Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.

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3661

I worked front to back… Completed tonight:

Filled coolant
Replaced leaking oil feed fitting
Added foam seal around hood to help close the gap a bit, looks good
Installed lockstrip in windshield gasket (PAIN!)
Added return spring to my accelerator pedal assembly
Trimmed under dash panel so there is no contact at WOT
Added 5th point to driver’s side harness
Installed passenger side door release trim
Installed upper B Pillar trim
Blacked out and installed rear quarter window trim
Installed rear glass lockstrip
Installed battery hold down that I made yesterday

What’s left:
Install wheels
Install inner door weatherstripping (coming tomorrow)
Install driveshaft

I have a tuning appointment on Thursday.

3662

:bigclap: I am very happy for you to be about done!

3663

congrats newman…is this thing going down to carlisle this year?

edit: oooops double post…is there not a delete button that i am missing?

3664

congrats newman…is this thing going down to carlisle this year?

3665

Make sure you keep track of all the egos you destroy. Should do something like the WWII bombers, Something like that would be sweet.

3666

ALMOST DONE!
[03/15/10 - Finishing touches, part 1

http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/img/thumbs/DSC04309.jpg](http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_139.html)

3667

Toyota what?

This is awesome.

3668

Haha, before I was relying on the throttle plate return springs to pull the pedal up… It worked and didn’t stick but sometimes seemed… laggy… it’s very snappy and responsive with the new spring.

3669

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/EclipseBlur/cat.jpg

Lookin good, newman! :tup:

3670

Car is looking great…:tup:

I really like that splitter.

3671

Sickk. Awesome job man!

3672

Nice. Gotta be exciting to actually be near the end. I expect you to take Jesse for a ride and beat a corvette this time!

3673

It’s kind of sad seeing this come to an end.

I look forward to the creative engineering updates.

What do you think might be next on your list? Save up for a ferrari? Mods on the exige? … We all know you need to be doing something new always.

3674

AWD conversion… no, really…

3675

bmw roundel for the hood?

3676

I gotta find something… I might make/modify my own…

3677

this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2x-BMW-REAL-CARBON-HOOD-TRUNK-EMBLEM-E30-E34-E36-E60-M5_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4a9eca90b9QQitemZ320491655353QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

3678

I’ve seen those. While I don’t HATE them, I think I can make something cooler on the printer…

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I like the blue and white look, I think it looks good on my trunk. Maybe I’ll just replace BMW with E30GTR

3679

inforthertuning!

3680

Cant wait to see this and what kind of base line numbers it will put down