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Project E30 325I: July 2013

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Full restoration of my BMW E30 to ultimate track / drift car. Lots of Blood, Sweat and Coffee. Friday, 5 July 2013. Some parts are in primer ;-). Got some parts in primer the other day boot lid and bonnet, sacking bonnet off though leading me nicely to the next part of this post! Never when I first started this project did I imagine was going to be replacing the following. Part of the floor. Part of inner sills. Oh well Least it will be like new ;-). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Project E30 325I: Further investigating required :-( .....and nearer to the present

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Full restoration of my BMW E30 to ultimate track / drift car. Lots of Blood, Sweat and Coffee. Friday, 9 January 2015. Further investigating required :-( .and nearer to the present. So spent few days in the sun out in the yard doing more stripping down and investigating the extent of the rot! Removed the dash and bonnet and all wiring too just leaving the engine loom and few bits and bobs then back under cover waiting for the RS to get finished . Nothing . Bare shell. Front subframe came out with all the...

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the 325iS: July 2012

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Friday, July 13, 2012. Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix 2012 (Time Trials @ Beaver Run). The M10 in that 2002 gave that Porsche 911 a workout today. The 911 never did catch the M10. Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Any Benefit to a Short Intake Runner. This is a repost from the following site:. Http:/ www.77e21.info/mstunedintake.htm. How does a 20% increase in volumetric efficiency and approximately a 10% - 15% increases in horse power within the engine's power band sound? This page documents an experiment I perf...

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the 325iS: September 2012

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Saturday, September 22, 2012. A Dream: E28 M5. E28 M5 / M535i - 1985 to 1987. What makes the E28 M5 unique? Is the BMW Motorsport-developed version of the E28 5 Series. It uses the M88. Twin-cam 24-valve inline-six first introduced in the M1. It also has a BMW Motorsport-tuned chassis and a few special cosmetic pieces. Where was the E28 M5 first introduced? The M5 debuted at the 1985 Amsterdam Motor Show. Where was the E28 M5 built? Unlike the other E28 5 Series models. M5 in late 1986, production was sa...

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Project E30 325I: Grinding, fab and welding ..... starting to get interesting

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Full restoration of my BMW E30 to ultimate track / drift car. Lots of Blood, Sweat and Coffee. Friday, 9 January 2015. Grinding, fab and welding . starting to get interesting. Here we are at the last post for now bringing me up to date until next week as need to take some more pics really . So at this point decided needed some serious weight saving measures so did this:. Well I say me but I didn't have the bottle so James did it his more skilled with a grinder and this is one bit I didn't want to mess up!

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Project E30 325I: Slowwwwwwww progress....

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Full restoration of my BMW E30 to ultimate track / drift car. Lots of Blood, Sweat and Coffee. Thursday, 5 March 2015. Hello to you all. Been a while I know , been busy , overtime mainly to fund this project! Think going to start with the gaping hole that used to be where the rear bench was. Finished the template and that will be picked up shortly and made out of 5mm steel and folded to fit, some pics of the hole and the template, may not look much but will be spot on when finished I'm assured. Http:/ ww...

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Project E30 325I: March 2015

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Full restoration of my BMW E30 to ultimate track / drift car. Lots of Blood, Sweat and Coffee. Thursday, 5 March 2015. Goodies . xmas has come early! On to the fun stuff. Managed to do some shopping and located a good few parts a bloke was breaking a sprint car and really helped me out got some right bargains and the fella is more than helpful. So here we go pics time:. Will obviously be getting a nice lick of paint before fitting. Random safety gear and switches:. Manifold (shiny, shiny):. Ordered a new...

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Project E30 325I: Grinding , grinding and more grinding.....

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Full restoration of my BMW E30 to ultimate track / drift car. Lots of Blood, Sweat and Coffee. Friday, 9 January 2015. Grinding , grinding and more grinding. Here we are again. At this point really got into gear (still took me ages). So anything that was rotten got chopped out and any original parts ground down ready for repair here are the results :. Drivers side rear foot well:. Rear bench (standard coffee mug in background):. Drivers side behind dash:. Rear drivers inner wheel well:. Grinding, fab and...