E21 323i - ex315 from Croatia

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Mihajlo
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E21 323i - ex315 from Croatia

Post by Mihajlo »

Greetings to everybody!
My name is Mihajlo, I'm from Croatia, Koprivnica.

So here is story....
9 months ago I bought e21 315 with duble carb from 318.
Car (as you can see) is in mild rusty condition.


Now, 9 months later, nothing's changed, except fiew better parts arived for my ride...

This is my car (I call him Helga)

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this is upgrades I bought...
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Later I got rear side windows (tinted green) and everything what is needed for rear e21 disc conversion.
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Yesterday Helga's gone to see dr. Mech-anic and she's been momentarily hospitalized...
Doctor said she's gonna be MOT ready in 60 days.
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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Ive noticed "poor" helga has some seeeeeerious rust issues and hope Dr X can put her/him right to pass M.O.T... oh and also you have an accelerator pedal missing in case you`ve missed it!!... looks good...


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Post by mattG »

Hi Mihajlo,

Nice to see you are going to keep her alive, what engine is that?
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My mechanic is really man for that job!
If he said it will be M.O.T. ready in 60 days, I belive him!

At the moment this is e21 315 (1.6l 75HP engine)

Engine ready for fitting in Helga is from other e21 323i.
When engine has been taken from that 323, car had real 110 000km on clock so I belive engine is in mint condition including 5 speed override transmission.

Everything that is currently missing on Helga I get spare or will get very soon...

:)
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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tools,
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dashboard is removed...
no rust at all under windshield :D

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some rust is removed

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this is 5.5x13 et18 mahle bbs from 2002
hope someday will be on Helga....
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and steering wheel

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Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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Post by ac/dennis »

Mihajlo wrote:
dashboard is removed...
no rust at all under windshield :D

Did you remove the windshield too? Dont wanna be a pita, but almost sure youll find rust underneath there! And its worth the repair too, dont forget tor replace the windshield rubber when replacing..


Good luck
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we looked under the rubber and there is no, or very little rust.
but, yeah, we'll fix that aswell....
I'm not so sure for changing rubber because this rubber is stil softish...

or is it better to change it anyway?
tell me besause I dont want to have water when raining...
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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Hi,

E21's are known for leaking from uner the rubbers, usually in the glove ompartment.
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if theres something to weld to then any rust is fixable.
liking the car. should be good when its done!

i want some of those bbs mhale wheels. another set on uk ebay went above what i wanted to pay couple of days ago......... ill get my hands on some one day.

my answer to the broken acc. pedal............. weld a bit of vw polo pedal on it!
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Yeah ac/dennis, dont go into the leaking with the window seal into glove compartment... nightmares all over again.... bestthing to do , check for rust, if so clean up rust then fit a new rubber and fill up the rubber seal to the window seam with sillicone and pack it up full and it window then clean excess sillicone from the rubber area and you have a car that is sealed for life and no leaks!

i filled so much sillicon under the new rubber window seal B&Q (british diy store) ran out of stock for 2 weeks!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cant take any risks when it rains!!!
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hm... those mahle's are not mine... yet... :lol:
I already have spare acc. pedal from e30 (it sholuld be very same)

windhield will be seald with (stinky) silicone for gluing windshields. it should me okay after that...
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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Something are waiting for you :D

in good condition

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Tikky wrote:Something are waiting for you :D
in good condition
weeeeeeeeee!
thank you!!
today new fenders had arrived... :)
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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Post by Mihajlo »

this is like it's been before
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now, it's like this
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and this
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right side is also fixed.. :)
all part's are made at home by my mechanic.
material donor was alfa romeo 75

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Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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