Project 328i - a lot to learn

[sideways-theonlyway]

Bit of an update....

Didn't get much done since.

Extended control arms and washers fitted along with 25mm spacers all round, nice bit of caster on the front and sitting good bit wider than it was, also fitted the steering rack €2 spacers, good lock now








Put in the polycarb rear window, need to finish the driver and passenger windows this week



Got these fake mirrors for nothing and sprayed them silver, they'll do rightly



M3 front bumper bought, and also twin cherry bomb exhaust also on the way. digital temp gauge also to be fitted.

Going for its engine swap at the weekend, hopefully.

Anyone any links to reasonbly priced upgraded engine mounts or should I bother upgrading them?

Anything else I should do when the engine is out?

[DaveM-sport]

Engine mounts will be fine until they fail. The 328 engine is pretty light.


Did you get the flywheel and bumper?

[sideways-theonlyway]

Engine mounts will be fine until they fail. The 328 engine is pretty light.


Did you get the flywheel and bumper?

Thats grand, thanks, I have spares here anyway from the other car so I'll see what they are like when engine is out.

No, was chatting Michael friday so they should be here tomorrow hopefully

[sideways-theonlyway]

Bit of progress today, old engine removed and bits transferred to new engine.

Fitted the M20 flywheel, clutch and starter and gearbox onto the new engine.

All ready to go back in monday and fit the M50 manifold and BBTB.

Also got a 4.1 diff and exhausts came friday.

Also got polycarbonate finished, turned out OK, could be better

Few pics from today....... cant wait to get back driving this again

[garyae86]

Great work Paul when do you plan to have it back out ?

[sideways-theonlyway]

Great work Paul when do you plan to have it back out ?

not sure, depends when there's a practice, not around for Mondello on the 10th so it'll be whenever the next one after that is.

try and take it for a run somewhere before that hopefully

[Eoin k]

Fair play man. Nice few bits done. Was it hard to find the m50 manifold?

[sideways-theonlyway]

Fair play man. Nice few bits done. Was it hard to find the m50 manifold?

thanks, basic enough work going on here, but it'll be interesting to see what figures it gets when I get it mapped. I was lucky with the manifold, the place where I got the engine had an old 325 there so we got the manifold and throttle body from it

[Paddy drifter]

nice case

she'll be some car when shes finished

[sideways-theonlyway]

nice case

she'll be some car when shes finished

case done the job anyway

hopefully the engines a good one, car is seriously light now, two of us can just lift & push the back of it around no bother, hopefully its still grippy as well.

few more bits to do to pass driftfest non cage car competition rules, never ending list