Project - 320 TSi

drjim · Post by **drjim** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:43 pm

Is that the engine I sold you??? - good to hear it runs OK.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Thu May 20, 2010 10:39 am

yeah it is the engine you sold me

havent got it up to temperature yet so im hoping that will be ok but im sure it will be.
still got same stupid idle problem so think it must be a carb that needs servicing.
have got some various throttle cables on order now so they should arrive soon and i can have a crack at driving the car

built the 2 rear wheels yesterday so will get the new shoes mounted and fit them

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sun May 23, 2010 12:59 pm

rear wheels fitted but buy does that arch sit fricking low onto the wheel, time to get the grinder out. will modificate the arches today and hopefully with lots of bens help get the front wheels fitted and the throttle cable all in place so she is pretty much ready to hit the road for RTTS,
then just gotta spray her

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed May 26, 2010 10:16 am

well i didnt get round to spraying her last night so will have to do it when i get to newquay. so is a pic of how she looks at the mo, minus bonnet of course

jimbob · Post by **jimbob** » Wed May 26, 2010 12:31 pm

those wheels look sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

340i · Post by **340i** » Thu May 27, 2010 5:10 am

oh damn! shit that looks tough.

scrub much on full lock???

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:57 am

just a couple of pics you might like of the car, please excuse the dodgy paintwork

i think she is looking kinda hot in white

340i · Post by **340i** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:02 am

austin25uk wrote:i think she is looking kinda hot in white

+1 on that

how is it driving on those wheels? must have a fair bit of scrub radius on the front? you've got no power steering aye?

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:20 pm

handles like a dream, because wheels are so wide the steering is super sensitive, desperatly need a quick rack now me thinks.
absoloutley now steeringwheel shake or juddering so its a really nice drive.
wheels scrub on inners on full lock but not enough to worry about and to be honest i found some rust in my footwell so might just tub it out to make room

dampers are well and truely wrecked on the front so suspension will be my next major challange again now and as my gold/green 323 has arrived i can start work on that.

unfortunatly the engine in the car is drinking water like a whore and there is lots o creamy goodness now but we will see if she survives. cant be arsed to do another engine change before the TSi engine. engine pulled a bit better lower down but the old engine used to rev out a lot better. undecided if i could tell the difference that much though.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:39 am

dog in my wheel

Pho21_girl · Post by **Pho21_girl** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:51 pm

Sorting out iPhone photos and came across this one of you working on the engine on a shelf surrounded by booze in the warehouse. Don't know if you want it so...(love the dog pic)

cobbler2u · Post by **cobbler2u** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:33 am

liking it in white

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:36 am

it looks awesome in white. wheels are pretty sweet too!

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:48 am

White looks way better than the satin black imo.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:28 am

in my pallet pic have you seen whats on the pallet next to me, - yes thats right its a massive stack of fosters!!!!!!!! booze and engine building - good times