1983 316- RESURRECTION

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:48 pm

another Y plate black bimmer, Nice, we must one day get a meet up if were not all too far from each other, i know some of you are not too far from Essex/London...

Keep e21ing it

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:11 pm

THIS

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I’ve got it exactly how I want it for the time being. I got the BBS alloys on yesterday and the wooden steering wheel went on at the weekend

Mega chuffed with it and it's turned out better than imagined. Next step is the 2002/318i M10 engine conversion in the summer

And and a random cool moth shot I found yesterday morning on the ol' steels...

Sierpien · Post by **Sierpien** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:43 pm

incredible it looks extremely nice

E21 316 rules!!!!

misza · Post by **misza** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:11 pm

it looks nice, what size of tyres u have on?

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:53 pm

Look closer at the photo lol

195/50/15

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:54 pm

Not updated this for a while... probably because it's simply been left as it is and it's now clocked up thousands of miles. I had planned to combine a 2002 engine and an early e30 318i engine to create a 2L fuel injection beast, I even picked the engines up and they're sitting in the workshop. However as always plans change, this turned up at a price I couldn't refuse...

318is

The crap exterior hides what I'm after

Fingers crossed this will save me time and money since it's more powerful than the previous planned engine and it should have the ballpark bhp I want straight from the box. The timing chain needs doing though. I will also be to uprating the front brakes to the vented 323i (or volvo) disc brake setup, polybush the car all round and relocate the battery to the boot.

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:57 pm

Removing the IS engine.

The old man demonstrates a very easy way of moving the engine...

Removed the engine out of the E21, single handedly which I was quite impressed with! Gunk and a pressure washer made short work of the engine bay

Engineless

Unfortunately all the timing parts needs to be replaced, as well as some deep internal gaskets which is a major pain. My mate came over and lent me a greatly appreciated hand and showed me how to remove a seized crank bolt

Cool photo

I finally got myself a welder, and I've had a bit of practice so it was finally time to take the leap and weld the car myself! Engine bay grot chopped

Just the over side of that hole the chassis needed grot chopped out

As a complete novice who really does suck, this was the end result. This actually shows 3 seperate holes I've filled!

The reason the holes existed were due to brake pipe supports going rotten, so I decided to do my very first fabrication, remaking the support.

Pleased with the end result

Welded in. My helmets a bit dark so one of the welds is WAY out!

Me on the job

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:58 pm

And now for some random photos...

Credit to B&D for this photo, superb photography

Happier days

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:59 pm

If some of it doesn't make sense, I've copied and pasted from my Retro-Rides thread.

http://retrorides.proboards86.com/index ... 131&page=1

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:44 pm

Gameover, I ran out of time >:(. I'm back at uni meaning the next time I'll be working on this car is June next year! RR'08 is my next deadline.

Here's the last photos for a while.

The drivers wheel arch really rotted out.

All I could do is just slap hammerite everywhere, especially where I've left holes still.

Now it sits abandoned, I had an idea with the grill also.

drjim · Post by **drjim** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:49 pm

Wish I had your barn to keep my car collection in!

I assume you are using the 318is gearbox, what are you going to do about the speedo? Or are you transplanting the is dash etc as well?

Jim

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:12 pm

Speedos are last of my concerns for now. I plan to use a bike speedo which will be accurate enough, or a cheap digital dashboard similiar to what kit cars use.

demk1 · Post by **demk1** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:36 pm

hello mate

i love black cars, i like black/chrome together always works well.
anyway what happened to the ATS wheels? didnt fit?
i was hoping to see a pic of it on them, do you still have them?
i like the idea with the grille, i guess you were making a cold air feed? i need to do this with mine really, my carbs are getting no cold air.
so let me know what happened with the wheels

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:40 pm

I knew the ATS would need spacers at the front, but they also needed spacers at the back. I decided to cut my losses and sell them. I'm also upgrading to volvo 4 pot calipers on the front and I don't think 13" alloys fit because of the bigger calipers. Luckily I picked up a set of 15" BBS which fit to my car with no spacers. I can let you know someone that has 15" wheels, but they aren't cheap. I've seen the BBS wheels like mine come up every now and again.

I've decided that the grille doesn't look good, so I'm going back to a full single grill!

If you need spares, I have two whole spares cars, problem is I'm no where near Plymouth and I'm not with the car until late December.

demk1 · Post by **demk1** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:46 pm

cool ok.
i prob would have bought them i love those wheels.
yeh i need a few things, rear seats (if cheap and ok condition)
rear seat belts and bolts.
single grille
few other things
i can wait.
will you post most items?