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Price on a leather gear knob and M Tec 5 speed insert please. Has the insert with the M stripes top left been discontinued?

Cheers for the reply. I've emailed you to see what rear spring options you can offer. Many thanks.

Cheers, just had a look on your thread :- http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=133992&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50 Were the 2" sleeves a direct fit and did you then open out the hole in the top cap, to fit the strut? Certainyl quite a cheap kit and provides the option...

I also see that RD sell Gaz inserts for the E30, is anyone running these? I don't really need 2 way adjustable shocks but having a little adjustment over the B8s might be a nice touch. That said, I've not found the B8s wanting really, just the car feeling a little wobbly on the road springs. Cheers,...

Just wondering what people have done for this. Would be a fast road / trackday setup so looking for height adjustability on the front and rear to go with my B8 dampers. What spring rates do people run for this sort of thing? The springs on the car are Apex -30s and are 165lb Fr / 295lb Rr. Guess som...

I have no photos but all the fuel eminated from the filler flap and then spread out down the car. Thanks for the hint on the extra gubbins back there, I'll need to get the inner arch out and have a look and see what's what. I think the filler cap option is the place to start, for all I know it's 20 ...

Forgot to mention that I also have B8s and they're very good but are a small fortune to buy and they're not adjustable, something that and on track, would be a nice option to have. As a road option they're excellent.

You'll want it low and stiff for drifting, ideally get some coilovers but on a budget, there are plenty of matched spring damper combinations that will drop the car 60mm and stiffen it up. Bilstein stuff is excellent but it costs quite a bit because of this. Keep an eye out for a sale on something a...

Hi all, following a day on a counter-clockwise circuit, a rarity in the UK, I experienced an issue with fuel leaking out of the filler cap and then down the side and rear of the car! The first I knew of it was a strong smell of petrol with the window down (I think it drew the fumes from the boot) an...

Respect for that! Looks pretty rough weather for sure. I've done a few mixed weather and wet days but not in the snow. As you say, you learn so much about the car and how to adjust your driving to difficult conditions. As long as your tyres work in the conditions, I'd say it's worth the effort and s...

If you're looking for springs to use on track days then these are too soft IME. HnR are stiffer and handle better, for the same quality and Apex work well as a budget option. I have some IS Eibachs in a cupboard after replacing them with Apex -30 kit. The Apex -30s sit a little higher than the Eibac...

Cheers for all the replies chaps, some useful information here for sure. In price order, the options that have been discussed are:- EBC Red - fast road - £45 delivered EBC Yellow - track day and fast road - £60 delivered Mintex M1144 - (current pads, fast road only) - £70 (Camskill) Performance Fric...

for the same reasons, I'm tempted by the PF pads next time...

keri-WMS wrote:DS2500's are £47.20+vat in WMS caliper fit, one advantange of using motorsport-standard bits!

Yes and with bigger brakes there's more mass to absorb the heat too so it's win-win really. Unfortunately, as I can't justify a set of pads, the whole brake conversion might have to wait

DS2500's are crap.. For what reasons? Interested as my experience of DS2500s on my S2 are that they're very good for fast road and hard track day use. Indeed Keri, there are so many to choose from, that's why I started this thread - to see if there was a current favourite. It seems that there are m...

I'm used to the performance of the DS2500s on my S2 so I'd like to get close to them, if possible, but they're a small fortune on the BMW for one reason or another. The pads for my Porsche 996 brakes are cheaper!

Cheers, that's good to know.

What are you guys using the yellows for - road / track day / sprint / race? Ta

Edit:- too slow... http://www.coordsport.com/ Seems to be good VFM, would be interested to know if there is an equivalent friction compound in Ferodo or Mintex as I am more aware of their ranges. Quoting off the PF website:- 01 compound 01 is one of the most popular race compounds in the PFC's arsen...

Cheers, just looking for a UK supplier to get a price...

Demon Tweeks don't list pads for an E30 but using those part numbers I might be able to sort something, I'll keep looking.

Cheers RPM, I'll give you a shout. Which Pagids are people using and for what useage - I do occasional track excursions so will accept fade towards the end of a 15 min session if it means daily performance is improved. The main issue I have with the M1144 was that they made a horrendous noise when t...

Have a look here http://motorsportworld.co.uk/

If you search for E30 and go to brakes, then the Pagid specific section. Prices start at £10 ish and go up to way over £200 a set! There are also many other pad manufacturers and grades on the same site, a useful place to start looking for sure...

The 29s are about 10 times the cost and are designed for and successfully used in racing, they're like a DTM M3 Evo to the OE pagid's 316.

Cheers, do you use them yourself? Or know of people that do? What sort of use? Race / Sprints / Trackdays ? Thanks. unfortunately, as per my original post, they're way over my budget. If the DS2500s weren't so expensive then I'd have gone for them as an all in one pad as they're very good on the S2 ...

Having just shelled out for a set of M1144s to then find that they're not up to what I was expecting of them, I thought I'd ask what brake pads people are using in stock callipers for occasional track days? The car is technically my daily but I'm loving using it for airfield days as it's a lot cheap...

OK, cheers, remembered reading about them in one of your previous posts...

Thanks, worth asking for sure.

Out of curiosity, did you do a 4 pot to OE disc setup?

92-96 Mazda uses a 294mmx22mm thick disc

Shame that the offset on it is 60mm.

Might have to source some calipers and have a look.

Yeah, it would have to be secondhand at the mo as the IS is my sensible daily transport ;) I've had the 996 425/6 monoblocks on the front of my S2 for over 4 years now, they stop rather well with some DS2500 pads in there, no fade on track, even with over 1.5 tons and plenty of abuse. I've seen thos...

LOL, yeah, the title was chosen for its ambiguity :) Thanks for the link, I had a look at your Alcon setup, very nice. If I had the £... I been looking at Porsche 986 front or rear monoblocks as an option as they're well priced and take ~300mm disc but in 20 or 24mm. Found that Clio 182 discs are 24...

Sorry, rushed that last post, as per the first post, I was referring to additional offset over and above the OE 260mm disc. To be clear, offset for the 294mm Mini disc, taken off the Brembo technical drawing on their site, is 37.9mm +/- 0.1mm The same site shows 27.9mm offset for OE 260mm disc and 3...

Aye, more offset 10mm vs. 6mm.

Sounds like ~5mm spacer would be required between hub and disc.

Just been having a think about brake upgrades and saw that the Mini Cooper S Works uses a 294mm x 22mm disc. It's 10mm deeper than the stock 260mm disc but the G60 disc is around 6mm deeper and that's used a lot. The only dim that needs changing is, as ever, the centre bore (64.16mm). Next, I also n...

The B12 kit has B8 dampers but is a small fortune and for the IS it comes with the soft Eibach springs so best avoided, that said, Balance Motorsport mention on their website that they'll do custom kits with springs of your choice. The B8s are available through Demon Tweeks, not saying they're the c...

Well, according to Bilstein themselves, the B6 is not an all out sports shock and the B8 is shortened (for use with shorter lowering springs). B8 is what you want but your pocket won't like you. Gaz inserts sound interesting and those Ledas are looking good vfm. http://www.bilstein.de/products/high-...

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