Jump to content
  • entries
    9
  • comments
    56
  • views
    6,958

About this blog

1972 o2 roundie

Entries in this blog

Life lately

Back in the garageMaking up rough mountsEverything works and clears, all bolts can be pulled out. I can definitely make this better down the road, but I'm super happy for now.The engine sits very low and should help keep the handling flat.It's also as far back to the firewall as I can logically go, and leaves some nice distance in front of the engine for the radiator and fan setup without changing the nose at all. (Besides pulling the snorkel.) This is also an AE86 swap radiator, that works beau

Spyke

Spyke in Swapped

M42 swap finalized

Everything is in and running. Picking up from my last entry, I had to chop up a DSSR I had sitting around to add an extra inch to the length. I purchased a small length of stainless rod in the same diameter from McMaster along with some electrodes to match from another supplier. It was impossible to find them locally, and difficult to find anyone online that would sell me less than 10 pounds of them, but I prevailed.       I shaved a small amount off one side of th

Spyke

Spyke in Engine swap details

Getting down to the final details

Aasco flywheel works with stock everything, so I went with that since I already had it on hand and it's not overly lightweight. Everything came together nicely     Engine is complete as a unit and united with the subframe. Car lifted up super high, you need about 33" of clearance not including whatever you're using to slide it under the car. I used low profile jacks to pivot it into place. Then grabbed the engine from the top using an engine crane, and pulled it up into pla

Spyke

Spyke

More work on the m42 swap for Luna

More work on the M42 swap for LunaBattery (smaller AGM) has been tucked under the rear seat delete.e30 M42 radiator modified for use in a late model 2002. As some of you know, the extra bracing on the late models means your radiator cap fouls on the underside of the hood, on the driver's side. So off we go! First, chop the expansion tank drain off, flush.The bottom area around this hole is then melted with a torch. Using a large metal coin from the other side for support, we then melt the filler

Spyke

Spyke

Fuel and rollers

Decided on different wheels. Since this will now be my "wild" car I don't want to be ruining rare-ish period correct wheels, just in case. So I picked up a set of Tire Rack's private label wheels that have just about the perfect measurements for the 2002.   The fuel system is all set and ready to go in as soon as it gets nicer outside. For now the car is still sealed up.

Spyke

Spyke

Slightly Off Topic, But Related closely

This was a bit of a magical treasure hunt that lined up miraculously. I plan to just do a few simple things to make it more comfy and drive it while I'm working on the Colorado.  

Spyke

Spyke

Bejeweling up the 3SGE

IMG_20181017_144249301 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20181104_104324789 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20181104_104314246 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20181104_104730216_HDR by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20181104_104719999 by Gregg, on Flickr

Spyke

Spyke

She back

Long story short, I have my car back and have been working to the best of my wallet's abilities. A bunch of new stuff so here's pics IMG_20180509_140935312 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20180514_182857752 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20180519_144608021_HDR by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20180519_144757229 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20180519_145610696 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20180521_173100395 by Gregg, on Flickr   IMG_20180529_195018860 by Gregg,

Spyke

Spyke

Day 1

Hey guys, just last night I added one of my dream cars to the family, she will be replacing my beautifully running e30 coupe. While that part is sad, I am very excited for the future of this little car. Here's initial pics, I will take some of my own soon and document everything done along the journey. Glad to be here, now... On to pics!: 00o0o_3uWntCJyjTz_600x450 by Spyke e36/e30, on Flickr 00B0B_b37cAINLMrK_600x450 by Spyke e36/e30, on Flickr 00u0u_6gDhg44L8Gu_600x450 by Spyke e36/e30

Spyke

Spyke

  • Blog Statistics

    • Total Blogs
      448
    • Total Entries
      2,347
×
×
  • Create New...