///Mock3 "Luxury" Edition

[hakhawk]

so im finally home from a 2 week holiday, took the e36 upto qld to catch up with friends there and on the way, was an awesome trip!!

did roughly 5000km
used roughly 500l/$800 in fuel

things that failed:
-broken bonnet cable(middle one between the 2 latches, was on its way out anyway) happened on the first day!
-left hand HID intermittent on startup(pretty sure its bad/dirty connection, as it started playing up when rad hose popped)
-hesitation/bogging after ~2hrs of driving(mixed highway/town/traffic), seems heat related as it fixes itself after more highway cruising or parking for 10mins or so, and only happened on hot days. will check codes tomorrow, see if anything shows up.

the bonnet cable would have broken regardless, the hid i should have fixed already, the hesitation is the only real bad thing, and isnt directly related to the drive, so im super happy with how the car went.

ive got an absolutel stackload of pics to go through, so for now i think ill just dump a bunch now, and maybe some more later on.

so first day was the drive to canberra, stopped in cooma for some lunch

then met up with a mate in canberra

sunday we took the car to the German Auto Display, was a great day, met some more people, looked at some mad cars, got sunburnt, relaxed!

got there nice and early, so got to see some of the cars rolling in.

^was fitted with chrome/billet stuff everywhere

this thing turned heads as it rolled in. some of you would have seen it going around facebook and the likes with a 6/71 hangin out the bonnet. in current form, he said its around 700hp from memory

obligatory gogomobile pic

boat car didnt sink

some of bmw section

some of vw section

rolling back to sydney with some of the people i met there

some of the areas i stopped along the way, usually for lunch or breakfast

funky laundromat in port macquarie

seagulls are everywhere, always, relentless

went to bathurst, see here http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/motorsport/238446-bathurst-track-museum-visit.html

moore park beach in qld, one of the places i grew up, i do miss it

and some pics of the car that i took today

 

[Sabbath']

Is that a penis in the mirror?

 

[hakhawk]

Is that a penis in the mirror?

probably, he did like my car!!

 

[ari666]

-hesitation/bogging after ~2hrs of driving(mixed highway/town/traffic), seems heat related as it fixes itself after more highway cruising or parking for 10mins or so, and only happened on hot days.

IAT sensor wiring?

 

[hakhawk]

IAT sensor wiring?

doubt itd be the wiring, but the sensor itself is entirely possible. i have a spare i was saving for the charger plenum, might bolt that in sometime

 

[hakhawk]

so i replaced the fuel pump last week, picked up some response/power doing that, so it definitely needed it. next is to put the old pump into the passenger side to eliminate starving through corners with low fuel.

fairly sure this was the original 20yo pump

also replaced the bonnet cables with 2 new bmw cables, also needed doing. cleaned the latches while i was at it.

gave it a wash today, havent really given it a wash since being on holidays. its still not clean, but its better than before.

 

[hakhawk]

bay needs a good wash and more hairdryer

 

[hakhawk]

some supercharger progress!!

finished cutting and positioning the outlet, and got it welded, along with a vband clamp for the inlet.

threw some paint on it last night(weather was awesome)

so much more clearance now, drain fitting should fit a lot better too!

so i started playing with the inlet piping, needed to cut it on an angle to clear the strut tower, and wanted to get it closer in to the charger.

might need to trim the alternator air duct to get it to swing around a bit more, but thats just a bit of plastic

pretty happy with position, should clear everything but need to bolt it all on the car and test fit again. shame its raining today

 

[Pub247]

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[hakhawk]

more work today, finished rebuilding my spare vanos unit. now just need to install it

threw one of the silicon joiners and pipe on the supercharger, just to see where it sits now, looks to be in a decent spot. intercooler piping should be fairly easy by the looks.

then i decided to try and work out positioning for rubber stud mounts for the plenum. the one i got with the "kit" was only supported by the plastic trumpets and inlet hose. its not heavy, but vibrations over time will crack the trumpets, and theyre not cheap to replace. so as with most of the other stuff, i want to over engineer and make sure it wont fail on me, by using the existing bracket for the heavy cast factory plenum.

couple of pics to show the differences between the 2. this is a spare i had from when i was building the carbon intake(ill finish that oneday )

so to work out the positioning, i placed the plenum on the ground, marked out its location, and bent some alloy to get the bolt hole location, and marked it to replicate. i then put the new plenum down, and worked out where it would land.

then i grabbed some scrap alloy, and shaped it to fit where it needed to. i'll drill and tap holes once the blocks are welded on and i can double check position ON the car.

the IACV hose had to go, so i'll add another hose fitting for that, also need to add air temp sensor and pcv fitting.