M52 E30 PAS Pump Install, Redneck E30 Headlamp Adjustment, Coilover Covers Fitted & MOT Pass | 058

[@TonyBMWE12]

A great result and well deserved, it was good to meet you at Newby Hall Car show and I look forward to seeing it in the metal there next year

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Tony and great to meet you. All being well it should make an appearance. With any luck it'll be a bit more "show ready" than it is currently too. Your 535 will upstage it regardless though. 😆

[@blockpartyvintage1568]

​@SPANNERRASH So you dont go with oem? The chinese pump is gpod enough? Mine just went out...

[@knoxboney9159]

Okay… Just thought I might can help… Have a 1992 325i convertible w/manual 5speed myself. I’ve done lots of upgrades and i’m about to replace the rag top over this summer. by-the-way… those adjustment screws/bolts are on the high side…cost wise @ $20.00-US each. Have had my E30 for over 8 years…. what a joy to work on as well as drive? Well I'll stay tuned in as I watch you continue wrenching! PS… As you make the aiming and focus adjustments…25' Off a vertical wall with the car on level ground. Full tank of gas; at least 150 lbs on the rear seats... the focus points on the wall should be about the same as from the height of the beams at the front bumper from the floor! . Keep up the excellence! Knox New York USA.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Brilliant Knox, thank you for sharing that! 😃

[@vagkos3060]

E30 coming along nicely !! Cant wait to see it painted with a frsh paint !! Awesome job mate !!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers mate, totally thrilled to be driving the car on the road finally, and it's more savage to drive than I ever imagined. 😆 I am hoping to get onto the cosmetics later in summer, excited to drive it and make some tweaks and improvements. (iron bugs out mainly). Stay tuned for that!

[@knoxboney9159]

Have the headlights aiming instructions as prescribed by BMW... Would you like me to send them to you?

[@SPANNERRASH]

Hi mate, the problem I have is that the adjusters are all messed up which is why I had to resort to using shims. If it works, it ain't stupid. 😂 I am planning to replace all the adjusters though eventually. 👍

[@paurictighe]

I've really enjoyed following this build, very best of luck with the car 👏

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thank you! 😃

[@felixjayasuria8963]

Nice work Alex, on the coilovers socks.. Just noticed you cable tied the bottom socks..try not to be too tight, if any water gets inside, it can be drained off easily, if not, it will be filled with water...

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thank you Felix! And great point about the covers, I think it will be able to drain but that's excellent advice. I'll be sure to leave them slightly slack. 😀

[@b19gok]

Well done for all the effort, sings a beautiful tune. ♥️

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers mate, so happy to be ripping around in it! It's actually beating expectations in terms of performance. It's a little rocket, loving it. 😁

[@daldusanjh9724]

all the hard work has paid off ....nice build thread !! this has given me some motivation to start my e30 m3 restoration .

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thanks Dal! Sounds like a very exciting E30 project, get stuck in. 😃

[@LauraBianca]

It passed 🎉🎉🎉🎉 happy for you 😁😁

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thanks Laura, I'm super happy to be driving the E30 now! I think you've got a lot of this stuff to look forward to yourself. 😀

[@LauraBianca]

@@SPANNERRASH hahaha Asactly what I was thinking when I was watching this

[@ProJustice1981]

Great stuff and congrats on the pass. Learning allot doing the same build. Enjoy en will be watching for more content.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thanks Nico! Hope your E30 build is going well, I'm loving mine now it's on the road. It's a real blast to drive!

[@FrodoNorris]

Congrats mate such a good outcome! Loving the build it’s been motivating me to get along with my M54 swap !

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thanks mate, it's hilarious fun to drive, I suspect you will get a similar if not better outcome with the M54, keep going and you will find out! 😀

[@markdraperr]

So good to see it on the road after following the whole build! I’ve got engine envy though, looks much tastier than my 320i lol

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Mark! 😀 Thrilled is an understatement. The M52 is massively exceeding expectations for me, I wasn't expecting it to be this good. It's pretty darn fast, and it absolutely sings. Lots of fun!

[@Danw007]

Awesome! I am looking forward to the next stage of the build already.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Dan! 😃

[@Doughman888]

Awesome work fellas. This build has helped me out so much on my 316i I bought at the same time. I'm also down to having power steering issues! Hopefully it's the hoses I'm having fabbed up tomorrow.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Toby, I hope you get your PAS sorted, mines pretty much a brand new system after so many issues. 😆

[@bobfrankish8883]

Great news regards the MOT, always a bit of a worry, especially emissions. TBH, I'm a bit disillusioned with copper grease, I don't think it has much water repelling property, if any. I'm not that sure about the anti-seize either, although it must be better than nothing at all. The coilover covers look nifty, they're bound to give some protection, only time will tell. Soon be time for some warmer weather and paint.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thanks Bob, I was thrilled it passed. I was a bit worried about emissions too, but absolutely no issue with that at all it turned out. Even though the car has no cats and never did. I think they only judge the emissions based on the era of car so a "classic" car like this won't live or die by modern emissions standards, only versus the standards of the past. I think you're right about the copper grease, the grease part ends up disappearing leaving only the copper as a protective layer. This from what I know is what protects against seizing fasteners. For coilovers, copper grease is generally what's recommended but like you I question whether its the best stuff. The covers should make a big difference to how well they last!

[@tomsrensen3906]

Sounds like the clutch slip came back

[@neildawson4933]

I thought that too!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Not that I've noticed, I've driven the car a fair few miles now, and a fair few of those have been enthusiastic. I don't think I'd not notice the clutch slipping, what made you think it slips?

[@deanirwin3645]

Congratulations! Nicely Done!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thank you Dean! 😃

[@louislouis7037]

Well done now it's your time to enjoy good luck,🍀

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thanks so much Louis, so far so good, really having fun with the car. Plenty to do yet, but the fact I can drive it now is a huge milestone.

[@shanechiddy4303]

Brilliant, well done. 👍👍👍👍

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Shane! 😃

[@polloloci21]

Congrats!! Damn that car sounds great!!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thank you! It's very loud and obnoxious, but I am secretly loving that right now. 🤣 Such a fun car so far, plenty to do to improve it yet though.

[@polloloci21]

@@SPANNERRASH haha. It’s nice for a little while - I used to daily drive a mustang gt with flowmasters. At first it was kinda cool- but on long drives it was a bit much. 😂

[@SPANNERRASH]

@@polloloci21 Nice! Yeah I wouldn't be setting off on a road trip in this thing, that's for sure. 😆

[@veikovrklv]

super cool!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers! 😃 Lots more to come with the E30

[@ImWithSmeghead]

Epic!!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers! It's an absolute blast to drive. 😀

[@kostin6801]

did you replace the fuel pipes and brake pipes underneath the car ?

[@SPANNERRASH]

Hi mate, they turned out to be in surprisingly good condition so I refurbished them instead of replacing. Some of the soft lines had to be replaced though.

[@A-hen]

Congrates

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thank you!

[@phaze117]

How do you find the scorpion exhaust system? Is it very loud or only loud at wide open throttle in the upper revs? Are you also running a catalytic converter?

[@SPANNERRASH]

Honestly it's too loud for me, but maybe I'm getting old. 😆 Sounds really amazing when you are giving it the beans though. One of my problems is the map I have seems to have a bit of this burble malarkey, which is not for me. 10 years ago I'd have probably loved it. I will deffo follow up with a vid on the car outlining what needs to be changed. It's all fixable! No cats, this E30 never had them from factory anyway.

[@phaze117]

@@SPANNERRASH thanks for the info. I currently have a dual muffler setup, magnaflow mid muffler, magnaflow rear. No cat. It's way too loud for me unfortunately. Was thinking this might be quieter but it may seem like it's too similar to mine?

[@SPANNERRASH]

@@phaze117 Seems likely it'll be similar. Let me know if you come up with a solution. The scorpion has a thin mid box and humongous backbox. I'd have thought it would be quiet, but it's not. Is that similar to the Magnaflow setup?

[@Moocow444]

What radiator are you using?

[@SPANNERRASH]

It's an E36 OE rad, one from an air conditioning equipped car. If you check out the earlier vid about the cooling system I explain it in detail. Hope it helps! 😃

[@PBoss-bx4lv]

Heeeack yeeahh!! Whoop Whoop!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Loving the car so far, its a savage little thing 😎