Fuh Raze...

[Mtriple]

I should also mention that a few weeks ago I signed up for the show. This is the first time I've actually given myself a deadline to have it on the road. I wont have every aspect of the car finished but at least I hope to have it there and spend the day with you guys.

[Digital K]

That's what I like to hear if you ever need a hand you know how to find me.

[Mtriple]

That's what I like to hear if you ever need a hand you know how to find me.

Thanks Kris, I appreciate that!

[Brandon@Blunttech]

same here! I NEED to see this thing

[JTapper]

I should also mention that a few weeks ago I signed up for the show. This is the first time I've actually given myself a deadline to have it on the road. I wont have every aspect of the car finished but at least I hope to have it there and spend the day with you guys.

Good to hear! I can't wait to see it in person.

[Mtriple]

So as I mentioned in my above post, the downpipe didnt fit. After talking to a few other TCD owners, speaking with Todd(TCD), and trying some other motor mounts, I broke out the hammer. I was extremely hesitant to go this route but to be honest, it was no big deal.
I started by removing the heat shield and cutting out the insulation undeneath. I traced the shape of the shield before I took it off to make sure I didnt trim any more than needed. Once I had this all ready, I held the DP up and traced the area that needed to be persuaded. I was concerned that this would be difficult with the motor in the car but it really wasnt bad. Once I had the area pushed back, I mounted the DP and viola, fixed!
I used some adhesive backed heat barrier for good measure.

Here you can see the area that has been pushed back and covered in heat barrier.


Once finished I put the stock heat shield back and used a small hammer to mold it to the new shape of the firewall.

Quick check with the DP and I now have plenty of clearance. I proceeded to wrap the DP in header wrap. I've done this before but this time I tried soaking the wrap in warm water for a few minutes. Definately the way to go. I will let it dry over night and mount it up tomorrow.



Also installed my SPAL pusher to the Mishimoto via Massive's brackets and mounted everything up with new hardware from BMW.


With the radiator in place I will start making the brackets for the oil cooler and heat exchangers for the aftercooler. I have tomorrow off so I hope to get that done and wrapped up.
Other than that, I'm hoping to have some oil fittings that I ordered and the brackets/hardware thats off at PC by the weekend so I can make some more progress.

[hamradio]

Nice work!

Looks like the end result is going to be very tidy.

[Digital K]

Looks superb. Sometimes a hammer is the best route. I wish it was more often. Have you thought about running a shroud with the fan?

[Mtriple]

Looks superb. Sometimes a hammer is the best route. I wish it was more often. Have you thought about running a shroud with the fan?

Thanks Kris, if I have room with the heat exchangers and oil cooler I will reinstall the factory shroud in front of the fan. I don't think it's going to fit however...

[Mtriple]

Its been a while since I've had a chance to work on the car. My Grandfather fell ill 2 weeks ago and never recovered, he passed early this morning. Needless to say working on the car has not been a priority but today I needed an escape and went into the garage for a few hours and got some things acccomplished.
Brackets back from PC. I threw in an old UUC shift knob as well.

I made a heat shield for the motor mount

Covered it in more of the heat barrier material

Installed. I covered the factory FCAB shield as well


I have the VAC oil distribution block and needed to find a place to mount it. I ended up making a bracket out of aluminum and fastened it to the factory stud on the frame rail. I have the factory oil temp sender in place for my M3 cluster and then I have a future port for oil pressure. The oil line then continues on to feed the turbo.


Found a good spot to mount the BEGI. I will eventualy go MS so I didnt want to put it anywhere too permanent.

I hope to get back out in the garage tomorrow and finish my oil drain from the turbo and the lines for my oil cooler.

[Digital K]

great progress. sorry to hear of your loss...

[aaronmjr]

Sorry Bob, gotta be a tough time for you right now. My wife and I prayed for you and your family last night when I read it. Good work on staying motivated though.

[Mtriple]

Thank you Aaron. Kris got a chance to meet him last summer when he shot the wedding. Papa and my brother were co-best men...

Francisco Giovanni Jervose 1920-2012

[Mtriple]

Making some progress. Made up some brackets out of angled aluminum stock and mounted the heat exchangers and oil cooler. DP is also finally mounted as well as the connection to the wastegate. I test fitted all of the charge air plumbing and got that situated. It's super tight with the aftercooler but its all in...

[Mtriple]

More progress today. I spent most of the afternoon trying to find a good spot for the aftercooler resevoir. I decided to go squeeze it in between the aftercooler and the driver side headlight.
Once I made my brackets I marked my holes and installed some nutserts. I used these to mount my brackets for the heat exchangers and oil cooler as well. I love these things, it makes for such a clean mounting point.
The tool:

Installed. I put some POR15 around the inside of the freshly drilled hole just in case.


Brackets installed. I will powdercoat them eventually...



And some other misc. pictures of work over the past day or so...





Made some brackets for the top of the oil cooler:

Back at it tomorrow...

Oh and ironic side note: I'm a Plymouth Firefighter and we got called out to Powdercoat Technologies last night for a business fire. They had a fire inside one of their ovens and it smoked up the place pretty good. I was going to drop off my wheels today to be done in time for the show. Now I'm going to wait until next Wednesday, my next day off, to take them over. I figured they may want a few days to clean up after the fire...