Chronicles of a Titanium Silver ZHP Coupe Rebuild

[bcleaver]

How difficult was the oil temp guage install, and do you recall what the cost of the whole setup was?

[MasterC17]

How difficult was the oil temp guage install, and do you recall what the cost of the whole setup was?

Here's my DIY: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...ter-Gauges-DIY

Total cost was about $270. It takes a lot of time, but as long as you have some electrical experience I wouldn't call it hard. One thing to note, if you do what I did and jump multiple grounds off a master ground, make sure the master ground is a SOLID connection (i.e. to the frame of the car). I jumped off the cigarette lighter ground at first and if the oil got over 250f the gauges would bug out (basically lose the ground) and the oil pressure would go to 0 and temp to max. The reason I knew that wasn't actually happening is 1. the oil temp couldn't jump that fast and 2. my low oil pressure light didn't come on (the oil pressure sensor grounds itself to the engine and then its just a straight shot of power to the LED).

[MasterC17]

Not much new to report. Removed headlight washing system and fog lights (haven't weighed yet). Bought a set of four new Kumho Ecsta XS's 235/40/18 for next year. Oil cooler is in progress. A/C system is coming out in the spring along with a bunch of other things. Will be ordering an ATI Damper and GC Coilovers.

[danewilson77]

You never cease to amaze. Well done.....

HTC Thunderbolt+TT

[bcleaver]

Just trolling around and realized this hadn't been updated in a very long time. Anyone know what the story is, or how are the track days going?

[Hornung418]

He bought an e46 M3 and did the same thing to it. Now he's tracking that instead of the ZHP. Not sure what he did with the 330 though.

[MasterC17]

He bought an e46 M3 and did the same thing to it. Now he's tracking that instead of the ZHP. Not sure what he did with the 330 though.

I've been caught

Admittedly, and I'm sad to say it, I sold the 330 to make way for an M3. Reason being, it was just too much time and money to sink into the 330 when I could buy an M3 for the same money (turned out to be less actually). While I would have loved to throw an S54 in the 330, it just didn't financially or time-wise make any sense. HOWEVER, I am planning on putting an S54 in a 330 ZHP Sedan. Right now, I have an 07 M5, and as much as I love it, the gas mileage is horrid and it's too big for me (I'm 5'3"). So, that will be my next project which I'll document on this board. Not sure when it will happen, but I promise it will happen. Need to sell the M5 first. After having the M3 completely apart, an S54 swap into a 330 actually should be fairly "easy". Don't worry, I'll be back! If you want to see what terrible things I did to the M3, see my build thread here: http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=400849