Album: IT'S ALIVE!!!!!

Well, after much a do, my 2002 is a living breathing entity now. I got it running today at around 11am, and have been tweaking ever since. I'm thinking I need a new Fuel Pump though as my current one doesn't seem to have the pressure. It looks old and ant

Album: 2002 Alternator

I believe this is an e21 Alternator. Not sure tho.

Album: BMW 2002 Throwout Bearing

This bearing came with my Sachs clutch kit for my 228mm clutch. I have a 5 speed conversion and this is the wrong bearing for me. It is for sale. $30.00

Album: NASA Redux

Some Photoshop work on a couple of the NASA shots I took last year.

Album: Throwout Bearing

New Throwout Bearing - Issues with the one I ordered.

Album: Cruising the East BAy

My Dad and I were out cruising around the East Bay today in the 2002. It was a beautiful day, and we took pictures of a lot of old barns and some trains. I put the 2002 in front of the subjects for a few shots.

Album: Visit to Nasa/Ames

My job requires me to go to some pretty cool places sometimes. I'm working on a project that has me at Nasa/Ames in Mountain View quite a bit right now. After asking security if it was okay to take some pics, I drove my 2002 onto the campus during one of

Album: 2002 - Gauges

Here is what my dash gauge cluster looks like. It was wired with these gauges when I bought the car. I need to get my hand up in there and tighten a couple of them up a little more.

Album: Michelle drives W. Grover-Williams on Laguna Seca during the ALMS Weekend.

Here are some pics of my 2002 out on the track at Laguna Seca during the ALMS weekend. I purchased a parking pass that allowed us to do some laps behind the pace car during the lunch break on Sunday. I let Michelle take the wheel of my car and she had an

Album: Sept 6th Weekend

Decided to take the 2002 out this weekend. Went to see a car show in Orinda that was pretty cool. I then took the 2002 out on Calaveras canyon road. A nice slow cruise though the hills was exactly what I needed.

Album: Oil Pump Change

I dropped my Oil Pan to change my pump and found a bit of water in there. I hope it's just residual from my previous head change or perhaps condensation. One thing that was an issue was that none of the oil pan bolts were actually tightened. I was able to

Album: Front Subframe

The front subframe came off the car with relative ease. I borrowed a engine hoist from a coworker and the only trouble I had was the balancing act of having the legs for the hoist under the car while trying to slide out the subframe with everything attach

Album: Rear Subframe

I've managed to get the rear subframe dropped and am rebuilding it. The diff is getting replaced, all the bushings, shocks will come later as part of a coilover kit, but the drive shaft is being rebuilt and everything is getting a very through cleaning!

Album: Sway Bars, Bushings, and Motor Mounts have arrived.

Well, today my sway bars and bushings arrived from Ireland Engineering. I ordered both a front and rear sway bar from them, as well as a front and rear urethane bushing kit, and a set of motor mounts. Next week I'm planning on dropping both the front and

Album: Auto Meter gear has arrived!

Ahh, more new toys have shown up. I'm getting closer and closer to running on the track. I received my new shift light, controller, and oil pressure warning light and sensor(not pictured because it was the wrong pressure) via UPS today. It was a nice endi

Album: Dyno Session 08/21/2007

My very first Dyno session with any car I've ever owned. Quite an interesting process it is. If you've got a car and are curious about what it's specs are, I suggest a dyno. It's pretty cheap actually. I was there for a couple of hours I think and it cost

Album: Alloy Wheels

So I have these wheels, and they rub a bit. The information stamped on the back is as follows. Made in Brazil - By Adoro - 4 100 - 3899 - mfg 6/96 - R850 - 7JX15H2 - ET 35 - Max Load - 1276 Lbs - PCD 4/114.3 - 2S (stamped in center) - 38 (stamped in cente

Album: New Hella 500's

Well, after getting a rash of shit from my best friends for putting modern lights on an '02 because they were cheaper than the Hella 500's, I got a new set of Hella 500's and put them on the car. I agree the do look better.

Album: 8/14/2007 Under the Hood

So I decided to take some pics of what things look like under the hood right now. I still have part of an alarm system I need to rip out that one of the POs put in. It seems like it was probably nothing but problems and a bunch of wires. I've added a catc

Album: Timing Marks...

Okay, so will the correct timing mark please step forward! There are two marks on this pulley. The one farthest to the passenger side presents no mark on the flywheel in the window at the back of block, whereas the white and red one presents me with a O (

Album: Head Removed - Act II

Well, after I busted a rocker arm, I had to remove the head again. Here is what it looked like after I took it off. No signs of valves impacting pistons that I can "see", however, it does appear as though there is oil leaking through the valve s

Album: Busted Rocker Arm :(

Well, the head went back on, followed by a problem maintaining valve adjustments. I bought some new eccentrics, bolts, nuts, and washers. I threw one onto intake valve 2, cranked the engine over a couple times, and intake 1 rocker arm snapped off and almo

Album: Freshly Machined Head

I went and picked up the head for the '02 today. It's beautiful. Fresh guides, valves, springs, it sure is pretty. Terry did a great job on it in my opinion. He seems to do very fine work.

Album: 2002 Auxiliary Fuseblock

Here is the new Hella Fuseblock I ordered. I got tired of looking at all of the inline fuses under the hood the Previous Owner put in for the additional electrical items in the car, so I ordered this. The part number is H84960041 and it can be found at a

Album: 2002 Radiator Fan

This is the radiator fan off of my '02. It's a bit out of round and warped and isn't spinning very well.

Album: Golf Yellow 1972 BMW 2002 Track Car

I managed to find out what's wrong with her. She's got a blown head gasket. I towed her home on Saturday, managed to take the wrenches to her on Sunday. Did a valve adjustment and saw that compression on Cyls 3 and 4 were down at around 35 pounds. Cyl 1 a

Album: 1972 BMW 2002 First Glance

Here is what my track car looked like when I first went to see it. There were several errors in the listing. It did NOT have coilovers, there were urethane bushings on only HALF the car, the sway bars were STOCK. I'm surprised the battery has actually hel

Album: Leakdown Tester

Leakdown Tester

Album: 2002 Water Pump vs. 320i Water Pump

Here are the differences between a 2002 water pump and a 320i water pump. The bolt pattern for the pulley/fan is rectangular on a 2002 water pump, and it is square on a 320i water pump.