FUBAR 528e, Gauging Condition of the M90

jayjaya29 · Post by **jayjaya29** » Apr 22, 2020 6:53 PM

Interior looks great. Nice work.

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Apr 22, 2020 7:46 PM

jayjaya29 wrote:Interior looks great. Nice work.

It doesnt look as good as you sweet pea

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Apr 23, 2020 9:01 PM

The seats are 38 years old. That is hard to process.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Apr 24, 2020 1:06 AM

Love me some cloth, and some brown.

Well done Sam-U-el.

funkycharms · Post by **funkycharms** » Apr 24, 2020 1:50 AM

I like it, what color is your carpet?

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Apr 24, 2020 8:08 AM

funkycharms wrote:I like it, what color is your carpet?

https://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-EHVP ... B00099BJS4
Took awhile to pick this color, I wanted something to lighter so it wasn't all dark brown. However I didn't want the original pearl beige. This color when looked at with your eye looks dark, however if you shine a flashlight on it it looks pearl beige.

Original Mocca color is a bit darker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv7iUI5Pjy8

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Apr 24, 2020 10:10 AM

1st 5er wrote:Love me some cloth, and some brown.

Well done Sam-U-el.

Couldnt be possible without the Bimmer Garten seat pile

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Apr 26, 2020 11:56 AM

image0 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

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More money down the drain

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dsw99a · Post by **dsw99a** » Apr 27, 2020 1:18 AM

Yea, baby! The e28 holding it own with the gang, dare i say, LEADER!?

Props!

Dig ur style, aint got to be fly, just got to be funky!

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Apr 28, 2020 7:54 PM

I installed a B34 starter for the sound.

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jun 25, 2020 9:35 PM

Car has Koni 914 Rear Shock (thanks dad for the machining skills). Finally got the car running cold and A/C working fabulously. It has the junkyard dogleg in it now as well, keep the miles off the rebuilt one.

IMG_1859 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

IMG_1860 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

The Adapter to make it all work:

c6f8b621-a5bf-4fda-81f6-49bd94bddf67 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

Also finally got OBC backlight working. I spent like an hour desoldering bulbs from dead backlights to make a good set. One burnt out classically on installation. Got mad and clobbed solder so now we have a custom single bulb backlight.

IMG_1849 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

Window motor died at a friends house. Hit it until worked

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Back to my old steering wheel

IMG_2587 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

It was doing great, has decided it wanted to try to overheat out of nowhere.

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Projects in progress to be continued when overheatin ordeal is addressed:
Finish the Koni 8610-1437 bullshit in the front
Oil Cooler (just for the hell of it)

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jun 26, 2020 11:22 PM

Headgasket has left the chat.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Jun 26, 2020 11:25 PM

That's a bummer.
Hoping the head's not fubar'd.

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jul 21, 2020 8:17 PM

The headgasket has been replaced and it now has a US radiator. Car is staying cool. However still gets a bit warm with a/c on and its 100F out, the fuses are also melting. I think I might have reached the point where this winter I will have to restore the A/C system.

Also found a mint AFM at the yard. The airbox is in horrid shape. You may ask, “why not swap mint afm to my refinished airbox?” Well that would make too much sense plus it fits the paint job. Really happy to finally have found a good working AFM. The car it came out of had been sitting since 2008 hoping it has a lot more life in it.

Anyway. Here it is.

P1010107 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

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LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jul 22, 2020 12:26 AM

https://youtu.be/oVMOA0Ko4f4

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jul 25, 2020 7:59 PM

https://youtu.be/arEEPSA0rOA
https://youtu.be/8GSKHbPGtvI

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jul 27, 2020 3:15 PM

So after the first front Koni Race Insert, we took away some changes that needed to be made. First the collar nut needed to be machined right so the strut didn't blow. It also needed a softer bumpstop, and trimming it was not a good idea. So this time around we fixed that. Very pleased so far. Rides much better and feels like my friends Ground Control Equipped E36. So super happy about this so far.

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I took it on the bumpiest most pot hole filled back road I know. It did fantastic, car didn't get upset. My girlfriend filming bouncing around on the worn comfort seat springs she was a bit upset.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmryWXpQDF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY6ioWdoJdw

At this point, I have probably spent more then just buying Ground Control and being done with it. However what is the fun in that?

IMG_5687 by samleisey, on Flickr

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LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Oct 13, 2020 6:14 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSQweFXmfBs&t=59s

Should be a bigger update soon when my 35mm pics get developed on Tex Fest/other roadtrip.

Bonsaibacker · Post by **Bonsaibacker** » Oct 14, 2020 5:33 AM

Great video. I dig watching the tags hanging from the mirror swing and sit sideways with the centripetal force. Pushing that car.

tschultz · Post by **tschultz** » Nov 03, 2020 9:22 AM

What spring rates did you settle on after all the combinations you tried??

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jan 08, 2021 9:06 AM

tschultz wrote: Nov 03, 2020 9:22 AM What spring rates did you settle on after all the combinations you tried??

Front: 550lb
Rear: 400lb

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jan 08, 2021 11:07 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpH-3yBitO0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpH-3yBitO0

LeiseyJr · Post by **LeiseyJr** » Jan 08, 2021 12:17 PM

So recently I bought a film camera. Wanted to teach myself about photography, so far I have learned a lot and still a lot more to learn. There is also a novelty to it I like. My friend got a Nikon FM and I got a Olympus OM-10.

First trip we went to Austin, just set the camera to auto with some Fuji C200 and Kodak Gold 200

r001-011 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

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Then I got to drive my fathers old racecar, the new owner offered

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZXQq1Bqj4

Speaking of Dad here is his 535i, (Fuji Pro 400H)

r001-023 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

I shot some Portra 400 and 800 and wasn't happy with the colors. I think this is due to the lab

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ar001-026 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

At this point, I found my favorite film which is Ektachrome. I also upgraded to a Olympus OM2

Img136 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

Saw this 911:

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Img111 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

TexFest was an adventure. Car did fine but was a LOT of driving. First we left Thursday night, got there to meet a guy who had a M60 swapped E30 that was broken (ektachrome 400)

img331 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

Went to go eat: (ektachrome 400)

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Friday Morning went to go eat: (ektachrome 400)

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Then drove a shit ton with Chris, Jens, and Aaron (ektachrome 200)

img107 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

That night I then went back to Houston (ektachrome 200)

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Got home pretty late, got some sleep. Then woke up and headed an hour to MSRH:

img116 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLOp5zhs6zs&t=732s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSQweFXmfBs

Then I drove the 4 hours back to the gang still on the track tires
Thank You LJ for having a jack (mine broke),

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On the way back home Sunday:

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1000 miles in that bucket seat is quite tiring. It was a great weekend, hopefully next year I can document it better. I did not have a tripod at this point.

I got one though, and learned that is my favorite time to take pictures is at night:

r002-016 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

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I needed to get a fuel tank from Sherman in order to get mine repaired, as it cracked

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Pictures of my girlfriends dog:

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I am also am now developing and scanning myself, had to borrow a friends Olympus OM-D for these:

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