Bolted
No pictures today, but the pedal box is now securely mounted on the car. I've also mounted the back of the gear lever assembly. Decided to keep it simple and...
Sun is out
Dropped the car on its wheels and took it out on the driveway as it was nice and warm. Not done a great deal except play with the alignment of...
Gear Lever
Gear lever in place - rear is being held up with an old handbrake cable for the moment until I make a mount for it.
Brakes
Received the splash plates from Motormec today so I went about installing them. Needed holes cutting in them - this was due me not wanting to take the hubs off....
Steering Rack
Doh! Steering rack is too big at either end and needs to go back to Marlin to be modified. Its about 2.5cm out one side and 5cm on the other....
4 to 5 stud adapter
Due to having a full set of E36/46 wheels sitting in the garage with almost new Bridgestone RE720 rubber it seemed a shame not use it. We've sourced a set...
Engine
Test fit of engine. Got bored waiting for steering rack so we thought we'd "chuck" the engine in and see how it fits - very nicely from the look of...
LSD Restored and fitted
New pictures in the gallery showing the cleaned up and de-rusted limited slip differential fitted to the Sportster. More new pictures of the front with the brake calliper and wheel...
LSD
Thank you to pacerpete on www.E30Zone.co.uk I now have a 3.91 ratio LSD for the Sportster! Went to collect it today. Now it needs to be cleaned - de rusted...
Bits! and Front suspension
Excellent! I got big funny shaped box from Marlin today. Quite a lot more bits, specifically ball joints and shocks. Front suspension is together! Just need the steering rack now...
Brake Pipes
Don't have any pictures yet but after getting some male/male adapters I was finally able to get on with installing the rear brake pipes and hoses. Looks pretty good. I...
Pedal Box
The pedal box is close to complete now. I decided to use the ball bearings from the donor car. This needed a bit of work on the pedals to make...
Ball joints
After waiting on missing ball joints, it turns out they're not part of the kit. So ball joints ordered from Marlin. Steering Wheel should be here soon, all that is...
Rear test fit
Untitled Document Rear suspension test fit. Although the rear spring seats dont align properly the springs seem to go in ok. I'm not 100% happy with this but for the...
Construction begins
Today I've done first proper elements of construction. Fitting of the rear swing arms and the differential. These didn't quite fit properly and need the help of the mallet to...
Bushes
Marlin have sent me over a set of 10 bushes for the diff mount and front wishbones. After a bit of experimentation and lots of washing up liquid I had...