E30 Zone

Some pics of mine at Brands the other day.

cool! great to see mooooooooore e30s being tracked!! how was it on track? lemme know when you're going next i'll come along too

did it rain the whole day? and hows is brands not done it before

yeah it was really good on track, very well behaved, nicely balanced and pretty fast. Was lapping at similar pace to the z4 3l (although I think the z4 just had the edge tbh) you can see in one of those pics above. It rained for most of the day, dried out a bit towards the end. Brands is ok, I've not got that much to compare against apart from the ring and castle combe, it's a bit more dramatic and proper than castle combe in places, and is short enough that you can really get your lines right and see a lot of improvement etc. but there's more of Castle Combe and its probably a bit more interesting. Haven't seen you in time anyway mate, hope all's well? Your e30 looks stunning. Will let you know when i have other plans etc - have a ring trip at the end of april, think loads of us are going if you're interested?

Tim_s car looks really well, is there a thread to see what you have done, ?
2.1 318is

2.1 318is, MS, LPG. 183bhp, 162ft/lbs

HERO DO TELL HOW , WHO , PICS

CAR LOOKS AMAZING BTW

gotta get a mate next time to take so photos when you are going around

T1 at brands must be a blast with entry and exit speeds being so high, along with the varied cambers. Toca 2 and 3 on Playstation are the closest I've gotten to running that track.

At trackdays, do you guys run the short-course or full F1 circuit?

Also, do you have a dyno plot of your M42?

Stu

Stu McHenry?! on the zone?
Paddock Hill bend (T1) is great fun, it's a fourth gear corner in the IS, get some great Gs on the exit too
Yeah dude, I'll dig out and scan the dyno plot at the weekend for you. I use Paul (shepsevo3) at circuit motors at castle combe. That figure is in it's daily driver spec too, with tame cams and without the ITBs. When I get back to Paul's with the TBs and a slightly wilder inlet cam I'm hoping for 200bhp+.

There's a few threads around about my engine, can't find any at the mo apart from this one:
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

I'll take some pics of it again and put them up with description/explanation. In short it's a 2.1 litre 11:1 CR engine, lightened and balanced, with a heavily worked on cyl head with larger throats and 3 angled seats etc, mild cams, megasquirt 2 extra for fuel and spark. Have just found out that's the car's prob for sale too, as the mate who was going to buy it decided he couldn't wait for it and bought squeal's one in the For Sale section on here! Need to decide now whether to hold on to it or sell it.

More detailed spec:
-2.1 litre high compression ratio bottom end, fully lightened and balanced.
-Flowed late spec e36 head with 6mm valves, single valve springs, +2mm oversize inlet/zorst throats, 3 angled valve seats, reshaped ports with chamfered guides, restriction around guide on inlet port removed, 0.2mm skim, new gen stem seals, Kent cams, lightweight tappets.
-M44 Serpentine belt setup with M44 PAS pump etc
-COP conversion
-Sebring zorst
-Megasquirt 2 extra beta for fuel and spark
-Runs either on standard inlet with AFM removed and a big bore TB, or with individual throttle bodies. I use the former for daily use as it's quiet, but the latter are pretty much a bolt-on affair and should give 200bhp+ with the right cams.

Chassis
-Koni adjustable suspension, Eibach adjustable ARBs
-Momo 350mm wheel, Z3 short shift
-E30 M3 offset CA bushes (3mths old)
-e46 m3 rear top mounts, z3 reinforcement plates
-3.91 LSD

Excellent track isint it.. Look's like you got a good track spec there. Hope to see you on circit one day.
Any futher plann's for it, or you leaving it as is.

Nice car fella - Brands Indy suits an E30 very well, I love driving it and need to get my arse in gear to take Vader there in the next month or so.

I've done brands twice. I started doing paddock in 3rd but yeah, it's defo a 4th gear job. Tim - let me know when you're next doing a day too. I'll come. Who's going to the ring in April, is there a thread or it's not a zone thing?

Loving that car reminids me of someone elses white track car...

White is sooooooooo the new black darling

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looked like good fun

I'm there this coming Weds with a few friends, hope the weather holds out.

lloydie yours looks the part, it really does! Have fun Nelly Get pics up too!