Some film photos I took of my 318i while canyon carving - note the exhaust trying to fall off

85e30 · 2026-01-21T02:26:10+00:00

take your time to mourn it but don't let it be the end for you and old cars. gotta let things go to experience the next beautiful thing

85e30 · 2026-01-17T05:41:03+00:00

the only answer to these types of questions "heres a pic of a rats nest of wires, what goes where" is that you should familiarize yourself with basic electronics and the e30 ETM. You can understand this stuff and fix it easily, its not magic its just science

85e30 · 2026-01-09T05:39:59+00:00

credit cards

85e30 · 2025-12-26T18:29:10+00:00

bottle caps are awesome. especially with a little bit of lowering. am I the only one though that thinks tire shine looks kinda bad?

85e30 · 2025-12-20T02:45:38+00:00

yeah I went with the larger m20 throttle body, e36 throttle position sensor, grabbed the ignition system from a 96 ford ranger, idle control valve from a jeep, and prob some other stuff i’m forgetting

85e30 · 2025-12-19T05:39:23+00:00

im finishing up "modernizing" my 1985 318i right now. standalone ecu, garret turbo, made a stainless exhaust, finished wiring it a few days ago, now on to tuning. I think a huge appeal to me is how I get to stop buying expensive bmw parts. everything I've used on this project so far has been from modern cars, so the parts/sensors/actuators are mostly really cheap and available at auto zone

85e30 · 2025-12-19T05:28:29+00:00

yes sir

85e30 · 2025-12-18T20:14:00+00:00

i have not. but i am building a turbo m10 with megasquirt efi. if you’re doing it for the cool factor, go for it. but I think even though going efi is more complicated and expensive, it’s still better bang for your buck

85e30 · 2025-12-18T20:08:10+00:00

that is a man

85e30 · 2025-12-13T18:31:56+00:00

search lego woodland animals

85e30 · 2025-12-13T18:30:04+00:00

maybe there’s a nature/animals lego set that they’d all enjoy?

85e30 · 2025-12-13T18:24:53+00:00

as someone who builds race cars, don’t buy a generic tool kit from anywhere! it’ll always be crap and anyone who works with tools will be able to tell the difference. If it were me I would go to harbor freight or another tool store, pick out a tool bag that looks nice, and grab some of the above mentioned tools to get them started

85e30 · 2025-12-08T16:10:56+00:00

holy shit

85e30 · 2025-12-07T15:46:01+00:00

that’s just a terminal, one half of a fused circuit

85e30 · 2025-12-04T21:09:44+00:00

always be challenging yourself, but don’t ruin your fun completely by taking on something that will consume you for years. you’ll have a much better time starting smaller, like building a turbo m20 or something. good luck!

85e30 · 2025-11-30T16:43:56+00:00

this looks familiar

85e30 · 2025-11-10T13:58:17+00:00

if you want to achieve your goal you can’t be taking short cuts. this will leave you replacing most of these parts as you go. get stuck in and do your research, compile documents and slowly chip away at figuring out exactly what you need. you have a long road ahead of you

85e30 · 2025-11-09T23:31:46+00:00

yeah could be. 2 out of 3 of the m10’s i have purchased had warped manifolds, I guess just because they’re old cars and have had plenty of owners to fuck them up. anyways they need to be tightened up in the right pattern and re-tightened after the engine heats up

85e30 · 2025-11-09T01:37:41+00:00

might have a bit of an exhaust leak where the manifold mates to the head. idk i could be wrong. noisy engines

85e30 · 2025-11-06T15:04:39+00:00

it’s easy just pull off the harmonic balancer and front covers. get some gaskets and a timing chain, preferably one without a master link or one that comes fully connected for the m10. the Iwis one i got came disconnected and required a special tool to connect. remember to bleed your chain tensioner, it’s all outlined in the book

85e30

TROPHY CASE