Coward! lol

Turned out the heater core needs to come out to "properly" r&r the rug. No.

Exhausted, need to figure out the best way to cut the "new" carpet to get it in.






Had to pull, push, pry & cut the rug out, these were the tools.

 

M Roadster / 3.0 hard rubber differential bushing.

 

This literally kept me up last night worrying that I would not get it in/get the wires where they needed to be.

 

Was it possibly for an aftermarket alarm 'armed' LED?

 

My guess is it was used to mount an aftermarket armrest.

 

 

No idea, I have seen a similar hole on others I have seen for sale.

 

Dash is in, I was waiting for bulbs that the entire center console has to be disassembled to r&r that just came so progress will resume.

 

Rear plastics are in.

 

Focals for the rear are in.

 

you always go hard...
very nice.

 

Waiting for NYE dinner, I mostly did wiring today, ready to install the center console & gauges tomorrow!

 

Weekend progress, wiring was not fun & caused delays.

 

I just have to say the speed at which to accomplish projects is astounding to me. I can't even build a few shelves in the time it takes you to install a supercharger lol.

 

That's what she said...

 

Hey does but this seems even another level above his past projects. Love the attention to detail on this full update.

 

Thanks! It's like building a model. I hope to be done today with the interior (minus a few pieces)

Next is tuning the ecu.

 

Almost.

 

It boggles my mind. Dude is a machine

 

 

Done, very happy.

 

Looks good! I'm sure the AZ heat will make quick work of some of those dents in the leather.

 

Damn, incredible!

 

Agreed, that went quite quickly.
But, we haven't had a weather report in a long time

 

Looks awesome! Way better than the tan before it.

Now fix that missing switch!

 

Mostly Sunny, with a high of 59F.

He and I don't live super far from one another.

 

Makes me want to move to AZ...during the winter at least.

 

Yeah...you don't want to be here for 115-120. It sucks.

But, I never have to shovel sunshine, so there's that.

 

That's why my mom has a house in NV & one in CO
Winter in Vegas, summer in Denver

 

If I can snag a fully remote job somehow I'd probably try and buy a place down south or in CO or something for the winter. For sure when I retire.

 

I think I'd go if I were 100% remote.
The brief time we were forced into it, I got pretty stir crazy, but I was also homeschooling [virtual school] 2 kids & trying to work at the same time.

 

Been a bit busy, but never fear! I have a new weather station en route:
https://www.acurite.com/80th-anniver...iABEgJJr_D_BwE




Blanks ordered, one I'll drill a hole for the sub volume control, the other 2 holes for the alarm LED & glass break sensor

Rained last night, 60s now
I can't wait to retire & move to my garagemahal
I hate it when it's over 85 lol

Snowbirds are all over here

That is the beauty of my job, I can do 10 minutes here & there all day & knock things out.

 

I uploaded a quick video

 

Boost!

 

This happened today.
I'm blowing oil from the bottom of the dipstick tube & it's hitting the cat & looked like burning oil, scared me before I verified that was what is happening.


I'm blowing oil from the bottom of the dipstick tube & it's hitting the cat & looked like burning oil, scared me before I verified that was what is happening.

 

Thanks to finally having boost, my 27 year old dipstick tube O ring failed & blew oil onto the cat scaring the crap out of me with billowing blue smoke. I cleaned it up & replaced the O ring.

So far so good.

 

Looks like I blew a cylinder.

Did a compression test and am 10 to 15 lbs lower than before the SC ( was 188-195) on the still good cylinders (175-185) but have 125 on 3. Oil on top of most pistons 3 is the worst.


Also,

 

I'm still scratching my head at this. There's no way 5.5psi hurt a cylinder this quickly on an M52, unless there was an underlying issue.

 

Rings were probably dry vs wet or expanded.
Are you down on power noticeably or are you just being your usual overly analytical self?

 

Another oddity, no blue smoke until temp is at 1/4.

Here are the plugs. (in for under 300 miles).

My Z3 M52 has 151k, it had 187.5-195 before SC, now it has 185-175 with 125 in #3 and is burning prodigious amounts of oil
The odd things are no noticeable loss of power & it is not burning until the temp gauge hits 1/4 (it sits at 1/2)
The blue smoke is worst at throttle, there is none when letting off the throttle at speed.
Any help is greatly appreciat