engine and drivetrain Bristol 1600 M42 progress....

[Dtepe]

Didn't really want to post unfinished pictures but hey, many asked to see and so here I go. almost 4 months into it, perhaps it will finish soon.....

Engine totally gone through and so is the 5 speed tranny. Lots of new parts added, all gaskets and seals new, newly rebuilt head, totally rebuilt 1600 brake system, new suspension bushings, new ball joints, new many many other things that I don't remember etc. I chose to keep everything else stock other than the drive train. I know, I know I could have upgraded this, upgraded that but I wanted to keep everything else simple and have that stock look and feel with the wicked 140hp high revving motor...

Thanks for looking

[BillWilliams]

I know you want to keep it simple and stock, but I think a set of tires may help. :-)

Nice progress and my favorite color!

[jdt10768]

Love it

[nbristow01]

Thats a very nice looking car. I believe a member on here has or had a Bristol..Gustav?... may have been the cars name? One of my favorite 02 colors. When I first got my 02 the paint was shot and looked terrible. So I hit it with rattle can gray primer and drove to my first Mid America that way. The joke was that my car looked primer when dry and Bristol when it rained. Can't wait to see it at Cars and Coffee. Did you do any mods to the engine?

[Hutton]

Dtepe-

It was nice meeting the other day...Thanks for the parts.

Nice to see pics of the M42 posting. Looking coward to seeing more cars at C&C. Looks pull the e30 M42 out of storage.

[Dtepe]

Nick, no modification done to the engine but chris suggested installing a chip and I will talk to the shop about a little hotter cam perhaps.

[73colorado02]

So did you guys make your own motor mounts? Also how did you modify your steering if you did at all?

[Dtepe]

Yes own brackets professionaly made, so were the transmission bracket and fabricating the exhaust, drive shaft etc but don't remember if the shop did any changes to the steering wheel (I don't think it was necessary). Everything is in place and clear. We are waiting to install the harness and fire it up perhaps ths weekend.

[JohnS]

That car is going to be a real sleeper. Love that color too. Very Nice,

John

[Dtepe]

Bill in MD....yes I ordered some Falken 13s. They are getting harder to find in the right size with that 4.5 wide wheels. But thanks for the laughter

[Dtepe]

John thanks. I can't wait to drive it. Specially with that 1600 gearing ratio in the differntial mated to that M42 drivetrain. The shop thinks it will be so much more quicker than a 318is simply because of the weight and the gear ratios but top speed will be compromised to almost 10-15 mph on the 1600.

[Mike Self]

4.27) so the 1600's diff will be nearly the same.

I've found that my E30 318is is turning nearly the same revs at a given speed in 5th as my 2002 with a 5 speed and 3.64 final drive.

And yes, your 1600 will step along right smartly with an M42--esp if you feed it a chip. From what I've read, a chip will give more bang for the buck horsepowerwise than cams. You can get nearly 150 hp with a chip change....and they're a lot easier and cheaper than new cams.

mike

[ClayW]

Nice project!

I would suggest upgrading the brakes (Volvo, vented, etc.) as you're going to want to drive it really hard. In fact, my `69 1600 might have been saved had I upgraded the brakes over stock before I rear-ended a Cadillac. I'd also suggest using a Westco Miata battery under the back seat. That way, you can run an E30 battery cable up to where the stock location would be for the M42 (passenger side firewall).

Also, I'd like to see what you did for the exhaust. Any pictures of that?

[Dtepe]

Clay, I will take pictures of the understuff changes perhaps this weekend.

Right now the car is down getting the final wiring stuff done.

[malagalaga]

Looks cool Tepe! Look forward to eventually seeing it in person.