E30 Zone

Got my car back from Ant 3 weeks ago. I havn't posted much up to now as we were booked on the Bedford Trackday, so wanted to see what it could do

As ever an excellent job done by Ant,

Engine specs roughly are M52 2.8 bottom end with an M50 top and Tubular manifold. Internals are Ants secret recipe

Suffice to say it goes rather well, managed to outdrag various stripped E30 M3's up the long straight. Just need to sort the brakes and lower the suspension slightly so we can stay in front under braking and round the twistys !

There has been no weight loss on this car, was with full interior, spare wheel, jack etc and a passenger on every lap

that's looks very clean

what make is the 6 branch you have on it?

what striped out e30 m3's where you leaving behid on the straights at bedford ?

agreen wrote:what striped out e30 m3's where you leaving behid on the straights at bedford ?

The grey one with black wings, one of the all black ones !

wullie325i wrote:what make is the 6 branch you have on it?

I believe it's from "Fritz Bitz", using a standard center and scorpian back box.

hi

thanks for that.

do some of the branches come into contact with eachother as it looks pretty tight?

Engine bay looks sexy whats the figures like?

No figure for it yet, lots of speculation. Hope to get on a rolling road soon.


Havn't studied the pipes to closely, but don't think any are actualy touching.

Wow, Time for new suspension Kevin. Check out the angle on that.

Conversion is so well done, I may have to ask for a passenger ride at lakeside

Dave the problem is it is sitting so much higher now, due to the engine being so much lighter than an m20 almost m40 weight , but it wil be sorted as i have some spare m40 springs

Nice install

I'd seriously try some M42 springs and tweak the ARB's on yours dude, before comitting any £Â£Ã‚£

To me yours felt a little "Understeery" when I drove it post M20 BA removal.

anymore track pix

got a few Ant, we played iwth the anti rolls bars but it still floated abit if that makes sense, and very understeery aswell but best way i found was to steer it from the rear

but my god it so easy to hang the tail out, tried the o2 sensor on track aswel Ant, made a nice subtle difference, got 140 on the clocks down the straight and frightened a guy in an Aerial Atom as he came out the pits on cold tyres etc but nailed him on the striaght

more pictures curtosy of extreme photography:

it looked very soft on the rear coming out of the corner before the straight oposite the pits just before the hair pin thing

Cold tyres won't make the slightest difference on road tyres...

Nice car Kevin. Hopefully will see it on a track day or 2.

agreen wrote:it looked very soft on the rear coming out of the corner before the straight oposite the pits just before the hair pin thing

we were running the rear roll bar on the softest because it was quite a handful coming out of the corners anyway due to the torque, but the suspension is very stiff anyway which is wierd,

90% of the cars were stripped out so less weight etc but still didnt stop me having a good play with the bright lime green track car

WHO JIMMY C ? He was running his in was he not , thats what the sighn in his rear window said anyway

Cold tyres won't make the slightest difference on road tyres...

YES it will if you deflate any tyre a little before going on track to get the optimum hot pressure then of course when they are cold it is going to make a diffrence , sliding etc .

no you idiot, the 325 race car i know James was running his in,



was stying ahead on the straight but the corners was all over me had a good chat aswell and was a nice guy,

Nice radiator install................

Wow... Thts well nice!!

Very nice, now get a set of slicks to stop that 'orrible tyre wall flex.

no you idiot,

not really needed was it !

Car Engine looks great mate. another great car out of A- tech good work Ant

looking good kevin you will have to take me for a spin now its all run in another great install by ant looks as if it came from the factory its that tidy

1an wrote:

looks mint green to me not lime

its lime in the flesh Lee, my cammera had some strange settings going on when i looked at the details.

Looks like a really good instal. Bet its bags of fun. M50's are cool.

1an wrote:got 140 on the clocks down the straight and frightened a guy in an Aerial Atom as he came out the pits on cold tyres etc but nailed him on the striaght

Believe what you like Dan, not my problem guy was driving like a girl, and you could see he was trying from moment he left the pits.

A space framed ariel atom that weighs 10kgs?! ok.................

Hard suspension doesn't mean it's any good bert. Might be time to get some bilsteins on there to do the car justice. Is it still on that horrid spax sh!te?!

Simon13 wrote:A space framed ariel atom that weighs 10kgs?! ok.................

Hard suspension doesn't mean it's any good bert. Might be time to get some bilsteins on there to do the car justice. Is it still on that horrid spax sh!te?!

not gonna bother arguing Simon as its not my car, i was only commenting on what happened during the day at Bedford.

Have you got another trackday planned?

not at the moment theo but the next one is likely to be in my car,

but we shall see.

Ahh ok, i must admit the thought of an e30 frightening an Atom kindo of tickles me! You must be better at driving round a track than you are wheelspinning out of Ace Cafe carpark

not bad for a 1.6 hey,

but at the end of the day take it either way i passed the Atom and he was trying by the way he was squirming out of the corner at the end of the straight,

its quick for a car that is also in full road trim aswell which make it more entertaining.


Theo you have pm