'82 BMW 320i

[Achilles]

Holy long post. Heh. I was refered by another BMW enthusiasts who said that some people here might appreciate my BMW build. This has been going on for about 3-4 years now with varying wheels, and engines and etc. I'll let you just browse the pics and let me know if you have any questions and comments. Thanks!

Copying a bunch of pics over from some other forums....

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/320i_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/320i_3.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/engine_bay_scuffed.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/Headliner_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/shaved_quarter_light.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/door_inner.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/coilover_adapter_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/trunk_paint_3.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/trunk_paint_4.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/fuel_line_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/new_paint_2.jpg

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Money Shot!
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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/grill_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/tails_2.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/headliner_install_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/rear_glass.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/bmw_and_passat_2.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/intake_2.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/gtg/shop_04_07/small_dubsnorth_shoot_001.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/4_21_07_1.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/4_21_07_2.jpg

Had a friend helping and he dropped a wheel on my fender. Ugh So painting that in addition to the door.
http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/4_21_07_3.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/cage_tubing_2.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/roll_bar_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/thursday_night_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/bbs_1.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/new_bbs_1.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/euro_bumper_01.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/vw_struts/vw_strut_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/cage/09_cage_work_02.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/brakes/new_master_cylinders_01.jpg

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More low:
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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/cut_subframe_7.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/cut_subframe_9.jpg

3 piece HRE's
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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/efi/new_engine_bay.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/turbo/exhaust_manifold_01.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/efi/crank_sensor_01.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/turbo/turbo_in_01.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/turbo/vacuum_manifold_01.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/efi/throttle_cable_01.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/efi/engine_bay_040709.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kohyjm2jrhk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tj0cdHsiIw

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/new_bottom_end/bottom_end_out_1.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/efi/radiator_1.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/efi/engine_bay_paint_1.jpg

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http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/turbo/new_exhaust_1.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/turbo/plenum_1.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/turbo/plenum_2.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/almost.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAmzgejp00E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAR73JN6OTw

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/3inch_exhaust.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/semi_done_01.jpg

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And that's where it is at now. Need to swap out the ITB's to a single throttle body, as they leak from the idle control ports and from the TPS on boost. And the DTA fast management needs to go too. It can't drive the fuel injectors properly and it is really hard to get a good tune out of it, so I'll be switching over to VEMS.

[BFalconer]

Beautiful Build! I need to get me an e21 :alright
welcome!

[TheNeek]

Super stoked you're here Chris. Car is a testament to your craftsmanship and to the E21 community.

[Achilles]

Thanks! Now that the car is running again, I'll be able to start working on making it look better again. :D

[SeanDub]

Nice build!

[frink84]

cool long-term project.

[Stolzy]

amazing. i wasn't expecting the turbo at all haha but job well done!

[M.Burroughs]

Legit status grew exponentially to my scroll rate.

[BADwayz]

Six Thumbs up

[B Rod]

Simply amazing. I can't even think about an E21 project now because it wouldn't even COMPARE to yours and Neek's.

[schroedin]

Legit status grew exponentially to my scroll rate.
+1.

Fantastic work, I followed your updates a while ago when I had my E21, really really cool stuff.

[Burn535i]

oh wow, that is massively impressive. excellent build. any power numbers

[driggers.a]

Awesome project.

[bjh102]

thats is so sick. fer sure came a long way. power output?

[southpaw]

incredible!

[Achilles]

Still not 100% sure on power output. The guy who did my tuning is guessing around 180 whp according to his butt dyno, and considering he tunes cars all the time going from dyno to street and vice versa, he has a good idea of what power feels like.

It pulls alright in 1st and 2nd, but has trouble getting up into the power band in the higher gears. The new management and TB will helps with that, and give it more power and better driveability.

[Achilles]

Well.... progress I suppose.

Dragged the two rear Hayashi/HRE's out from upstairs. Stripped the 5 layers of paint off of them and dropped them off to get powdercoated. I was going to go with black, but while stripping, I found the base layer (after primer) was gold, and it looked pretty good, so I'm going with that.

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/hre/hre_505_09.jpg

Then, I opened up my "new" flares. These are used and from a car that has had many race miles. I got them cheap, and since I can't say no to wide fenders.... They'll need a bit of work to make them fit correctly, and who knows, maybe might need to ditch the rear bumper....

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/flares_01.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/flares_02.jpg

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/flares_03.jpg

Also ordered a VEMS ecu and sent my factory OE intake manifold to Brewspeed to copy and make a flange for me.

http://www.vems.us/genboard_trans.gif

[SeanDub]

Gold should look pretty sick

[TheNeek]

This is exciting

[scrape]

how do you like those pedals?

[Achilles]

I love them. Great braking pressure. Able to feel the brakes better. Able to adjust bias on the fly. :D

[scrape]

willwood master also? what size?

[dinanm3atl]

Some real bonafide fab works. Very nice!

[Achilles]

Tilton masters. The local hot rod shop suggested I get Tilton over Wilwood as they are sealed better for street use.

Got some work done this evening, and got one of the lips for the front wheels, that I'll be reusing, all blinged up.... 5 hours later.

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/hre/hre_505_10.jpg

[schroedin]

Can't wait to see how the wheels/flares work out. I love Hayashis and I love IE flares. What will the specs on the new wheels be?

[Achilles]

Dunno the specs yet. Gotta get the centers back from the powdercoater and take a look at what'll fit.

[Achilles]

And.... progress:

http://www.chrisachilles.com/images/82_bmw/new_intake_01.jpg

My shopmate works at a laser cutter and is helping me with it and cutting me my flanges. 4" round manifold. Hemispherical ends. Ghetto router'ed venturi's. 1-3/4" runners. -6 AN Fuel Rail. VR6 throttle body.

My VEMS guy has my engine harness half made already. Probably the end of this week it'll be going in, and I hope to have the above intake done in 2 weeks.

Still waiting on getting my centers back and for the time being, bought some 20mm spacers for the rear to push the wheels out a bit. That'll help it look way better.

[FreshLikePoopy]

fuck