Well feast your eyes on this lunacy! 6-1-19 tinker

[simon13]

Thanks, my car was the best car there obvs once it arrived

[Rav]

Very nice. I love reading your updates. I have already opened up Mobile.de to see what Alpina exists in Europe for a decent price.
How do you find the LHD position in the UK?

My car will be at BMR in early Feb too. Well, that is if my Alpina suspension which in am told by AWD can clear customs. Who voted Brexit then?

[greenelekta]

Great, better/different than Alpina's E34 B10 Touring experience. Really well done Simon

[simon13]

Its was nice to drive an E34 again, the last one i drove really was my M5 before i sold it for this 3 years ago

I don't mind LHD the M wing mirrors are shit for blind spot when changing lanes on motorway or over taking. Takes a while to get used to. Just makes it a bit more of a sense of occasion when going out!

When its fully up done it will be best of both worlds. Bi turbo performance with estate practicality. Just no S38 engine howl- they sound epic. Bi turbos are much quieter/sedate.

[ali]

Just no S38 engine howl- they sound epic. Bi turbos are much quieter/sedate.

Thats the reason my B3 3.0 Biturbo is trying to find a new home. The rawness and scream of a n/a 6 pot is too good to give up.
My S38 is hibernating at the mo

[simon13]

Just no S38 engine howl- they sound epic. Bi turbos are much quieter/sedate.

Thats the reason my B3 3.0 Biturbo is trying to find a new home. The rawness and scream of a n/a 6 pot is too good to give up.
My S38 is hibernating at the mo

they don't sound bad to my ears. I've only been out in Barrys old car i liked it though. Sounded better than the tuned e92 335i i viewed before christmas

[simon13]

Small but best update, the EML light is fixed and she's fully boosting! I'm told its a bit of an animal and feels quicker than my old Bi turbo which is at BMR also. It must be the lightly tweeked turbos, who knows. Made my day!

No pictures sadly

[ttrill]

Small but best update, the EML light is fixed and she's fully boosting! I'm told its a bit of an animal and feels quicker than my old Bi turbo which is at BMR also. It must be the lightly tweeked turbos, who knows. Made my day!

No pictures sadly

Great news Simon, must be nearly complete now?

[ali]

Great news.
Shame the world is covered in 6" of snow so you can't properly enjoy it or can you ?

[MattOz]

Great news Simon. I saw a pic of it on FB that Barry had posted.

[simon13]

Yes i picked her up yesterday its all taxed and MOT'd road legal! It sat for a week or two as they were so swamped with other work


So it ended up going to their bodyshop to sort the sills out












These were the two front repairs needed on the sills






Also some repairs on the rear of sills






And re stone chipped the paint. So at least now thats all the grot removed, as although the bodywork is tatty its not a rusty pig the shell








This Mark a nice chap, he got the engine running a year ago, so he was back on it this time. They've fixed the EML light not coming on so that has allowed full boost! this was some wiring into the cluster that need completing. The wiring was there. Also ABS light was on permanently, i think this was an incorrect relay.

OBC is still dead, this is suspected the unit is faulty. I've got some spares in english from American cars but they are different. Reverse lights is some wiring in the tailgate suspected as only 4volts there but its not needed for MOT believe it or not.

they've also wired in the ASC traction plug. The loom was there as part of the EML system So added the plug loom into it and this is working but not. ABS is working correctly and so is ASC when engine fires up. You can press switch and turn it off. once driving however over say 10mph the ASC light comes on and wont go off. ABS still works correctly. So basically i've run out of money as the welding spiralled and nothing every goes perfect! So will have to save and send back. Theres a hunch its my clocks which are a mismatch that needs sorting.

Cruise control is working, that was just a missing clutch switch, I'd never ran a spec check on the base car but Barry ran it through and it was a very well optioned 525i touring!

Avus blue - special order as was an M5/3 colour only
manual
LSD
heated sport leather
air con
twin sunroofs
OBC
cruise control

A fine e34 in its own right






I took it for a spin when i arrived yesterday and its an fucking animal! No lie, fastest car i've ever owned. A slight tickle on 2nd on the way out had the back swinging no sweat, i caught the slide fine but wasn't quite expecting that! It must be the lightly tweeked turbos as it gets to full boost at about 1800rpm and they come in quite hard. The standard bi turbos are more linear and come in about 3500RPM. I've not driven a standard one to compare but Barry has and mine feels alot stronger. Its cold and the tyres are new but old if you get me but when the boost comes in snakes in 2nd 3rd no problem. Its going to be fun learning to drive the hot rod as it needs a bit of respect!

When the rolling roads open i'll have to visit Charlie and get it on there see how the fueling is. In the meantime try and not thrash it everywhere and damage it. I just need to save some more money to keep going through it. I think this will be the biggest turning point in this project. Very chuffed and thanks to all those that have helped along the way so far

[Charles]

I remember the years this was in bits at CPC - wonderful to see it up and running

Great effort Simon - respect!

[greenelekta]

That's a nice bit of fabrication on the sills Simon. With all that power are there plans to change the diff?

[Bob]

Congratulations Simon

[B10BRW]

Well done Simon, great to see it back in one piece and on the road again.
Wish I had a fraction of your skills