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Hub before machining

Hub after machining

Hub with bracket

Here you can see the hermaphrodite VW brake line, equipped with male / female organs.

How it should look. With adapter made to take up slack for the e-brake cable. Photo courtesy of  Blunt, courtesy of Harv

So the car is on all four wheels and it can be pushed in and out of the way. I had the driveline shortened, balanced and converted to a three bolt flange. Supposedly this is stronger. I don't know but I changed the flange on the transmission to the four bolt but it would not fit. I must have pulled the wrong part but after pulling the failed attempt I was over it.

The tranny is pretty close the left side tunnel wall.

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So it's been a couple of days since my last update. I get a little bored with this site because it's so far behind where I actually am with this car. So I apologize. Where was I....... Ahh yes, Ordered the correct Wilwood pads for the front. They come with the notch to clear the caliper retaining rod. Reconciled the problem with the brake lines. you will need an adapter for the line to the caliper. I solved this by emailing Lee at Massive Brakes. He sent me a set of front brake lines with the adapters for the calipers. Perfect fit and the lines are of the highest quality. For anyone doing a brake conversion, don't buy your stainless steel lines until you have all your brake parts together.

  Plenty of clearance with the big wheelzz.

For the rear I went with the VW disc conversion. You can search this conversion for the full how tos. I used 84 GTI calipers with the mechanical e-brake lever, cross drilled rotors (cheap) and mounting brackets from www.bmw2002.com. What I forgot to get was VW stainless steel brake lines. The set I had for the rear were female on both ends. The VW caliper accepts a male end. Like I said, wait. Also I had to have the rear hubs machined to fit inside the rotor.

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Okay so, I did a search on .http://www.bmw2002faq.com and found out about some other big brake options. Save yourself some time and just search the name Lee Voung on the faq. Asian Rob did some research and bought a set of Wilwoods on eBay for $80.00 each. I wasn't tripping at first until I saw the calipers in person. Then I had to have them. I went on eBay and bought 2 sets from the same guy. With the help of Lee's extra large brain I found out that since my car was a Tii, the Wilwood Superlite 1.75 calipers would bolt up to my struts with washers and work with the 320i cross drilled vented rotors and hubs that I had already invested in. I would only use 2 of the 4 front stainless steel lines that I had and would need male adapters to connect them to the calipers. Non Tii cars need a bracket to mount the calipers to the strut. Of course Lee makes this bracket as well as a Massive Brake Kit which is tight. I've seen it up close and the fit and finish is excellent. Huge rotors, huge hats, Hit him up here http://www.massivebrakes.com

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Closer

On Baby.... after several bouts of unenthusiasm  

 I don't think the tradional 13's will work. Sorry

Like I said, I got a bag of new red urethane bushings from BMP. So I abandoned my shiny new engine and tranny and pulled my suspension apart. This is my buddy Blunts fault. Looking at his shiny new everything and my wife saying, " why doesn't yours look like his?"  Even though I promised myself that I would just make it run. It wouldn't hurt to clean it up a little.

Front Out

Rear Out

Why I did this?

Big Sway Bars from p/o. Big useless brakes

Bead Blasted

Took a few parts to get the hang of the POR 15. Reggie says its all in the stroke. He said, "stroke"

Bilstein struts. Almost bought Ground Control coil overs and camber plates but decided I need to ride in a car that has them first. I'm scurred they might be loud and super ruff. If you have em , had em, or have an opinion let me know.

Got better with the POR.

Plasticote Krinkle paint. Before Jose backed over it with a car. Then pulled forward over it again. to see what he backed over. While it was drying in the sun.

I used 2002 axles with 320i cv's at the differential. New boots por'd. I wasted a lot of time taking pics of the whole process, none of which i'm going to post.

I finally got my 3.91 Lsd. I had 1 core 3.64 lsd that someone ran without oil. And another that turned funny. Plus 3.91 is closer to the 4.10 that the e30 M3 came with. Someone posted on the faq that there were three 320is' at the Oaktown pick n pull. So me and Asian Rob drove down there and sure enough they were there. But only one car had the diff in it. And Asian Rob drove. So being the good Christian I am, I sat there and watched while this nutjob pay $67 for it. Everyone on eBay wants $250 plus $75 shipping for one. I almost won a whole 320is for $500 but lost. Got a call from Bavarian Auto Recycling. They had one. Worked it out. I was so happy, I dorked out. painted it and polished the S 3.91 tag.

From the way the output shafts pulled out of the diff I suspected I did something wrong. After proper research, I discovered that I was supposed to use 320i axle shafts with 2002 cv's outboard.

So engine is being built with new Bavarian Maxsil Pistons t.m. We'll see how they work. Pretty lightweight. Block was cut to fit. They supplied rings to go with them. Had a bit of trouble installing pistons. Rings kept popping out. After ramming my head into the wall, breaking all my tools, and beating my wife, I figured out the problem. To be brief, never use anything out of a box that has been taped closed. Someone put the wrong piston rings into the right box. My bad, should have put one in the block to check for gap first. Oh well, my wife didn't press charges. Mixed and matched a new M3 oil pump with a used 02 pick up.

Cam Tray

With cams and bead blasted valve cover

I went with the Euro Cam gear. Cost me about a buck. Should get more torque by retarding the exhaust cam

With tranny, exhaust, intake and M3 clutch