89 325i sport resto (work begins at last)

[Jhonno]

Now then dude.

We will have to catch up soon.

Ultimately I think I will go down the S50 route but a lot needs to happen before that.

As for having her back. No Chance

You can have me any time though

You can't S50 this thing!!

[scott180gtb]

You can have me any time though

You dirty ******* whore. What's he got that I haven't? Eh? EH?!?

Wet Kisses

The Love I have for the M20 is unmeasurable. I'm alway's left wanting more bhp.

Its s50 or a s2000 kit car but again this is all time away.

[scott180gtb]

Some pics of my recent arse end action!












Thats the back end all done. The car is back on all four wheels and spun round in the garage ready for some front end action.

I've got to figure out a way to support the donk whilst I remove the sump and subframe!

Plans for the future are to get the flywheel lightened and move some parts on to put some cash aside for a decent exhaust.

I also pulled the car out of the garage and gave her a little wash. I cant wait to get this finished

[bab-91]

shiny shiny

[redcar]

Hi, may I ask, what underseal have you uses on this? It looks awesome!

[scott180gtb]

Hi, may I ask, what underseal have you uses on this? It looks awesome!

I spoke to a few people to try and find the best way of going about painting the underside.

If you look back through the posts you can see there is a couple of stages.

I tried to mix paint with some anti gravel and applied it with a Schultz gun to get the texture/oem look.

This did not work very well as I could not get the colour right.

I ended up getting some solvent based paint mixed up in spray cans and just sprayed it all underneath. I can't stress enough if your going to do this get a good ventilated mask. I pushed the limits of stupidness painting in a sealed area without any ventilation.

[Kedge]

Looking awesome!! Are you not going to Waxoyl it though?

[beardymat]

If you mean underneath kedge then there`s no need as its now properly sealed and the waxoil will only help crap stick to it causing future problems. A bit in the box sections is never a bad thing mind.

I still want the beast back.

[scott180gtb]

Some more pics of this afternoons bodgery.

I took the sump off and this is what was left of the gasket. You can see it has blown out at the
gearbox end. I also removed some plastic o ring from the pump. I've cleaned up both surfaces ready for re-fitting.






Ive basically used a crane that Lee kindly lent me to take the weight of the engine so that I can get in a clean up both front chaise legs and repeat the same process as the rear.





Some major bodge work was required to remove the subframe whilst supporting the engine.



All ready for the new sump gasket and some serious TFR action. This was the bit on the front leg that I wanted to get too sort out hence the subframe coming off. Should all clean up nice though.

[Kedge]

I've just done the sump gasket on mine in a very similar way, hated the whole job. Most my gasket stayed stuck to the block and was a c*nt to get off.

If you mean underneath kedge then there`s no need as its now properly sealed and the waxoil will only help crap stick to it causing future problems. A bit in the box sections is never a bad thing mind.

Fairenough that, Dan has just kept drilling into me that I need to Waxoyl everywhere on mine.

[magpie]

gonna be real purdey .


that arse end looks fantastic ....runs to the hills corked .

[goosiegander]

Awesome work dude!

[DanThe]

I've just done the sump gasket on mine in a very similar way, hated the whole job. Most my gasket stayed stuck to the block and was a c*nt to get off.

If you mean underneath kedge then there`s no need as its now properly sealed and the waxoil will only help crap stick to it causing future problems. A bit in the box sections is never a bad thing mind.

Fairenough that, Dan has just kept drilling into me that I need to Waxoyl everywhere on mine.

If you want it to stay rust free then you do, waxoil wont ever cause problems, and is the only long term rust prevention ive seen that works. If you keep the water out, there will be no rust, at the end of the day paint is only microns thick and nowhere near as good at keeping the damp out.
Sorry boys, but all those nice new brackets, covers and nuts/bolts will soon dry up and start rusting after a year or so of being on the road

[magpie]

copper slip or vaseline on all the pipe line fittings helps .

[Alpina99]

copper slip or vaseline on all the pipe line fittings helps .

Are we still talking about cars ??

[scott180gtb]

I've just done the sump gasket on mine in a very similar way, hated the whole job. Most my gasket stayed stuck to the block and was a c*nt to get off.

If you mean underneath kedge then there`s no need as its now properly sealed and the waxoil will only help crap stick to it causing future problems. A bit in the box sections is never a bad thing mind.

Fairenough that, Dan has just kept drilling into me that I need to Waxoyl everywhere on mine.

If you want it to stay rust free then you do, waxoil wont ever cause problems, and is the only long term rust prevention ive seen that works. If you keep the water out, there will be no rust, at the end of the day paint is only microns thick and nowhere near as good at keeping the damp out.
Sorry boys, but all those nice new brackets, covers and nuts/bolts will soon dry up and start rusting after a year or so of being on the road

I'm unsure of what to protect it with. I don't think a bit of wax will do it any harm especially in the arch's etc. She will be having some paint in the new year and dare I say it it will only be used in the dry.

I agree about the bolts as well Dan but it only cost £40 to have them all plated locally. Dry use should prolong the shiny

[scott180gtb]

I managed to get the gearbox off today. What a complete PIA job. I've took some pics of the bell housing just to show how badly this thing was leaking from the sump. It looks like the fly and clutch have had a good dose of oil as well. What do we think?





I've replaced the sump and cleaned up all around the donk. The good news is that it would only appear to be the sump that was leaking. No signs of oil from the head, oil filter housing, pressure switch etc.

[E30BeemerLad]

Whilst it is off, it'd be a bit mad not to change the crank oilseal and gearbox input shaft seal mate

[scott180gtb]

I thought it was about time I updated this. Its been far to long since I did any work on the sport so I made a start again today with the hope of getting the car ready for the summer and possible moving her on to a new home

I had a bit of a mare when taking the BTB off as the last owner had the head gasket done and some of the head bolts had been replaced with bolts



Anyway all 12 studs present and correct and a nice clean M20!

I've basically fully painted the car underneath now. It was much easier with the exhaust and front sub frame out the way and looks mental. I will get some good detailed pictures up soon but I was loosing the light when I finished today.

Many thanks to Dan and Steve for the front shock insert advice.
I was a little unsure the correct method to build them up but Steve put me right.

Lots of shiny powder coated bits and new bearings, rubber etc.





And finally a skinny flywheel thanks to Dan.



I'm ordering a new clutch tomorrow with some front disks ready for next weekend.

[Andyboy]

ORSUM!!

What make dampers?

[scott180gtb]

They are RPM top mount adjustable Andy

They might be a bit hard for road use but I'm going to give them a go. I like a good hard ride and there is always the option of putting some billies back in.

Dan advised me to put some OEM ones in but I bought these a while back and I'm going to try them.

I'm out in the sticks with a good selection of quality roads with good road surfaces.

I'm no city boy!

[Craggy73]

Fantastic rebuild!

Wish I had a garage to work in

[scott180gtb]

A quick update.

I've been a busy boy for the last three day's working in the cold garage.

Front arches all cleaned up and painted. Check those pads out, Proper!










I fitted the lightened fly along with the gearbox that had the seal replaced plus some fresh oil.




I then plumbed in the fuel lines, topped the donk up with some fresh oil and cranked her over a few times using the flywheel before jumping the m20 off



The prop is back on along with all the heat shields. Starting to come back together.




I just need either a log manifold or to stump up the cash for the rear section of the BTB3. I managed to pick up a club sport rack so its pipes from Dan and were about there.

[Kedge]

Nice arches

Anything other than a BTB3 is a waste

[Simon13]

i've got a spare log manifold if you need one, i can get it refaced too.

Looking as good as the topside does!

[The_Diddler]

very nice work Scott

[DanThe]

Epic homofest!

Pipes are in Scott, ive had everything done in an OEM shade of yellow zinc just for you

[Kedge]

Pipes are in Scott, ive had everything done in an OEM shade of yellow zinc just for you

That's a homofest!!

[scott180gtb]

Thanks for the comments.

Simon thanks but I think I'm just going to plumb for the BTB3. I've got at least three more month's before she is road worthy which should give me enough time to get the brass together for the fannymold.

Dan I will need some spacers and UJ's as well. I will give you bell at the end of the month, ie pay day.

Paul, long time dude. How is the more door coming?

[jimbom30cab]

Scott, what did you paint those front inner wings with ?

ta

[scott180gtb]

Jim it's just solvent based lachs silver straight from an aerosol.

If you have a skeg back through the thread you can see I had various attempts at mixing paint with stone guard after seeing the results on the diddlers more door.

I spoke to Matt about mixing it up but couldn't get the colour right.

In the end I just used aerosols that I had mixed up in the correct colour.

The hardest part is getting the underside clean so that you are not painting over all the oil and road scum.

TFR and the gaffers scrubber brush gets it clean!

Enjoy

[The_Diddler]

Slowly Scott very slowly

[spook]

so much epicness, what a car

[beardymat]

Youre doing a grand job there Scotty, looks awesome.

[The_Diddler]

Youre doing a grand job there Scotty, looks awesome.

Wow long time no see, how's things buddy........