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my 316 e21

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:53 pm
by colix
Hello ,
here is my project car, a 77 316 e21.
I bought this car because I wanted to do some oldtimer rallys.
The car was not in good condition, there was lot of rust on the bodywork and the engine was not running.
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Last year I decided to completely renew the car.
so the bodywork begin :
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when I saw the rust everywhere,(I don't show everything), I decided to do a complete modification to a true rally car.
2.5l engine
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fully welded rollcage
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font uniball control arms
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e30 big LSD(heavy modification!)
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e30 diff need big work:
widened rear controls arms
cut a part of the body because the e30 diff is mutch bigger.
weld new diff mounts.
the original fuel cell will be too big and I will have to put a fuel cell into the trunk.
more will come
coil over suspension
sport seats
harnesses
brakes

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:04 pm
by Peter V.
Hey,

Welcome here,

That has been a lott of work allready. Keep it up because it looks to me that this could be a nice E21.

Gr Peter V

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:03 pm
by Rav320uk
Hi, good work.
One question, any more pics on the E30 rear diff set up??

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:52 pm
by colix
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here some photoshoots I took this morning.
I can take more if needed...
the main problem with e30 diff is lenght of half arms.
that's why I had to wide the rear arms of 12mm.
with that modification it will run perfect

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:00 pm
by Rav320uk
Thanks, I am looking on going down this route as there are lots of ratios available in the E30 diffs to chhose from.

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:41 pm
by colix
yes quite easy to find and they are so strong!!!
I tried to buy an e12 lsd but I got stolen by the seller.
now I am really happy with the result.

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:13 pm
by tommi_e21
love the suspension work

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:05 pm
by colix
hello,
some work has been done to the e21
fuel lines are OK
engine is running.
brakes.
exhaust line is complete.
new paintwork.
here some photoshoots of the work...

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here is the Vapor digital dashboard because I use e30 engine , gearbox and lsd there is no speed sensor cable.the vapor tells me the water temp and the speed... it works fine!

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last afternoon i received the car fully painted alpinweiss

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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:35 am
by Blackadder
Awesome car! :shock:

Love that color!
Nice technical work also! :wink:

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:56 am
by e21-Mark
Great work. 8)

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:01 am
by tommi_e21
looks nice n white, luverly job

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:13 pm
by colix
thanks a lot
more will come this weekend because I work hard now...

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:53 pm
by ac/dennis
Great job man!

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:11 pm
by colix
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:40 pm
by kABLiuks
love the color! Just need dropping, black wheels and its a track weapon.