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Three weeks ago driving my SR back in, as I came up the hill in front of the house I was hearing a low grade ruckus in the back of the vehicle and the engine stumbled, farted and stalled. Today I got a chance to check, I have power at the fuel pump but it no workie. No humm, no spit fuel. The...

Most all aspects of design are done digitally now. I am building an airplane, my own design and not my first. But it is my first fully digitally designed. Even at my level I have allot less mockup to do. I have also digitized the Lycoming engine and have it in a swing out mount so the rear...

I resolved the major clearance issue with the Mivec valve, I needed to drill and tap the hole next to the one in use, this allowed me to clock the valve more upright allowing the connector to fit. Once I raise the tail of the Tcase up a bit will further relieve the issue. For Ha-has I looked up...

My camera followed me into the shop and even reminded me it was there, good camera. The PS pump in it's bracket waiting on a shorter belt. I am also waiting on another inlet fitting to try on the steering box, I had bought an 18mm thread fitting but it is about .5mm large, so an 11/16 fitting...

The engine and trans are on mounts, bolts in place, fronts are not torqued yet.

The 10MM tap I ordered yesterday arrived this morning, I do say FedEx is on the ball now after some years of slacking. Naughty me for not having my camera in the shop this afternoon but I finished the threaded bungs, jigged and Tig'd them to the crossmember where the previous photos show the...

If you have a decent radiator shop near you, they can buy a core by dimension and reuse your tanks and side plates. Thicker core and other variations are available as well.

Radial tires bulge, that is normal

Not much to show for the week although quite a bit got done. Just nothing that stands out. Power steering pump lacked the 6mm dowel pin it pivots on, bought one a few weeks back. Got to the job, the pins are hiding, ******. Finally got up town yesterday thinking Home Depot would have some...

I recent years I have mostly worked on E36 bodys.

Interesting, rotting from the outside, I have seen the fins rot away but not recently. Then your state probably sprays more caustic chemicals on your roads than we get here. Why they need to spray the roads down on a sunny dry morning is beyond me.

In my 50 years of driving I have never had a clogged or failed radiator. How is this done, I read about it but have no clue how one would F' up a radiator.

E30s are cool but the body structure tears apart to easily. I maintained a Rally Newfound runner for years till it just was no longer piratical to fix. And that was on tarmac. Nice driving cars though once they are right. Your shorty looks nice.

No, this is not my first go with a Tig torch. I started with a gas rig when I turned 14, that was my Bday present from my dad. He managed a electric production power plant and one of his maintenance men handed him a box with an old Purox 200 rig in it. I still use that torch 50+ years later...

Air filter, The K&N that I think will be a good fit for this arrived, well just a few minutes ago. I do think this is what I want. This filter will fit a 4" tube but has adapters down to 3" which this intake is. It is my intention to roll an aluminum cone with 4" down to 3 but for now this...

Shock upper mounts

Here are the long nuts, these have a tapered seat seat at the front face of the through fitting, Oh, this fan is a 17", seems smaller than that but is the highest flow I could afford. Probably suitable for the Arizona guys, My 3.8 SR, I rarely ever hear the fan, my old turbo Monti, that ran the...

Radiator, Unlike the past I actually took pictures of this radiator, Left side, two mounts and a machined bung with M16X1.5 threads for switch. Said switch bung is not shown, I mount the radiator with just 3 fasteners, the right side has a long 8mm bolt through an HPDE sleeve. The left side has...

The fan switches I generally use are standard Mitsu switches for early FWD cars such as Galants from the early 90s, I do not recall the temp of these, there are both high and low. I mount them in the return tank. Way back when I built the red turbo Montero I used a dual fan setup and used one...

I buy generic aluminum radiators, call them circle track radiators. This one the width and height were chosen such that the core is the same as the opening in our rigs. The trick part I do is machine bungs that pass through the tanks for custom fasteners to mount to an un-modified front panel. I...