BMW’s rolling in and out. You’d think this place is an offshoot of Turner M. Clark trying to push me to the darkside of bimmer’s. NeVa!!!, Porsche 'till the end Clark ya hear!!! Even got some other customers up in a fuss about me working on all these cars and not fitting them in here cough MIKE cough!!! :haha
Anyway few shots of some fun M3 stuff. Jay’s M3 dropped off here. Replicated Jesse’s cage with a few tweaks to fit Jay’s short stature and make it easier for him it enter/exit the car. Fire suppression, UUC M5 FW and OEM M5 clutch, doorpanels, nets, fix a host of typical german car oil leaks. Typical IP prep stuff.
And some shots of Jesse’s new S52 race motor(3.2L) OB2 motor going in OBD1 chassis. Sweetness. OEM components for IP legality. 2nd block he sourced for me, started with one sleeve, then two, then I said fuck it and sleeved the whole block new. 2nd crank as well. first motor he sourced lost the oil pump nut at high RPM. Ran dry, broke cams in half, split the block along the mains, spun a rod, and bent the crank .037". Somehow 5 out of the 6 rods survived and all pistons did as well and are thus being used here. Balanced, not blueprinted. Never blueprint a race motor unless you plan to tear it down every 20 hours or so for an overhaul :nono. I’ll have moe pictures over the next couple days as I tear down his S50 for the rest of the components(WP, OP, covers, head, etc):
Oh, and I don’t have any oil leaks…but I think that seal on top of the tranny-the one behind that sleeve the selector rod attaches to, is letting some oil out, and the diff output seals are seeping a bit.
I see you incorporated the Jaffster bar in front of the b-pillar…you should post what happened to that red e36, the one that hit a tree with it’s roof, illustrate WHY that bar is there :rofl
The “Jaffster bar” is actually pretty common on most cages. Future project is to move the seat back, mount a Tilton pedal setup a good 8 inches back from stock, and extend the steering column so I sit farther back. Then I’d be able to do a vertical bar to support the A-pillar top node in a nasty roll.
Benny- No a-pillar gussets, you cant see shit out of the sides of the car. You cant see out the pass side mirror in the original BMW Motorsport chassis.
It’s better to do the b-pillar support bar to the main hoop’s side-center nodes, but with our seating positions right now it wasnt optimal.
Thanks dood, good to hear comments from the like Air jacks you’ll see soon enough on my car as no floor jack is going to fit under it. And I’m going to need them because the way I drive my car makes most of these M3 owners maintennace regiment look real good :tong Oh and the gray coating on the block is Upol Acid 8. Very high quality acid etch primer good for ~450F then coated in your typical black high heat paint, in this case a ceramic satin black. About $20 a can at most good body shop suppliers(IE Saratoga Auto Body) Holds up pretty well to the abuse under the hood.
Yes it’s inside the machine shop, viewed from my build room. That’s only ~4,000sq ft you see there of the 16,000 total whole nother 4-5 around that, ~1000sqft behind me, and 6 or so in storage and workspace upstairs, plus cold core storage on the side. Big place. I still get lost sometimes
Air jacks you’ll see soon enough on my car as no floor jack is going to fit under it. And I’m going to need them because the way I drive my car makes most of these M3 owners maintennace regiment look real good :tong Oh and the gray coating on the block is Upol Acid 8. Very high quality acid etch primer good for ~450F then coated in your typical black high heat paint, in this case a ceramic satin black. About $20 a can at most good body shop suppliers(IE Saratoga Auto Body) Holds up pretty well to the abuse under the hood.