Had the V8 e30 on the track! Action ooooo year.

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drifty325i
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:44 am

Had an awesome day at Ruapuna today, was the Lancia/Fiat club day. Alot of other cars turned up though Few Ferrari's,Lambo,Porsches,350z,TVRs,V8 RX7,Walkinshaw comordore etc.

The e30 went very well I though, Had full interior and sounds subs,amps etc.Had some really good duels with the TVR and the Commy,Was slightly quicker than the v8 TVR though and the 380rwhp Track tired Walkinshaw, Good bit quicker than the Porsche 911 3.6 (He lost it while infront of me lol) , left pretty much all of the fiats/Lancias,Lambo behind, didnt get a chance to play with ferrari gutted or the Elise,The RX7 (Would of ate me) and 350z because he spun out trying to keep up with me lol. Was quicker around the track than the some of the smaller engined Lotus 7s (however they were well quicker around the corners and on the brakes), the v8 and cosworth ones were way to quick, dam they are quick! Also the fiat x1/9 racecar was very fast and beat everything

The Radiator needs upgrading,was struggling on the hot day while driving slow after i had been caning it.
Also was getting a little hot when really really pushing the car, this caused the link to cut the engine out a few times also when the gas was getting low it was starving for fuel on some corners.

The car handled very well,well balanced indeed, very predictable, brakes held up very well, they got a good working.Toyo T1R tires were good,bloody good road tires, decent grip, would of loved some proper track tires though. By the way traction was excellent! hardly chirped the tires comming out of the corners when i was progresive on the throttle. Did get a few drifts going just for fun No real close calls so that was good.


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Wearing Franks, JJS John Jone's steel race suit and helmet, as you can see it was slightly to small lol and it was bloody hot wearing it
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Here's me coming around the last corner onto the main straight

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Here's the V8 TVR I was having some awesome duels with

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And the Track tyred Walkinshaw v8 I was dueling with

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Few more of the other cars

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Thats the 350z that lost it trying to keep up with me haha

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Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:39 am

WHo tracked the citroen 8O

Sounded like a great day out. Car looks and sounds awesome
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:35 pm

Sounds like it was a good day out !
The e30 sounds awesome and its nice to hear about it mixing and beaten the likes of the TVR and 350Z.
Oh forgot to mention that it looks the part aswell 8)
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:49 pm

This is my favourite car on the zone! That sound :cool:
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:50 pm

Thats sounds meaty. :cool:
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:06 pm

very nice mate, always nice to see something different.

sounds awesome :D
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:48 pm

Well done Riley!! Did you manage to hit top speed on the straight? Out of the slow corner's would be a handful!
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:31 pm

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:WHo tracked the citroen 8O

Sounded like a great day out. Car looks and sounds awesome
Haha it went out for a while but i dont think it liked it much lol.

Cheers mate
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:33 pm

e36boy wrote:Sounds like it was a good day out !
The e30 sounds awesome and its nice to hear about it mixing and beaten the likes of the TVR and 350Z.
Oh forgot to mention that it looks the part aswell 8)
The TVR was quick, Ive always loved TVRs ad knew they were bloody quick so i was stoked to beat one. Those 350z do not muck around ether
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:34 pm

oakey wrote:This is my favourite car on the zone! That sound :cool:
Thanks man that means alot!
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:38 pm

oze30 wrote:Well done Riley!! Did you manage to hit top speed on the straight? Out of the slow corner's would be a handful!
Na its a pretty short straight mate, got upto about 215kph,any faster would of been dangerous lol.

Its bloody good out of the corners to be honest, I'm really surprised. I here so many stories of big power e30s not being able to get traction and put the power down but mines very good if you use the throttle wisely, it really sticks like glue at the back unless provoked :cool:
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:56 pm

Can we have this V8 on the E30 Soundtrack? winkeye
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It's more than just a car dear!
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:23 pm

drifty325i wrote:
oze30 wrote:Well done Riley!! Did you manage to hit top speed on the straight? Out of the slow corner's would be a handful!
Na its a pretty short straight mate, got upto about 215kph,any faster would of been dangerous lol.

Its bloody good out of the corners to be honest, I'm really surprised. I here so many stories of big power e30s not being able to get traction and put the power down but mines very good if you use the throttle wisely, it really sticks like glue at the back unless provoked :cool:
I'm not sure whether to keep the 3.15 diff or go 3.46/64..
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:22 am

great car mate! i would love to see and hear that IRL! What kind of suspension are you using?
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:52 am

really nice car.
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:12 am

I've been hankering after a V8 recently and I haven't even finished my S50 conversion! Stupid car habit! Stupid V8 growl!

Nice car mate.. Sounds awesome.

What engine is that?

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Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:34 am

Mtech327 wrote:Can we have this V8 on the E30 Soundtrack? winkeye
lol its music to my ears to
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:35 am

I'm not sure whether to keep the 3.15 diff or go 3.46/64..[/quote]

I still want a 3.25 or maby a 3.46. Wish i had a 6th gear that would be better
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:36 am

Onz wrote:great car mate! i would love to see and hear that IRL! What kind of suspension are you using?
It sounds so much better in real life imo, in the car it sounds amazing.

Running eibach sport springs,koni sport shocks,whiteline swaybars,nolathane bushes etc
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:40 am

jaistanley wrote:I've been hankering after a V8 recently and I haven't even finished my S50 conversion! Stupid car habit! Stupid V8 growl!

Nice car mate.. Sounds awesome.

What engine is that?

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Lol i felt the same way mate, its so hard to say no to the sound they make, addictive is the word !
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drifty325i wrote:I'm not sure whether to keep the 3.15 diff or go 3.46/64..
I still want a 3.25 or maby a 3.46. Wish i had a 6th gear that would be better[/quote]

With a 3.25, I still want 6th!! Need to get mine tracked! :twisted:
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:33 am

Look's like all your work has been well worth it. Nice one fella.
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:40 pm

Sounds like you have some V8 fun with a nice mix of cars too, v8 e30 sounds lovely could listen to v8's all day long :o: You done yourself proud there sounds meaty, looks stunning and goes pretty well too :cool:
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Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:55 pm

drifty325i wrote:
And the Track tyred Walkinshaw v8 I was dueling with

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I'm sure it goes well but aint it ugly ! :)
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:11 pm

^^^^ :mad: Not a pretty car by any means lol but thats the 80s Ausy styling for ya, ive always liked them though
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:11 pm

Thanks for all the comments guys :D
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:05 am

Any HSV's at the track that day?
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:17 am

Damn that sounded good, you should take a clip of it ideling :P
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:06 am

No HSVs at all, or Ford FPVs.they aren't euros ;)

Yip ill make some more vids, its great fun
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:26 am

HSV's rock I prefer them to the fords but the f6 Typhoon looks awsome :P
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:27 pm

They got a new one now Onz... F6 R Spec! :D

That old aussie car is neat.
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:48 pm

yeah its a shame we don't get em here. :(
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