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Mmmmmeasure the thickness of what you remove...?

Glad I got an "update" e-mail from the faq that I actually followed!
Good to see pics of your car Mark. Hope you are well! (OK enough here)
-dp  

front subframe, steering column, steering box and all steering links (idler, control rod, etc) dash, binnacle, pedal box w/LHD booster, brake lines brake master brake booster, clutch fluid reservoir w/lines, clutch master clutch fluid line, etc etc... Best to get a complete car as a donor, good luck on the affordability factor  

Sad how we ruined a half-decade legacy of the first affordable driver's car/sport sedan, rabid '02-ism and BaT auction crowd generosity made this example too expensive a year ago. That canvas-topped tragedy is hardly a candidate for even more $ simply because it exists. 

RIP Quigsie! 

By optimised are you focused on flow? If you want flow with some appearance of stock, the late-model '02 manifold with the huge smog bung by #4 flows equal to Ti and Tii variations. But better than all those possibilities and less hassle is a basic tube header, you can get a new one that is well-built for about what people are demanding for a "Ti" or "Tii" manifold now. If you're looking for how to hog out the stock manifold (you hopefully got with your car) my advice is "don't" because I wouldn't.   

1 hour ago, 68Targa said:

Hello guys, my apology if this post is inappropriate and do delete if it is. I was hoping if anybody can ID the seat on the right with the horrifying ribbon of colours. The Seller told me that this was removed from a BMW over 10 years ago but not sure which model and another expert told me it may have been an E9 CSL. This is not my area of expertise but I am in the process of potentially selling this seat to finance the purchase of another Scheel seat I really want for my Porsche. I just wish to know which model it's for hopefully and precisely. The seat on the left is from a 914 Porsche and an expert told me my 'colourful' Scheel is definitely not a Scheel 914 seat. Thanks a lot!

 

My '69 SF/LA Auto Show car 2800 CS was fitted with black leather Scheel seats like your striped example, complete with adjuster knob and slider mounts (no tilt) but the headrest was completely different, a small roll. I've never seen a headrest like yours on an E9, E3, or E12 that were factory-fitted with Scheel seats.   Thats the only data point(s) I can give you -30-

so...a block...a vin tag.... and the stamped chassis ledge?

Go take a look and let us know if you buy it!

15 minutes ago, djminkin said:

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So it wasn’t ti specific?  More just earlier years?

ANY of our older cars, since the late 70's/early '80's and before. 

-30-

9 hours ago, djminkin said:

What is the story behind the rear shocks being mounted upside down on the ti?  I

Its not much of a story. 50 years ago companies like bilstein, boge, and koni built rear shocks for our cars with the piston rod attaching to the trailing arm, and the shock body mounting up inside your wheel well. Over time there have been changes so they are usually the other way around now. I am doing the suspension on a  CS right now, and when its time for the shocks on that car I will send old "inverted" shocks to bilstein to be rebuilt and use those. I'd just prefer the look as being more "in period" :-D

https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/136618-piano-top-pistons-ok-to-use-with-121-head/?tab=comments#comment-20570

got the above link in a search of the faq using "piano top" .... there is a picture in it that shows piano top. The extremely crusty black foto you posted is a bathtub. and the line drawing I posted is bathtub. The linked thread also has a pic of the 121 head combustion chamber, I think its next to the piano top piston picture and you can see why its important to match things up.  --30-- 

39 minutes ago, djminkin said:

Reason I ask is the head is missing and I have a 68 121ti engine and head from a NK 2000ti engine and it has the piano tops. Would the NK and ti be different?

121 head is bathtubs, E12 is piano tops. People would machine 121 heads to clearance the piano tops so they could use available piano top pistons on earlier 121 head engines. Are the pistons that came with your Ti bathtube or piano top?

On 1/9/2013 at 3:00 PM, TobyB said:

I've never pulled a used piston out of a block that I found to be worth reusing...

Had to remind myself 

Pretty sure the early cars through 1969 (as a minimum) had bathtubs,
I have 2 sets on the shelf and just took a look Mahle 081 94 00 (std)
and Mahle 081 94 02 (.020 over), for 2000CS and 2002Ti, 1965-1969, 9.3.1 CR

 

On 12/8/2018 at 5:33 PM, conkitchen said:

I went there once circa 2010 to buy a part, It was over priced and in crappy condition and the guys were not overly helpful. That being said, I asked about how they came to that price and the response was " where else are you gonna find it" I told him online or Craigslist. His retort was well there goes another illegal parts dismantlier with no license or overhead.  I think they knew the end was near. 

 You were there in 2010...EIGHT YEARS AGO...and...."the end was near"?

-smirk- what a load of crap.

I called 'em, Marshall said nothing all's well and not closing up shop. I've known these guys for decades, in a way I am VERY sorry I promoted this thread with a comment seeings as theres not enough hot cocoa to go around for all the butt-hurt kids expecting to be pandered to. 

On a net search for my friends at Double 02 today, this thread was the first thing google spit up. 

After reading it through, all I can say is....gee, talk about a vindictive, troll headline post. I can see that girl isn't around here any more, in fact I guessing most all the other anonymous piling on arent either. And bitching about things like a 40 dollar set of hinges or 75 dollar pieces of glass? Thats really something. I think I'll give double 02 a call, their licence frame is still on my touring, I hope they're still there I heard something is up with the biz. Maybe they got tired of it after anotrher 10 years of whiners.

On 10/15/2018 at 5:34 PM, iinca said:

The guy makin' these is not a BIG corporation but an individual doing the 02 community a huge favor. You can be sure he's not getting rich doing it.

" Bulgaria's Annual Household Income per Capita reached 3,218.75 USD in Dec 2017, compared with the previous value of 2,922.44 USD in Dec 2016."

On 7/17/2018 at 3:36 PM, Dionk said:

The car was riddled with rust.  

Well, thats about all thats left out there TO re-do. Practically all the great, rust-free Tii project cars have already been found and re-done which is why people are paying MAJOR prices for really nice unrestored cars. Which is also why people are spending major prices for refurbished cars, and unless your labor cost is a dollar an hour re-doing your project into a very-properly-restored Tii is going to set you back close to 6 figures   

4 hours ago, Blitzen said:

Wondering if BMW ever produced a 1600Ti in the Touring body?

No

4 hours ago, Oldtimerfahrer said:

Hi,

What is the "North American 50"? I have the FIA homologation papers for the ti, with whom and for what series were they homologated? I thought the 68' emissions changes meant none entered the US as street cars, but they could enter otherwise? I assume the Canadian ti's did enter Canada as normally registered road vehicles because a few other cars also made it to Canada that did not make it to the US.

Andrew

 

Homologation papers describe hardware allowed in any series recognizing and mandating FIA-stated level of compliance
US market: none were delivered officially to the US market through the pre-Hoffmann network which, ironically was not "official" the way we think today. Thats NOT to say they were not sold by distributors or dealers for road use, obviously there are some exceptions. No way of saying for sure if there were some rare gumshoe 20 year old working for the motorcycle dealer who sold BMW cars in the 60's and they actually bothered to stealth out such detail as a 20 year old during the flower power era, they'd be almost 70 y.o. today, and a rare bird indeed to be tracking still (or again) on '02's...if someone like that frequents the faq, they are admirably (for the 21st century) unassuming and discrete. Or just don't care any more about this kind of detail any more than anyone in the late 60's early 70's.  
The 50 were brought in to Canada specific for racing purposes, some obviously made it to the road but "the 50" did not try to skirt whatever "normal channels" existed, the Tis simply were'nt officially delivered for registered road vehicle use in North America. Same comments about normal channels and official as above.
 

How bad could it be? Honestly, if you don't know...if you have to ask....I'd advise against even taking it on.

I will NEVER purchase and do another basket case without another preferably running example next to me to refer to. At LEAST a completely-assembled, "running when parked" example.

Same principle applies if its "just" something like a Tii engine, and I own three. I bought a 74 Tii as a basket case and after years of mostly b.s. tinkering I won't even seriously start on it til I get my 72 next to it...if nothing else just to sort the boxes of Tii specific stuff. Yeah I know the one in the picture is a Tii also, but its, well, ...different ?

"How many Ti's can you fit on the head of a pin?"

Congrats on the find, though

Do you know if your ignition switch is dead when the key is in the off position?
When in the accessory position (past "off") the blower circuit is supposed to be live, then cut off at "off", then active again after you start and key returns to run position

Great read. Huge fonts :-) Thanks for the post