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    Engine bay reinforcement

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    Chassis
    Not much to say, but you can see part of what it takes in the front to use the e30m3 subframe.
     
    25mm master cylinder on the m3 booster. Bracketry in front of the master cylinder is / was fur the ABS pump. I'll be able to simplify the hard line routing and tuck it out of the way. I'll cut the ABS brackets out.
     
    Massive amounts of reinforcement everywhere, the front end feels really solid, even with the 16x8's and the GC suspension with 350 pound springs.
     
    Oh, and the conical welded in bits are where the center bolt on the control arm goes through the chassis, not just the subframe...
     
    And a shot of where the lollipop bolts in with all that welding.
     
    Did I mention there are 700 documented hours working on this before I ever laid eyes on it? The level of fabrication is amazing.
     
    And you can see where I need to notch the frame more to make room for the header. The engine is very low in the car.











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    Ground Control struts

    By irdave,

    Welded on the Ground Control bits, installed the rebound adjustable Koni inserts, Eibach springs, GC camber plates. These are the e30m3 struts but it's the same for the 2002 guys.
     
    The rear is interesting, between the 02 chassis and the e30m3 subframe I need springs in the 11 to 13 inch long range...
     
    All of this is temporary until I get around to another set of MCS dampers. Loved them in the tii, they're just super ultra mega.



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    Trigger wheel

    By irdave,

    Been doing a bunch of work, just not as gregarious as some.
     
    Bought a spare crank pulley / damper. @jimk supplied an extra timing wheel. Tried to weld it on- I have a welder, I'm not a welder- so pung my buddy James at https://www.blacksheepbikes.com/ to see if he could help. Sure as shit he's a welder and stuck everything together for me. So new pulley is on.
     
    Oh, bracket for the crank trigger is Jim's design as well.
     
    Next will be removing unnecessary wires from the Haltech harness.



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    M2

    By irdave,

    This sweet '76 found me needing a new home and someone to take care of it. I headed to CA with a buddy just as the monstrous fire started to destroy Paradise (I grew up just down the hill from there.) It started, ran, drove and the price was close enough so we loaded it on the trailer and headed back to CO.
     
    It's a '76 with a rather complete e30m3 swapped into it, including AC, power steering, cruise control, subframes, suspension, brakes, everything.  They even relocated the strut tops for the m3 struts to have the proper castor angle.
     
    It still needs a lot of love, like finishing some bodywork, paint, a complete interior, things like that. I'm thinking about box fenders instead of the flares that are on there. Maybe paint it white with the 3 color stripes over the top like the Group A m3... Maybe just spray clear over the top of what's there now. Don't know, but i do need to go through it mechanically first...
     
    So here area few pictures to get started...


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