my kraut burner

[hakhawk]

hi all, another aussie here. been registered on here for a month or so now, lurking, lusting over some of the sweet cars on here. made my way over from bf.c. this is my bmw e21 320i. bodys nothing special, but its a hell of a lot of fun. few mods to it at the moment, plenty more to come

list of stuff i can remember that ive done

diy coilovers with koni adjustables all round
lancer full adjustable strut tops
cbr1100 bike carbs
homemade front strut brace
mostly stripped interior - no sound deadener, no carpet, basic door trims.
stereo consists of a ebay 20w amp, 2 4x6" kenwood speakers and my mobile phone
camber/toe adjustable rear bushes
2 tone paint
exhaust hole smoothed and dump pipe fitted
several sets of wheels to choose from

thats about all i can think of off the top of my head, probably more

future plans are:

paint spare front guards and bonnet and put on, so its all one shade of blue
new bigger radiator(sitting in shed waiting til i get time)
cam for current motor
5spd box thats sitting in shed
alu flywheel
booster delete and all round brake upgrade(half way through collecting/making parts)
front suspension upgrade(heim joints, swaybar change)

then when i get bored with the cammed bmw motor, i have an sr20det sitting in the shed, gt2860r turbo, alu flywheel, s13 5spd box, r33 lsd diff to go in


pics time

currently on sportmax 513's 15x7 et15 with 195/45 up front and 16x8 et0 with 245/35 in the rear(need to poke the fronts out some more, got a plan, but wont happen for a while, dont want to use spacers)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3869990390_1e4799c9f2_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3869248897_5ef324ee97_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/3909134098_4bc526a4af_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2509/3870031138_2bf2e9b2a0_o.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac163/hakhawk1/e21/stagger/100_6737.jpg?t=1255010015

another set of sportmax, 15x8 with 195/50s. yes im cheap, but they look alright and do the job.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac163/hakhawk1/e21/Dscf6240.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac163/hakhawk1/e21/P1010885.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac163/hakhawk1/e21/P1010858.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3464/3976587778_e5e3586c32_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3975825033_91509fed6f_o.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac163/hakhawk1/e21/Image162.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac163/hakhawk1/e21/100_5484.jpg

[TheNeek]

Glad to see you made it over.

[Zack01GC]

I like it.

[hakhawk]

caught up with a few mates last night, and mate took some half decent pics of my car, next to my other mates car, which is what made me choose to 2 tone mine. bottom colour is same paint code on both cars

i really need to finish painting it oneday

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4018668022_d6b1d40e9d_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/4018669778_ebe3c9d0e1_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/4018666728_9a3a686c9f_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/4018669110_849740d544_o.jpg

[SeanDub]

I'd like to see it on some proper wheels, but it looks alright

[hakhawk]

I'd like to see it on some proper wheels, but it looks alright

yeh, id love some real wheels, but at the end of the day, id rather spend money on parts to make it handle better and go faster before i spend it on better wheels

i do try and keep my eye out for cheap bbs stuff on ebay over here in aus, but it doesnt come up often(or cheap). dont feel like taking the plunge of getting some imported from o/s just yet.

[WhiteStripes]

Nice car man. The bike carbs are a cool idea.

[schroedin]

I'd like to see it on some proper wheels, but it looks alright

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[c-ron]

love what you did with the motor man!

[hakhawk]

love what you did with the motor man!

cheers, i spun a bearing the week before xmas, and am still building a new one.

waited a month for a new bumper which turned up today, only to be greeted with this

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Image302.jpg

[Rickysbmw320i]

Good work!

[hakhawk]

Good work!


(note the nice big crack in it!!, you know, coz i luuuurve fibreglassing :p)

cant wait til its on tho

[ollycarbs]

fuuuuck!
awesome! i did never seen this thread and i planned to order the exact same wheels as you (the 513s), it would be great but fotunatley i found something different!
really clean E21, can't wait to show you mine in the "build threads", some weeks and i will have a some things to show!
have a question, what rate of spring do you use?
i ordered some 250lbs for front and 200 for rear, my friend riding a 6cyl told me it was really to soft, i ride a 4cyl and i do not mount them yet so before re-order some springs i wanted to ask.

again, really clean and nice looking E21!

[hakhawk]

will keep an eye out for your thread then, always good to see another neat e21.

i going to hopefully paint the roof and front end soon, so it all matches.

im running 350lb up front, and 250lb in the rear(with factory swaybar)

what wheels did you go with?

[ollycarbs]

hey thanks for the rates, is it really stiff or still a bit confortable, i will put the 250lb in the rear and re-order some 350lb for the front.

so far i have all the 323i drivetrain hardware components, it misses some balljoints, handbrake cables and other little parts, i weld some coilover conversion kits on the front strut housings and i shorten them from 1,5" to fit E30 shocks, i won Bilstein B6 for E30 yesterday on ebay.de so i expect to build all that in early march.
i still have to find a company to zincplate the front strut housings.

for the wheels, i had some wide 13" french 3 pieces wheels for years named PLS 413 but it is too small for E21 or my other project (B1 passat) so i found a guy having some wide PLS Le Mans (for the story, i am native from Le Mans) in 15" wanting some 13" for his mk1 golf, we trade yesterday but the guy is from where my mum lives at 600kms from me so i will have my wheels in 3 weeks now, when she will come back working there... the wheels are something like 7,5 and 9x15" in good condition and with big tires... i will swap the 195/50 off of the front on the 9" and throw out the 225/50 to put 185/45 on the 7.5"...
the new wheels:
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=d94d0d676f&view=att&th=126a387d373c8668&attid=0.4&disp=inline&realattid=f_g5cg75vy6&zw


wow, with all i said i think i really have to do my own thread!
Sorry!

Can't wait to see your car with roof and front end colour matched!
Thanks,

[UnitedWeStance...]

Nice ride! I think the wheels fit the car very nicely! Will be watching for updates!

[Hotrun_bb]

awesome build!

[magoo_lc1]

I like the car and wheels, looks great to me

[audi666]

mmmh looking good..

[hakhawk]

slowly getting this bumper repaired. bit at a time

still have more to go on the back, gonna make it nice and strong

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0490.jpg

lay some more bits of glass in the front areas before i bog it smooth

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0497.jpg

random pic i took today, really needto get the front painted

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0502.jpg


should get my head back tomorrow, and bearings and some more bits this week, so motor should start coming together on the weekend, cant wait to have it back on the road

[13tsp]

I kinda like the wheels, they look allright, car is clean. :)
Keep up the good work.

[hakhawk]

cheers, will be much cleaner in a month or so

[EThirtySicks]

Looks pretty good so far.

[Minuki]

This is pretty sick. I like the wheels too, gives it a sort of classic look

[hakhawk]

bumpers getting closer to being fixed

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0530.jpg

and the motors slowly piecing together, waiting on some valve springs, then itll pretty much fall together

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0522.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0520.jpg

[hakhawk]

its almost done, more bog and sanding today, gotta finish a few spots tomorrow, but hit it with some primer before, looks good.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0539.jpg

[hakhawk]

its painted, just have to do the chrome vinyl now, not sure if i wanna try the chrome, or leave it black and paint rear bumper the same. might try the chrome, if it fails, ill go black rear bumper.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0548.jpg

comparo in height vs stock valance, its only a little bit taller, but its the whole way around, not just the very front

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0551.jpg

test fit on the car, needs adjustment, but will do that once i put other guards on

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0556.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0553.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0554.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/bumper/Imgp0555.jpg

[hakhawk]

got my megajolt ignition ecu, this will replace the dizzy, so i can adjust timing to suit the new cam and compression and such.

this is the unit

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0567.jpg?w=40e0de8d

pretty small(with mounts added)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0569.jpg?w=2a3a19c1

guts shot, main board and hard rev limiter(dont wanna be blowing this thing up easily :p) the blank spot is for onboard map sensor, but im using tps instead

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0565.jpg?w=b2caafd1

and an end shot inside the case

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0566.jpg?w=6ba8d5ec

finally decided to buy some real filters for the carbs, this is the same mesh i was using, but in proper form. these guys fit snug over the lip of the trumpets, but ill be adding some safety wire to them just in case they get blown off, so they dont go running down the highway

stainless top layer, stainless filter mesh in middle, stainless bottom layer

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/Imgp0571.jpg

went and tried 2 on when i looked for multimeter, theyre a bit close together, but i can trim a bit of the urethane off to relieve them a bit

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/Imgp0562.jpg?w=4e70967d
today we put the head and timing gear on

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0573.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0574.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0575.jpg

[hakhawk]

got a lot of stuff bolted on today, need to chuck some washers under some bolts though

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0586.jpg

random shot of the front end of car

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0581.jpg

[hakhawk]

MOTORS IN!!!!!!

now i have to bolt up all the extra bits, run some wiring, clean up some not needed wiring, and should have it running tomorrow sometime.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0611.jpg

got my vacuum manifold bolted on yesterday, got hose for it today

(good shot showing ports into head)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0605.jpg

and dummied up the carbs to check clearance of dipstick and other bits.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0602.jpg


and some basic info on the rebuild for ollycarbs :p

10.5:1 pistons
ireland engineering billet 292 cam
cbr1100 bike carbs
new just about everything inside the motor
ishihara-johnson crank scraper
bmw 2002 waterpump
xtreme heavy duty clutch
e30 5spd
rx4'ish radiator w/ twin fans

will be putting megajolt ecu on it when my edis stuff arrives, and pissing off the distributor. also have remote oil filter and oil cooler to put on when i get hose and fittings, and make an adaptor to replace the oil filter housing.

also slowly setting up boosterless brakes, with wilwood powerlite calipers on each corner, scalloped rotors on the front, 2 piece rotors on the rear

(ignore the rear rotors, turns out i bought the wrong ones, and cant get scalloped rears for the hats i have, waiting for payday so i can order new ones from jegs)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Image309.jpg

radiator with fans and shroud

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0439.jpg

testing dual master cylinder pedal box(still not finished) tight squeeze, damn rhd e21's

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/red/brakes/100_5939.jpg

autometer cluster to work with e30 gearbox(has no mech speedo drive, so i added y own elec sensor to the diff). will be replacing boost gauge with oil temp soon, since i dont know when/if i'll be going turbo(cluster was going to be for an sr20 conversion, damn m10 got the best of me though :p)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0391.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0424.jpg

thatll probably do for now, ive got heaps of other bits ill be doing on it, just need more moneys

[jared1988]

umm can i get edumacated about the rotors? how come/why arent they perfectly round?

[hakhawk]

umm can i get edumacated about the rotors? how come/why arent they perfectly round?

strips some weight off them without totally sacrificing diameter and pad surface area, its mostly about weight.

[jared1988]

and the big holes help with getting rid of the gas? that doesnt cause the pad to wear unevenly?

[hakhawk]

as far as i know, theres really not much in the way of gas in pads anymore, not since they got rid of asbestos.

shouldnt cause uneven wear, nothing ive seen anyone complain about anyway. i may end up with normal rotors on the front aswell, depends how these go.

[jared1988]

noo keep these they look cool! =]

[hakhawk]

motors running now, just gotta sort out fuel gauge, speedo calibration, overflow bottle, get lower part of guards painted tomorrow and put them on, then bolt everything else up for driving times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1VIBeJVekU

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0613.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0618.jpg

coz of the e30 5spd swap in, with custom tailshaft, its moved the whole motor forward a bit. luckily i went the 2002 water pump, or the fan shroud wouldnt fit. ive had to cut the sheilding bits off the fan as it is, but its got a decent amount of clearance to the fan itself now. will see how it goes though!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/Imgp0617.jpg

[hakhawk]

cars running, might have to remove my fan shroud though, dont think the radiators getting enough airflow, its staying at thermostat temp roughly, but doesnt go down at all until cars off.

sooo nice to drive, its awesome. mega pokey, but need this ecu setup so i can set timing properly.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0623.jpg

[VipdOut]

Nice watching the build thread ;)

[cobrawannabe]

Your car is EPIC

[hakhawk]

Nice watching the build thread ;)

keep watching, more to come(just slowly, need more moneyz)

Your car is EPIC

cheers, i fkn love it!! such a great feeling to be driving it again

[ollycarbs]

that is fuckin' dope!!!!!:eek

love all the pics of the build!
need to learn a lot to go so far on my project!!!!
i -perhaps- grab a M10B20 lately finally, need confirmation but it seems to turn good!

can't wait to see further mods here!!!

[HTOWN///M3]

looks badass. You did a great job with this car! I WANT ONE SOOO BAD!!!

[not.cute]

at least that head is super complicated lol

[hakhawk]

cheers guys, heres some more mods for your enjoyment :p

this weekend was dedicated to getting my ecu running, which i did!!

first things first, i scraped my bumper for the first time yesterday, forgot and reversed out a parking lot wrong, and it scraped backwards, and took a couple chunks out. no biggie

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0627.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0628.jpg

wired the edis module up under glovebox, only place i could find that wasnt in the way, or in enginebay

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0631.jpg

wired the ecu up and mounted it beside my cheap ass "headunit"

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0630.jpg

ok, so the edis kit that i got for the ecu came with coil on plug, but they wont fit with the current brake system where it is(another reason on the list to piss it off :p)

so, knowing i can use commodore coilpacks(the edis system is wasted spark, like vn-vs v6 commodores), i got to work making a pair of coils work.

grabbed a module and cut the end coil area off, ripped the alu plate off the bottom, and gutted it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0625.jpg

i worked out what pins id need(the ones that goto each coil) and removed the rest. soldered up my wires, and globbed a heap of hotglue on it to stop anything coming astray

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0624.jpg

i drilled some holes, welded some nuts under the wheel arch and mounted the coils to the car, came out pretty good. just need to get some leads made up to suit(using an old set of commodore leads for now, 3 are good, ones mega long)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0629.jpg

final setup. will run it as is for a week, and get a spare dizzy housing modified to remove the dizzy hole. was hoping to remove the oil sensor hole aswell, but not enough money to get the remote filter stuff sorted before taking dizzy off. oh well, a bung will do fine.

can spot the fan mount changes i did yesterday too, trialing it for now, but its raised low speed temps, and hasnt really changed higher speed temps. might go back to old shroud and a cooler thermostat.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0633.jpg


uploading some vids, will take a while though.

[hakhawk]

idling and a few revs on the megajolt ecu(moreso to show the lack of leads on the dizzy :p)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzjhWR_KOac

and a test drive. starts off a bit boring though. no high revs, still running in motor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1rZ2iu8c_U

[hakhawk]

ok, monday just gone, went to start her in the morning and nothing, ended up late for work(had to get a lift). got home, messed around with it, turns out i killed my circuit breaker(most likely that night, as it was working in the morning), and the crank sensor(note: dont go grinding any plastic off around the end of the sensor, not enough material, hits coil wires )

so i ordered another sensor(from an aussie car, ford, slightly diff mounting points), and a bigger battery, small one just wasnt cutting it with new ignition system, and bypassed circuit breaker(for now, ordering new one monday)). swapped the wires on the sensor and she fired up without hesitation today.

new battery(moved it to above axle, instead of behind it this time). just gotta clean up the area where the old box used to be. gotta get some cable protective stuff, and maybe reroute the cable somewhere else

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0661.jpg

couple pics from a drive today, here (http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=139426#post139426)

[hakhawk]

picked up a replacement muffler today, coz the old one finally decided to shat itself on the way to work, its 90% broken around the back of it, and the mount that the last person put on was on the tailpipe, so it has broken from weight. got a couple new mounts to mount it properly tomorrow.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0675.jpg

bye by dizzy, got the spare housing plugged and welded, so will paint that and put it on tomorrow, and that nice big chunk of alloy sitting beside it, well... thats for something else

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp0674.jpg

[ollycarbs]

hey!!!
still awesome work there!!!

i re-start mine last sunday and i ride it all day now!

I hope you don't speak about that previously but do you work on the engine mounts? i wanted to put some stiffer one to replace the stock dead one but i can't find something great for E21, some guys use E30 m10 mounts but it looks not working for one side...

[hakhawk]

hey!!!
still awesome work there!!!

i re-start mine last sunday and i ride it all day now!

I hope you don't speak about that previously but do you work on the engine mounts? i wanted to put some stiffer one to replace the stock dead one but i can't find something great for E21, some guys use E30 m10 mounts but it looks not working for one side...

still on stock mounts, theyre still in ok condition, but yeh want to get something stronger sometime.

[ollycarbs]

thanks, i guess i will change mine for stock too, not so expensive so...
i will try to find something stronger after...

[sixonefive]

i <3 e21's!!!

[hakhawk]

so we went for a looooong drive to get a mates new car, and got a few shots of the bmw.

parked out front of mates shop

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4548638624_9005156cb0_o.jpg

rolling shot with a mate in the passenger seat

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4548638678_e986bb2db5_o.jpg

parking at a servo

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4548002245_1a4b4067f4_o.jpg

next to mates car for shits n giggles

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4548638804_200e5ba153_o.jpg

[hakhawk]

took her for a drive today, ended up in a few different places and putting another 350ks on the motor

heres a few pics

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4569708427_de9cbc58d2_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4569703763_32774c6b25_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4569706303_662b1962e2_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4569712055_aefe954ba3_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4570347186_8e8418e497_o.jpg

and more pics here

sunday drive - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hakhawk/sets/72157623848572677/)

[hakhawk]

so not much happening lately, cars driving fine, just spending money on more upgrade parts and waiting for them to turn up.

this weekend though, i tried the modified dizzy housing after getting it welded again. it still leaks, so this time i slapped a bit of jb weld on it, and its only weeping a tiny bit now. hopefully it holds up for the next week or so, while i get iblown to make me a new housing, no half assing it this time, one piece billet plz.

also got dad to check the tappets(hasnt been checked since motor went in), and theyre fine. whilst playing under the bonnet, we noticed the alternator bracket was broken, so welded that up and its ok again now.

i should start playing with the timing soon, just gotta get the time to.

random engine bay shot, looks so much better with no dizzy. also took the old ignition module and wiring off.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0727.jpg

[Sterling_Archer]

i was digging the old valance better but it still looks good regardless.............and for some reason the style of this series bmw reminds me of james bond. :screwy:

[hakhawk]

so uhh, whilst collecting parts for the car today, i also collected a rabbit and a nail on the way home!! noticed the nail since it was tapping against my guard after hitting the rabbit, drop tyre off to tyre shop tomorrow and see if its fixable, hope so!!

the rabbit did a good job on the bumper, one big mashed area(probably where its head hit) and many other stress cracks around the area. looks like im gonna be rockin the steel bumper for a while, while i fix it(gives me a chance to put the chrome paint on too)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0729.jpg

chucked the 002's on for now, gonna have to take it easy on these, they break traction waaay too easily with the new motor

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0731.jpg


now onto the good stuff!! ordered some more bits last thursday from the states, and theyre here already!! i got the correct rear rotors this time(see they bolt on :p), an oil temp gauge to replace the boost gauge in the dash, some russell proclassic braided hose, and a bunch of fittings. i'll be putting my oil cooler and remote filter on this weekend! and i ordered some better camber/toe adjusters for the rear, these weld to the subframe, instead of being an eccentric bush. much more adjustment.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0734.jpg

[hakhawk]

so yeh, i kinda forgot i hadnt rolled these guards yet... :p

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0735.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0736.jpg

[jared1988]

ouchy =/

[hakhawk]

nothin the trusty guard roller wont fix :p

[hakhawk]

made the adaptor for my oil cooler/remote filter today.

glad i went this way instead of the screw on adaptor.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0741.jpg

had to clearance the fittings to fit the allen head bolts, theres not much room to move, but it fits and bolts down(tried it on spare block out the back)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0744.jpg

underside, gotta get some gasket paper and make my own gasket, stock one wont work. possibly couldve moved bottom one over a bit more to clear bolt, but i wasnt making another one. maybe oneday if i feel like getting iblown to machine me one up!! for now(unless it leaks) this one will do fine

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0742.jpg

bit over 1mm gap between the fittings. couldve moved rhs one out a bit, but again, maybe next time.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0747.jpg

[EThirtySicks]

Nice project, man!

[hakhawk]

^cheers

got the cooler finished today, rolled the front guards, so no more grabby on the tyres and put the stock bumper back on.

adaptor bolted to block, tight squeeze. have to tighten top hose fitting on first, then the bottom one

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0748.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0754.jpg

overall shot of the layout in the engine bay. ended up swapping the old catch can for new one(which i bought to replace the crummy plastic overflow bottle) because the old one wouldnt fit anywhere but where the filter now is.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0753.jpg

cooler mounted. ended up cutting some more metal out from in front of the radiator(old radiator was narrower)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0751.jpg

and old front back on

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/oil_cooler/Imgp0752.jpg

overall, dropped the temp by about 15f. pretty good, just gotta check it for oil leaks throughout the week. had a couple of fittings i tightened up a bit after a test run, so far so good. see how it goes and next weekend i might install my oil temp gauge

[ollycarbs]

this thread is definitely in advance about what i exactly plan for my car except the bike carbs.
But the work is better here than what i expect form me!

I love your attention to details and good quality work!!!
Will come back often! for sure!

[joegreen]

Awesome car! I love the e21's, how dad was it tunning those carbs and wqhat exactly did you get them from?

[hakhawk]

theyre off a honda cbr1100 blackbird.

so far, ive bought smaller idle jets, need to adjust the screw for them though, too far in now. i need slightly smaller main jets, just havent got around to buying them. to start with, they were pretty much just whack em on and run, they ran very rich, but worked fine.

with the new motor, theyre working even better!!

[hakhawk]

picked up some more bits the other day, got time to install them today

new overflow bottle, can finally get rid of the crappy plastic thing, msd coils, safety wire for the brake rotors, and a bling radiator and oil cap(unfortunately the oil cap doesnt fit, my bad!!)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0760.jpg

circuit breaker to isolate the battery from possible shorts(had a 140a on there, but tripped it too many ties, and it died)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0763.jpg

and now for the piece de resistance, my dizzy delete housing, mate did awesome again!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0761.jpg



overflow bottles on, that was hard, took me a whole 5 minutes to do that!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0765.jpg

now for the dizzy housing

comparo pic between the stock one and new one

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0767.jpg

its on and working fine, no leaks!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0772.jpg

close up shot of it bolted on, yes the sensors a bit crooked. i really need to get a good tap and die set that includes a decent handle

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0769.jpg

[ROFL Waffle]

I love how this e21 is turning out, keep up the good work

[airkooled]

hey man i **** to dig this up but where did you get those velocity stack filters

[hakhawk]

hey, got em here http://www.bills-b-racing.com/products.html he does a few different colour rings aswell, theyre good stuff, they dont budge, and are easy to clean. he does any size you want, just need to tell him the measurements of the stacks.

[hakhawk]

so i finally test fit the cv adaptors i had my mate make today.

gotta drill the holes in the cv's out a tiny bit, i managed to get the pcd like .5mm too small, not a major thing, its easily fixed with a slightly bigger drill bit through the holes.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0894.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0895.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0900.jpg

the backing plates fit inside the adaptors with ample space to breathe

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0897.jpg

for the diff flanges, i had printed out a few measured pcd sheets, and tried lining up with the bolt holes on paper, but everything was off a bit. so i took a guess, and went with the pcd that nissans use, which is 5x114.3(the measurements id tested all came close to this, but nothing was 100%).

looks like nissan was smart, and i got it spot on!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0901.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0902.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0903.jpg

and since i dont have a spare control arm to bolt the outer adaptor to for testing, i slid it into the bolts on a spare e21 cv. the gaps only because its the hub side, not cv side. but it lines up perfect.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp0904.jpg


and now the e21 is in the shed, have to tighten up the steering rack, which i now have the right tool to do it, not a botched up diy piece that would bend :p im also going to do the rear wheel bearings, and brake lines. i have a car i can use for getting to and from work, so i mght even start doing the new brakes and diff swap while its in there.

[hakhawk]

so i got bored and decided id tap out one of the front caliper brackets, and bolt it all up.

came up good, may need to skim the bracket a bit to center the disc some more. will see where it sits on the struts on the bmw, coz these are my spares, not cleaned or anything.

i had allowed for the ability to shim the bracket out to center the disc, but obviously my measurements werent spot on. not the end of the world though.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp0916.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp0917.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp0918.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp0919.jpg

just have to shim the caliper out a bit for some clearance from the edge of the rotor.

[hakhawk]

and some more playtyimes.

took the steering rack out today, going to fix the up and down movement of the pinion from when i first built it. the quickrack pinion was machined wrong, so i couldnt lock the bearing in place, so sitting still, the wheel would move a bit before the rack moved. its gotten a bit worse over the last few weeks, so time to fix it. going to source a thinner bearing, or get the pinion machined.

thought id take my suspension bits down for a looksee while the cars in the air and the wheels off.

looks pretty good. wont really know until i start mocking t up without the stock stuff there.

the control arms almost dead on for stock length with it screwed all the way in.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/suspension/Imgp0920.jpg

and a couple pics of the joys of riding low.

this thing really is a snow plough!!(well a tarmac/gravel plough)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0922.jpg

reallllllly need to sort out a "scrape" plate before it sees the road again

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0923.jpg

[dav3design]

What a great project!

[ollycarbs]

as always, great suff in this build thread!!!!
if i well understand you put a Nissan differential (LSD i guess) on the E21 and it was narrower than the E21 one so you make some spacers/adapters?
great great great!!!!

[hakhawk]

yeh, putting a nssan r200 diff in(its factory lsd, but can put anything i want in there). its actually wider, the adaptors are to bolt on holden cv joints(easy to get in aus), which i will get shorter shafts made to suit.

[ollycarbs]

oh yes!
thanks, that's another thing good to know (the standard LSD) and one more thing i learn from you!

[hakhawk]

so we pulled the rear axles and bearings out today. this is the main reason for taking the car off the road, and im glad i did it now, and not later

the broken one is the outer bearing on the passenger side. its been broken for a while. the rest are pretty sloppy. theyve been changed at some stage in the cars 400,000+k life. 2 SKF, 1 FAG and one unbranded bearing. drivers side nut was on tiiiiiight, took a fair bit of heat and breaker bar to get that sucker off.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image401.jpg

gotta clean the arms out before putting new bearings in, gotta chamfer the edge of the wheel hub to get the new rotors on, will do that next week when a new tool for the shed arrives

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image402.jpg

and a test fit of my caliper bracket, so far so good. need the bearings done to check positions.

bracket bolted on no worries(had to remove the rear dust sheild though, not sure if ill put it back on with clearancing, front doesnt have any and has been fine)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image404.jpg

and holding the rotor and caliper in place, since theres no axle to put it on :p (cant bolt caliper to bracket, iblowns apprentice tapped the holes the wrong size, gotta make em bigger, and gotta grind off a few mm of the flange the adaptors bolted to)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image403.jpg

[hakhawk]

more postwhoring ftw!!

ripped the front stock rotors and calipers off and decided to test fit on the car. need to get 1mm lapped off the brackets to center the caliper on the rotor.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image407.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image408.jpg


shhhhhh im really converting it into a hovercar...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Image410.jpg

[Moibotz]

wow I rarely see this car in my country in good condition like this

[dav3design]

Nice man!

Your car looks dirty! lol I bet this is fun to work on!

[hakhawk]

yeh, she is a bit dirty, needs a good wash. yay for matte paint :p

its mostly roadgrime and coal dust from living near a powerstation

working on the e21 is so much fun, its fair simple for the most part, but doing my own mods/upgrades is mad.

[Vegas13]

those rotors are fucking nuts!!!

hovercar FTMFW

[hakhawk]

today i started removing my brake system, and started attacking the wiring to change to a better fusebox system in the glovebox.

plan is to hide as much wiring in the engine bay as possible

uh oh spaghettioohhhh

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1008.jpg

took my HID ballasts out, will hide them and redo all the headlight wiring. no rust under fusebox YAY

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1009.jpg

hopefully this will be the last time i remove the brake booster setup. gotta decide if i move the coilpacks or not, i welded mount nuts on the underside when i out them there. or go coil on plug if i can find some good coils, and sell the MSD coils, now that i have space.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1010.jpg

[hakhawk]

so i did some more wiring stuff today, and moved the bonnet cable aswell. unfortunately, its just over an inch too short, so gotta get another one from work. took some brackets off the wheel arch, will have to grind and weld the holes/lumps left over. gotta weld up the hole left from the wiring grommet and fix a little bit of rust.

headlight wirings all out, ready to be replaced, gotta relocate and hook up the horns(theyre in the wrong spot now, need to be moved for brake cooling ducts ;)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1036.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1037.jpg

machined down the steering pinion to fit the bearing and circlip, but the circlip i had on it is too big, and no idea where the original one is, so gotta get one of them aswell, easy job though. the hubs i have to take more material off than i thought, and being stainless, the lathe just doesnt wanna do the job, so ill drop e off to a local machinist today to trim them.

[hakhawk]

and a bit more wiring done. everything wired upto the fuse holders, most of the relay wires done.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1039.jpg

lhs wires are run through the firewall, need to add some protective tubing and tie it all to the chassis. waiting for some new smaller HID ballasts to come before wiring up the headlights and such

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1040.jpg

ordered some plugs last night that will allow me to run wires through the firewall for engine harness, which will make for pulling the motor out an easy task.

[Lukey]

you still working at autobarn? havent seen the bimmer for a while.

and progress looks good. i **** wiring and electrical lol

[hakhawk]

yeh, still there. havent seen it, coz its been in the shed for the last 2 weeks :p driving dads old vr while i do some stuff to it.

[ollycarbs]

still some hard work there! really love that!

btw, can i ask you something while the car is partially disassembled?
Can you measure the height of your complete front strut, from the bottom of it to the top of the shocks, even approximatively, i am really wondering if mine are not too shorts and they really seem to be from what i see on the last pics you posted.

If you can't, no big deal... i will see.
keep up the good work!

[hakhawk]

yeh, ill chuck the tape measure on it tomorrow for you

[ollycarbs]

that's great! many thanks!

[hakhawk]

so some goodies turned up today

aluminum flywheel(with new bolts)
new brake master cylinders(original ones i decided were too big :p)
fittings to suit(for the remote reservoirs)
ireland engineering camber kit, mucho more camber adjustment for me!!
safety wire pliers
swaybar nylon bushes(2 sets, so if/when they flog out, i can swap em in straight away)
spherical bearings for future control arms(needed them to confirm measurements/angles)
stainless steel brake line, gotta make some new lines, so might as well add a bit of bling(couldnt find anything on ADR's and stainless line, if anyone knows, tell me)
inner rear wheel bearing seals, can finally get the wheel bearings done!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp1041.jpg

and i got some more supplies from work to keep going on the wiring.

got the fuse holders and relays done and mounted(i think theyre done, still need to test it all :p). miscalculated position of the relays, so had to move them over a bit. hole in the firewall is for battery terminal(its right where a welded bracket i dont need is, proving to be a pain to remove :p). once ive welded the hole from the old grommet, ill ziptie up all that wiring monster in the corner, so its all neat. would looooooooooooooooooooove to redo all the wiring in the car, but thats just a wee bit too huge of a job for this round.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1044.jpg

and lhs guard wiring tied up, still waiting for ballasts so i can wire them up. gotta move onto rhs guard next. oh, and i found an old commodore bonnet cable that was more than long enough to reach in the new position, so bonnet now works again.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1042.jpg

[hakhawk]

**ollycarbs**

615mm from the top face of the strut top(where it touches the strut tower) to the bottom of the hole that the ball joint goes into.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/100_5533.jpg

and some more work. got the battery terminal in, got the kill switch half hooked up, got the power wires from fusebox hooked to battery terminal.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1046.jpg

battery terminal in engine bay, this will have one wire goto starter, then wire from starter to alternator

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1047.jpg

and the old grommet hole, one 5mm round rust hole beside it, and a bit of surface rust. not bad for 30 years worth of crap buildup!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1048.jpg

[ollycarbs]

**ollycarbs**

615mm from the top face of the strut top(where it touches the strut tower) to the bottom of the hole that the ball joint goes into.

Great, i will compare this evening, perhaps i am not so short as i think.
Thank you!

Still a great job you are doing on your bimmer!;)

[hakhawk]

cheers, i took around 4 inches off the strut tubes from memory. i have pics of mine next to stock ones if you want.

[hakhawk]

ok, did some more work today, got the battery cable hooked to the kill switch, went to test it and killswitch has shat itself. gotta get a new one tomorrow. welded up the hole the old grommet left. its rough, but ill clean it up best i can and seal it good!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1058.jpg

then when the killswitch packed it in, i decided to move onto the pedalbox. it still needs grinding back and the clutch master cylinder hole sorted, but its nice and solid now.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/imgp1051.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/imgp1053.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/imgp1050.jpg

and heres what i have to work with, yay for RHD bmws!!!!(note sarcasm)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/imgp1054.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/imgp1055.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/imgp1056.jpg

and where my feet will be. clutch pedal rubs the steering column at the moment. might try and bend it a bit to clear, just have to watch the balance bar on the brake pedal.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/imgp1059.jpg

[brat]

very good guy his car is getting amazing!

[ollycarbs]

Great, i will compare this evening, perhaps i am not so short as i think.
Thank you!

Still a great job you are doing on your bimmer!;)

thanks, i measure mine yesterday, it does 610mm, i am glad to finally not have shorten the strut sleeves!
i am currently working on the Volvo 4 pots caliper conversion, some news on my thread soon!

you work really hard! that's great! Thanks

[eskimopunk]

Good stuff man. Nice to see vic plates ;)

What are the laws over there to do with lowering and such?

[hakhawk]

supposed to retain 2/3 of the original suspension travel and no point of the car to be lower than 100mm from the ground. i dont pass either of those :p most of the laws regarding mods are fair bs, but hey, gotta make their money somehow dont they!

[PRO-STAR]

looking good ....i to like the carbs

can i hear pleaseeeee;)

[hakhawk]

first run on megajolt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzjhWR_KOac

and a driving vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAi0xDPDM-M

will have to get some new videos eventually

[hakhawk]

ok, so today i started welding my camber/toe adjusters onto my spare subframe after i pulled all the old swaybar and control arms off and cleaned most of the gunk off it.

ps. i still suck at welding, so im gonna get dad to finish it off.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/suspension/Imgp1060.jpg

and dad bought home some fuses and a new killswitch, so i threw them in before for a quick test of what wirings done. its good to see a populated fusebox!!(need to find other clear cover) top 4 fuses on the left are spares, rest are needed.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1061.jpg

[hakhawk]

got my plugs today for the firewall, so if i can be bothered, i'll cut some holes and start wiring them up this week after work. still waiting for my slim HID ballasts, so i can finish up the headlight wiring.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1065.jpg

[hakhawk]

ballasts turned up yesterday, got around to mounting them today, and got drivers side wiring all done. just have to get some short hid extensions, the new ballasts have a black box on the hid lead, which i want to mount so its not flopping around.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1067.jpg

[hakhawk]

so i cut the holes for the plugs, ignore the screws, theyre only there for the pics. will get some allen head screws for them, all nice and shiney. might start working out what pins i want for what wires tomorrow.

coilpack socket next to steering column

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1071.jpg

wire run will be nice and short when i go coil on plug!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1070.jpg

and passenger side, for sensors and anything else that goes into the engine bay.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1072.jpg

and from inside, the flange is supposed to be on the outside, but i went inside, so taking the plug off the firewall is easier(read: for painting the engine bay in the future ;)) the wires from the wideband meter will get put on the plug too. might even move the module inside and extend the wideband sensor wires.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1074.jpg

[hakhawk]

so i didnt do much today, had to do some other things.

i finished the passenger side light wiring, mounted the horns on the same side, and rewired the thermo fans(fuse and relay i integrated with the fusebox, so had to change some wires at the switch and hooked up with passenger side loom)

only one pic today. will mount the black boxes from the ballasts when my extensions arrive.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1075.jpg

also started wiring the alternator and starter wires, unplugged all the sensor plugs ready to sort out where i want them. also cut the innovative LC-1 open, so i can extend the socket wires and mount the module inside.

[hakhawk]

so ive been lazy this week and havent done anything. the thoughts there, effort not so :p

i did receive some more bits from my mate yesterday, but forgot to bring em home.

so here they are: strut/stubaxle adapters for new custom control arms that are in the making. they will allow me to run a spherical bearing mounted inside a solid aluminum control arm for full adjustability. the spacers are to adjust roll center.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp1078.jpg

and the clutch master cylinder spacer. since the new pedalbox uses 2 master cylinders, theres not enough room for the stock clutch master to fit. so im running a wilwood one, and this spacer will allow it to bolt in the limited space left. it needs the face angled and holes drilled and tapped still. doing these myself to get it bang on(needs trial and error playing with the pedalbox).

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp1076.jpg

[hakhawk]

my coil on plug bracket arrived today. just need to order some coils and plugs and make a harness. this will allow me to get the coil packs off the guard, and not have to run custom leads.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/ignition/Imgp1104.jpg

also got my rear hubs back from getting machined down, now the discs fit on them, so might try and get the wheel bearings in on the weekend and i can finally test out the rear caliper brackets.

[Oxer]

Looking good dude! Will be good to see this thing in person one day in the future!

[hakhawk]

oneday :p got so many things happening on it at the moment, gonna be a few months til shes on the road again. all in good time though

[anth]

rear subframe mods look very similar to mine! just a lot beefier. I think our IRS setups have a lot in common

[hakhawk]

been busy with a new toy the last few weeks, picked up a e36 318is coupe for a daily, but been trying to get it ready for roady. thread here if you want a looksee (http://stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=262089)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/cosmos/Imgp1145.jpg

today i decided to do work on the e21.

dad finished welding the subframe the other day for me, so i cleaned up the welds, made sure the bolts all spun without interference and threw some paint on it. will clean up the control arms, sway bar and bbs mounts(which are still holding up nicely after god knows how many years) and put them on soon.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/suspension/Imgp1156.jpg

threw some new wheel bearings in one control arm to test fit the caliper bracket and new brakes. need to machine 1mm off the face of the brackets. same as the front, i mustve messed up caliper measurements somewhere in all my 3d'ing to get both of them the same amount off, since id made allowances in the brackets for shims to center them. guess i was ~2mm off somewhere. least its not much material. going to take 1mm off the face where the caliper bolts too, bring the pad down down a bit, since its over hanging ~1mm also

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp1147.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp1148.jpg

i managed to get the bracket spot on with the ridge on the face of the control arm(didnt notice this originally, but i think ill chamfer the edge of the bracket just to be 100% sure its sitting flat)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp1149.jpg

the handbrake arms clear the 15" wheel by ~2mm, this will be improved when the brackets get modified, but i'll have to be mindful of what 15" wheels i run in the rear.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp1152.jpg

otherwise, everything else clears fine

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Imgp1153.jpg

[hakhawk]

so today i decided i might try and work off some of the delicious food from yesterday, and start hacking up my subframe to fit the skyline diff.

i cut the old diff mount off the chassis last week, which was in the way of getting the new diff up in there, got the diff up where i roughly wanted it and marked where it would sit(no pics, didnt think to).

dropped the subframe back out, and started cutting

first bits cut

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image454.jpg

diff fits

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image455.jpg

now i'll probably make the mounts for diff to subframe, so i can bolt it solid in place, then start clearancing and welding in plates to re-strengthen the front and clear the driveshaft bolts and speedo sensor wheel.

[hakhawk]

so a big box turned up today, in it was a bunch of goodies from my mate

we have skimmed caliper brackets(i have to clearance some more on the rears, which i think ill clearance on the steel control arm as opposed on the aluminum mounts. its not much, but still.), skyline diff to e21 subframe adapters, and a bunch of stainless bolts for the simmons wheels for the e36.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image554.jpg

ok, so inserts "press" fit in(read: bashed in with big hammer), fit perfectly. theyre NOT coming out any time soon. this is all bolted up with some spare bolts, which arent long enough.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp1460.jpg

and a couple close up shots

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp1461.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp1462.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Imgp1463.jpg

position isnt final, but it bolts up, which will make life MUCH easier for making the rear mount on the car.

[Mr.M]

interesting build, like the modificaties you did

[renngolf]

Don't know how I missed this. Great work man, looking forward to seeing more.

[hakhawk]

bolted the diff to the subframe and upto the front factory mounts today, to see where it all sits.

more than likely have to move the fuel pump and filter forward out of the way

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image576.jpg

exhaust needs minor repositioning

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image578.jpg

space between chassis rail and diff, need to work out what im going to do for a rear mount, so its nice and strong

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image577.jpg

might have to flip the subframe bushes to lift it up a bit

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image579.jpg

[Commodore]

Really like what you've done with your BMW, especially that you do it yourself. I've noticed your car constantly surrounded by Commodores :D

[hakhawk]

yeh, i started off as a commodore boy, but ive slowly weened myself off them and onto bmws :p i only have one commodore left myself, and havent touched it in ages. the other commodores are either friends or family :p

[soab]

Nice car man. The bike carbs are a cool idea.

Love the car!! You got any more info on what you did with the bike carbs? Im lovin that idea!

[jalbitre72]

Lookin good, Nice work man

[hakhawk]

Love the car!! You got any more info on what you did with the bike carbs? Im lovin that idea!

theyre off a cbr1100 from memory, i made up a manifold to bolt to the bmw manifold, had the injector holes welded, had a lokar throttle cable i made fit, converted to a carb sold state fuel pump and filter, hooked it up and it ran!! still playing with needle and jet sizes, jsut its a pita to get to them without pulling the whole lot off.


bought a new alternator the other day. mines fine, but this thing is same output, but half the size/weight.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Image638.jpg

will try and weigh it vs a stocker probably on the weekend.

[hakhawk]

brackets finally on the way from my mate, cutters stuffed up the order then forgot to send them.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/11042011304.jpg

[RY2K]

sick build
i love how its going

[hakhawk]

so my diff brackets turned up today.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image699.jpg

dropped the diff down a bit and slid it on, fits perfect. this weekend im doing e36 related stuff, so wont get to play with these til probably next weekend

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image702.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image703.jpg

[hakhawk]

cut some bushes down to length and did a quick test fit with the brackets. still need to get rid of the left overs from the factory bracket on the passenger side and get some nuts for the diff studs, but position is looking good.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image713.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image714.jpg

[hakhawk]

so the old man and i played with the diff today, he welded the brackets up on tuesday, so it was just a matter of lining everything up, clearancing the subframe some more, then bolting it up.

here is how it sits(no idea how i managed to get the pic so damn blurry)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6445.jpg

and the lot out, so i can take the diff off and reinforce the front section that we cut out to clear the diff flange.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6451.jpg

[hakhawk]

today involved bashing around some 5mm plate(left over from seat rails) to reinforce the chunk of subframe i cut out to clear the flange. also filled some gaps with some thinner stuff. i let dad do all the welding, since i suck on the best of days :p

plated up

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6452.jpg

all bolted up again(rear bolts arent done up, gotta get some nylock nuts)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6457.jpg

and not sure if i posted any pics of this a while ago, but one shot of one of the rear brakes bolted up. have to assemble the other sides axle and new bearings still

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6458.jpg

have to move the fuel pump and filter, get the control arms bolted up, decide which lsd center i want to go and get that in, then start measuring up new driveshaft lengths.

[Lukey]

cig special diff

[hakhawk]

decided id start playing with mouting up the new clutch master cylinder.

so i delved into my box of e21 bits and found the master and adapter

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image716.jpg

marked out where i could put it, cut the hole, then cut the adapter down to the angle i want. still needs a bit more clearancing in parts, gotta drill and tap some bolt holes, might get it done tomorrow if im lucky

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Dscf6459.jpg

[hakhawk]

so back in september, i took the car off the road to replace the rear wheel bearings, which looked like this

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image401.jpg

while waiting for parts/machining i decided to do everything else to it :p

today the wheel bearings are finally done. still have to finish some clearancing on one of the brake caliper brackets, but thats easy stuff

i threw my non adjustable nolathane bushes in yesterday too, the old adjustable ones will go to good use in a mates e30. and yes the control arms need a cleanup, gotta grab some degreaser from work.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6500.jpg

thought i should finally test the cv adapters too, luckily they fit no worries :p just need some new bolts.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6501.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Dscf6503.jpg

[brat]

Good job man!

[hakhawk]

so i received some more goodies in the mail today, some brake pipe fittings, trumpets and a new speed sensor for the diff(couldnt find one specifically for the diff on ebay and was too lazy to call wreckers, genuine, etc. so i did some measurements and found this honeywell vr sensor on ebay for a grand total of $20 delivered. will test it out when i get a chance. if it makes the speedo needle move itll work, as the speedo is programmable. if not, im only losing out on $20 :p

picked up the jenvey carbon trumpets for a goood price(read just over half price of what they are on the website). unfortunately i think my bike carbs are too close together at the moment to fit them without cutting, so i might look at spacing the carbs a bit.

also pictured is some brake fittings i received a couple weeks ago, but they werent worthy of a post by themselves :p

the brass joiner will be replaced with a steel one before finish

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/DSCF6506.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/DSCF6507.JPG

and one down the neck, for the hell of it really :p

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/DSCF6508.JPG

[frdtns]

Subscribed.

[hakhawk]

bolted on 2 of the trumpets, definately need to space them out. looks like ill have to start working out a new manifold to allow spacing them.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/DSCF6517.JPG

2x 5mm spacers i had lying around

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/DSCF6518.JPG

such an awesome view

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/DSCF6520.JPG

[hakhawk]

been doing some measuring up and designing for a bracket for the new alternator, today i decided to make it, to see where it would sit/if i got measurements right.

bracket, will get my mate to make me a shiney good one i think :p

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6570.JPG

and in the car(only bolted in one position at the moment, need longer bolts for the other mount points, and one point i have to tap a thread into.(if i use it)

ignore the kinked oil hose, i think ill need to get a 120deg fitting since ive had to move the hose to clear the alternator

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6564.JPG

the 2 bolts here i need to get longer ones and make spacers, and the nut down the bottom i need to make a spacer and tap the hole in the timing cover(later years used this hole for factory alt brackets i think)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6568.JPG

eyeballing it, looks pretty good. maybe a little bit out, real test will be running the motor

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6565.JPG

[hakhawk]

received my lsd center today, for the skyline diff.

went for a obx helical lsd. obx are known for low quality rip off products, but ive done a whole heap of reading on their lsd's, and it seems with some attention to areas the manufacturers ignored, some new preload washers and some loctite, these things can take a beating and then some!

unit straight out of the box

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image786.jpg

ripped the casing apart, took almost no effort to loosen the bolts(imagine that over time inside the diff, KAPOW once one loosens off enough)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image785.jpg

and one of the flaws in the outer casing, not a biggie, but potential area for metal to come loose and chunk around the gears

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Image788.jpg


so im going to give it all a bath, deburr the casing and bevel the edges of the gears that need it, essentially taking away any spots for metal to chip away from. then ill put the new washers in and loctite the shit outta the bolts.

then ll get a bloke dad knows to throw it in the diff and shim it if need be

[hakhawk]

so my manifold arrived today, will be for future stuffs :p got it cheap, couldnt pass it up

looks like its been on a motor, but hasnt done any work at all.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/bilas/DSCF6592.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/bilas/DSCF6596.JPG

the inlet has had the ports cleaned up, but the head side is untouched

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/bilas/DSCF6597.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/carbs/bilas/DSCF6595.JPG

[hakhawk]

throttles turned up today, so i threw the on the manifold temp, to see how well they fit. just need to port match the manifold now.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/injection/DSCF6641.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/injection/DSCF6642.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/injection/DSCF6643.JPG

[Freddye]

Looks awsome. Can´t wait

[jared1988]

Those trumpets make me happy :)

[hakhawk]

throttles needed a tps sensor, i could buy an adapter for $70 plus tps, but i have a few tps sensors lying around, and plenty of scrap alloy

so today i attacked some 10mm alu sheet, and this is what i got. i still need to shiney it up to match the throttles, but it works.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/injection/DSCF6653.JPG

close up with tps mounted(tps is off a holden commodore, can get these through work for stuff all, bout the cheapest tps available in aus)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/injection/DSCF6654.JPG

and lurking underneath the tps(need another m4 allen head bolt). cutting the slot in the shaft was fun, the black plastic bit is also off a commodore throttlebody

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/injection/DSCF6656.JPG

and i port matched the manifold to the throttles

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/injection/DSCF6652.JPG

[ChristopherJason]

Sick itb's man, love the carbon trumpets

[hakhawk]

thought i better do something on one of the cars this weekend, so dad helped me align the rotors, then torqued the bolts, and i safety wired them up. waiting on some carbide burrs so i can do the diff, and clearance the rear control arm to fit the caliper(i have burrs, but theyve gotten lost in the abyss that is the shed)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6665.JPG

[hakhawk]

i wrote out a list of everything i need to do on this thing to get it on the road again, and im going to tick each thing off as its done.

today i worked on getting the clutch master cylinder lined up and bolted on. adjusted the angle a bit more, tapped some threads, bolted it up for test fit.(ignore the brake masters, i cbf bolting them up, its a prick of a job :p)

i finally broke down and modified the firewall a bit to make it fit though, original plan of the build was to modify the firewall cutout as little as possible/preferably not at all, so i folded the lip of metal back on itself around the bottom of the adapter.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6669.JPG

rhd e21s suck for pedalbox space. i have to bend my clutch pedal a little bit to clear the steering column, because i moved it left half an inch to clear the brake pedal bias bar. i may move it over more yet.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6670.JPG

[hakhawk]

received some more shiney bits today

small surge tank w/ pump bracket and a small(VERY) washer bottle.

i have to relocate the current fuel pump and filter, and when i put the throttles on, im going to need an efi pump, so i thought i might throw a small surge tank in to help with corners a bit more, plus it means i dont have to sort out a pump bracket :p just need a good lift pump to make sure its always full

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/DSCF6683.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/DSCF6684.JPG

[crf1877]

Dig!

[hakhawk]

started doing brake lines today, got the front calipers done, rear control arms done, and made a start on the firewall lines

front caliper

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image859.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image860.jpg

rear control arms

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image856.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image858.jpg

and the rear line on the firewall. these are fun with such a long length of line. gotta do passenger side run, drivers side, the split to master cylinder and the clutch line yet.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image861.jpg

[hakhawk]

diff is still sitting in the shed, havent had time to drop it off.

did a little bit today, started cleaning up the welds on the pedalbox, filling holes, grinding, etc. no pics though, ran out of welding wire, so need more of that.

then i did some more brake lines

front master is plumbed, front right is plumbed, front left is almost there. rear master is plumbed.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6767.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6768.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6770.JPG

so just need to finish the front left line, and make the clutch master line, and brakes are finished being plumbed.

then ill flush the lines of any debris, and bolt up the rotors and calipers.

[superturbodiesel.com]

amazing, good work!

[hakhawk]

so hard brake lines and clutch line are all done, just need to flush them, and bolt all the lines up, then leak test it all.

oh, also need to sort out a bracket for my reservoirs now too.

lines arent perfectly straight, but ill maybe straighten them a bit more once everythings done up tight

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image899.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image901.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image902.jpg

[hakhawk]

stole the special crimp pliers from work so i could do some wiring today.

for now ive hooked up the reverse wires, starter wire and the alt wire into the top plug, and the oil pressure sender into the bottom plug. need to decide where im routing wires before i do the rest of the sensors.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Image906.jpg

i hooked up a temp starter power wire, so i could kick it in the guts. started first go after the fuel pump primed up, gotta strip and clean the carbys though, somethings sticking and its overflowing fuel

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Image908.jpg

pulled the center console, speakers, and old radio wiring aswell.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Image907.jpg

aaaand i swapped the overflow bottle over to the drivers side, now that theres no brake booster in the way. shortens the hose and empties the passenger side a bit more

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/radiator/Image909.jpg

[hakhawk]

had the day off today, so i slacked off for the morning, then went out to do some more wiring.

i changed my plan of attack a bit, and moved the oil pressure wires upto the top plug, then added oil temp and water temp wires. so now top plug is all gauges and starter/alt/reverse. bottom plug is now free for ecu only wires.

as you can see, i also taped up the harness to the engine. will run the alternator wire when i get the new bracket installed

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Image910.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Image914.jpg


and i found a few m4 allen head screws lying around so i test fit them, just need more now. theyre the perfect size.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Image915.jpg

[hakhawk]

so this is where my fuel pump and filter used to sit, right in the warpath of the new diff output flange

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/DSCF6457.JPG

today i decided to move it to a safer place. didnt want to prime properly here, but the battery is quite flat. *just had a quick read, and i knew there was a certain way im not supposed to mount the pump, which is the way ive mounted it *facepalm*.

looks like ill be flipping it the other way, and just change some of the fittings and extend the outlet hose

The fuel pump should be mounted with the outlet above the inlet. This will help with eliminate vapor lock issues. Never located the pump so the outlet is below the inlet. Horizontal mounting will not effect fuel delievery performance

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/DSCF6903.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/DSCF6904.JPG

[hakhawk]

whoring it up today, went and changed the pump setup. works fine now.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/DSCF6905.JPG

[hakhawk]

got my alternator bracket from my mate today. test fit it when i got home, so far so good. i got one hole slightly off, but that can be fixed with some elongation, gotta drill another hole i couldnt get exact measurements for, and gotta get mate to remake a part that he/we/i/probably me stuffed up

yeh, alternator wont quite bolt in there...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/Image920.jpg

so this is how it looks with the alt on(sans front bottom piece)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6913.JPG

and a few bolted up shots. i realised when i mocked up my first bracket, that one of the lower timing cover holes isnt tapped, so ill have to pull the crank pulley off and tap a thread.

belt alignment looks good. real test will be starting it up

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6910.JPG

have to machine up some spacers for these 2 bolts, and get some longer bolts

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6912.JPG

its a shame it tucks away so much, i think itd look awesome from the front

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6913.JPG

[scoot]

This is just fucking sweet!

[hakhawk]

brake/clutch reservoir turned up today

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6927.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/DSCF6928.JPG

and heres a little teaser of whats coming up for the e21

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/simmons/Dscf6926.jpg

[hakhawk]

so today i decided to play with the alternator bracket. drilled some more holes, lined up some stuff, lathed some things and ended up with this.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6943.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6944.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6945.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/DSCF6946.JPG

need to get front lower piece remade for more strength, longer belt and some shiney bolts, hook up charge wire, then alternator is done

[Raarasutra]

Awesome :alright

[softg]

keep up the good work man

[hakhawk]

so today i did a bit. wired up and tested the new alternator, well didnt hook up the charge light, but its a 1 wire alt, so doesnt need it, but it charges fine, just need to get a longer belt from work. my mate is remaking the front lower piece this week for me.

pulled my front and rear bumpers, and dropped the front guards back on with a couple bolts(was sick of seeing them on the roof)

then it got the better of me, ive been trying to work out a clean way to mount the brake fluid reservoir, but had to clear the throttle cable bolted to the firewall.

so i tacked on a bit of metal to the pedal inside the car and bolted the lokar cable through an original hole(not sure why it was there, just was :S)

adjusted the pedal stop a bit, and i have full travel. no billion linkages and swivelly bits now, just pedal>cable

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image935.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image938.jpg

now allows me to bolt straight to the firewall like so

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image937.jpg

[hakhawk]

so these came today, isky springs, which are supposed to clear the early style valve stem seals. fun bit will be installing them, not sure if its a head off job

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/build_1/DSCF6962.JPG

and so did this. bmw motorsport duck tail rear wing. threw it on for a quick test fit. have to fix the outer 2 mounting studs and clean the old glue off the bottom. not sure if i want to try painting it, its a really soft rubber/foam stuff

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6958.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6959.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6960.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6961.JPG

[hakhawk]

did some more work on the rear wing today

note: measure a shitload, drill once...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Image945.jpg

wing cleaned of old tape and silicon, new tape applied

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Image946.jpg

and new bolts welded to the 2 outer mounting points, which were snapped off when i got it

how the inner ones look

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Image948.jpg

and the new outer ones

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Image947.jpg


tomorrow ill finish a couple bits on the holes in the boot(mainly an extra hole for screwing the nut on the outer ones), throw some sikaflex on the wing and stick it down

[hakhawk]

and its mounted.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6963.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6964.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6968.JPG

random shot of both cars in the same shot(til e21 is on the road, then ill be getting a shoot of both of them out and about)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/DSCF6966.JPG

[Lukey]

that wing is amazing

[hakhawk]

nothing special today, got the fittings for the brake reservoir and test fit them, might need to change them for different angles, not sure. also got the revised front alternator bracket from my mate yesterday. christmas weekend should be fun!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Image951.jpg

[ilikestance]

sweet build color is awsome

[hakhawk]

finished welding up the pedalbox yesterday and threw a (very crappy) coat of silver on it.

today i bolted the pedalbox and master cylinders in(taking the brake masters out requires removing the pedalbox, thats gon suck!!)

still need to sort out the reservoir mounting and plumbing, but thats easy

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%208-01-12%201%2051%2050%20PM.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%208-01-12%202%2003%2015%20PM.jpg

and bent the clutch pedal to clear the steering rack(moved it over to clear the brake bias bar, might move it over a bit more yet). need to cut the brake pedal to suit a clutch pedal rubber(used an auto pedal because i couldnt spare my manual one at the time :p)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%208-01-12%202%2025%2010%20PM.jpg

[Spados.]

nice build, absolutely adore E21's. don't see many in Australia.

[budski]

subscribed.

[hakhawk]

did some more work, havent had this much progress in ages, feels good

tested the remote brake bias adjuster to see if it cleared the accelerator pedal with everything at max travel, just touches the accel pedal with accel and brake pedals to the floor, but its flexible, so doesnt matter, and im not going to adjust it at full throttle and brake anyway ;)

also cut down the brake pedal to fit a manual rubber

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%208-01-12%205%2009%2026%20PM.jpg

so i routed the cable and made a bracket for the knob. nice and solid. notice i removed the radio and center console, will be mounting a fire extinguisher on the tunnel, need one for doing local track/hillclimb days

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%208-01-12%204%2036%2041%20PM.jpg

and i spaced the clutch pedal over a bit more(spacer is a cut down chain tensioner, perfect fit ;)), clearance shot between steering column and brake bias adjustment bar. now i just have to sort out linking the clutch master, just a rose joint and bolt welded to pedal will work fine. id use the old setup, but its worn and the master is imperial thread now.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%208-01-12%205%2010%2022%20PM.jpg

[hakhawk]

setup a heim joint on the clutch pedal today, probably needs adjusting once fluids done

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo 5-02-12 16 34 40.jpg

found my spare pedal rubbers, screwed the brake masters into the pedal setup(also probably needs adjusting), threw the brake light switch on and took a photo

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%205-02-12%2016%2034%2017.jpg

clutch pedal is ~1/2 inch further away from brake pedal than stock now, which isnt a biggy for me. trying to decide if i setup a stopper for the clutch master at rest, stock didnt have one, have to move my full depressed stopper over a bit too, again will worry about that when fluid is done

[hakhawk]

bolted the brake reservoir on today, and hooked up the lines to the master cylinders. gotta get a stack load of brake fluid, and i can flush the lines and start bleeding calipers.(front at least for now, still gotta bolt up rear subframe)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%2011-02-12%2015%2057%2024.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/brakes/Photo%2011-02-12%2015%2057%2025.jpg

[hakhawk]

so this is happening(been waiting 3 months, coz stupid me got them "shipped" by boat :(

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2022-02-12%2019%2057%2011.jpg

[ChristopherJason]

Nice Flares, that Brake setup is sick !

[hakhawk]

got a couple days off work, so after doing some other stuff around town, i decided to have a play with the flares.

put the older style front on, cut the lip down so the front spoiler fits

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2023-02-12%2016%2010%2036.jpg

this is with the simmons 16s, was considering 17s, but that ideas out the window ;) might even drop back to 15s yet

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2023-02-12%2016%2010%2029.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2023-02-12%2016%2010%2030.jpg

and repositioned the back one to where its better suited, then next thing i know id drilled holes in the body at the back :S no turning back now :p

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2023-02-12%2016%2010%2034.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2023-02-12%2016%2010%2035.jpg

[Ant]

Looking great man, respect for all the custom fitting and bracketry!

With the wing, what'd you use to remove the old silicone? I bought a 2nd hand BBS wing for my e30 but the studs are missing and I sort of don't want to drill into my boot :p so was hoping I could clean off the old glue and stick the wing with sikaflex alone.. :-/

[PedroM]

Sick build!
It's gonna be a crude project or a new coat of paint will cover the E21?

[hakhawk]

Looking great man, respect for all the custom fitting and bracketry!

With the wing, what'd you use to remove the old silicone? I bought a 2nd hand BBS wing for my e30 but the studs are missing and I sort of don't want to drill into my boot :p so was hoping I could clean off the old glue and stick the wing with sikaflex alone.. :-/

funnily enough, it jsut rolled off the wing with my thumb. mustve been a cheap ass silicone.

Sick build!
It's gonna be a crude project or a new coat of paint will cover the E21?

i still need to paint the roof and bonnet, but not sure if i want to go fresh paint + gloss, or stick with the satin finish. flares will most likely be satin black.

[deutschman]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Imgp0391.jpg


Where did you get the turn indicator lights? I have been trying to find some like that and cant seam to get any with arrows on them. I like the car a lot!

[hakhawk]

Where did you get the turn indicator lights? I have been trying to find some like that and cant seam to get any with arrows on them. I like the car a lot!

i got them from one of my work suppliers. not sure what they cost(boss didnt want me to pay for them, so bonus for me).

just did a quick google search, and theres a place on ebay uk selling them

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GREEN-1-ARROW-16mm-WARNING-LIGHT-CHROME-BEZEL-WL3006-/250989628851?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a7025cdb3

thats exactly what i bought, then i converted them to LED

[deutschman]

Nice thanks!

[e21]

WOW! how did i miss this thread? amazing build, keep it up!

[fresh.gen]

subbed!!!!!!

[hakhawk]

still got lots to do, but working on getting it on wheels again, so i can move it out the shed for a cleanup, and so i can put the e36 in there in a month or so for stuff

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2012-03-12%2013%2049%2024.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2012-03-12%2013%2049%2029.jpg

gotta find my parts for the steering rack and put that back together next

[way2fastx3]

Those wheels just fit so well with that car. I am liking it.

[hakhawk]

first time the back ends been on the ground in over 12 months!! control arms bolted in pretty good, as with diff(still have to sort out output flanges for other center). exhaust is in a shit of a spot now, cant get the inner control arm nut on.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%2012-03-12%2016%2001%2017.jpg

[hakhawk]

threw in a spare steering rack today(close ratio rack is getting a redo, the pinion gear was never seated properly and had some movement, fixing that when i find all the bits again), threw both calipers and rotors on and some wheels, then took it off the stands.

in doing so i forgot how low it was and got the tailshaft and a driveshaft stuck under it :p

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Photo%201-04-12%2016%2000%2041.jpg

will drag it outside next weekend to do some shed organising in preparation for the new motor for the e36. might even give the e21 a quick bath, get all the coal dust off it

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Photo%201-04-12%2016%2000%2035.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Photo%201-04-12%2016%2000%2025.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Photo%201-04-12%2016%2008%2050.jpg

[hakhawk]

e21 sees the light of day for the first time in around 18 months, gave her a quick bath, and took some photos.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2051%2041.jpg

might bring the front of the front flares + spoiler up a bit higher

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2051%2043.jpg

might get the rusty roof cleaned up before shes on the road again

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2051%2044.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2052%2003.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2051%2052.jpg

maybe do something with the bonnet too

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2052%2002.jpg

couple interior shots. *note the lack of speakers or center console* will have to repaint the floor sometime

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2051%2048.jpg

and finish off the few bits of wiring left

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2051%2045.jpg

and a couple engine bay shots, coz i know people will ask

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2014%2051%2057.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/bodywork/Photo%207-04-12%2015%2012%2038.jpg

[hakhawk]

watanabe rs

http://www.use.com/images/s_3/Tire_Install_on_RS_Watanabe_Wheels_using_195_50_15 _d5bdb23570e28dafa874_36.jpg

or simmons v4

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh148/Hammeredscout/simmonsJune2010097.jpg


hmm...

[OrangeBlue]

definitely the simmons

i'm watching this

[244Brick]

Get the simmis primo

[hakhawk]

still got the simmons, but i was perusing ebay uk the other week and found these. they are now in my possession and await rebarreling to fit the flares ;)

PLS Sport 4

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Photo%2024-09-12%2015%2014%2001.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Photo%2024-09-12%2015%2014%2002.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Photo%2024-09-12%2015%2015%2014.jpg

[HoZy]

Ohh........... NICE!

[dav3design]

Damn this has come on quite a way!

[hakhawk]

in between showers of rain, i test fit the wheels today.

this is 8.5" et-19 ish. 3" outer lip, 5.5" inner barrel with no flare on car. would be boss as #### if i wasnt going grp2 kit.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Img_1050.jpg

this is 9.5", cbf working out offset. using a 4" inner barrel as the outer for testing. once i dial out camber, it should sit pretty nice with a chunky tyre.

sitting all the way down with current known camber

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Img_1053.jpg

jacked up a bit to even out camber. stick for rough idea on gap to flare

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Img_1054.jpg

40mm between 5.5" inner and control arm, means i can bump it up to a 7" inner barrel(with mm to spare :p), hello 11" wheel!!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Img_1049.jpg

wheels clear the calipers nicely, unlike the simmons, so i wont need any spacers. the handbrake lever on the caliper does graze the barrel when its all the way out, so if new barrels dont clear them, i'll get iblown to make me up some new levers that will clear.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Img_1052.jpg
and now the front. 8.5" et-19ish. plenty of clearance from the tie rod, not sure if i'll get a 1/2" bigger outer and leave camber or not yet. if i do, i might use the 4" inner barrels, or maybe buy a 4.5-5" inner.

quick shot of one sitting on the car, rain started more constant, so its not bolted on.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Img_1057.jpg

front on shot, again, once i dial out camber, the 3" lip should sit nice.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wheels/PLS/Img_1059.jpg

[hakhawk]

got these today, might run them all the time, if not, its 2 screws per to swap them for cruises/shows.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Photo%209-10-12%2010%2021%2056.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Img_1087.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Photo%209-10-12%2010%2021%2024.jpg

[Acerbus]

one word...EPIC

[M.Sam]

Amazing stuff here! Love the PLS wheels!

Not a fan of the blue corner IMO

[hakhawk]

so the e21s been outside since april, because i needed space in the shed to do the m3 motor, and then we were gonna clean up the shed.... well, thats finally happened(mostly), so now theres enough space to get her back in there!!

also started her up for the first time in ages(think i last got it running when we pulled the car out), running a bit rough/misfiring, but stale fuel and dry carbs will do that. need to drain the tank and throw in some new plugs and such sometime. next thing is to get this damn diff sorted so it can move.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Img_1207.jpg

[hakhawk]

decided to have a play with the e21 today, put the quick ratio rack back together, when i originally built it, the pinion gear was machined incorrectly, stopping me from putting a circlip in. i left it out at the time, and it felt ok, but oncein the car, it had some light up and down movement, which resulted in freeplay at the steering wheel.

so i ended up pulling it apart ages ago, machined down some of the pinion for the bearing to slide on further, but the grooove for the circlip was still too small. today i decided to just thin down the circlip a bit.

all back together, and it feels good. will know for sure once its in the car.

boring picture :p

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Img_1412.jpg

and i cleaned all the random bits of junk out of the interior, tried putting the glovebox back in, but some wiring and the relays get in the way now, will have to trim the glovebox a bit, but thats no biggy.

need to rip the seats out and redo the floor, got some surface rust at the front, from when it was sitting outside for so long.

really cant wait to be driving this thing again

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/Img_1413.jpg

[chris7]

ive been following your e36 build and just came across this one unreal!!! ill be following this from now on cant wait to see where u go with this one

The carbs are slick and i love the wheels/brakes keep up the good work :)

[DinanDave]

amazing fab work!!!

[hakhawk]

cheers guys. was good to work on it yesterday, felt like ive been neglecting her for so long.

[hakhawk]

did some more today, removed the old alternator bracket and worked out new bolt lengths, then i made a new bottom spacer for the alternator bracket, because i cant find the other one!! also worked out bolt lengths for bracket

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/Img_1414.jpg

and decided id redo the wiring above glovebox.

this is how it looked when id finished it last time, just a big bundle of wires in one spot. its because i hadnt done them to the right lenghts, and was a tad over wiring at that point.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Imgp1044.jpg

so i stripped the tape off today, and will start shortening them all maybe next weekend

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/Img_1416.jpg

[hakhawk]

diff arrived yesterday, pulled the back cover off today, and was greeted with this

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Img_1423.jpg

for those that have no idea what theyre looking at, its a s15 helical diff center. so looks like ill be throwing this diff straight in after i measure up the output shafts so i can get some cv adapters made.

ill try and sell off the obx lsd, or throw it in the cupboard as a backup.

[lewda]

damn, this E21 is looking mighty fresh, not 100% on the blue corners, but ahh, who cares, this car is flippin nuts

[hakhawk]

damn, this E21 is looking mighty fresh, not 100% on the blue corners, but ahh, who cares, this car is flippin nuts

haha, cheers. the blue corners were a "why the hell not" decision. i wont be rocking them all the time, only for shits and giggles at car shows/etc.

[hakhawk]

yesterday i spent measuring up the output shaft bolt pattern and replicating it in my 3d app, so i can get my mate to make new adapters for me. today i found my old adapters, and threw the 5 bolt pattern on top of the new one, to find the new bolt pattern will actually fit on the old one and clear the old holes. so now i gotta send them to my mate to do a redrill for me.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/1.jpg

i also pulled the old diff out of the car, so i could raid the front mount bushes off it, which were in tight(steel on steel, silly idea), dad managed to break them free, so i threw some antiseize on them and banged them in the new diff, along with the rear mount.

now i just need to thow some fresh oil in it and put it back in.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Img_1437.jpg

[hakhawk]

got the bolts i needed to finish the alternator bracket today, so after work i bolted it on. just need to sort out a slightly longer belt, and an allen head bolt for the adjuster.

its held on with 2 bolts and one nut to the timing cover, i cant get a m10 tap down to the lower 4th spot, which i'll do if it decides to flext at all(it really shouldnt), or when the motor or radiator comes out next.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/wiring/alternator/Img_1442.jpg

also bought some diff oil, might put that in tomorrow

[hakhawk]

my driveshaft/diff adapters came back from my mate today, along with some bits for the 36 and some hubcentric rings for dads car

so now i have both 2x3 and 5 stud nissan driveshaft patterns on the adapters, so diff options are expanded should i need to :p

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Img_1562.jpg

seems i done good on the measuring, coz they bolted up bang on!! just need to get some of those spacer/double washer things for the commodore cv's

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/Img_1566.jpg

[hakhawk]

i loctited the adapters onto the diff today, and started reinstalling the diff. looks like i'll need to drop the subframe to get it fully bolted back up, and to do some clearancing for the front diff flange.

might be able to put my pump and filter back up where they were too, just move them a touch.(they worked fine wherte they were, i moved them for clearance of the driveshaft, which now looks like it should be fine

next job is to cut up the commodore shafts and work out new length for each side

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2301805/bmw/blue/diff/ref/Img_1596.jpg

need to get some of those washer/shim things that go under the bolts on the cv's too sometime.

[98z24ragtop]

Loving this build! Those flares and front spoiler are sick! Definitely going to watch this one :)