JP's E21 DD

[Hermes]

The syncro's on those early boxes are extremely fragile

[derbo]

man I can't even imagine how those caps look from back in the day! What kind of capacitors are they putting in?

[Hermes]

I don't even want to see a pic, but supposedly they weren't too bad looking and didn't mess up the board.

I don't know what caps they put in, I guess I can ask when he calls me in a few days to tell me it's done

[derbo]

I'm curious. The inner EE in me wants to know haha. Thanks JP.

[Hermes]

I'll ask them when they call me

[cakM3]

No way, these are too rare to give it to an engineering student to see if he can figure it out for me. This guy is an official Alpine dealer and has been working on these since they were brand new. Sometimes it's worth paying for the quality that you get in the end.

This was the top of the line unit at the time, and in perfect shape mine will be worth more than $1000 to the right buyer... but I'm not selling.

So true....can't wait to see the results JP!

[Hermes]

Thanks Charlie!

Well, looks like my E30 water pump/fan idea isn't gonna work. I'll just use the stock fan until I get around to engine swap

[Hermes]

Derek, I asked him today about your question. The stock capacitors were Elna "red sleeve" as he called them. He is replacing them with Panasonic capacitors as supposedly the units of that same time period that had those caps installed have no issues.

Also, the $300 is not only for replacing the caps but also to rebuild the tape deck.

[derbo]

thats not bad of a price!

http://www.hificollective.co.uk/comp...apacitors.html

They are probably the older version of these. * Red gloss sleeve with gold markings (non-ROHS)

[Hermes]

Spoiler arrived







Bought Top End Performance rear brace/battery box & intake





Bought period Ground Control front brace





Bought NOS Koni's, #86-1957 front and #80-2330 rear (should arrive tomorrow, pics later)