I restored a BMW 2002 from 1974 and built a complete Restomod.
I was looking for a BMW 2002 since several years for a total restoration.
I bought this one in May 2020. It came from California. it was complete and the chassis was in fairly good condition but it was completely baked by the sun.
The car was Matching number, all US paper were OK and no restauration since it was sell so normally, no big surprise.
Here are the main restorations / modifications made by myself:
Body:
The body has been completely stripped, sandblasted and phosphating primer, all floors has been changed.
Modification of the rocker panels, addition of BMW 2002 turbo flare and modification of these to adapt to the new shape of the rocker panels.
Removal of the front bumper and installation of a front blade
Removal of the rear bumper and adaptation of 2 front half bumpers from old Mercedes: this in order to hide the tow hook behind the license plate.
Complete interior and exterior painting with an original Ferrari red: Mugello Rosso
At the body level, removal of the front hood opening mechanism and creation of a kit to be able to hide gas shocks at the front of the hood
Likewise, removal of the rear mechanism and adaptation of the gas shocks too.
All the joints, chrome strips, are new.
Drivetrains :
Mounting of the front and rear axles with disc brake:
Front: ventilated grooved disc from E30 320i; modified 635Csi brake calipers:
Rear: Astra disc and mini R50 caliper to be able to keep the handbrake system.
Front arm made by me. specific to increase camber.
Reinforced rear arm with addition of adjustment system for parallelism and caster and camber.
Torsion bar in Ø21 at the front and Ø19 at the rear.
2002 tii struts modified to fit Gazshocks coilovers.
5-speed gearbox from E21.
e21 dif with limited slip and a ratio of 3.90
Specific homemade pedal box with removal of the mastervac: assembly two brake master cylinders with a mechanical bias: the space saving made it possible to mount a Jenvey injection ramp with long cones and an integral air filter
Fitting of an electric power steering (the servo motor comes from a Toyota Prius and manufacturing an adaptation system to be able to mount in place of the original steering column).
Engine:
2L 8-valve engine matching number
Wiseco high compression piston
ZRP forged connecting rod
304° camshaft Shrick
reinforced spring and rockers KM Cam
Lightened flywheel machined by me
Ported Head
squish at 1.3mm
Volumetric ratio at 10.7
Manufacturing of a combine tank with for Water and canister for oil vapor.
Manufacture of a complete stainless steel line with a specific 4/2/1 exhaust manifold.
Assembly of a complete injection with ITB jenvey and megasquirt management.
Added all sensors on the engine. switching to sequential injection.
Flexfuel sensor for switching to ethanol.
The injection box is hidden in the central console.
The engine was 100 HP original with a single Weber dual body carburetor and now it gives 202 HP.
Interior:
All seats have been rebuilt with leather and tartan: installation of front Recaro seat from Alfa Romeo and for the rear, it is a 635 CSI Recaro bench seat.
Manufacturing of a specific central console with a hide Android tab. it displays all the engine information. The tablet communicates via Bluetooth with the injection box. I didn’t want to add lot of gauges and be able to maintain a very sober, vintage and sporty interior.
All carpets are new.
OMP leather steering wheel.
Car usage:
I built this car for roadtrip with Family and friends. In fact, before, I worked a lot on motorcycles but it was not possible to involve my wife and children.
On the other hand, I also made a trailer in the same style as the car to be able to transport my motorcycles and my other projects.
