bmwpower's garage build

[ersatzs2]

Originally Posted by bmwpower

Hey, thanks man. It's an utter mess. I have had my E30 apart on the lift for some time now. I'm building up for track duty, but work has eaten any time I once used to have. .

Another paradox of this recession/new economy is not only are lots of people jobless, but if you are working, you are working more/harder/longer. At least my observation. Little/no time on my end for garage life, for which I suppose I should be grateful
Anyhow, good luck with the track car transformation. When you are roadworthy let me know if you'd like to do one of the member days at NJMP.
The last one of '10 is this weekend, but Spring will be here before we know it.

(Sadly, I'm not there on this spectacular November fall day. Why? because of the @#$%&%$ politics of energy policy and Iowa lobbiests. How's that you ask???
Well. Turns out that the 15% ethanol in today's pump gas is not only hell on vintage car fuel systems- hence the fuel pump rebuild on my Willys last winter- but also dissolves the foam in racecar fuel cells. Which in the case of the cup car, jammed both fuel pumps up solid, whereby the both burned out. So the car is getting new pumps and cell foam instead of doing hot laps on the last open track day of '10. Hopefully no downstream damage to injectors etc from being asked to deliver cell foam to the combustion chambers)

[bmwpower]

Originally Posted by ersatzs2

Another paradox of this recession/new economy is not only are lots of people jobless, but if you are working, you are working more/harder/longer. At least my observation. Little/no time on my end for garage life, for which I suppose I should be grateful
Anyhow, good luck with the track car transformation. When you are roadworthy let me know if you'd like to do one of the member days at NJMP.
The last one of '10 is this weekend, but Spring will be here before we know it.

(Sadly, I'm not there on this spectacular November fall day. Why? because of the @#$%&%$ politics of energy policy and Iowa lobbiests. How's that you ask???
Well. Turns out that the 15% ethanol in today's pump gas is not only hell on vintage car fuel systems- hence the fuel pump rebuild on my Willys last winter- but also dissolves the foam in racecar fuel cells. Which in the case of the cup car, jammed both fuel pumps up solid, whereby the both burned out. So the car is getting new pumps and cell foam instead of doing hot laps on the last open track day of '10. Hopefully no downstream damage to injectors etc from being asked to deliver cell foam to the combustion chambers)

Yea, your observation is true. More with less is my employer's motto, all while trying to stay on top of the industry. Having a job is good, but health related problems from being overworked is bad. Just getting over what the doctor's are saying is a stress related health issue, normally something they say is found in much older people.

Wow. That sucks. Does race gas have no/less ethanol? Can you use that?

[Scuderia-F1]

That's an pretty impressive BMW shop you've got yourself there!
As I'm a BMW man myself (albeit the screen name), I'm curious to se what special tools you've got? If that's possible!

[bmwpower]

Originally Posted by Scuderia-F1

That's an pretty impressive BMW shop you've got yourself there!
As I'm a BMW man myself (albeit the screen name), I'm curious to se what special tools you've got? If that's possible!

Thanks!

I don't have that many. I have several crank holding tools. Several bushing toolkits. Couple special thin walled sockets and of course the fan clutch holding tools.

[Scuderia-F1]

Originally Posted by bmwpower

Thanks!

I don't have that many. I have several crank holding tools. Several bushing toolkits. Couple special thin walled sockets and of course the fan clutch holding tools.

Ok, slightly off topic of this thread perhaps.

But are they "OEM" or have you sourced them through some tool truck etc?

The reason I´m asking is that I have some hard times finding "BMW original" tools (with BMW partnumber)...

I used to have a lot but some 10 odd years ago I closed my independent BMW shop (and before that tech for many years at a BMW dealer), & know I have bought back all handtools & toolboxes. But almost all my oem specialtools seems to be missing.

Anyway, I REALLY like your BMW shop!

[Artistic]

Interested in these special tools? What were they for/what kind of applications?

BMWpower, do you have a GT1? It makes life so much easier when dealing with anything modern, and many of the "knock off's'" coming out of Asia have a much easier price tag to swallow than the $25k for a genuine BMW one.

[Scuderia-F1]

Originally Posted by Artistic

Interested in these special tools? What were they for/what kind of applications?

For handbrake adjustment (E36 onwards), to lock camshafts (M40, M60 etc), for adjusting valves on S14, S38 etc and stuff like that...

Stuff that is good have...

[johnnybentwrench]

Unbelievable work shop. I am calling it the best I've seen here so far

[Linda@Lista]

Originally Posted by bmwpower

When we were done building the house, I started working on the interior layout. I knew I wanted Lista cabinets. In several of my previous jobs, I had used Lista cabinets, but never really knew anything about them until I started designing/researching my garage. After doing a lot of reseach on cabinets, I decided to buy a used Lista cabinet off of eBay to house my current tool setup. I was really amazed at how well they were constructed and how (relatively) affordable they were when compared to other higher end cabinets

While doing cabinet research online, I came across a gentleman who happened to be a dealer for Lista. I inquired about wanting to purchase several cabinets from him. He was really friendly and offered to help in the design of the cabinet layout. I already had a general idea of what I wanted, but he helped me fine tune the design using his knowledge of Lista stuff. This helped out greatly as I quickly found out that not everything Lista is in the catalog...you can customize just about anything they offer.

Eight months later and a LOT of emails back and forth, the final design was developed. See the final layout below. What you don't see are the Lista upper cabinets in this design (more on this later).

Wow bmwpower! what an awesome post! I'm Linda from Lista. I am the new marketing coordinator and was wondering if I could share your post on our Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/ListaInterna...aInternational

I'm glad you chose our products for your garage! How are things working out now?

Linda@Lista

[bmwpower]

Originally Posted by johnnybentwrench

Unbelievable work shop. I am calling it the best I've seen here so far

Thanks Mr. Bentwrench. Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by Linda@Lista

Wow bmwpower! what an awesome post! I'm Linda from Lista. I am the new marketing coordinator and was wondering if I could share your post on our Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/ListaInterna...aInternational

I'm glad you chose our products for your garage! How are things working out now?

Linda@Lista

Sure thing. Feel free.

Things are working out just fine. No complaints. So glad I bought them.

[shaks]

Just amazing!
I've recently joined the forum and do a lot of reading, your garage project is by far the most spectacular thing I've seen done.
(Dreaming about my own one and being jealous)

Keep the ideas for it coming!

[bmwpower]

Originally Posted by shaks

Just amazing!
I've recently joined the forum and do a lot of reading, your garage project is by far the most spectacular thing I've seen done.
(Dreaming about my own one and being jealous)

Keep the ideas for it coming!

Hey thanks man. Update is long overdue...

[Kilo70]

Wow..just WoW!!
Great job BMW !! I hadnt looked all the way through the thread before.

[zagamuffin]

Originally Posted by ersatzs2

Another paradox of this recession/new economy is not only are lots of people jobless, but if you are working, you are working more/harder/longer. At least my observation. Little/no time on my end for garage life, for which I suppose I should be grateful
Anyhow, good luck with the track car transformation. When you are roadworthy let me know if you'd like to do one of the member days at NJMP.
The last one of '10 is this weekend, but Spring will be here before we know it.

(Sadly, I'm not there on this spectacular November fall day. Why? because of the @#$%&%$ politics of energy policy and Iowa lobbiests. How's that you ask???
Well. Turns out that the 15% ethanol in today's pump gas is not only hell on vintage car fuel systems- hence the fuel pump rebuild on my Willys last winter- but also dissolves the foam in racecar fuel cells. Which in the case of the cup car, jammed both fuel pumps up solid, whereby the both burned out. So the car is getting new pumps and cell foam instead of doing hot laps on the last open track day of '10. Hopefully no downstream damage to injectors etc from being asked to deliver cell foam to the combustion chambers)

But what about the advantage of the 15% addition, we had 95ron pump fuel here and have gone to a 5% ethanol mix which increases Ron to 97 .this is worth 30/40 bhp when remapped on my car alone.
I presume you cars are remapped for the increase in octane,don't know the us base fuel Ron ?



Great usable garage by the way BMW
I'm also interested in the copper lines for air and water,water is ok but for air if using masks I think there are some concerns....

Rob

[snowmants]

Great Garage! Do you have any current exterior shots of the garage?

[bmwpower]

Sorry, nothing recent.

[HOTFR8]

Oh and here I was expecting to see something on a topic I have been watching for a very long time.

[Shaggs]

This garage build is the reason I signed up here. Great vision and beautiful / functional work space! Cheers!

[bmwpower]

Originally Posted by Shaggs

This garage build is the reason I signed up here. Great vision and beautiful / functional work space! Cheers!

Thanks man. Looking forward to some new projects this Spring.