Zoners track day cars

[shorty73]

Hi, I'm fairly new to the forum. Thought I would share what is going on in my garage. 320i 1989 Needs to be mot'd and ready for a trip to Spa in the summer. Oh dear, please don't laugh too much.... I have less than no money... List of things so far:
-Took rotten bits off
-Welded a couple of patches (lots more to go)
-New dizzy cap and rotor arm
-plugs
-Threw away the knackered brakes
-Ripped out the sunroof and welded a patch in
Thats about it

If anyone knows where I can get a nearside wing, some cheap front brakes, some dirt cheap suspension, rear trailing arms with discs for a conversion and probably some new wheels.....cheap I would be very grateful.

I've got some front calipers with braided lines if you want them. Worked fine when I used them just moved on to 4 pots.

[bumhole]

Sounds good to me shorty73.
How much do you want and how do I pay?

[Lloydie38]

Any more Zoners with updates on their track car or someone who is working hard in their garage preparing their track slag..??

No polished deep dish rims here...!!

Love to hear from you and see the pics

[stof]

Making very slow progress with the actual car at the moment as its away having the cage fit.







Stripping the inside. Removed the rear bulkhead becasue steel is just far too heavy so will put in a aluminium firewall eventually.




Got most of the wiring out now. Heater matrix is all gone. But they are early pictures.

Thats pretty much it for the car at the moment. Plan is when i get it back is to strip it down to the shell, paint it a nice white, and build it up from there.

Whilst the cars been away i have being sorting out the engine. Its a mazda 13b n/a from a 89 rx7.




Stripped the engine/cleaned everything up. Going to get the side housings skimmed at work, i'll look into getting the rotors lightened and balanced. Then its a case of new PP housing, seals etc. before rebuilding it. Also going to run a carb for cheapness and simplicity.




So thats where i am at the moment. Thought i would be kept busy all the time, but seem to be spending most of the time waiting for parts to arrive.

[GrindCulture]

That 13b is going to look so lost in an E30 engine bay Don't think any one's done a Rotary swap yet, keep us updated

[zimmer-320i]

should get a 20b they sound nie

[armanib]

Pretty sure most of you have seen my build thread.

From this



18 months later to this

Custom cage (nightmare) roll cage
H&R coilovers
Std engine with a good service
Torque technique exhaust
Fully poly bushed
Fibre glass bonnet and adjustable rear spoiler
Placcy windys
AP brake bias
Z3 shifter
EBC pads and discs
One cobra evo with 6 point harness
Std wheels furbed and coated black
R888's
1060kg's. That's about as low as I can get it without going to extreme or very expensive measures.
loads of other bits and pieces I cant think of right now.




Bedford in Feb

Magazine article last week

What is the blue thing in the place where your light should be?

[zaust]

Cold air feed to an induction kit.

[AlpineAde]

Any more Zoners with updates on their track car or someone who is working hard in their garage preparing their track slag..??

No polished deep dish rims here...!!

Love to hear from you and see the pics

Got a new clutch from UUC Motorwerks, an alloy radiator from PWR and my Miller MAF conversion has just landed.

[oldbimmer]

Any more Zoners with updates on their track car or someone who is working hard in their garage preparing their track slag..??

No polished deep dish rims here...!!

Love to hear from you and see the pics

Got a new clutch from UUC Motorwerks, an alloy radiator from PWR and my Miller MAF conversion has just landed.

MAF conversion???? Tell me more please!

.

[zimmer-320i]

easy make one of these
using
Siemens MAF (p/n 1 703 275) out of an E36 328i
Siemens MAF to ECU connecting plug
M20 air temperature sensor from AFM
M20 4 pin male plug off M20 AFM

[oldbimmer]

Now that sounds interesting!

Is there much setting up to be done after undertaking such a conversion??

Does it offer a noticable imporvement over the AFM?

[zimmer-320i]

yes and yes.

needs remapping but the increse in response is really good. and not only that you get rid of the nasty flappy shite that was invented!!!

[zimmer-320i]

can all be found here
http://www.e30clubsa.co.za/forum/index. ... topic=1021
have it saved as i will sort it out oneday but reports say it gives better response and helps the engine breathe so much better

[oldbimmer]

can all be found here
http://www.e30clubsa.co.za/forum/index. ... topic=1021
have it saved as i will sort it out oneday but reports say it gives better response and helps the engine breathe so much better

Cheers!

[AlpineAde]

Any more Zoners with updates on their track car or someone who is working hard in their garage preparing their track slag..??

No polished deep dish rims here...!!

Love to hear from you and see the pics

Got a new clutch from UUC Motorwerks, an alloy radiator from PWR and my Miller MAF conversion has just landed.

MAF conversion???? Tell me more please!

.

I bought mine from Miller on special. It's their own design: billet "aluminum" housing, CNC machined, very tasty. Manufactured specifically for the M20 the MAF comes with a revamped chip. Very soon Miller are going to be offering WAR chip, which means you can simply plug your laptop in and go have a chat with your chip.

EG:



I'll get this at a discount price from what I can gather. Should be good.

MAF looks like this:




I'll post pics when it is all in and running.

[dcoeinside]

Hi,

this is my track day tool. Only for track use !!!!!

engine: 2.7l with 45 DCOE carbs
gearbox: 5 Speed Sport E21, 5th gear 1:1 ratio
brakes: Porsche 996 front and rear
discs: 300x25 front, 294x19 rear
rims: ATS DTC 8x15
tires: Toyo R888 (not on the pics)
LSD: 3,46 with 60% ZF
weight: with full tank 986 kg
suspension: Bilstein shocks and KW springs, all Unibal
and adjustable, camber front and rear

if you want to take a look at the complete story of building klick:

www.pro-track.de

Regards

Christoph


























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[ScottEgg]

absolutely awesome! love those brakes and the unspoilt lines of an early E30. Really, really nice!

[garyp_E30_325i]

The brakes are cool, and the engine could go on display, lovely motor!

[juniorGT]

awesome motor, the brake upgrade sounds very interesting ??

[dcoeinside]

Good evening,

thank you for your feedback. If somebody think this is a trailerqueen, because it´s so clean, whatch this and listen to the DCOE voice:

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If you want to whatch the videos in a better solution, click here. There you can find all my trackvideos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dcoeinside

Regards


Christoph

[Jon_Bmw]

As I have commented before Christoph, that is a seriously nice car and the noise is pretty stunning as well.

I need a dog leg box in my life.

[oldbimmer]

Good evening,

thank you for your feedback. If somebody think this is a trailerqueen, because it´s so clean, whatch this and listen to the DCOE voice:

[youtube][/youtube]

If you want to whatch the videos in a better solution, click here. There you can find all my trackvideos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dcoeinside

Regards


Christoph

Wow!!!! that's just awesome!!

Sounds like a really close ratio box??
What are the ratios?

[oldbimmer]

MAF looks like this:




I'll post pics when it is all in and running.

Please let us know how you get on.. Looks like a proper bit of kit.!! Nice..

[AlpineAde]

Good evening,

thank you for your feedback. If somebody think this is a trailerqueen, because it´s so clean, whatch this and listen to the DCOE voice:

[youtube][/youtube]

If you want to whatch the videos in a better solution, click here. There you can find all my trackvideos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dcoeinside

Regards


Christoph

Thoroughly enjoyable! Thank you very much for posting. The car sounds wonderful indeed ~ and good to see it being exercised so nicely too. Lovely!

[AlpineAde]

MAF looks like this:




I'll post pics when it is all in and running.

Please let us know how you get on.. Looks like a proper bit of kit.!! Nice..

Will do!

Been buggered over in the shipment so we're waiting on that to be put right. Shouldn't be too long now.

Interestingly, their new MAFs are up on their site. They are MUCH cheaper. Might be worth a look for any interested parties. Mine will be one of the last billet ones sent I imagine.

[rix313]

Love those brakes, Easy enough to fit?

[dcoeinside]

Hi,

Wow!!!! that's just awesome!! cool cool cool

Sounds like a really close ratio box??
What are the ratios?

This gearbox is not a dogleg box. It´s a sport gearbox from E21 323i and very early 323i E30.
Ratio:
1. 3,76
2. 2,33
3. 1,61
4. 1,23
5. 1,00

Ratio 325 E30 gearbox:
1. 3,83
2. 2,20
3. 1,40
4. 1,00
5. 0,81

For Hockenheim i use 3,46 LSD

Love those brakes, Easy enough to fit?

Yes this brakes are easy to install. (i hope i understand your question. My english is not so good.) A company here in germany is producing this discs for me. They are comming with 4x100 bolt circle and centerhole for E30 suspension. Including original Fittinghole for M6 cylinder screw. Take a look at this pic and you know what i mean.


Rear is like the same. Calipers are mounted with special alloy adapters. The whole brake kit is comming with:
4 calipers from Porsche
4 discs (300x25mm front and 294x19mm rear)
4 alloy adapters
1 set of steel brake hoses

Setprice is 2200 Euro

Regards

Christoph

[oldbimmer]

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Hey Christoph - I'm very interested in your Carbs...

What did you have to do to the carbs to make them suitable for the M20?? (do you have a spec?)

Where did you get the manifold from??


Thanks..

[dcoeinside]

Hey Christoph - I'm very interested in your Carbs... cool cool

What did you have to do to the carbs to make them suitable for the M20?? (do you have a spec?)

Where did you get the manifold from??

Hi,

the manifold is made of a stock injection manifold. Cut off and welded with alloy adapters for the carbs. You can see it on the pic. this is a very difficult work. I cannot do this on my own because i have not the machine´s. CNC... I think you have to pay 300-400 Euro for this manifold.

The other things you have to do are:

you need a ignition from an early 320 with distributer in engine-block

the distributer cab must be cutt because it is to high. There is not enough place between the carbs. The wirecabels have to go in from the side, not from the top

you cannot use the thing behind the brake mastercylinder. So mastercylinder must be mounted direct on firewall. Pushrod must be cutt off, make shorter and weld together again

Well if you don´t understand my words, take a look at the pic´s.

[darren1200]

Wheels look great too, what offset are they?

[dcoeinside]

ET 20 with 15mm spacers. result: 8x15 ET5

Regards

Christoph

[mccarthy]

well... didn't want to follow that! but here's a peek anyway! still lots to do tho and plenty of parts still waiting to fit thinking some gold centred bbs might be called for....

[e21Jason]

A quick update of my e21 the cage is done




Jason

[nickso]

looks nice jason, a lot different than last time i saw it. whats the quality of the cage like? thinking of using chizfab for mine later in the year.