LS1 / T56 DD e28 BMW Build by jakeb

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3-1-2012

3-1-2012


Very very small update....its been a busy week 


I am going to run 2 12" puller fans this way everything will clear. 

 


I will have a fan should waterjet and then powder coated. It will look something like this... I will weld some studs on it for the fans to mount. 

 


Mounted the GM fuse box next to the BMW fuse box. no picture of that. Hoping to have some time over the next couple weeks to put into it. 


Picked up another car and engine for a swap down the road...92 volvo wagon and then a 4.8 truck engine and a 4l60e automatic. It will be my wifes DD eventually. It actually drives nice as it stands now but is pretty slow. 


A pic of it.. 



3-2-2012


I paid $3k for the wrecked camaro...parting it out made my engine and trans free. 


I am making copies of my mounts. PM me if you want a set. I should make a jig for the manifold too.



3-18-2012


With the birth of our son and then my wife being in a lot of pain after delivery progress slowed down a bit. Things are starting to get sorta back to normal and figuring out when I have time to work on things. 


I got a few things done recently. 


Had the fan shroud cut from 14 gauge sheet metal. Welded some bolts to it and had it powder coated. No picture yet from after coating as it just got done and I haven't picked it up yet. It should work out really nice. I'm not sure yet how I am going to run the fans...either just one on for "low" speed and then both for "high" or both on slower in low and then full speed when high...not sure yet. Any suggestions? 


 



I really hated the look of the panel the covers the heater fan and wiper motor so I pealed off all the rubber coating and had it blasted and coated. 

 


But because now it was just a thin piece of metal I was worried about noise so I added some sound dampening material to the back side. It was pretty amazing how much different it sounded before and after the material. 

 


And then how it looks on the car... 

 


compared to.... 

 


moved the heater valve...it would have fit in the stock location but it would have been hard to service if needed. 

 


mounted one of the camaro fuse boxes to hold the extra fuses and relays. The camaro actually has 3 fuse boxes, one in the dash and two under the hood. This is one of the underhood ones and I am repinning it to my liking. 

 


Working on finishing up the rear end rebuild. The rear diff is a 3.25LSD which might change to a 3.46...I had the 3.25 so it is worth trying first. 

 

 

 

 


I have a week off after this week and I am hoping to get mostly everything else done. Ordering all the AC bits tonight and should be able to order the driveshaft by the end of the week. Then I will have to do a bunch of wiring.......all figured out just need to do it and make it look nice. Slowly but surly it is moving ahead.




Comments

Nice build!

Posted by Diggymart on 1/2/20 @ 7:47:19 PM