E21 323 M50B25 1981 raunz

[raunz]

great job! Nice color as well!

+1...love the colour, really striking!

I am also quite keen to that colour. Not a long time ago I planned to repaint it in some other colour but as time passes by I am beginning to think that I will keep it that colour, just do a quality respray after some years. Besides that everyone knows this car mainly for its colour so it would be a big risk to change that

Meanwhile I have prepared for the spring. Bought a new donor engine...well the hole car and at the moment I am driving it as a daily driver for the winter. When the snow melts I will take my 530 from the garage and start using that. I bought a 325 from 1991 and the reason why I am swapping the engines is that the previous one needs a overhaul because of a head gasket failiure. Also the compressions are much better in the "new" engine and it goes better than the previous one. I will keep the old engine and stroke it to 2,8 litres with some modifications. That will happen in the future.

I have also bought most of the gaskets, bearings etc for the engine.



I am also preparing for the upcoming estonian classic BMW track event in the spring. I managed to get E21 recaro seat rails and driver side recaro seat. It is in quite poor condition but it's very difficult to find recaros in Estonia. I am planning to refurbish it with some modifications...to make it fit perfectly and offer more support on the sides.

[petroscf]

Very nice car!
That E28 console fits OK? Without any mods? Could you post some more pics from the interior?(and if possible, a bit more detailed...)

[raunz]

Very nice car!
That E28 console fits OK? Without any mods? Could you post some more pics from the interior?(and if possible, a bit more detailed...)

That E28 console needs some minor modifications but overall fits quite well. I think that the E30 same console will fit a little bit better but I haven't tried it out yet because I don't have E30 console at the moment. Mountings for the sun visors are a straight fit, only thing that needs doing are the console ends that go under the door seal, the console is bit too wide and needs trimming off at the ends.

Here's the pic from the console:

E28 handbrake console:



One other big mod thats on the to-do list are the 6 series rear leather seats...here's a simple test fitting:

Huge difference compared to the stock seat

To get those seats in the seats need to be modified, wall between interior and boot needs doing, have to make new rear side cards and so on.

[raunz]

Some pics of the interior aswell:





All pictures from the car throughout years are here:
http://www.bmwclassic.ee/galerii/album445

[petroscf]

Interesting!!!
Very interested especially in the E24 rear seats mod!!!!

[raunz]

Time for an update!

For this year I got myself a new m50b25 engine. Before dropping it in the freshly painted engine bay I replaced all the necessary gasgets, seals and everything else that needed replacement. The engine was very dirty and oily thanks to multiple oil leaks but after a day or two of hard work everything was clean and painted. Only thing that was left unpainted was the camshaft cover which needs blasting.

Before:



Meantime:


After:



After finishing the engine everything started to come together


Day before the estonian classic BMW club track event the car ran again and was quite finished for racing. Still quite lot to do but already better than last season.

Few pics from the trackday:




And few other aswell

[jeemu]

Wery nice

[Andriuz]

Mmm nice...