E34 550iT....The Gristle Hammer

[slammin_e28]

Epic stuff man !! Are you bringing it to The Vintage again next year?

Oh yeah it will.

I'm going to get it even more squared away. Now that it's been all detailed and cleaned up I'm really gung-ho about working on it.

[Das_Prachtstrasse]

BMWCCAustralia represent.

[bkbimmer]

This is a bitchin build.

[slammin_e28]

So, finally got the thing on a dyno.

I'll let the vid do the talking. Credit goes to my friend Walter who did the intro and filmography.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhoOsEua_4o

Numbers weren't bad, IMO. The consistency is ridiculous from what I understand. Figure it's probably 305-330hp at the crank if you account for 15-20% driveline loss. I'm not unhappy.

Of course, now I feel like I'm at the end of a video game I've invested so much time into. IDK what to do with myself. Maybe get the interior all up to snuff and make it a better place to be.....I've just always been an all go, no show kinda guy.

To be continued.....

[slammin_e28]

Oh man, I forgot to mention....I did a 100% rebuild on the engines.

I am very lazy and can never figure out how to post pictures here, so here's my r3v thread that has about everything one could ask for.

https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showth ... p?t=386577

Some really cool pics of M70 guts in there. I'ts just easier to post pics there w/Tapatalk than here with some weird hosting thing I can never remember passwords, etc to.

[1st 5er]

Impressed.

[tig]

Very nicely done. I have M70 lust.

[MicahO]

That's excellent Jeff!

[slammin_e28]

So....I think I'm going to move on to phase two: Interior Boogaloo.

1. Black, non-srs dash, center console swap...along with heater core replacement (it leaks)
2. Carpet clean and dye, dark grey. Get black floor mats.
3. I have a set of electric, memory sport seats. Going to get them reupholstered and have heaters installed. Colour to be determined. Same for the rear seats. The kiddos carseat put a hole in the rear seat.
4. Headliner, black suede/alcantera....A,B,C,D pillars to match.
5. Door cards to match the seats, install rear sunshades.
6. Convert all the plastic bits to black.

The car drives so well now. It's time to make it a better place to be when driving it.

Tips on dying carpet/leather much appreciated. It's all parchment now, going to be some BMW OE brown....haven't decided yet though.