May 13, 2010 6:32 pm

That is one amazing project. Credit to you man.

M62 is the engine i wanna put in an E30 when i get one.

Any chance you could do a 'How To' on this conversion?

Gib

Post Thu May 13, 2010 10:57 pm

That's looking fantastic! How much does it weigh out of interest?

Post Fri May 14, 2010 8:40 am

Thanks

"how to" - well, that has been done on www.e30.de and someone translated it to english @ r3vlimited or e30tech, don't remember which one. I think i'll add some comments to it, though.

Weight is around 1400kg with full tank of petrol.

Post Sat May 15, 2010 1:35 am

That's about the same as mine! 1400kg with both (LPG and petrol) tanks around half full.

Post Mon May 17, 2010 8:39 pm

Yap, not bad at all.

Couple of pictures from last weekend's cabrio cruising

1000km's driven without problems, though one propshaft (or is it driveshaft which goes from diff to hub) leaks so gotta find new one..

Post Mon May 17, 2010 8:45 pm

That looks and sounds the absolute nuts! I want a V8 in my life

Post Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:09 am

Oh well, that was end of the summer then. On tuesday i put my cabrio "out of road usage" for the winter.

Got around 6000km to the clock during the summer, so it was really good

Next winter i'm just going to change the roof and driveshafts to brand new ones and wash the whole car throrough.