From A midsummer Night's Dream, perfect!
“Oberon” 1973 3.0 CS
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From A midsummer Night's Dream, perfect!
Spent a decent amount of money on some parts today.
1) New Radiator: https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-22498-17111121295-genuine-bmw-part/
2) Bilstein HD Shocks and Strut Inserts:
3) Variety of items from Walloth, mostly hardware, gommets, right side mirror, shiny plastic vents (hood and sides), lenses for the front turn indicators, elephant skins
Waiting for stefan to get back into the office then will order from him all the rubber seals, engine bay insulation, firewall insulation, and some other things.
1) New Radiator: https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-22498-17111121295-genuine-bmw-part/
2) Bilstein HD Shocks and Strut Inserts:
3) Variety of items from Walloth, mostly hardware, gommets, right side mirror, shiny plastic vents (hood and sides), lenses for the front turn indicators, elephant skins
Waiting for stefan to get back into the office then will order from him all the rubber seals, engine bay insulation, firewall insulation, and some other things.
You just jinxed it. Bummer.
Quite a list, Bobby! Thanks again for pulling the Coupe out yesterday. Looks like a great car and with your plans, soon to be much nicer!
IMHO, The key is VSR is a deep specialist in these cars, enabling great planning and little time guessing or head scratching. Contrast that with Scoot V’s experience with a good shop that knew nothing about E9’s.
It’s like getting a root canal by a person who does them all day long vs a DDS generalist who does one every 6 months. The specialist might be a tad more but the pain is over faster and the work is better.
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There's still a year before the next Legends of the autobann. Giving another 6 months for "completion". Of course there will still be more work to do afterwards. This is just the body work + paint + interior. I'll be saving the FI conversion to a later time
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There's still a year before the next Legends of the autobann. Giving another 6 months for "completion". Of course there will still be more work to do afterwards. This is just the body work + paint + interior. I'll be saving the FI conversion to a later time
slow down! You can’t do quality in a hurry. Detail takes time. Move too fast and you’ll overlook little bits that make it special.
great advice. my wife just told me this this morning as well.... her words: "gotta stop zooping so fast all the time"
I hope she’s referring to the car project.
trying to think of a witty retort but too busy laughing.
Great looking car.Drive it and enjoy the ride before the painstaking starts. I have located hundreds of parts for members and look forward to helping you when the time comes.
Good Luck.
Good Luck.
ok ok ok. i've just been parts buying....
purchased engine bay fender sound material from christoph.
purchased firewall and pedal box insulation from coupe king
front and rear subframe hardware kits, subframe rubber bushings and front and rear wheel bearings from stefan (along with all the seals)
e12 intake manifold and other parts relating to the FI conversion from markos
currently car is getting compression and leakdown tested. fingers crossed
i've been driving it a decent amount. clutch is a bit high, feels like the accelerator pedal sticks a lil bit but no biggie. drove from palo alto to sonoma raceway (with a pit stop to drop off some cookies for a friend haha) and it was around 8 gallons. so getting around 19 mpg, mostly freeway driving.
when accelerating, especially in 1st or 2nd gear the fan could be hitting the radiator still.... the sound is coming somewhere in the front of the car. hopefully coupeking's engine mount retainer plate will resolve this in the future.
purchased engine bay fender sound material from christoph.
purchased firewall and pedal box insulation from coupe king
front and rear subframe hardware kits, subframe rubber bushings and front and rear wheel bearings from stefan (along with all the seals)
e12 intake manifold and other parts relating to the FI conversion from markos
currently car is getting compression and leakdown tested. fingers crossed
i've been driving it a decent amount. clutch is a bit high, feels like the accelerator pedal sticks a lil bit but no biggie. drove from palo alto to sonoma raceway (with a pit stop to drop off some cookies for a friend haha) and it was around 8 gallons. so getting around 19 mpg, mostly freeway driving.
when accelerating, especially in 1st or 2nd gear the fan could be hitting the radiator still.... the sound is coming somewhere in the front of the car. hopefully coupeking's engine mount retainer plate will resolve this in the future.
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The retainer plate is for mount failure.