My new E21

[verde]

As for the E30, the e30 needs painted, hand brake cables and a water pump, then itl be a road legal machine

I already have bottle tops for the 21 so im going to polish the lips up a bit and paint the centres gold, drop it maybe 30-40mm and thats as far as cosmetics go thus far.

[FinalD]

Gold? It isn't an Impreza!

As you go further back in time with cars, you get softer and softer suspension...wallowy cars are ace provided you don't push them hard, unless you WANT to shart yourself.

[snakebrain]

On the subject of pics, I am waiting patiently for rust / bodge pics


Most E21s are horrid corpses on stretchers clinging to bent MOTs and they were like that twenty years ago

At least we have one cheery, optimistic soul keeping zoners spirits up!

[daimlerman]

On the subject of pics, I am waiting patiently for rust / bodge pics


Most E21s are horrid corpses on stretchers clinging to bent MOTs and they were like that twenty years ago

At least we have one cheery, optimistic soul keeping zoners spirits up!

Thing is,Pete is absolutely correct.
This photo was taken about 20 years ago,check out the rear arches...they are out of shot for a very good reason!

[snakebrain]

Thing is,Pete is absolutely correct.
This photo was taken about 20 years ago,check out the rear arches...they are out of shot for a very good reason!

On the bright side, you were an adorable child!

[Gert_8]

Thing is,Pete is absolutely correct.
This photo was taken about 20 years ago,check out the rear arches...they are out of shot for a very good reason!

On the bright side, you were an adorable child!

That would make him 25 - what happened to the missing 50 years?!

[Chris_B86]

I like it, just don't lose sight of the E30 and start tinkering with this.

Have you passed your test now? Or did you drive to work on L plates?

[Andyboy]

This thing is ******* solid. Im replacing a wing and a sill.

Oxymoron alert!

[scjimbo]

This thing is rusted solid. Im replacing a wing and a sill.

Fixed

[verde]

Im growing bored of the banter on here. Its almost to the point people hope its a rust box to be proven right

Didnt get pics today as me and two friends spent 4 or 5 hours tuning the timing, carb and replacing hoses and fixing the choke. Thing runs way better.

Next up is an oil change and the timing chain needs tensioned. Im also ordering a new sill tomorrow and will get that on. Apart from that and the wing the rest is great. Im also installing the OEM period cassette player another 2 footwell speakers and the leather E30 rear bench. James also is selling me black half leathers for the front that will go well. Dads been working on the E30 doing the rear bearings while iv been fucking with this..

Its surprisingly lairy, I drove to work and it was snowing this morning, was fine. I did clip a painted road marking coming out a junction though and get very very broadside. But i got it under control and managed to avoid it happening again. Its hard because the throttle cable has about half an inch of play in it and the clutch is very tough. Im learning though

[Rav335uk]

These are worse than an E30 in the wet.
There suspension is twice as worn and old, so get those sorted first.

[nickso]

Rav speaks the truth.

I have a set of MIM's here that will look good on it. Buy them. You want to. The tyres aren't even that bad.

[Rtaylor2208]

Verde going on what you said about budget no one can expect a perfect car. As long as this earns your strips for a while and you don't do what pretty much all of us did as a new driver and crash it in quite spectacular fashion trying to impress a bird or your mates your doing fine.

More pictures required

[George]

Great purchase

We had a 320 (six cyl carb) in Polaris Silver with M Tech go faster stripes and BBS Mahle cross spoeks. Died at around 150k miles - body rusted through.

[Andyboy]

If the timing chain needs tensioning then it'll be the top sprocket that's worn out. Common on M10's but only £35 new and a couple of hours to change.

Why are you fitting an E30 leather rear bench?

[Gert_8]

Hi Verd. Get the video and more pics up, please....!

[verde]

Video - Il get a video filmed at lunch time

E30 rear bench - I hate the blue and vinyl cloth sprung horrid ripped seats. And I have a leather armrest E30 bench.....Makes sense. James is also selling

Mims - What they like Nick and how much. A friend is selling me the E21 turbine wheels with tyres for 80 quid? Im in Aberdoom on Saturday could come see the car if you wish?


Senior Carb Doctor Duff ( my mate Todd ) and Fergus and myself ripped into it yesterday, as above mentioned. When I got it home from the Hospital ( The pavement outside Todds house ) we replaced some of the hoses ( oil hoses were absolutely FUCKED, big slashes ) It runs SOOO much smoother. Just got to work and cant wipe the grin off my face. Its still juddery in the low RPMs, but it idles now and i dont need to heel toe at junctions to keep it from stalling. The power pick up is much much smoother and it just makes the car feel so much better. Im ordering an oil filter at Lunch time then were going to drop and replace the oil tomorrow aswell as do the filter. At the weekend wel be fitting a new throttle cable as this one has a lot of slack and doing the timing

Should I make a thread for this in members rides?

[verde]

at the doctors....

[Gert_8]

Should I make a thread for this in members rides?

Yeah, stick a build thread up.

+1

[scjimbo]

[quote="verde"]Im growing bored of the banter on here. Its almost to the point people hope its a rust box to be proven right

Verde don't get sulky. I'm only jealous.

[Gert_8]

Im growing bored of the banter on here. Its almost to the point people hope its a rust box to be proven right

Verde don't get sulky, or I'll make you clean your room! .

EFA.

[verde]

Im growing bored of the banter on here. Its almost to the point people hope its a rust box to be proven right

Verde don't get sulky, or I'll make you clean your room! .

EFA.

But Gerrrrrt, I cleaned it yesterday!!!!
ha, Il get a build thread up once iv done these stats.

[capnmchl]

If the timing chain needs tensioning then it'll be the top sprocket that's worn out. Common on M10's but only £35 new and a couple of hours to change.

Why are you fitting an E30 leather rear bench?

~£70 from BMW when I asked a month ago, but a Febi one(#25063) can be had for about £30. Non in the country though, unless your local Febi supplier has had one sat on the shelf since 1986 :p. I've been waiting for one for about a month now. Doesn't help citylink lost one though.

Easy enough to change. Might as well do the tensioner piston whilst your there as well.

[verde]

I dont know if its fucked yet I might just need to adjust it, but we shall see. Im having so much fun working on it. My dad has been doing a lot of the e30 mechanically bits but im loving getting underneath and stuck into it. I have more motivation because I can actually get in, drive it and feel the difference

[capnmchl]

You can't really adjust it as such. It's a hydraulic tensioner. Once there is too much wear on the sprockets and chain, it just simply can't tension it enough anymore. The only cure is to change the sprockets and chain. But it's easier to change the cam sprocket and tensioner than anything else so might as well start there.

[verde]

Shit, is it an expensive cure? Could just buy a new chain and see how that goes?

[verde]

Also lowering springs...could I lower it 40mm without changing shocks?

[pacerpete]

The mum pics can wait, where are the rust pics ?

[verde]

Also lowering springs...could I lower it 40mm without changing shocks?

On the roads where you live the harsh ride will cause the car to fall apart

the roads are pretty dam bad actually. I dont want it lowered much, the car just needs stiffered a bit, its so wallowy its a bit scary, it causes the rear end to bounce and skip

[Gert_8]

Also lowering springs...could I lower it 40mm without changing shocks?

On the roads where you live the harsh ride will cause the car to fall apart

the roads are pretty dam bad actually. I dont want it lowered much, the car just needs stiffered a bit, its so wallowy its a bit scary, it causes the rear end to bounce and skip

Rav's already told you what you need to do there, Verd!

[verde]

Before I do bushes i need to stop the engine juddering and the terrible gas linkage. The car judders in low RPM making town driving expensive and pretty hard, plus you look like a fucking dick