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rao
04-17-2007, 04:40 PM
I had the diff bracket, Turner engine mount reinforcements and Turner sway bar brackets welded in today. We did the diff bracket by TIG and kept heating the puddle until all of the impurities in the cast iron of the diff housing were "blown" out - not pretty but very strong. I dropped all of the other parts off (along with a bunch of other stuff) at the powder coaters to be stripped and coated chassis black. Also I put a 2 coats of enamel on the dif bracket. This weekend the rear subframe reinforcements will be sea welded and once the powder coaters are done it will be time to put the suspension back together :D and then the new motor and transmission go in :redspot

Diff Bracket:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8146/dsc03868pm0.jpg

Diff bracket:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9231/dsc03869zc3.jpg

Close up of back of diff bracket:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3339/dsc03870fm7.jpg

Diff bracket:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2518/dsc03871ga0.jpg

Close up of top of diff bracket:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1139/dsc03872zp6.jpg


Amazing what a few coats of paint can do:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2816/dsc03880dn0.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4521/dsc03879xz9.jpg

Front Crossmember:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2755/dsc03861dv3.jpg

Front Crossmember:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2158/dsc03862iw0.jpg

Top of front crossmember:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8720/dsc03873yd9.jpg

Top of front crossmember:

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/4630/dsc03874oz2.jpg

Sway bar bracket:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6493/dsc03875oj3.jpg

Sway bar bracket:

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/163/dsc03876pb7.jpg

Sway bar bracket:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3425/dsc03877de7.jpg

Sway bar bracket:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/598/dsc03878uo5.jpg

skiboard06
04-18-2007, 03:14 PM
95 m3 already had subframe reinforcements??

rao
04-18-2007, 03:24 PM
95 m3 already had subframe reinforcements??

It does and they are being seam welded.

Thaniel
04-21-2007, 04:59 PM
Nice to see the project progressing. It's looking good.