Carbs tuned, washed and detailed all ready to get dirty on our Super Bowl morning drive tomorrow to Fort Pike civil war fort and Vietnamese bakery for breakfast.
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What did you do to your E9 today?
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"civil war fort and Vietnamese bakery"...quite the combination. 
What a beautiful car!. My fav E9 color. It really shows off the subtle and beautiful lines of the car. Spot on!
What a beautiful car!
. My fav E9 color. It really shows off the subtle and beautiful lines of the car. Spot on!
At least tilt the fog lights down a bit!
Oldbmwcoupes
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Steve. The rest of your garage has some crazy cars in it!!!!
Hmm yes, they seem to need some alignment, it's been a while!
Unfortunately not my cars!
TodB
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And some cool swag on the walls!
My early weekend drive saw the odometer roll over to 10,000 miles on the Korman engine. The previous owner in Mauii drove the car 3700 miles from 2005 to 2018 when it was shipped to me. The odo. was set back to zero when the engine was installed in 2006.
My car wouldn’t start yesterday. This was after driving it for an hour last week. My guess is a clogged fuel filter so triage will ensue. Not an ignition issue as the starter fluid fires up just fine, but the motor never catches.
Also, I successfully killed my battery by not leaving it on the tender. Too dead for the HF tender/charger to kickstart it anyway.
Need to take it in to see if it is mostly dead or dead dead.
Edit: Confirmed it is dead dead!
Also, I successfully killed my battery by not leaving it on the tender. Too dead for the HF tender/charger to kickstart it anyway.
Need to take it in to see if it is mostly dead or dead dead.
Edit: Confirmed it is dead dead!
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Stopped by the hallowed halls of La Jolla Independent to meet the infamous Mr Nelson and pic up hard to find D-Jet parts - timer and temp switch.
I suggest you check your compression ratio. Might be too high. No worries though - I know a guy who knows a guy who's heard of a guy that can help.
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I started to strip my RC090’s
I have all 5 completely taken apart, I have started down the road of refurbing them.
I think I’ll actually send the barrels/ rims off to be metal polished.
I don’t think I have the patience for polishing rims myself, I think , I do change my mind a bit on that.
I normally do my own work, but I might make an exception this time.
I have been quoted €75 per rim to mirror polish them , and at home I think I can’t match the finish that the polisher promises so I think it’s a no brainer really.
I have ordered 170 new bolts and 170 new nuts , new valves new centering rings and I am planning on sandblasting the cast centers and etch priming them and spray painting them myself then rebuilding them .
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Cool, sorry I missed it on Saturday. A bunch of us were there a couple of weeks ago. I thought that was my M5 parked next to you for a second.
@vince California weather in Oregon that weekend. Let’s coordinate next time.
Good call Barry. Those wheels are SO much work. Then you second guess the results if you try it yourself. Best to have experienced technicians with all the tools to do them up right!
I've restored two sets of RSs myself, and two Style 5s. I agree, so much work! I had the LMs on my M5 professionally done. I just dropped them off and picked them up a couple weeks later. Oh yeah, and wrote a big fat check - it was worth it.