Project: Back in Black

[Majend]

Ran into you right after i had dropped a set of tires off at Pete's. I was on my way to my dad's for indian food and football

[9jetta6]

spotted it! love the look of this car, and the wheels

[Majend]

[Sven7]

Best sticker on any car there imo!

It looked really nice in person, and I'm by no means a BMW guy.

[Majend]

windows stopped working in the car today and i'm at a bit of a loss since my DMM was stollen out of my garage a while ago.

I did want to do something today so i decided to sort my airbox out. I went to ACE and found a plug that fit into the hole that is in the OBD1 box and put the airbox in the car. SOOOOOO happy with how it looks now, i really hated the old "intake"

ugh so cheap looking....


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mmmmmmm OEM goodness


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[Digital K]

much better.

[Majend]

Thank! some small touches are left for the engine but it isn't going to look much different then that

[Majend]

went down to Craig's place after work today to try one his spare amps. Since i bought the car none of the front speakers have worked. i figured it was either the headunit or the amp and i was right, the amp was bad. bought craig's working spare and now i finally have sound from all four corners.

that being said the speakers themselves have seen better days and need to be replaced. i want to keep everything as OEM looking as possible so i am looking to order this speaker upgrade package from BSW

This weekend my father and i are going to modify the OEM headunit so i have an AUX cable. Currently i have a tapedeck adaptor but i really don't like the audio quality from it so i am going to follow this DIY. My dad is a far more competent with a soldering iron and we have been looking for projects to do together so this will do quite nicely.

[Nevr]

Sweet car man

[JUSTION337]

I'm doing something similar to the Bose radio in my Mk3 right now. Thanks for reminding me.

[alpineE30]

I did the aux in on my Bose system in the GTP. Not for the faint of heart, but if you do it right it looks stock and sounds awesome! Good luck with it!

[Majend]

i am having my dad tackle the soldering since he has a lot of experience doing that sort of thing (he builds custom guitars with interesting electronics in his spare time) because i agree it looks pretty hard to solder in such tight places and i just don't have the hand for it. I also REALLY don't want to go aftermarket with a headunit so this seems like the best of both worlds. and if we screw it up it just means the tape deck itself wont work and i'll end up getting an adaptor for the CD changer since they are less money than a replacement headunit (last time i check HK headunits were running about $200 on ebay and the adaptor is $100)

[mimalmo]

Looks great so far. Love the color combo.

[gli_ryan]

Nice car! You passed right by my old living area on you're way home, Palm Coast just north of Daytona.

[Majend]

update time!

So went to the dyno day and the results were lets just say mixed...

one the plus side the car made 175whp and 185lbs/ft and all three runs were super consistent so it was nice to know that the motor is nice and healthy.


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on the negative side this happened


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the car was strapped to the dyno via the strut and the strut was pulled off of the bushing. I heard bolt knocking around in the hole of the strut right after i pulled away from the the event. John and i went to arby's before the car went on the dyno and it was just fine. I knew exactly what the sound was, pulled to the side of the road, looked under the car that is what i saw.

i had zero interest in having the shop correcting the issue since i knew i could fix it myself so today i put the car up on ramps at my dad's, pulled the strut pressed the bushing back in (it was a bitch but at least i was able to confirm that it didn't just "fall out") and now the car is just fine.

Moral of the story: don't strap a car down via the strut, from now on i am only running my car on DB Performance's dyno since they have earned my business with quality service.