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Rear wing

Some pics of carbon rear wing. Profile is scaled from F4 formula rear wing. Width 165 cm = 2002 turbo homologation width - max per rules. It’s pretty low as rules dictates it has to be in 20 x 20 cm space from side view, chassis is one plane.

tzei in Rear wing

February 11

Race block

Some pics from next race engine. Yeah it’s red this time.

tzei in M10 engine

February 11

Body work by SCR

Matt and the guys did a incredible job on the body work of my 02. He has an eye for details and he has the metal bending shaping, cutting and fabricating tools to accomplish the job. Many hours were spent hanging the doors and aligning the hood and rear deck lid. After many hours of work the result is flawless body gaps. The defining body accents, the ridge on the roof and on the sides, we’re the result of hours of sanding and correcting. Only the deck lid was replaced with a NOS part.

February 9

Fog Light Treasure Hunt

I did not plan on putting for lights on my 02 because I did not want to drill holes in my newly plated bumpers, and since I doubted that I would ever be driving my car in fog, rain or snow, or if the sun was shining too brightly. After reading on the 2002faq that there were reproduction (by Pierre) fog light brackets that bolted to the hood supports behind the grill, and despite the weather I still liked the way the round fog lights looked. Well being an old fart I had ingrained memories of what

February 9

Roundie Reborn

Tooling Up and Winter Prep

Since getting Phaedrus to fire up back in November for the first time in almost 20 years, I've spent these last chilly months getting ready for the work ahead in warmer weather. I've been steadily gathering tools and gear to supplement the very basic assortment I started with, including a FB Marketplace find for a proper place to keep and organize them. This $125 special is sturdy if shopworn, which felt like the right fit with the project. Beyond the basic wrenches, soc

jackm in 2022

February 8

Details, oh the details.

NOS parts wherever possible, and some used and new. New Old Stock Golde sunroof deflector in original package that dates from before 1974. Purchased with a bunch of old BMW parts that were from a closed dealership in Knoxville TN. Close Ratio dogleg 5-speed that had been in storage since the seventies. It was leftover from a racing team in Texas. Packages that are labeled HOFFMAN Motors (the original BMW importer) are from before 1974. I found one original new trunk board and

February 7

Oh baby Body shots.

I purchased this car at the 2009 Lime Rock Vintage Festival. The body was remarkable free of rust that is typical of New England 02ers. It had been put under a tarp in 1980 after rocker arm plug unfastened and the oil pressure dropped. It was the same Colorado Orange color that my first bimmer , a 1971 2002. The interior was also in nice shape. I had the car towed to Gene, a BMW dealer technician that did work on the side. Unfortunately he determined that the engine was seized an he was unable t

February 7

Betty Reborn

Oodles of noodles, and wiring harness, and more!

The project had been very slow going. A number of things, like so many others, tend to get in the way. But I try to at least stand in the garage and stare at it for a while, every day. It just so happens that during one of these staring contests, I actually did a thing. Several things in fact! When I'd removed the wiring harness from the car I did the right thing and labled everything. Or I thought I'd labled everything. Also, I'd forgotten that the harness came in two par

JerryB2002 in Wiring harness

February 3

E21 race car

So i had this and raced it. 2.2L M10 kf-injection, slides, ZF 5 speed, 4.44:1 lsd etc. It was red when I got it.

tzei in E21 race

January 26

Paint

Primer: 1st DeBeer - gray 2nd 4CR - white top coat: Spies Hecker BMW Colorado some Zn spray to critical zones Black chip guard 1st time i got to paint in owen & good lights. Was fun.

tzei in Paint

January 26

1976 BMW 2002 Project

Introduction

Hi everyone! My name is Jenna and I purchased my car on March 20th of 2020. I started to grow a fascination with cars and really wanted something to get my hands on to help me learn. I had been in search of a project for a couple of months when my one of my dad's friends mentioned a BMW he would be willing to sell that would be the perfect fit. At the time, I didn't know much about 2002's at all (and admittedly I still have a lot to learn), but it seemed like a wonderful opportunity. Me, my

jdbaker789 in 1976 BMW 2002

January 26

Dash cracks

All righty then. So this is not a build block per se as no particular vechicle is beeing build from a scratch. There might be one some day so i might just learn how this block stuff works. So without further ado straight to the deep end: dash repair. 2-piece dash cracked badly. No substitutes in horizon i thought to repair it and see if it could be done & how long it will last. Opened all cracks with straight grinder and removed some foam under vinyl ”lip”.

tzei in Upholstery

January 24

Dash paint

And finally after 1.5 rattle cans later all is semi gloss black. Dash is in the car now. No cracks yet so let’s see…

tzei in Upholstery

January 24