E30 Zone

Okay I am not one to write pages and pages, I believe that a picture speaks a thousand words so I will show you a bit of the work I have done so far. I picked up a rolling shell a 1990 calypso red 316i good starting point.



Got a surprise when I opened the bonnet, a rather "interesting" choice of colour.



After some searching on ebay I came across a nice example of an M60b40 from an E38 740i 1994 with 95K on it. Popped down to pick it up with my mate Neil, It's a beast of a lump.



When it came to sourcing a gearbox, I opted for a 6 speed unit from an E39 M5 as i wanted that extra gear.

Just about filled the boot of a fiesta :O


My working space is very limited, however I trial fitted the box to the lump.



Looks all sorts of epic in my opinion

I have taken the axles and subframe had these shot blasted and powdercoated, and begun to polybush most of the parts.





with regards the front subframe this has had reinforcement plates welded on to the arb mounting points and the engine mounting points.

I also sourced an E46 quick rack and bolted this up to the subframe just need to swap the tie rods over for E30 items.



This is the suspension and brake setup I plan on using I picked up these coilovers for a reasonable price on ebay complete with adjustable top mounts too WIN



The brakes I want to use are the Brembo 4 pot calipers from an E38 which were freshly refurbished (used my 3GS for size comparison they are massive!)





This is what it all looks like with 312mm Audi TT discs redrilled to 4x100 PCD



Just need to measure up the mounting holes so I can get a bracket fabricated to bolt them to the struts.


Once the E30 is rolling again I will get the various bits of welding done that is needed then fully protect the underside.

Then the fun can really begin! Looking forward to continuing the project and welcome any input from the Zoners

big spends ...nice project

is it going to be drifted or a street sleeper ?

Christ mate you've got some serious bits of kit there!! you'll be able to endo the car haha

magpie wrote:big spends ...nice project

is it going to be drifted or a street sleeper ?

I reckon a nice sleeper build it once build it right, the big spends are still to come lightweight wheel / clutch kit etc

Jamie8GTi wrote:Christ mate you've got some serious bits of kit there!! you'll be able to endo the car haha

I couldn't afford the true bolt on kits like the wilwood ones so an OEM+ option was best bet.

Should stop nicely i have an M5 master cylinder and servo setup that I plan on mounting inside the car where the glovebox would be seen it done before and like that idea.

Will be watching this one!! where are you located?

I'll be sending rear trailing arms away for powdercoating this week, got message from welder to say he's added the arb mounting point reinforcement plates.

I'm from Doncaster mate.

Getting things done then! I've gotta order my bushes soon! not bloody cheap are they!!

I bought my passat from Doncaster haha about 120 miles away

Yeah plan on making lots of progress. No they aren't cheap but I love the fully polybushed feel even on road

Ah that's some trek, I got my lump from Wisbech that's about as far as I've been haha

did you get this car off sweep [peter] on here ?

This is going to be a serious project! Keep the updates coming...

Calypso V8

I did get this from Peter yeah a while ago now top bloke he is

EDIT: I did get this from a Peter not sure if it's sweep the Peter I got it from has a premises in Sheffield iirc

suchy wrote:This is going to be a serious project! Keep the updates coming...

Calypso V8

Going to get it resprayed back to former glory too rather fond of this colour. Going to use the Keskins from my old e30 9J rears

Looking forward to the updates on this... Freshly painted calypso will look nice

A friend of mine got his MG resprayed at a local shop was impressed with the quality of their workmanship. So nearer to the time i will contact them about this.

What wheels you using on that setup ? Looking good ? Have a very similar one on the go !!

Brilliant thread, going to be a good project.!

Yea, you've got my attention I do like a freshly painted Calypso e30

gooseygander110 wrote:What wheels you using on that setup ? Looking good ? Have a very similar one on the go !!

Ah nice one, what you doing to yours ? V8?

Will be using the 16" Keskin KT1 alloys staggered setup up 7.5J up front 9J rears ... still got plenty of tread left on the rubber too!

Just need a spacer as caliper fouls the inner face somewhat :/

yeah V8 6sp, Gaz Golds, lightweight flywheel, clutch etc ......will be doing a thread sometime but just can't find the time to sort all my pics !!

Nice wheels !!

Hey mate.....would be really interested in any diagrams you have for the brake caliper mounting plates .....as I have my eye on some similar brembos

I've not got measurements sorted yet but I did come across a bracket drawn up with measurements for the 312mm discs using E32 / E34 calipers which looks interesting.

http://bmw-e30.net/e32e34-front-caliper ... 2mm-disks/

If anyone has any input on this it'd be much appreciated

Gok wrote:I did get this from Peter yeah a while ago now top bloke he is

EDIT: I did get this from a Peter not sure if it's sweep the Peter I got it from has a premises in Sheffield iirc

he's got a calypso fetish too !

I wouldn't say I have a fetish but it is a nice colour indeed

magpie wrote:

Gok wrote:I did get this from Peter yeah a while ago now top bloke he is

EDIT: I did get this from a Peter not sure if it's sweep the Peter I got it from has a premises in Sheffield iirc

he's got a calypso fetish too !

Thought i recognised that alleyway!

Gok wrote:

suchy wrote:This is going to be a serious project! Keep the updates coming...

Calypso V8

Going to get it resprayed back to former glory too rather fond of this colour. Going to use the Keskins from my old e30 9J rears

My second favourite colour (it's a close one though!) so for keeping it

@Coops90 are you the Peter I bought it off. Or know of him?

@suchy interested as to what your favorite colour is? Yeah I've seen freshly painted calypso red it's beautiful so much depth <3

Quick update:

Picked up my rear trailing arms tonight after having arb mounts reinforced, off for shot blasting /powder coating friday then going to rebuild with new bearings and hubs etc

Looking good, gotta love v8's in the e30. ;)

I am sure I've seen that E30 in your signiture on YouTube just being driven out of a workshop and turned round. Looks awesome!

I have been planning mine for ages.

ha ha yep, with no doors on, there are a few video's on youtube of it.
Its got the 6 speed box in aswell, it fits fine, just trim off some tags that are on the box.

Gok wrote:@Coops90 are you the Peter I bought it off. Or know of him?

@suchy interested as to what your favorite colour is? Yeah I've seen freshly painted calypso red it's beautiful so much depth <3

I am a Pete, but not that Pete

Calypso is where its @....

Ah I see , fair enough

I'm thinking of selling my run about (MK4 Golf) for money towards a touring always liked them too only had 2 door coupes a bronzitbeige metallic and this calypso red project