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Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:31 am
by uwbuurman
arshad76 wrote:I hope to god that's not you driving in your avatar! :lol:
The woman in the air is his mother in law... Does that explain? :mrgreen:

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:32 am
by arshad76
uwbuurman wrote:
arshad76 wrote:I hope to god that's not you driving in your avatar! :lol:
The woman in the air is his mother in law... Does that explain? :mrgreen:
That's perfectly alright then!

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:28 pm
by theneek
arshad76 wrote:
theneek wrote:Good luck! I'm wrenching on my E3 Bavaria right now.

I'm glad you guys agree, 17"s should be a good compromise and fill the arches nicely. I hope to god that's not you driving in your avatar! :lol: I guess I've never officially said "hello" neek, but aware of your E21 and bav from bimmerforums and love your design direction. If you can offer any advice when it comes to air suspension, including which kit would be the best it would be really helpful.
I built the Bavaria air ride from a pair of Air Lift constructors kit.

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=20850

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:11 pm
by arshad76
Thanks, I've bookmarked this. I guess this won't have been the reason you did it. However, was there any improvements in ride and handling too?

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:47 pm
by Jason_323i
Top project was going to offer you a alpina M30 head but I see your going with a newer lump.

For bakes lee at massive brakes had a few e12 spec alloy bells in if you want the base of a BBK

J

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:29 pm
by arshad76
Yeah thanks Jason. I saw that head you were selling and I even had a 735i at the time with a good engine I could have mated it too. We're going for an Alpina 3.3 now which will be a good fit. I'm not sure what to do for the brakes, perhaps use a combination of some B10 ones I have or like you say go for a big brake kit. Would like to pick your brains closer the time.

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:59 am
by Mobster
I have some very nice Scheel front seats that I may part with.

I also have some genuine 16" staggered open lug Alpina's which I nay consider selling at the right price

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:07 am
by nas80
Thanks Mobster, we already have scheels and already have alpine wheels.

regarding brakes , have to do some measurements of the current system, hoping I can adapt the e39 brakes, luckily the car takes 5x120 pattern so we should be able to find something that works.

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:27 pm
by Jason_323i
E3 will use a smaller centre bore so any later brake disk will need a spigot ring

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:55 pm
by nas80
spigot rings are gonna be easy. I do have a e3 3.0 lwb brake setup, I think that might be adequate you know.

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:44 pm
by retro-bmw
Arshad how much did the centre caps cost? I have a set of 16" alpina's missing the caps so could do with a set.

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:58 pm
by arshad76
retro-bmw wrote:Arshad how much did the centre caps cost? I have a set of 16" alpina's missing the caps so could do with a set.
Abid, the caps themselves are fairly reasonably priced $99: http://www.coupeking.com/?post_type=parts&p=3490

Just be careful of the import tax, as it's this what stung me. Coupeking also have these on an ebay america shop, which is where I bought them from. I made an offer $10 less than they're asking they could say yes - saving you a bit more.

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:31 pm
by Mobster
Centre caps from W&N - 20 euro's

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:21 am
by arshad76
Mobster wrote:Centre caps from W&N - 20 euro's
They're 20 EUR each.

Re: Project E3 is Go! 2014

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:22 am
by rob0r
Can't wait to see progress on this, especially as I'm likely going to learn a lot from you/Nas before I tackle mine.