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  2. Is the seller using a potato phone? I haven't see a picture that bad in 15+ years.
  3. I would put money on that being Jim Johnson. I remember seeing him autoXing a black box flare 2002 with side drafts around 2007 and being near the top in times of the day. He ended up buying David Lumbra's collection and ~7 years ago I went to a local car meet he hosted at his family compound in Marcola. Attached are two pics I took that day. I should have taken more of the field of 2002s/e30s. The inside of that building was full of goodies, both cars and parts. David's business was 2002restorations.com. Side note, web.archive.org and archive.is are extremely helpful. It's very easy to archive helpful links with archive.is and I've found web.archive.org isn't scraping/archiving as much as it used to. I highly recommend checking both if you come across a helpful link. Some of the internet is permanent, unfortunately it's usually the stuff you don't want. Jim's dad owns(ed) a paint/body shop in Springfield, the name escapes me. Jim has a few brothers and they now own/operate "Northwest Arsenal". I've seen one of his 2002's parked out front often(visible from I-5). I'd bet he's there most days if you want to call and ask about the motor. If it's not his engine he probably knows who owned it. edit: I'd bet the nitrous was run uncontrolled(always on) because the car was carb'd and it was a cheat. The "shelf" was an attempt to prevent it from pooling or causing overrun at part throttle/during queue. IDK though, I've never run nitrous. edit #2: If Alan is on this board he probably knows who ran it, but he's an E21 guy so I doubt it's his motor.
  4. If you're gonna go into the steering box, separate the box from the steering linkage at the Pittman arm's outer connection and unbolt from the subframe. I did a column on dismantling and checking/refurbishing the steering box; PM me if you'd like a copy. mike
  5. It's a lot easier with the heater box out. You just have to wiggle, finagle and wiggle some more until it slides past each obstruction.
  6. update: I got hosed. the forum member I bought this kit from lied to me, long story short, the pistons don't match the head so I will be selling parts individually. @WillM02let me know if you still need the head!
  7. It's the 4". The 3" doesn't have trigger wheel holes. You can see in the picture that it is 4", so I don't know what the ID issue is.
  8. Just a fact of life: Drive shaft businesses will shorten a shaft, no problem. Lengthen a drive shaft? Almost all will say no, because grafting in a section is way too much work, they'd rather make you a new shaft. Don't hog out your rear subframe holes either. Just do it right and save yourself a whole lot of aggravation.
  9. Tonight I drove the Baur into a European car meet at a local hamburger spot… great turn out we had at least six 2002s there.
  10. These are so cool! 100% paper? All the colors come from colored paper or am I misunderstanding? Well, the obvious answer for what to make to sell with the car is an art piece featuring the car itself!
  11. Today was a day I’ve been working for a couple of months to get to…250 man hours on my part / 40 paid helper hours and about six k in sandblasting/repair panels/paint/welding supplies /misc…to get to this point. I sprayed Eastwood cavity paint into the hood and trunk before loading it up and transporting it with Greg Resa’s help to the painter who is in a small town about 75 miles away…
  12. Wow…. Like Toby says, someone spent a lotta hours with a die grinder pretty badass, though. That plumbing and the port injection… crazy
  13. Yeah, that was my experience plus it was f'ing loud. I tried the oscillating tool. It sort of worked in a spot or two but then I ran into the gooey mess and gave up. I went to the dry ice method. That wasn't a walk in the park either but more consistent and better results overall. And quieter... I live in a town home and try to be at least a little considerate. I've been doing enough angle grinding and such as it is.
  14. What role did/does that little upside down mushroom lookin thingy play? Nitrous injection? Eugene huh? I know an E21 guy here, think I might recognize that car.
  15. Well I do have a 73 Verona up for grabs. I do another form of "pulp" art with 100% paper-no other media. But I'm just showing off, perhaps I should do a piece and sell with the car BRILLIANT! but what?
  16. Any tricks to get the lock down rod and spring out and in? I didn’t take it off on my last one and should have. Looks a little intimidating to replace?
  17. Just loosen off the temp sender, once coolant starts coming out of there , it is pretty much bled. Run for a bit, it will push some coolant out first,, then will settle down and you may have to add just a little bit
  18. I am pretty much done with the driver's side footwell. This took twice as long as the passenger side. I have a little over two hours in it. The good news is there was almost no rust on the driver's side. The passenger side had a coating of surface rust. Maybe the "gooey" tar on the driver's side helped protect it. Ultimately, I'm glad I pulled the underlayment in the footwells. There was enough rust in the passenger side that if left unchecked might have caused some issues. It will get a good coating of Rustoleum, which should keep any issues at bay for decades here in California. Keep us posted on how well the dry ice trick works. There are mixed results on the web. Some swear by it, others have abandoned it. It may have to do with the type of underlayment. Hopefully it works on the 02.
  19. With W&N its listed for the clutch, but its same part... 17mm ATE grommet: Plug for clutch master cylinder fits for all models and years of manufacturing you need 1 for 1 car WWW.WALLOTHNESCH.COM Plug for clutch master cylinder fits for all models and years of manufacturing you need 1 for 1 car
  20. Oooh, that is not easy to fix... the exact positioning of that ball in the lever is critical to the synchronisation of KF pump to throttle butterfly (air-fuel ratio). To remove that lever from the pump is a big job that is a total pump removal and strip down...see that lever at 5:40 in this video: https://youtu.be/eSBJh4nxETg If it were my 'daily driver' i would likely just push the ball back in the hole & secure it it with a blob of MIG welded kluge. Or, buy a new ball with a threaded base and bolt on a replacement with threadlock: Angle Ball Joint For Throttle Linkage With Nut Fits Mecedes-Benz Man Trucks WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Outer Thread: M6 x 1.00mm. Inner Thread: M6 x 1.00mm. Renault Trucks. Volvo Trucks. Sampa 096.2224. PE Automotive 140.068-00A. Lemforder 22256 01. DT Spare Parts 9.05306.
  21. ...wow... that's some tricky... stuff in there. And someone with a serious need for.... smoothness. Neat! Make sure you can fuel for the extra oxygen! Do you have any more pictures of how fuel and N2O gets INTO those blocks in the head? t
  22. thanks folks. I THOUGHT I had successfully burped the system, in that i ran the car with the cap off after filling, seeing a dip in coolant level, but i'll raise the front end on jack stands and repeat the process. appreciate the help!
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