Index of Pages:
1. Introduction to car and restoration
2. OPERATION HARTGE, performance improvements and engine compartment restoration
3. More performance improvements
4. Fire Suppression system
5. Piggyback computers (Historical)
6. Interior description
7. Stereo modifications
8. OPERATION TURBO - M106 engine preparation.
9. OPERATION TURBO
10. OPERATION TURBO - NA engine removal and engine compartment prep for new engine.
11. OPERATION TURBO - M106 engine install
12. OPERATION TURBO - Alpina Auxiliary Fuel Cell install.
13. OPERATION TURBO - Electromotive TEC3 install and tuning.
14. Getting screwed on two engine builds
15. Aquamist water injection, Verifying the TDC mark.
(OCT 2002)
(OCT 2002)
Here is just about the end result of the restoration of this car. It really is never finished...but you know that.
As found in the salvage yard in Ansbach, Germany. It was a day from being stripped and then crushed. Turns out, all that was wrong was a bad starter.
Believe it or not, this is a 1992 BMW replacement engine. I wondered why it has so much power with over 400,000 Km showing on the odometer. You can see that the previous German owner NEVER cleaned under the hood. Everything had rust and corrosion due to dirt and salt.
I had the car stripped and painted. I was charged 3000 DM ($1300) for a complete paint job! The Germans loved working on the car. There are very few cars of this age in Germany still on the road, they all get crushed due to very restrictive safety inspections.
I brought the car back in July of 2001. That is when I went a little crazy with it. Read on and you will see. I wanted much more performance than the car had when found. Here is what I have done thus far.
I found a H6S Hartge head, valve cover, headers other Hartge performance goodies.
I used a E34 intake manifold due to its better breathing, had it powder coated black along with the Hartge valve cover.
This is a picture of the throttle body I had bored out 10% by Big Bore Throttle Body in California.
These are the large diameter Hartge headers.
Here is the Hartge H6S work of art. 2mm larger intake, 1mm larger exhaust, 282 CAM and extensive porting. 
