YAP (yet another project)

[Morton]

Glad you're finally getting that Beamer on track It's been sitting in the back yard gathering more rust for too long!!

Oh, and have fun with all that welding... you have a LOT ahead of you

[hakhawk]

well, picked up the beamer today. its pretty crap body wise, but lots of stuff i can raid off it. doesnt run, missing heaps of bits, ignition module, coil, fuelpump, among other things.

its almost fully optioned, power steering, aircon, sunroof. no lsd(wheels spin opposite, still gotta check diff casing for an "S" though)

pics time

[1991_Vn2nV]

Sunrooooooooof! Does it work?

[hakhawk]

yep, but its a manual one. in pretty good nick too, no rust i can see around it, seems to seal good. its not going in the red bmw tho, too much weight

[hakhawk]

well, i had a fun christmas day. started attacking the bmw. pulled the front suspension out and the front headlights to swap over to the red one. dads gonna do that tomorrow(i got lunch shift at work). looks like there should be enough room to squeeze a decent size cooler in the front there(the red bmw's radiator sits a bit further back than the 6cyl one)

[hakhawk]

dad finished swapping the fronts over today, but just before i left for work, we were looking at the differences between struts, and found this. the silver ones shock shafts are massive compared to the red ones. asked on a bmw forum, and found that theyre bilstein sports series shocks, plus one score for me. the rotors are all barely used tho rusty, same with pads, but one rear wheel is missing them, so ill get new pads all round anyway. control arm bushes look in pretty good nick, we think they were done only a few years ago.

[Haydz]

that is a really dodgy pod filter (electrical tape) ha should look good beamers suit the red. to bad its so prone to fading.

[hakhawk]

more fun today, started attacking interior. did a bit this morning, til it got hot, lazed around, then did some more as it cooled off around 7.

red one, floors good, drivers side rail mounts need fixing(common problem ive read)

ripped all the soggy sound deadener out and the carpet. will attempt to remove the tar off the floor to save a bit of weight, then go buy some marine carpet and lay down on it.

theres not alot to take out for weight on these things unless you go dedicated track carand remove door trims, centre console(which weighs 2/5 of stuff all, so its staying in) back seat(which is also fairly light, not much to it),etc.

speaking of rear seats, on the base, every point where 2 springs cross is greased from factory to stop squeaks!!








silver one

has 220kph speedo, so im keeping that, along with any switches and crap i might need. swapping the seats into the red one, as theyre in better nick. floors rusted out under the carpet(glad i didnt choose to keep this one)





pics will be slow as crap right now, but internet resets tomorrow, so ill be at full speed again.

[hakhawk]

had a bash at taking some of the sound deadener out tonight. bloody easy it was. front half just needed scraping, rear needed a bit of heat persuasion, but came off with ease aswell.

[hakhawk]

goodies arrived in the mail today, some slightly() bigger calipers for the front. one set for me, one set for the boss and his mk11 escort hes building into a rally car.

[hakhawk]

honest, i was only trying to knock back some messy welds and the grinder kinda slipped










whats missing from this photo!!



left overs to go into the red one, well bits of these will anyway.

[ALWAYSIDEWAYS]

Hey, these little cars rock!
Ive had three of these E21's over the years, and think they are a great little IRS sedan.
Yeah. the 323-6cyl has a lot of bigger parts, including the diff and axles. THey have a rear swaybar and bigger front swaybar. They respond well in the understeer detpartment with a Bigger/second fr s/bar, and a strut brace And the diff's wear hard, so you might want to upfrade the oil.(fyi).

If you need any parts- just pm me! (16's, spoilers etc)

And aparently the V6 fits well in the engine bay- hint hint! A guy did it in QLD, tho i dont have pics.

[hakhawk]

where abouts are you? 16s would be nice. pics please got any goood unbroken unfaded tail light lenses?

yeh, i kept the diff out of the 323, so i can fix that one up unless i find an lsd.

funny, the 318i, this one, has same size front sway bar as the 323, and has a rear sway bar, also same size as the 323, so someone mustve done some work to it, or it was optioned as factory.

ive seen a blue one with a v6 in it. thought about it, but i want to get away from the v6 for a change.

[hakhawk]

got some wheels for it today, set of 15x6.5 + 15x7.5" simmons V4's with tyres. wheels need a bit of a cleanup, but damn do they look nice.

[hakhawk]

grille

[Jo3_Blo]

Good to see your doing something with this! The 323 was a great choice for a spare parts car!

[Reaper]

Yeah I've got a little BMW fetish myself, very sensible light and good handling base car for a track/fun car which I think is what Troy wants to do with it

The 318i is the perfect hairdressers car. Does this mean a career change for Hak?
Looks like fun though anyway.

Reaper

[hakhawk]

lol, no career change, but this things not gonna be an average 318i by the time its done.

i double checked where the new hillclimb track is going to be and its literally up the road from me, fun times!!

[hakhawk]

wheels done the other day, today i swapped the headlights to the twins i got off the other bmw and cleaned up the grilles, slapped on the new grille and indicators.

[hakhawk]

funtimes!!

got my rotors the other day, had a play today test fitting them on the car.

front with test fit of 4 piston caliper(not final position, gotta make bracket) and spacer ring to keep it hubcentric. gotta drill a new locating bolt hole and stud holes. both pics are the wrong side rotors, just happened to be the 2 boxes i grabbed.



rear test fit with spacer ring. only gotta drill new stud holes on this one. still deciding on a rear caliper, as these are vented rear rotors and the stockos were solid.

[hakhawk]

more brake goodies!!!

this stuff is all going on after rego, coz it kinda wont pass with it on

2x 5/8" remote reservoir master cylinders
balance bar
remote bias adjuster

[hakhawk]

mmmmmm, rebound adjustable koni sports all round and new bonnet + boot badges

[UNKNOWN]

Looks like alota fun! Coming along very nicely.

[1991_Vn2nV]

Koni adjustables, nice man

[hakhawk]

started making my led tail lights today

in order,

off
parker
brake
brake and parker