A progression thread.

[Ali77]

So, I bought myself a 2.8 wide body z3. A late night stroll through eBay resulted in me becoming the owner of a z3!!

Now I’m really lucky as she only has one patch of rust and that’s on one of the outer sills

I managed to source a second hand sill off eBay in a fetching shade of dark green and I took both off and made a few minor repairs

now here’s where things kind of wandered off path.. I did buy this z3 with the sole intention of just enjoying it. But while it was in the air I decided to fully poly bush the back end with power flex bushes it was at this point I noticed the offside rear shock was completely knackered. And with that I decided sod it.. I’m going to buy her coilovers and shed as much weight from her as possible and have a bit of fun.

so I gave the engine a good scrub and then completely removed the air con system and the viscous fan,
and thats about where I’m up to at the moment, waiting on a few bits from Germany and then I can put the cooling system back in

now I know a lot of people will say by taking the air con off is just ruining it and making it un sellable but that’s the point.. I have no intention of selling it I’m just going to have some fun and re live being a boy racer
to be continued…….

 

[Zephyr]

Nice ! Always liked the “i am going to do whatever the heck I want to” approach.
Enjoy the journey.

 

[andyglym]

Very nice. Loving the XR4i flag in the background

 

[Ali77]

Nice ! Always liked the “i am going to do whatever the heck I want to” approach.
Enjoy the journey.

I knew that taking this approach wouldn’t be greatly appreciated by all but you know what I’m past the age of caring now I’m going to actually just do the mods that make me smile and be happy and to enjoy being in the garage doing what I love… tinkering !

 

[Ali77]

Very nice. Loving the XR4i flag in the background

Ahhh the xr4i.. that was the car that made me become a petrol head. My dad owned one in the 90s but he’d never let me drive it as I’d only just passed my test

 

[t-tony]

Cant fault you at all. It’s your car!

Tony.

 

[Eddie Zedder]

Very nice. Loving the XR4i flag in the background

Now there's a sign that were getting on Andy, we both spotted the flag but not the Page 3 calender right below it

 

[andyglym]

Now there's a sign that were getting on Andy, we both spotted the flag but not the Page 3 calender right below it

Is that Linda lusardi?

 

[t-tony]

It sure looks like her.

Tony.

 

[Ali77]

Is that Linda lusardi?

It sure is, well spotted!! A p

Is that Linda lusardi?

well spotted!!! You get an extra ten points if you know what year the calendar is from it was the year I was born!!!!!

 

[andyglym]

It sure is, well spotted!! A p

well spotted!!! You get an extra ten points if you know what year the calendar is from it was the year I was born!!!!!

1987?

 

[Ali77]

1987?

No where near!!! Wrong decade

 

[Mus Musculus]

No where near!!! Wrong decade

Going to go on a limbo here, but based on you screen name: 1977?

 

[Ali77]

Going to go on a limbo here, but based on you screen name: 1977?

Shi**ing hell I completely forgot I’d put that in my username

 

[Ali77]

I’d love to say polybushing this was a nice job but it was actually a massive pain in the arse

 

[Ali77]

Can someone help me because there is no progression and I’m about to have a breakdown of the non mechanical kind.. the thermostat housing arrived from Germany this morning, awesome I get to put the car back together.. so just to be doubly sure I find a auto doc (that’s where I purchased the housing from) video on YouTube. I begin to watch and take notes on where he’s putting rtv ect and his engine looks like this

But then I go to put the thermostat into my block and…

The housing I have is identical to his and the thermostat is brand new. My old thermostat was built into the housing unit but I can’t use that as it doesn’t open at the right temperature. Someone please help

This is the new housing. Many thanks in advance.

 

[t-tony]

What difference is there in the stat opening temps? Is it physically the same size and would fit?

Tony.

 

[Ali77]

What difference is there in the stat opening temps? Is it physically the same size and would fit?

Tony.

The new thermostat opens at 80 degrees instead of 88 but the fact I don’t have that step in my engine block means the new thermostat has nowhere to sit and will stand to proud

 

[Zephyr]

What is the part number? Do you still have the bag?

 

[Ali77]

So the separate thermostat should sit in the block like this. My engine doesn’t have that step so am I limited to only being able to use the combined housing and thermostat