Hello again,
Quite a long one as i havent been on here for a while !
been a little distracted with sorting stuff/repairing the lotus elise since the last update and havent worked on the car. BUT at least I have still been sorting out parts !!
I needed a pair of front disks, distributor cap and new HT leads which i was quoted some CRAAAAzy prices for by BMW and even the local Factors.
GSF CAR PARTS were the cheapest in the end at about £45 for the dizzy cap alone. I left it and ordered the rotor arm only from BMW.
While browsing ebay I found a job lot of BMW parts !!!!
Included was an E30 2.5 dizzy cap, HT Leads Front disks
brand new !!!brand new !!!brand new !!!brand new !!!
and the chap also included a whole bunch of used spares including an air flow meter, idle control valve, headlights, foglights, radiator, rear lamps, handbooks, A BBS RS CENTRE CAP TOOL !
etc etc etc !!
managed to scoop the whole lot for £13.59 LOL
Check out the ebay bargain !
I also picked up another e30 ! (have 3 now !
) was going to break it for parts but its too nice and I cant bring myself to scrap it so i might fix it and nick the exhaust from it (scorpion stainless).
Its a 325i "sport" 1987 m tec 1 edition - Charcoal metallic
Spec (so i am told) - high compression engine (rebuilt not too long ago also and poss cams or port polish), close ratio box, Quick shift, lsd, scorpion exhaust, hamann grille, grille brows, imola 16" alloys, lowered suspension, recaro interior, K&N, Chipped ECU, Adjustable FPR, M Tec 1 bumpers, side skirts, and spoiler.
This car has had a slight knock in the front but i have the body panels from my 4 door car which i may use to repair this one. I have a standard exhaust to replace the scorp too.
Maybe a future 2nd drift car lol ??
Oh and my mx5 caught fire today on the way home from work due to me forgetting to secure the mushroom filter when i fitted my new strut brace and it fell against the manifold
Burnt hand = ouch !
I had to pull the burning bits from the engine bay by the side of the road after the engine cut out cos the afm was on fire and PEE on it all to put out the flames
Bad times - had visions of the whole car going up !
Anyway back to my build...
I have fitted the new bushes and the welded diff on the disk rear axle and put that onto my car now with the lowered springs and bilstein lowered shocks. wasnt too hard - actually the bushes had me sweating a bit !
The car now sits on all four wheels again with the engine and box in !
i have taken apart the front seat frames and bolted them back into the car - now I have to mate the buckets to them.
Also when installed the 2.5 engine I broke the shifter mechanism which sits on the back of the gearbox, I have another now removed from a car at work.
All of the wheels are now split apart and I have cleaned them and got 4 x 195/45/15 Toyo Proxes. The replacement lips turned up from ebay and are being polished. Now I just have to paint the middle parts and get them back together.
Well I think thats most of it for the minute, the steering wheel and boss should be here soon also !
more soon lotus will be finished and then its bimma time again
