89 325i sport resto (work begins at last)

[beardymat]

Theyve been up and down, just thought id poke my nose in to see how things are progressing with jbu, also had a look at yours and was stunned to see almost no progress at all, Ha!

Mind you with you currently being locked up/out you should have a bit of time to do a bit. Must catch up.

[jimbom30cab]

wish mine looked half as good as this

[scott180gtb]

Update time.

I have had a busy and stressful time of it the past few weeks. She's is finally back down on the ground minus the exhaust.

Its all started to come together nicely with only a few hick ups on the way.

Some pics.

A box of love from Dan. I can't thank Dan enough. Alway's happy to help and take the piss out of the E39 oil burner.






Some more front end action.











Nice Plastics.







And back on the ground running with a poorly fitted exhaust.



All that is left to do is sort my poorly fitting exhaust, a miny shake down and a deep clean ready for some mot action!

Its been a hard week with everything conspiring against me.

I had to fit a new thermostat plus a new housing as I bust the old one.

New slave cylinder for the clutch just loads of little shitty fixes but I'm turning the corner.

I need to sort the exhaust before the end of the month ready for a mot for the summer.

[magpie]

looks really nice that Scott ,there's always set backs though ...oooh the joy's of motoring

[cobbler2u]

Good to see someone put the effort in to keep a nice car on the road.

Looking good mate

[scott180gtb]

Thanks Chaps

Well I insured the slag today ready for some trailer action in the morning.

The exhaust should be fabbed up and fitted tomorrow. All that's left to do is the tracking and then the MOT next week.

This is a view that we should all have out of your living room window.

[G-Bear]

Lovely to see nice and refurbed shiney bits going on.. Excellent work..

[Rav335uk]

Nice work ther Scott.
That does look like it's coming along nicely

[beardymat]

What can i say Scott???????

Truely awesome!!!

I am so glad you bought JBU as this was always what the car deserved. I am going to have to buy it back one day.

[Dezzy]

Massive epicness there Scott!!!!


Very Very

[The_Diddler]

Not bad Lad......not bad at all

[scott180gtb]

What can i say Scott???????

Truely awesome!!!

I am so glad you bought JBU as this was always what the car deserved. I am going to have to buy it back one day.

Nearly there Matt

Here some more pics of the exhaust action. Its not perfect as the front pipes had to cut and the middle silencer is a little far back.

I might save up and just got an oem from the stealers.

Check out the E36 Scubbers!









Thanks for all the comments chaps.

I had a sneaky drive around the estate. The lightened fly and rack make it a different car to drive.

Plastics back on and MOT Monday.

[scott180gtb]

Little Update

I had the exhaust done and was ready for some MOT action but the crap weather made my mind up to try and cure a throttle response problem just of idle.

I posted up a thread in the Tech help section and followed the zone advice to sort any air leaks.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

Some pics of the work









You can see the small split in the cam cover breather pipe and the O rings on the pipe between the block and inlet manifold had seen better days.

The car was stinking of fuel at idle and sooting up the plugs as per a lot of threads in the Tech section.

After all the work a quick blast up the road under load and a plug checked proved that the donk is not rich when hot.

Lovely Brown Plug



I then got busy with the Fertan and some of bilt hammers finest.






I used the S50 gear in all the sills using the lance and gave the inner arches a good blast as well.

I then used the UC stuff under all the kit as a bit of a protective barrier to the elements. I also replaced all of the thin clear protective strips on the Tech II kit as well to stop ant rubbing.

Oh The Shame



One fooked E46 Cab top mount. This went on the way home from the MOT. Should have read the wikki.

So today I rebuilt the rear shocks with the spreader washer as per the Wikki.



And some final shots of the MOT and a little Clay bar action.
Only one advisory on the MOT. Well Chuffed.







I had a cheeky drive today before the clean and I can't recommend the lightened fly and rack conversion enough. There is so much more mid range pull when standing on the gas.

I'm also impressed with Gaz gear. I've got the shocks set half way on the adjusters and the ride is nice and compliant but firm enough when pressing on. Time will tell with this set up.



And last but not least. A trailer to pick up the next project. Should have some pictures up this weekend coming.

[oakey]

The sport looks superb Scott! Very impressive.

[DanThe]

Paedotastic! Is the project E30 based?

[darren_mk]

Lovely car,

Must be very satisfying now its done.

[scott180gtb]

The sport looks superb Scott! Very impressive.

Thanks Dave. Made it home for half four and promtly fell asleep.

Dan I have joined the tech 1 club.


Its a rust free non sunroof version in LHD.

PIC up tomorrow after a clean and strip down!

[scott180gtb]

The sport looks superb Scott! Very impressive.

Thanks Dave. Made it home for half four and promtly fell asleep.

Dan I have joined the tech 1 club.


Its a rust free non sunroof version in LHD.

PIC up tomorrow after a clean and strip down!

[scott180gtb]

The sport looks superb Scott! Very impressive.

Thanks Dave. Made it home for half four and promtly fell asleep.

Dan I have joined the tech 1 club.


Its a rust free non sunroof version in LHD.

PIC up tomorrow after a clean and strip down!

[goosiegander]

Good choice with the Bilt hamber Scott!

First rate work as always

[Andy325i]

Stunning

[martywibbs]

Where did you get your inner arch repair panels?????

[tazi]

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[e30topless]

HI MATE IF YOUR INTERESTED IN SELLING YOUR BMW E30 325I SPORT CALL ME ON 07872558809

Tit !!! this car left the country about a year ago

[sweep]

Whats best price?

[magpie]

will you deal with my agent ?

[beardymat]

Nice to see the old thread still here. I think I need to do something about the missing photos though!