Beemerlad's M52 Chromie

[leeparkes]

What colour is it?

[E30BeemerLad]

It's a white facelift 2dr, think it was a 320 in a previous life. I've never seen the car, it came up from Kings Lynn way this afternoon on the back of a truck.

[E30BeemerLad]

The message I got from him was

kept the wings, door skins and top frames,bonnet,boot and roof pillars and top of back wings rest gone to make a new fridge or something

[leeparkes]

Didnt realise you havent seen it, i thought it was at your house.

[E30BeemerLad]

Naah mate, this is going to be built on a proper jig, no driveway bodgery here.

The remains of the shell and panels are going to be sent for media blasting

[magpie]

awesome
looking forward to the thread with plenty of pics as always

[E30BeemerLad]

Was hoping to get over and get some pics of the drag slag project today, but that never happened.

The wife's golf is doing my bulb in, all my fault of course with the swap of another engine in. It's got a savage misfire between 2-3k and stinks rich. It's had new plugs, leads, rotor & cap, new crank sesnor. Waiting on a USB lead now so I can plug in the VAGCOM port and see if there's anything stored before I waste some more money on a new dizzy & lambda. So i'm still gaying it up in a soft top vitara.

So after a few hours of fiddling with the Golf, I turned to the chromie



Time of your life on the gravel, the frost never thawed all day


New manifolds to fit. My old ones (not pretty but they have done the job well) and some DanThe replacements


Wrapped & fitted the manifolds & lambdas



Just got to do a wee fettle to pinch up the downpipes and the exhaust system can go back on

Oh and this is what happens when you don't get your tracking done after fitting M3 eccentric bushes

[DanThe]

Fck! I bet your turn-in was amazing!

[leeparkes]

Were these new off Dezzy not long ago?

[E30BeemerLad]

Yeah, these are the rears that have seen some hard driving and plenty of 1/4 mile passes and burnouts, they were put on at the same time

[Rav335uk]

I knew Nothern tits were tight to have their tracking done.

[magpie]

I knew Nothern tits were tight to have their tracking done.

and you begrudge buying petrol or is that coal ?

[E30BeemerLad]

Not so much tight, just stupidly lazy. Tracking - £40 - pair of new boots £150

[Dezzy]

Not so much tight, just stupidly lazy. Tracking - £40 - pair of new boots £150

What are they using to set the front toe, and think £40 for 10mins work is ok?!

[E30BeemerLad]

whenever i've used local places it has been some sort of 4 wheel laser jobby. I think when i had the soarer there once they charged about £40 for alignment check and then £4 per adjustment

[DanThe]

Fooking crooks, I thought you'd had it done in london at that price TBH, the place by me that does the 4 wheel laser charges £20 flat rate.

[E30BeemerLad]

Just been speaking to Andy, the roof has now been cut into 4 sections for the roof chop and it has all gone for blasting, should be back soon.

The gaffer has agreed to sponsor the build too

[Jhonno]

Not so much tight, just stupidly lazy. Tracking - £40 - pair of new boots £150

What are they using to set the front toe, and think £40 for 10mins work is ok?!

Some places want £75 just to put it on the machine! I paid £30 an axle iirc..

[DanThe]

Where the fook are these pics, you cant just show up with completed pics of this beast once its all finished!

[E30BeemerLad]

I haven't yet seen one piece of it myself mate

The engine is having a rebuild so is in bits somewhere, i learned today that the rods are made of composite, this thing is epic. The tubing hasn't started getting done yet, although it is all there. The panels are all off being blasted.

The first thing that will be getting built is the jig and table it will be getting built on.

As soon as I get an opportunity for pics I'll be in there

[E30BeemerLad]

Just heard back from him about the panels etc

"early January, i have sent loads of bits not just the panels.
i am giong to make the fuel tank, dry sump tank and radiator over xmas
oh and the intercooler
i also need an oil pump for the rear axle so the oil is hot and the diff plates work properly"

[Dezzy]

This is going to be epic!


Your a lucky c*nt Lee

[E30BeemerLad]

tell me about it mate, it's the stuff dreams are made of (well for me anyway).

So much to learn though (aside from the build itself). I was talking to my dude last night and he asked if I've ever used launch, err no. So he's going to blag his mate's WRC Focus so I have have some practice with using launch control.

The core for the intercooler has just been ordered, Alcon 4 core , 3ft x 2ft, everything is on an epic scale.

[Dezzy]

PICS

[E30BeemerLad]

It is probably going to look like a cross between this



and this



Pics will probably start (along with a dedicated thread) after xmas

[leeparkes]

It is probably going to look like a cross between this



and this



Pics will probably start (along with a dedicated thread) after xmas

Hell yeah!


Daft question but could this be road legal?

[E30BeemerLad]

not a chance of being road legal mate, well not without a load of chew.

It will have to be trailered to the pod (if I am not dead by then)

[leeparkes]

Thats a dam shame, imagine the fun you'd have!

[E30BeemerLad]

I don't know a sequential box and something which will be scraping it's belly/undertray on the floor would be a royal pain. Plus it's not exactly a sleeper

Fuel tank would probably have a range of about 5 miles

[leeparkes]

Ah, i see your point.

[magpie]

pics !


i need to see it now

[E30BeemerLad]

no

[leeparkes]

[DanThe]

Your going to have to do a custard test at this rate

[Dezzy]

I'm starting to feel the brotherhood is been let down here!

First viewings for te brothers is in the rulez! I've had nowt, You been indulged Dan?