E30 Zone

hmmm, local for me but pricey... Jimmy, i'll buy you lunch if you have your car ready! Note: conditions include that you must turn up and complete at least one session at a good pace, running in does not count! i'll u2u via seloc shortly Not booking til after Silverstone on 16th/17th, just incase a...

hi all, good fun race on Monday, glad people enjoyed watching it, about 4 cars cracked sumps on kerbs on the chicanes and were spreading oil evenly round the circuit, the heavy rain on the last few laps just spread the oil around making the circuit very slippery!

hmmm, local for me but pricey...
Jimmy, i'll buy you lunch if you have your car ready! Note: conditions include that you must turn up and complete at least one session at a good pace, running in does not count!
i'll u2u via seloc shortly

top days racing, somehow i got through the PBMW race without finding any of the oil and in a reasonable position as well.
For some reason i was going a bit slower in the Pre-93 Touring races but wasn't too bad.
glad people enjoyed it.
come on jimmy finish that car

the gear box mountings are probably also about to go - these are the only things at the back of the gearbox stopping the enngine going forward, they'll be on the way out if the've been taking engine weight loads

strip and refit everything that can possibly be serviced whilst its out, e.g. clutch, waterpump, cambelt, tensioner, plugs leads gaskets etc Engine rebuild if you're keen? Reshell bottom end, piston rings and hone etc. Head: renew valves, springs, oil seals, maybe a more sporty cam, some head work? ...

I recently noticed Eibach have started to make these that look very nice: http://www.c3bmw.co.uk/Items/C3B1664_0_1664_eibach%20top%20mount.jpg ...and C3 are stocking them: http://www.c3bmw.co.uk/StockItem.asp?categoryID=51&subcategoryID=0&productID=1664&oRef=-1§ion=2&Item=unassign Eibach havent...

or if you want more camber, but +/-30min = +/-0.5 deg isn't worth much for more (negative) camber
(running -4Ãƒ”šÃ‚° camber on front left wheel and still getting wear on the outside edge, but its getting better...)

hi caneswell, i've got the bimmerworld fixed camber plates. They do look very easy to make, they're just metal plate cut to shape with 6 studs welded in. In my opinion the quality of the ones i got was not very good in build quality although perfectly functional but it looks like the ones in the pic...

from experience (although i swapped the other way) drive train: gearbox, propshaft, diff, gearshift console/shifter (the bit the gearstick sits in), gear shift rod (the bit between the gear stick and the gear box), and the shock damper metal donut for the 325 that's not on the 320 and there's probab...

about Ã‚£120 from ECP

bad luck Brian, good luck getting it sorted for the next race....

Bet he was dizzy after that one :mad: I'd love to cage my e30 but insurance wont have it :( Why the f*ck not? Surely any mod which makes the car safer should entitle you to a discount or at the very least no increase to your standard premium? :x Taylor. ...because insurance companies beleive that r...

just thought i would bttt this one - i've done it and its all sorted on my car, brakes work fine in races no leaks. the flexy hoses worked fine to join the brake pipes, it don't look pretty but does the job. Passed an MOT with no probs. Remember this is for a track car, i wouldn't recommend this for...

good luck Jimmy, let me know if you need any help (not that i can do much). just to disagree slightly with some previous posters, 100mph on an autobahn will only put the load of engine/transmission frictional losses and 100mph air resistance on the engine. This will not necessarily be a massive load...

Cobra do an E30 set of side mounts, bolt straight in developed for the PBMW cars Surely the seat would be in the wrong place? Or do they have miltiple holes to allow forward/back adjustment? yep that's it, they have multiple holes to allow forward/back adjustment and the usual holes to allow some h...

It was good day allround, would have been better if my engine hadn't lunched itself wednesday night though and I actually got to race for once! :cry: yeah that, i got as far as half way through the second session of the test day on the friday, had an off at Paddock hill bend and rolled the car onto...

found them to be very good, although i'm still learning and setting them up. Only limitation is the skill of the driver......

Lloydie38 wrote:Heat shields for the exhaust? There're coming off tonight

Don't throw them away, you might want to put to put one back on after you get your left foot cooked. If the air temperature isn't cold enough to take the exhaust heat from the transmission tunnel it gets too hot to touch.

hi guys, i've just done this on my race/track car (I wouldn't do it on a daily driver car). Can someone give me some advice on the following? I've got it all connected up and it works, just needs rebleeding but the problem is i'm now not sure which of the connections on the master cylinder should go...

sorry, no idea on E36 bits

assuming that these are otherwise the same as for a BMW ARB these will fit, they're just a bit of a pig to get in. You may need to do some careful trimming to help things along, i found that an angle grinder is just the thing to trim polybush. you may then need a trolley jack or molegrips to compres...

you need to undo the gear box mountings, these are holding the engine in place at the rear

your cheapest possible option:
buy another car for Ã‚£25 from ebay/local small ads with no tax mot
remove head, throw the rest of the car away......

slowlysideways - the bonnet hinge does weigh a couple of kilos it's quite a solid bit of metal and it all counts if your trying to get tens of kilos off the car. I saw your other posts in motorsport. The quick and easy way is to take off the bonnet and front hinge and leave the two "runners" at the ...

roundabouts can = diesel and depends on weather conditions. i once saw almost a gallon of fuel come out of a lorry tank when it went round a roundabout must have been a loose filler cap Wet weather could also have raised dirt and grime out of the road surface and made it super slippy. Maybe cold tyr...

i'm not sure i follow the problem you describe with the 2000rpm; but if you're getting a clonk from the rear on changing up a gear check the diff mounting bolts to the sub-frame these can become loose and cause a clonk on upshift.

try retapping the thread?

these people http://www.automacgb.co.uk/ ?

powerflex bushes for track use. These are more expensive to buy but i think that they work out quicker and probably about the same price including fitting as you can fit them yourself, unless you have access to free garage facilities to fit the oem bushes, the oem bushes need to be pressed in so i'm...

when i was at brands this time last year there were ferrari 360 challenge cars out in the same session, feck they were fast even in the wet!
come and say hello to me and Jimmy if your around

might be about for this one, come on Jimmy, get that car finished (or at least drivable) for a shakedown, see same thread on SELOC

i've just changed a 320 box which was around 20kg. I would think that all the E30 boxes were pretty mcuh the same.

Liam thx for the update, i forgot that you had picked up the toyo contact, are you able to post to Seloc soon?

- a small note on Liams post IIRC the Ãƒ”šÃ‚£55 is a one off offer that may have a limited life i.e. to mid 06, Ãƒ”šÃ‚£75 is the regular price, i stand to be corrected of course. 5 stud conversion is not permitted in the regs - but what would it gain? Correct on engine and ECU - in sumamry only BMW ...

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