E30 Zone

well i went out for a play in my e30 m50 last night, i knew my mounts were abit soft but though it will be okay as it only scrubs a little on tight left handers, so off i went to a nice big roundabout with my mate in his 200sx,

was all going well till i decided to try and drift off the exit from the roundabout,

so there i was full lock left on the roundabout when i flicked it the other way to exit and my engine shifted over causing my exhaust to lock my steering linkage where it was, i couldnt straighten out and span up the curb in my rather low e30

pictures show the damage :/









and now i have 4days to rebuild it before rtts, mission on

That hit hard

If your going to be diffin/driving abnormally you will need much stronger mounts, I thought you had bought an RPM guard?

i had a sump gaurd but it wouldnt clear my sump :/ yeah those are m5 mounts, gunna hocky puk it i think as i dont have the 130dollars for the solid ally mounts

Oh dear....

Which mounts were they? ECP ones?

All that work on those wheels aswell! That is exactly why I don't drift my E30 as I just know I would wreck it. fiar play though with getting stuck in to repair it!

Ouch

Duke137 wrote:Oh dear....

Which mounts were they? ECP ones?

All that work on those wheels aswell! That is exactly why I don't drift my E30 as I just know I would wreck it. fiar play though with getting stuck in to repair it!

they were just round m5 ones with half inch spacers on top,

ive got another 2 of those wheels so its not too bad, and i have a sump sat at home, just need better mounts and an engine arm

major fail !!!

reminds me of this clip,

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DanThe wrote:

newt wrote:heres one that gives you a better idea, and yes that is a normal sized yoghurt pot and no it wont fit under the sump... even on its side

This could be messy

Dan the fortune teller!

That must of been one hell of an impact to fuck the engine arm up too

yea was 2nd gear about 40, as i came of the roundabout and went to straighten up it was stuck full lock so just ploughed me straight into the curb, should have it back on the road for the weekend though round 2 haha this time with some solid mounts!

Have you modded the steering linkage at all?

nah its just one your linkages with two e34 universal joints,

Have you checked the car thoroughly as I wouldn't like to gamble the damage stays with a couple of alloys, your sump and an ally mounting arm....

Duke137 wrote:Have you checked the car thoroughly as I wouldn't like to gamble the damage stays with a couple of alloys, your sump and an ally mounting arm....

nah ive had a quick look around. cars being towed back to mine tomorrow and ill pull the engine out an see what the rack and subframe is looking like, fingers crossed, ill post some pics up as i go

Owch,
nice work


Where did you get the mounts?
BMW, GSF ECP etc ?

craigieeb wrote:Owch,
nice work


Where did you get the mounts?
BMW, GSF ECP etc ?

they were b15nac's on here so i have no idea where they came from, he wanted to try out mk2 escort ones and i had e34 525 ones so bought his old m5 ones were only a few weeks old,

Nasty! I've used hockey pucks to good effect with my M50 (in my E21).

yea i used them on mine for about 2 weeks but mine has a standard e30 steering u/j set up so mine hit when cornering hard so i went for harder ones instead of changing my u/j i saw you wanted a set of e28 m5 mounts as you were using e34 ones so thought they would be fine with your set up! i was told that the e28 m5 mounts are the ones to have!

B15NAC wrote:yea i used them on mine for about 2 weeks but mine has a standard e30 steering u/j set up so mine hit when cornering hard so i went for harder ones instead of changing my u/j i saw you wanted a set of e28 m5 mounts as you were using e34 ones so thought they would be fine with your set up! i was told that the e28 m5 mounts are the ones to have!

Where did you get them from? Sounds like they might not be E28/M5...

Duke137 wrote:

B15NAC wrote:yea i used them on mine for about 2 weeks but mine has a standard e30 steering u/j set up so mine hit when cornering hard so i went for harder ones instead of changing my u/j i saw you wanted a set of e28 m5 mounts as you were using e34 ones so thought they would be fine with your set up! i was told that the e28 m5 mounts are the ones to have!

Where did you get them from? Sounds like they might not be E28/M5...

yeah the m5 mounts are normally fine, not your fault mate ive just picked up my new engine arm, went and had another nose around the car, everything looks to be okay, not 100% on the rear subframe though so may be changing that but the front subframe and steering rack all seem okay

bound to of bent the wishbone i would of thought, ive clipped kerbs at much lower speeds in e30s and e36s and ended up with bent wishbones.

pauldeacs wrote:bound to of bent the wishbone i would of thought, ive clipped kerbs at much lower speeds in e30s and e36s and ended up with bent wishbones.

the front wheel hit head on... ish, and only dented but the back swung in side on hence it snapped :L

e30topless wrote: major fail !!!

reminds me of this clip,

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That made me laugh so hard its brilliant never seen that before

will be watching it over and over again now

e30topless wrote: major fail !!!

reminds me of this clip,

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funny as fck !

I actually nearly pissed myself laughing after watching that , brilliant !

si911t wrote:

e30topless wrote: major fail !!!

reminds me of this clip,

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funny as fck !

I actually nearly pissed myself laughing after watching that , brilliant !

Haha, it's like the american lowriders with the hydraulics!