DrGonzoPOW's 1981 320/6 - 325i -Race'in Up-

[DrGonzoPOW]

Nar not just yet, still a fair bit to get done first. Plus I need a battery and the cable i ran to the boot turned out to be shite.
It would'nt run straight away as the plug on the fuel rail was dodgy, so we swapped that out and then it fired nicely. There was a really bad knocking and i was worried that the oil pump was knackered and no oil was getting pushed around the engine. That turned out to be the crank pulley knocking on the timing belt housing. Other than those couple of niggles its running sweet. Loads of tidying up now before mot time

[murran]

good job we had another injector wiring loom to fit. was deffo something dodgy about that first one being corroded and full of sealer shite.
and me not fitting the camcover quite right causing that noise. d'head!
didnt take any pictures did we?

need to bring you this bloody throttle cable that i forgot yesterday at some point!

dont think that cheapo jump lead wire is good enough. the wire core in it isnt big enough to take the current needed to crank it over.
i wouldnt mind knowing why both those starters are noisy too!

[DrGonzoPOW]

If you could post it mate ill send you some money through paypal or summert?? Will take a a couple of pics and a video to put up tomora! Need to sort that battery cable out first and source a battery

Dunno what that injector rail was all about. Dont buy things off dodgy cockney's is the lesson there

[e21-Mark]

Battery will be with Mr Nas on Thursday pm.

[murran]

ohhh a video? thats a little high society isnt it? lol.

bollocks to posting it, i'll pop up with it next weekend. we can both go up to nas's in mine for a coffee and a chat, if he's available for such a meeting that is....

how much did you want for that radiator off mib mark?
oh im nearly there saving up for those top mounts! got £60 odd quid sat in my paypal acc.!

[nas80]

I don't have coffee only tea bags lol hope you still wanna come round like.

[murran]

I don't have coffee only tea bags lol hope you still wanna come round like.

like im glad you said like, we can bring us own coffee like lol.

[e21-Mark]

how much did you want for that radiator off mib mark?

nothing mate.

As soon as I fit the RPM mounts the others are yours.

[DrGonzoPOW]

Yeah we can do that Murran, as long as you drive nice and slow! I want to have a go in mine before i die

[murran]

i can do slowish.... that any good lol?

[DrGonzoPOW]

[murran]

cool y0!

[e21-Mark]

Good stuff!

[DrGonzoPOW]

Been tidy'in up a bit o'wiring this morning. Took out the connector blocks and soldered everything together. Put the 101 plug jobby where the previous live point was and moved that across a tad, not made my mind up if thats where its all going to stay though.


What size hole do i need to cut in the firewall for the loom ??

[murran]

in the loom theres a big ass rubber gromit that used to go in the hole thru the e30 baulkhead. you need a hole to fit this big ass gromit in. get your verniers out and measure it dude.

what did you sort out chip wise?
also, what do you think about that starter noise? i dont think its right. if the starters not meshing correctly with the flywheel ring gear it'll be wearing it out. we need to look into this!