Midnight Motorsport 2011 Projects

[midnightmotorsport]

It's not really my style, but I have been badgered into sharing a few photos of some of the many projects around the shop here this last year. Please excuse the E30's, and have a peek into life at Midnight Motorsport in 2011. Many sincere thanks to everybody whose support has allowed me to make dreams a reality.

Again, many thanks to all. Can't wait for 2012.

-Patrick

[jonjank]

It's been a great year around here... Let me be the first to say THANKS to Patrick for all his help from swapping out bad motors to picking up furniture.

Thanks Patrick!

[Chamonix72]

I want to thank Patrick for being such a great resource for me personally, to say nothing of the other 02/vintage BMW crowd. The third picture down is my car, and it's about to start Round 3 of under the hood updates (among other things). I don't know where I'd be if I hadn't found Patrick and his shop. I might have sold the car and given up on it. Instead, I've made a ton of great friends and a found a true community.

So, let Patrick work on your car. Just coordinate your schedule so you aren't holding me up. Thanks.

[roadhog0]

Patrick Im glad there's a guy like you around the Seattle area! For me you've been a fantastic resource and a great help many times! I wish I could afford to have you do some work on my car (stereo especially, and I think the windshield is going to be postponed a bit due to gaskets being on back order...) because hands down you're amazing at it. Until then I appreciate everything you've done for me, and what you've done for the 02 community. I cant wait to see all the great work that comes out of your garage in 2012! Here's to another great year!

[AceAndrew]

Looks like you've got enough to keep you on your toes Patrick! Got a kick out of the catch cans (REI special?).

[07GTIMYFAST]

I used a similar bottle for my overflow on my motorcycle, the one I got was stainless and $5 from wally world! works great and is color matched.

[evol911]

Awesome work! Looking forward to meeting some of the Seattle guys in Feb.

[jrkoupe]

I can look at pics like these all day.......

btw, how do you guys chg the oil filter on m20's in e30's w/ headers like that?..

getting my of off the m20 was hard..I had to get it on a lift, and even then it was hard.......

[lumbergh17]

Does that one 02 have a muffler from a street bike (dual outlet one)? Have any sound clips of that?

[mike472]

Great shots Pat! You have some collection of projects. Thanks for the help you have given me with my MS project.

Mike

[mike472]

Great shots Pat! You have some collection of projects. Thanks for the help you have given me with my MS project.

Mike

[midnightmotorsport]

JR-

Oil filter comes off with a 3/8 drive filter wrench on a long extension. It's a bit of a pain, but works. On the PRO-3 car (with no A/C compressor) we flipped the filter mount 180 degrees, so the filter faces forward. Makes life much easier.

Lumbergh-

I don't know if Jon has any sound clips, but it sounds great. 2.5" exhaust cut and tacked, then TIG'd on the bench. It's an Aprillia sportbike muffler with a glasspack resonator. Really deep and mellow, actually surprised us all with how good it sounds. When the turbo goes on, we may even have to take out the resonator to get some noise back!

And Mike-

Happy to help out with the project. Glad to see it coming along.

[jrkoupe]

ahhh..flipping the filter mount...forgot that one.....kewl.

[73colorado02]

Awesome pics man. So what does that green car have for suspension on it? Shocks and springs?

[midnightmotorsport]

Bart's Agave 2002 is running coilovers (I have a fabricator friend shorten the struts, and use the I.E. coilover kit) with cut I.E. Stage II springs in the rear. Bilstein Sports all around, and we ran with stock upper strut mounts in the front rather than camber plates so as to save the ride quality.

Bart had wanted a dumped car (he specified "top of the front tires tucked") but wanted a moderate ride. I think we pretty much nailed it; he got the dumped look he wanted with a ride pretty comparable to the lovely H&R/Bilstein combo.

Coilovers: