introduction Revolve40's 02

[revolve40]

Hey folks!

 

I thought now would be a good time to introduce myself.  I’ve been a longtime lurker and had a few BMW’s throughout the years (E21, E28, E34, E38) but have finally found an ’02 for myself.  Some of you will likely recognize the car—it belonged to two forum members prior to my ownership.  I was fortunate enough to pick the car up from Ben Younce’s enviable garage and met some great folks while I was at it. 

 

The car is a Verona red (original color respray) 1976 2002 with a tii motor and an E12 head.  As was described to me, the provenance of the car is largely unknown, but it is in great shape and a ton of fun for my purposes.  I hope to keep the car on the road and enjoy driving it.  It really is a blast to drive and the extra 20-30 horsepower and tighter chassis really make it a night and day difference from my former E21.

 

In the past few weeks of ownership, I’ve done a few minor things just to put my own personal touch on the car.  I realize that this one’s probably not for the purists, but man do I love it. 

 

This thread will serve as a place for me to keep tabs of the car as well as post the occasional picture.  I look forward to getting to know some of you and am continually blown away by the wealth of information that this site provides.

 

Cheers!

 

Starting Point:

1974 style K-Fish / Intake System

tii Fuel Tank, tii Fuel Pump 

De-Smogged

Crane Cams XR700 Electronic Ignition

High Performance 8mm plug wires w/ Loom

tii Distributor

320i Radiator Upgrade

New high pressure oil line/bolt

Front Strut Brace (Unknown maker)

Suspension Techniques Swaybars (22mm Front 19mm Rear)

Stahl Header

Ansa Sport Exhaust, Center Exit

Full front and rear suspension refresh with Bluntech kit

US Spec Front Strut spacers removed

Bilstein SPORT Shocks/Struts

Eibach Sport Springs

2 Dot Rear Spring Pads

Scheel replica seats by GTS Classics on Recaro sliders

MOMO Prototipo steering wheel w/ Roundel horn button

Early style Black Door Panels front and rear, Uncut

‘72-style gauge cluster

Center console delete

Verona Red Repaint

Zender "Turbo" Rear Spoiler

Vitaloni "Baby Tornado" mirrors

Hella 500s, wired correctly to factory dash switch and fused Hella relay

Sunroof Drain Tube "relocation" mod has been performed 

IE front dam

Chrome shorty rear bumper

 

My additions:

Black/grey coco mats

Refinished 13x5.5 et 18 BBS Mahles

205/60/13 Toyo proxes RA1

Replaced mirrors with originals

Tii airbox and snorkel (not installed yet)

 

The day of the trade:

 

Loaded up:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 27, 2016 by revolve40

[jrkoupe]

handsome

[jmr_1602]

Car looks good. I like your upgrades, and the shot of the mahle in the snow is cool.

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Edited January 28, 2016 by jmr_1602

[skipsfcr]

Very nice! Any car Ben has had anything to do with is one to buy, that's for sure! Glad you're here!

[ray_]

Kudos for reinstalling the tii airbox!

 

Someone will want those steelies!

 

First I thought that Mahle had been ground down a bit!

 

Cheers,

[revolve40]

Thanks for the kind welcome! I have to figure out a way to mount the airbox given there are no factory mounting locations on the '76.

I'm open to suggestions or criticisms if anyone thinks the car should take a different direction.

[jmr_1602]

Maybe mount the tii airbox the way Alpina mounted theirs for dual carb engines.

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Edited January 29, 2016 by jmr_1602

[ray_]

Cool solution there jmr_

 

I bet there's something, somewhere in Jim's thread about how he approached the issue as well  http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/120951-2002ti-wannabe-project-begins/

 

Cheers,