hi all,
ive recently joined the forum ( about 20 minutes ago ) but have been a regular at the retro ride gatherings for the past 3 years. this year I decided to bring my e21 project along, which seemed to entice quite alot of interest considering its nowhere near finished, unluckily though we couldn't get it started
but anyway I know pictures say a thousand words and you lot don't wanna hear me bleating on about the ins and out of my car so here come the pics. 
the rescue mission with huxmk1 way back in 2007
my mate benj doing some final checks
services and huxmk1 on the blower
and back at base camp with benj giving it the "i'm shy" pose
the original plan has to fit a 1.8 twin cam e30 318is M42 engine, so me and my dad made a spit frame to get the car on to start some car cancer treatment,
windscreen seals (can get very nasty on an e21)
all sorted
all was going well then this arrived and yes that is an old shopping trolley lol
trial fits into the engine bay we're interesting to say the least, the engine fitted in but i'd stripped all the ancillaries off it and it was still mega tight, plus it had no room for exhausts
oh yeah and the gearbox didnt fit in the tunnel soooo
TA DAH!!!
I made a new tunnel at work which turned out like this
........ on reflection what the dash was I thinking?so out came the grinder again I will post pictures of the new tunnel in the next update as hux has been tricking it out a bit, all these pictures so far have just scraped into the start of 2008 so ill now get cracking on the second update. hope you've enjoyed thanks for looking.
ive recently joined the forum ( about 20 minutes ago ) but have been a regular at the retro ride gatherings for the past 3 years. this year I decided to bring my e21 project along, which seemed to entice quite alot of interest considering its nowhere near finished, unluckily though we couldn't get it started
but anyway I know pictures say a thousand words and you lot don't wanna hear me bleating on about the ins and out of my car so here come the pics. 
the rescue mission with huxmk1 way back in 2007
my mate benj doing some final checks
services and huxmk1 on the blower
and back at base camp with benj giving it the "i'm shy" pose
the original plan has to fit a 1.8 twin cam e30 318is M42 engine, so me and my dad made a spit frame to get the car on to start some car cancer treatment,
windscreen seals (can get very nasty on an e21)
all sorted
all was going well then this arrived and yes that is an old shopping trolley lol
trial fits into the engine bay we're interesting to say the least, the engine fitted in but i'd stripped all the ancillaries off it and it was still mega tight, plus it had no room for exhausts
oh yeah and the gearbox didnt fit in the tunnel soooo
TA DAH!!!
I made a new tunnel at work which turned out like this
........ on reflection what the dash was I thinking?so out came the grinder again I will post pictures of the new tunnel in the next update as hux has been tricking it out a bit, all these pictures so far have just scraped into the start of 2008 so ill now get cracking on the second update. hope you've enjoyed thanks for looking.
