Beemerlad's M52 Chromie

Post Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:48 pm

Not a whiff

Post Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:06 pm

Got nowt to take pics of yet lads

Any body panels retained from the donor shell are away being blasted and the engine is in bits at the rebuilders. I'll catch up with the dude over the next few days (he may have started building the intercooler & ally tanks etc).

This thing is going to be E30 in silhoutte only, Andy told me the roof height is going to be 38 inches and the rear wing height is going to be 25 inches off the floor, so a savage roof chop is happening. I'll be semi laid out in the driving position.

Post Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:17 pm

Not playing games then?!

You sure your going to be safe?

Post Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:31 pm

Dezzy wrote: You sure your going to be safe?

I'm pretty confident this thing will be very safely built mate. It's going to be f##kin' scary, but should be safe

Post Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:40 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:
Dezzy wrote: You sure your going to be safe?
I'm pretty confident this thing will be very safely built mate. It's going to be f##kin' scary, but should be safe

Scary to say the least mate!

Stained dackers for sure i reckon!!!!

Post Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:45 pm

I wouldnt like the idea of nearly lying down.

Post Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:14 pm

Been laid under the Chromie today in the howling wind & pishing rain finishing off the exhaust and getting the new manifolds mated upto the system, wasn't able to start it to check for leaks as the battery is flat

Changed the driver side front droplink and went to change the track rod end, but despite my best efforts the inner & outer rods didn't want to part company, so nipped down to ECP and bought a pair of inners. Finished the driver side, just got the passenger side to do tomorrow.

Then need to get the arse in the air and adjust up the handbrake and get a pair of new front boots put on and get it in for the MOT. Then GET THE TRACKING DONE

Post Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:41 pm

You fit the B4's up front while you were on?

Post Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:44 pm

Haven't even bought them mate, I'll carry on as it is for now and keep whinging

Post Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:14 pm

My mistake brother, I thought you bought them all at the same time.

Apart from boots and tracking is it MOT worthy?

Post Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:21 pm

Yeah, boots and handbrake and she should be there

Post Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:36 pm

Good to hear brother

Post Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:19 pm

Good luck with the MOT.

Post Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:23 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:no

teaser

Post Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:57 pm

All in good time Mickey

On another note, a rude spin around the block today after finishing off the pre-MOT jobs. Got the exhaust seated nicely. The car felt very civilised after driving the vitara for the last 3 weeks or so.

The manifold smoked like a bastiiid for ages with the wrap on it

Post Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:18 pm

It's nasty for ages that wrap mate isn't it.

Shi1te job to do as well. Its on my list of jobs too!

Post Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:04 pm

good to hear the chrome's alive again

Post Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:30 am

new boots go on the front wheels this lunchtime, MOT booked for tomorrow. Hopefully the old turd will be back in service tomorrow afternoon.

Post Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:47 pm

You got a thread started of your drag slag yet?

Good look for your turd tomorrow mate.

Post Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:18 pm

Thanks mate, hopefully it'll be sweet. Went down the road tonight to put some squirt in it as the fuel gauge was well off the scale, it feels bloody nice to drive. Got some Falken 452's for the front, they look alright for the money.

Nowt doing on the drag slag front yet, Andy is working flat out at the office at the moment as we are moving offices soon, so he's building partition walls and loads of other stuff.

As this won't be ready at the start of the season, he's said I can race his 2ltr hot rod at the strip. It will get me used to using a sequential box.

Post Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:31 pm

Looks like it'll be lively that does.

Post Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:35 pm

yeah he had a play at Elvington with it the other day and had a few mock 1/4 mile runs against his mate in an 11 plate 911 (not sure what model/spec) and it hosed the porsche down every run

Post Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:47 am

The MO FO has passed the MOT, happy days

Post Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:45 pm

Dont forget the tracking

Post Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:49 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:The MO FO has passed the MOT, happy days

Post Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:47 pm

Get the front toe adjusted ASAP mate.

+1mm is what I set E30's at, without getting all gay about weighing them down etc!

Post Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:40 pm

Tracking done

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:59 pm

Had a 300 mile roadtrip in the chromie today.

Bloody exhaust is blowing, think it's the clamp on sleeves that join the downpipes to the system, so it's farting a bit. But the car just feels down on power and drunk a stupid amount of fuel.

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:01 pm

She is fighting you again?!

Biatch

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:04 pm

Tired of it mate to be honest

The force is weak

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:16 pm

Change to a decent engine Lee

M30 FTW

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:30 pm

Rav335uk wrote:Change to a decent engine Lee

M30 FTW

You not sick of spouting the same old sh1t yet?

Its fooking rubbish crack Rav, It was a year ago....

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:43 pm

What's up Dezzy, not playing today then.

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:50 pm

Nar mate, Time and a place.

Lee had loads of chew, he's fed up with it. I reckon he doesn't need it right now thats all.

Post Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:54 pm