Bjorno's 318is alpinewhite for racing.

[Bjorno]

I was searching for a good E30 to take it to the track and learn more about the driving skills.

Last month I found the perfect car:

318is alpinewhite with 168.000km's.
With absolutly no options except front headlight washers.
But the best is that it doesn't have a sunroof.













Interior: still good but have to go.





Engine:





What have I done till now:

- Interior is out
- everything that is not neccesary for racing id out.
- Rollcage is almost sprayed in alpinewhite
- Headlights removed and will be replaced by normal one's

Part of rollcage in zinkspray



part of Rollcage almost in alpinewhite






Still to do list:
- Intsalling rollcage
- Installing racing seats and belts
- Installing dashboard and put all the buttons and switchs on one place.
- 16 or 17 inch wheels
- In feature: other brakes and suspension

[cliffybabe]

looks like a gooden, i thought 318iS's come with recaro style front seats

[DanThe]

Nice, I have a non sunroof model in Alpine White, the two extra doors more than make up the difference though

I take it the tow bar is coming off

[Bjorno]

@cliffybabe: I have seen other 318is cars whitout sport interior so maybe there was a period that is was an option??

The tow bar is coming of too yes.

[Bjorno]

Rollcage is in the car:

[Jon_Bmw]

Comfort check interior thats rare isn't it?

The car is looking mean with the cage in it. I like

[Kedge]

Looking good, you taking inspriration from the 318iS track car from TBMW mag the ohter month?

I think it was only the UK that got the sport seats as standard in the iS, no end on e30.de and ebay.de have comfort check interior.

[Jon_Bmw]

Learn something every day.

[Bjorno]

@Jon_Bmw: it's indeed rare, I think sportseats was an option in our country. But the most 318is cars have the sportseats.

@Kedge: No I haven't read TBMW, was there a white racer in it?

[Bjorno]

New update on the car:

First I went shopping:

2 race seats:



Race seat fitments



seat belts



And then I went to work:

- Dashboard fitted


Shot at 2007-08-16

Working on the seat fittings to get the right set up for the seats:




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Then made the lights a bit darker:


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Then I had another idea, I have a set of 17 inch 4*100 5 spoke wheels from a Mini. And was thinking why not putting these on the racer
So first let's se what it will give.


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But Then I found out they don't just fit on a E30. So I'll need spacers to make them fit. Because they touch the suspension. (E30: ET 35, Mini: ET 48). On the rear I have just the same problem.
But if they fit the wheels will get a white colour.

[Bjorno]

That was saturday, now sunday:

Polished the car:


Shot at 2007-08-19


Shot at 2007-08-19

Trunk cleaned up:


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Battery will go to the trunk so here already the Battery holder:


Shot at 2007-08-19

New gearshift (still weating for a short shifter):


Shot at 2007-08-19

[maxfield]

Looks good fun!

Plenty more weight to lose form that sound deadening!

[josh-hocking]

looks ace hope you enjoy the fun!

[Kos]

exactly what i was going to do to my IS if ni didnt sell it for the asking price

[no1_jazz]

looking good

[Kedge]

That is looking sweet, would love to find a cheap iS to do that to.

[Ajay325]

Bjorno that looks like a real track weapon in progress, good luck and keep us updated. i like the look of your D90s, whats the plan for those?

[Bjorno]

Thanks!

What do you mean with D90's Ajay325?

[Ajay325]

you have a very nice set of porsche wheels up in one of those pics... those are what i was referring to, imagine those on your car with some adaptors

[fozzymandeus]

Those porsche wheels are five stud type.

[Ajay325]

you can buy hub adaptors for them mate, heavily used in the vw scene... easy enough to pick them up with bolts for around £100

[Bjorno]

Yes but I'm not the owner of those wheels + I prefer non other manufacture wheels underneeth my car.

[Bjorno]

Been to bussy with the 320is that I didn't had time for the racer. But now the car is almost finished. The 5th of november I will go on track.

Here some progres of the car:

Brakes upgrade:



Mini 17 inch wheels:



New parts on the engine:

[Bjorno]

New parts on the engine:







New color for the hood:



Sprayed hood on the car:



Some nice pics:

[Bjorno]

The boot:



Cold air for the engine:



Cold air for the brakes:



To protect the engine:

[GrindCulture]

Nice little build here mate Lots of nice little touches.

[juniorGT]

sweet, exactly like mine, alpine white "is" track car's ftw.. im currently in the procces aswel


keep up the good wrok

[beemerbird]

Another great write - up and detailed pictures. Keep up the good work and please keep us all updated with your progress.

[Bjorno]

Thanks!

Next time will be somewhere next year. Do do some testing for improvemend.

[Bjorno]

It's already a while ago but I have been in Australië for a half year so didn't had mutch time to work on this car.

Went racing again last month, this time with Semi-Slicks witch was a big improvement. For the rest the drive's perfect and no problems. Here some pics when a was at Zolder Circuit:

[Bjorno]

[Bjorno]

Last week I had my first test on Spa Francorchamps with the track car. It was lot's of fun and the car did great. One problem was that the engine is not strong enouf on spa. To manny moment your thinking...i need more power . But in turns the Semi slicks and the suspension did a great job. Also had an Australian guy visiting me and he felt so lucky to be able to drive on spa with me.