Bedford Autodrome Saturday 9th February

[Dan318-is]

I knew it would be that guibo! Theo put a pic up i wana see how munched it is.

[Theo]

Can't do pics at the moment mate, it looks to be pretty knackered there are bits dangling off! lol

[oguz327]

Sounds like everyone had a good day, the pictures look great

Wish i could have gone but my car was in bits for welding, should be up for a track day in the spring/summer, keep us posted fella's

[hoshy]

Yeah had my r888's on, grip and braking were fantastic consdering the interesting weight distribution on my car. I was using ebc reds at bedford, im hoping the ferodos will be even better.

What tyres were you using?

I bought some part-worn semis they were branded up as "silverstone" some far east jobbie. Don't know how they compare to R888s or anything else as it was my first go out on anything like that. Compared to 205/50/15 T1-S Proxes these 185/45/14s were out of this world. A whole different game.

How did your tyres wear. Have you done anything to get more neg camber up front?

[Theo]

Seem to have even wear across the tyre which is good, and there is planty of meat left on them . I'm awaiting delivery of some adjustable top mounts which will allow me to run up to 2.5 degrees neg.

[hoshy]

Seem to have even wear across the tyre which is good, and there is planty of meat left on them . I'm awaiting delivery of some adjustable top mounts which will allow me to run up to 2.5 degrees neg.

Ah that's really good! My part worns got killed on the outside

What top mounts are you going for? I'm gonna check toe but reckon I'm going to need more neg camber anyway.

[Theo]

I'm getting a pair of top mounts off Uwem3, nice and cheap compared to the likes of eibach etc.

[hoshy]

Ahh yes - I saw that thread. I'm just pissed off cos I shelled out for two brand new standard front top mounts which are pretty expensive. Oh well. It's only money :-/ lol

[Karan]

heres my goodies im doing next:

http://www.driftworks.co.uk/catalog/ima ... ntLCA1.jpg

http://www.driftworks.co.uk/catalog/ima ... arLCA1.jpg

solid rack bushes:

http://www.driftworks.com/catalog/image ... bushes.jpg

steering joint disc:

http://www.driftworks.com/catalog/image ... g_bush.jpg

i have all hardware in place to support a garrett 2871r turbo-360-400bhp and it would be a simple swap job with post change remap.... this is very tempting as i could sell my current s15 turbo for a fair amount so all id be paying would be about £300 for the mapping. car is sometime uninspiring engine wise between 6k-7k as peak bhp is a 5900

[Dan318-is]

Christ K, your really making us e30 owners look like peasants mate!

[Karan]

Christ K, your really making us e30 owners look like peasants mate!

yes but at least e30s arent made of .5mm gauge steel with crappy spot welding plus glue(seam sealant) holding the damn thing together! lol

dont get me started on unsuitability of 2 main ingredients (engine and gearbox) to track work in standard form!

there is a worrying amount of oil specules on the back of my turd around the exhaust..no oil in catch can... im hoping rather optimistically that some sneaked thru the rocker breather or the passenger side diff seal is still weeping LOL

[Dan318-is]

heroic work, goes to show how much the car got abused. If you need a hand fitting stuff give me a shout, im up the road and im sure its a dam sight more interesting than learning about factories all day in uni

[Andyboy]

Looks like I need to polish up the front half as well,,,,,,,,,,,,




That's Ben in the passenger seat, but he's just turned into a Cybertron.

[Dan318-is]

Dan, not ben

[Theo]

Looks like you've fallen asleep! Then again it was a 320i I suppose

[Dan318-is]

I was probably hiding my phone from the marshals

[UweM3]

Hope my efforts to silence the carbon airbox are good engough for the 23rd. Fingers crossed.

[Andyboy]

Dan, not ben

Sorry Dudeski.

Theo: Fack orf.

[Karan]

t6hats his head being violently pushed forwards under braking.... everett had a HANS device on so his head wasnt propelled forwards...his coulthard'esque neck muscles i believe may also have helped

[1an]

Uwe were you close to the limit with noise then?

[UweM3]

Uwe were you close to the limit with noise then?

I don't know. My exhaust is fine, but if you hear my car with the airbox screaming past.....

that's taken with a mobile phone
http://garage.s14power.com/data/508/oulton1.wmv

[1an]

sounds abit like our car, exhaust isnt that loud but induction noise is loud though,

[UweM3]

sounds abit like our car, exhaust isnt that loud but induction noise is loud though,

Dude, the video is nowhere near as LOUD as it is in reality.
Even the dogs turn their heads when I creep down highstreet with the revs as low as possible.

[jam172]

Best track day ever for me, this was organised by Forumbmw5 on this occasion, we are already organising another later this year. It would be good to make it a joint E30zone/bmw5 event?

Here's some pics of the old girl:

[Andy335Touring]

Thats a nice beasty, sounds loverly and is bloomin quick

[UweM3]

Best track day ever for me, this was organised by Forumbmw5 on this occasion, we are already organising another later this year. It would be good to make it a joint E30zone/bmw5 event?

Here's some pics of the old girl:

Looks nice! I had a white E28 years ago. But it was only a diesel. But my mate upped the boost and it was surprisingly quick! Smoked a bit.......

[tlee]

Here's some of our videos from the day

Chris driving having a good play with an E46 M3 (badly driven I might say!)


Chris also getting good luck and playing with another 328i but this one's a saloon. Watch it roll!


This is me driving with no other cars to play with