E30 Zone

Cheers guys. I've just checked my paperwork and it's supposedly got an 3.64.1 ratio diff. Is that the standard 325i diff? Whatever it's got, it makes the car very lively & quick off the mark. I do like it but I have to be really on the ball with heel toe to not lock up the rear, I've had a few hairy...

It's a 328 box, the one that was originally with the engine. What other (better) options are there?

Hi guys, I have an M52 engine conversion with an e30 325i diff, which seems fairly common here. Does everyone with this setup have to heel & toe on the downshift from high revs? Or are my engine & diff miss-matched in some way i don't understand? (if I don't heel & toe, I lock up the rear and slide)...

I've not seen/used this site before, but check out the price on these!
http://www.oponeo.co.uk/tyre-details/to ... g#95781760

29 wet, 25 dry. Same all round. But I don't really know what I'm doin. I'll be interested to hear from others.

7 seconds faster round the ring?

Hi guys,

Any ideas how to remove smears (probably from wax shampoo) from a matte carbon wrap? See below...

Any help much appreciated.

Rob

No tyre heater's I'm afraid.
I'll perhaps go for the medium compound as I do just as many sprints as I do track days.

I did think they were pretty good on track and others commented on how well my car turns in at speed but my experience is limited. My test will be to go to Curborough sprint circuit. I know how exactly how quickly I can get round there on the Federals, in theory the Khumo V70 will make me quicker (h...

That's good, it usually takes me a few laps to get going too!
Thanks mate.

Is medium compound the way to go on these?
Bearing in mind I'd like to get a good few track days and maybe a couple of thousand road miles out of them.

Cheers mate, I'll look at getting a set of those.
After a quick search it looks like Demon Tweeks is the cheapest place to buy them.

They're on their way! What do you have?

I had Nankangs on an E46 325i a couple of years ago and they were really good, but that was a 255 section on the rear so had loads of grip. My track car has more power than the E46 and is only a 195 section, so I want something pretty sticky.
I am really tempted to try the ns2r based on price.

I've not heard of a road tyre needing a heat cycle either. I don't really mind that they have a crack in them, I just wanted assurance from my tyre supplier that there'd be no issues but they've just basically told me that they've spit because the tyre's not designed for my car and I've not heat cyc...

Hi guys, I run an E30 track car, weighing 1100kg. It has the standard 15inch BBS wheels, fitted with 195/50/15 Federal RSR tyres. I’ve had them on for about 8 months/2000 miles and a crack has appeared in each tyre, running from inner to outer side wall. I contacted the (reputable) company that I bo...

I have Gaz Gold on mine and they're brilliant, think they're about £600.

Not sure how low they go though to be honest, I'm more about cornering than low.

I think my MG fetish began when I watched this video. I always admired them but thought they might be a bit of a shonky drive, these look really good though.
Sort of like the Singer Porsches but for MG. I wonder how much they go for, not cheap surely!

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As you should be! That looks amazing. Have you any track days planned?

Where did you get the rear drop links from? I really need to swap mine out.

Looked good going round mate, how did you find it?
(we spoke in the pits previous to your race)

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Few more photos of you & others here.....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/11720525@N06/

That looks fantastic, who have you had it done by?

Love it!................I used to hate the Baur convertibles but they're all growing on me for some reason.

Sorry, yes currently I have a bolt in full 6 point (I think) cage I guess by beefy cage you mean wrc rally car style with the reinforcing gussets and stuff? I'll definitely give making my own blanking plates out of carbon fibre a go. Cheers for the advice. Are you building yours for a particular pur...

They look great! Cheers for the response. I do have a full cage, I'll have to take a look to see if its in the way. I can't find any mirror blanking plates for sale anywhere, so id have to make some. How was carbon fibre to work with? (Cut, finish, etc) You're e30 looks mega by the way, I'll have a ...

Hi guys, have any of you fitted some light weight 'race' wing mirrors?
See link....

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorspor ... e-mirror-2

Feel free to tell me what you think even if you've not fitted them.

As far as i can tell by looking at the classifieds on Pistonheads & Carandclassic, the convertible is worth more and would probably be a better financial investment. I disagree. The only thing I will say is that so many convertibles have been molested that the values of the VERY few nice original l...

As far as i can tell by looking at the classifieds on Pistonheads & Carandclassic, the convertible is worth more and would probably be a better financial investment.

There's a BMW/Porsche specialist in Lancaster - http://www.priory-motors.co.uk/

They've been around for a good few years and always have some interesting old BMW or Porsche in.

Great work dude! Look forward to seeing more updates!

Hi Miles, just to clarify, your seat's side mounts are fixed directly to the floor? Yes mate - some holes were enlarged by the previous owner, and I had to fit loose then tighten but they worked and are standard cobra mounts. Ah right, thanks. Is that the way most people go about it in the pbmw ser...

Hi Miles, just to clarify, your seat's side mounts are fixed directly to the floor?

I'm after something similar, Gus. I was hoping to find something that wasn't for sale in the US though because we'll get boned by the import tax.

Any ideas?

I recently ordered the OMP 'universal' seat mount from Demon Tweeks but it didn't fit properly so I sent it back.

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