Meet "Blue Nose" by DIIRTY-30

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Link to the second drive; first one ripped off the midsection of my exhaust.. my driveway entrance has a huge 2" hole that divides it in half, the band caught it. I also ripped off my lip so I have to fix that due to the same issue. I unfortunately had to get 3 new V band clamps cause of it as well. This is pulling out with open headers, my friend just cut the video short.

Currently working on getting a stock shifter instead of the AKG, just not my taste. So if anyone wants to buy it off me; feel free to PM. Its practically new, maybe drove it 2 miles with it... has some scratches on the base.

Also ended up selling the 500sec, took all the euro/amg goodies. I was originally planning to buy a black on black one but something else came up that i couldnt pass on...

This needs a new transmission which I'm in the process of picking up but did an even trade on the e36 for it... going to put the M pars on it once I get it home. Super excited to own an E31 in the color combo too.. very very happy.

4-29-2017

Likewise! I'm very excited to get it going, even happier its not a v12 since I have a ton of m60 parts/two extra cylinder heads, oil pans etc stashed away. Makes life a lotttt easier, it's also sitting on H&R's with billys so stance is almost perfect, maybe 1/2" lower in the front if anything.

E30 I'm ditching the AKG shifter, just isn't for me. I have a buddy hooking me up with a z3 so I'm just waiting on that for now. In the meantime it gives me a chance to start fiddling around with the E31. Already swapped out the 19x9/19x10 Breytons for OEM 18x8.5/18x9.5 M Pars that I've had set aside for the e36. Glad I didn't sell these haha. The all chrome is a bit much but eventually I would like to powder the centers to match the body. Only other wheels I can see on this car would be Alpinas but thats a pipe dream.

This is probably a long shot but never know... If anyone happens to know anyone with tail lights, front signal lens, and sunroof inner cassette please get in contact with me. I'm not sure if I lost the drivers side lens when it was transported or not but noticed it when I was washing it. Kinda sucked.

5-17-2017

I think my cars been on jackstands more than its ever seen the ground sadly. Finally got my paws on a stock carrier / shifter. Seller told me it was supposed to be a z3 then was like "oh actually its stock" bit disappointing but whatever. Chopped and sectioned it, then decided to use some 1/4" flat bar to reinforce it. I gave it a couple hammer bangs but would rather have it stronger. Getting tired of dropping the mid section of the exhaust & driveshaft. Also had to cut the shift selector another 1/4" to accommodate the stock one.

I've never welded aluminum so gotta say, way bigger fan of using stainless than ally. Even with 4043 it was hard. Also probably didnt help that the carriers very porous & grimey even after cleaning the shitt outta it. Obviously not a welder but fuggit I made it work the best that I could. Its ugly as shit, but theres no clearance issues with it surprisingly. Gets a tad bit close to the guibo but enough room not to create issues. Wish I had taken a photo of when I first got the shifter from my buddy, thing was BLACK as we all know how it gets... here's the beauty after some dawn, purp power, more dawn, more purp power, acetone.........

Also got this sweet 6 Spd ZHP for $70 shipped since I don't have any knobs. Wish I had kept the 5 spd one from the e36 but meh.














Side note : How come noone changes the cabin air filters lol. Every car I've had these things are always grimey and typically so easy to get to. Guess I should probably create a build thread for the 8 soon too once I have more funds set aside for the beast. Weighing in at almost 4,200 lbs I think it'll need a heart transplant soon even though its only clocking 152k

5-25-2017

Took it for a drive up the street for the first time to fill up the tank. Have two minor issues that need to be worked out, hoping its just from the 5mo+ old gas thats been in the tank. Hooked up the front signals, just need to wire the reverse lights up and re-bleed the slave and it should be solid.








Also chopped up the hood I cut out a while back, got tired of looking at it & moving it. Figured id make a radiator panel out of it, just need to gather some paint. Patched up the back side of it with some scrap 22 ga I had laying around. Probably would have welded better if I cleaned the inside of it a bit better but its all good. No filler @ 30 amp, just kind of messing around and practicing with what I have laying around.

6-13-2017

Not a whole lot in the ways of updates.

Been chasing down info on backfiring, took a gamble it was between 4 different things..

1.) Voltage reg/alternator 2.) Knock sensors 3.)Bad o2 sensors 4.) Old gas/pressure

Knock sensors were brand new OEM, and torqued to spec so I was hoping I wouldn't have to re do that. My O2 sensors are straight out a junkyard for mock up purposes, so figured theyre trash anyhow so a new set will be here tomorrow. Gas, well... months old but with a fresh full tank the 1-2 gallons that were in there should be mixed now. Pressures good when I checked at the rail.

Which left me with the Alternator, which granted wasn't charging the h9 battery. I chalked it up to maybe not connecting a wire from the alternator to the ignition signal. So tapped the blk/grn to the starter, no luck. When I tested it prior to installing, it showed the alternator was good, I didn't think of testing the poles to the regulator though. Lucky for me I still had the original one off the green 540 in a box stashed away just in case. Tested it and 100% good, didn't even notice the rebuild sticker originally. So on a nice overcast cloudy day, spent the 2 hrs removed the radiator & etc and what do ya know.... swapped alt's and now getting 14.3 v when running & no more horrid back firing. Also gave me the chance to test fit the nose panel I made which I'm pretty content with.

On a side note.... working on an e55 AMG sucks. The things you have to do just to get the plug boots off are crazy. Had to improvise my own wrenches just to get them all off, firewall ones were the worst... I get the purpose of twin spark but really......

I was reading somewhere that the kick down from the TPS causes a fuel hesitation & someone suggested putting a capacitor to help fix that. I was about to wire in a 470uf as a last ditch effort but glad I hadnt. Now when the new O2 sensors arrive, it should be running way more steady than ever & perhaps even daily-driven worthy haha.

6-14-2017

Well got the new o2 sensors yesterday... need to cut & splice the OE connectors back on, got both off then noticed my DS wire was hanging low... so now I need to make a trip to the yard and get another set of connectors haha. Nothing can be easy.

On a side note... Thank god for harbor freight and their cheap tools, couldnt get the DS sensor out cause of the weird position & it was already a little rounded out when I got it from the junkyard a while ago. Nothing a little swearing couldn't fix... Made a little mount/bracket for the GE Keyless entry while I was waiting for the sensors to come in the mail. Cleaned up the wiring after the pic, just really happy with how it came out.

7-15-2017

Haven't really updated this since I've been working more on the 8 and put the e30 on the backburner.


Picked up some O2 plugs wires from the junkyard and wired it up. Narrowed down my fuel cut off decel, bought a Dinan chip which seems to have fixed the issue thankfully. I was about to wire in some 220uf capacitors to the TPS since I found someone fix their issue in that manner. Kind of glad I didn't need to resort to that, o2 sensors also made a world of a difference, drilled and tapped the trans case to avoid melting the wiring again haha. Denso units also heat up a lot quicker I noticed compared to when I did bosch units on my other cars. Nice not to be fumigated by gas in my driveway finally. Got the interior almost back to 100% just missing the bolts for the hood latch lever and need to make a 2 pc rear seat delete panel, so source some aluminum for that and carpet it. Eventually send out my door cards to have the M cloth put on the centers.

Overall narrowed down a lot of issues, the only thing that I really am not looking forward to is pulling the intake off again to fix the OSV connector since I have a small vac leak coming from right there that I found. FML right? I made my breather hose too long to the OCC and I'm guessing after driving around for 16 miles its wiggled itself loose.

Used my spare ECU to figure out how to remove the old chip just incase I messed up, found a ton of corrosion in the far corner of the board. So i'm not 100% sure if that was caused by the welding or just life... Everything worked great up till the exhaust was done, then boom no crank.

11-13-2017

Almost got most the kinks worked out, then the ICV starts acting up haha.

Gonna start relocating stuff pretty soon, charcoal canister has made a pretty big improvement instead of atmos venting. About to slap a 635i cat on there and see if that helps with my fumes.

Drove it for a good 20 mins in light traffic and had a headache from the exhaust. Finally got it to stop running as rich, needed a new FPR go figure.