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Conan
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:20 pm

The little E30 held its own!

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'91 Sterling Silver e30 320i SE
'96 Avus Blue e34 525i Sport
'92 Alpine White e30 318iS Touring
'86 Alpine White e28 M5 (008/187)
'02 Titan Silver e39 530d Sport Touring
'54 Cosmos Black e61 535d MSport Touring
'07 Sapphire Black e61 M5 Touring

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dapperdan8001
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:57 pm

Looks right at home. Nice pics :cool:
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mattrs
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:04 pm

Its a great track, i like paddock hill bend and surtess. Which were your favorite/favorites?

How did your tires and brakes last?
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:08 pm

Twas a good day indeed Matt....here is my beast on track too :wink:

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Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:14 pm

mattrs wrote:Its a great track, i like paddock hill bend and surtess. Which were your favorite/favorites?

How did your tires and brakes last?
Coming off that pits straight and down paddock hill blind was awesome when confidence was up! Best corner ive come across yet!

Tyres were fine, brakes were ok (standard 325 with yellowstuff pads)

Overall car was great :cool:
'91 Sterling Silver e30 320i SE
'96 Avus Blue e34 525i Sport
'92 Alpine White e30 318iS Touring
'86 Alpine White e28 M5 (008/187)
'02 Titan Silver e39 530d Sport Touring
'54 Cosmos Black e61 535d MSport Touring
'07 Sapphire Black e61 M5 Touring

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Conan
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:17 pm

Splondike wrote:Twas a good day indeed Matt....here is my beast on track too :wink:
You missed the one where i pass you! winkeye winkeye
'91 Sterling Silver e30 320i SE
'96 Avus Blue e34 525i Sport
'92 Alpine White e30 318iS Touring
'86 Alpine White e28 M5 (008/187)
'02 Titan Silver e39 530d Sport Touring
'54 Cosmos Black e61 535d MSport Touring
'07 Sapphire Black e61 M5 Touring

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Splondike
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:21 pm

Did you bump your head? :lol: Duncan passed me but that was only because I went off :mad:
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:24 pm

And obviously only cos i was under red flag! winkeye
'91 Sterling Silver e30 320i SE
'96 Avus Blue e34 525i Sport
'92 Alpine White e30 318iS Touring
'86 Alpine White e28 M5 (008/187)
'02 Titan Silver e39 530d Sport Touring
'54 Cosmos Black e61 535d MSport Touring
'07 Sapphire Black e61 M5 Touring

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Splondike
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:34 pm

Thankfully the flag wasn't for me as I recovered ;)

Was great fun though eh, as you say Paddock was buttock clenching fun 8O
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mattrs
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:03 pm

You gotta love paddock! Did you time your laps?
Splondike
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Nah, too busy trying to keep it on the black stuff...
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:44 pm

Hi Matt, it's great to see the old thing having it's legs stretched.
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:05 pm

The little E30 held its own!

nice car and photos too - what suspension set up was/is it running ?


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Twas a good day indeed Matt....here is my beast on track too
was the m5 on standard suspension ?
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:01 pm

e30cbe wrote:
was the m5 on standard suspension ?
It's only an M535i unfortunately and it's far from standard now. It is running larger whiteline ARBs, Bilstein B6 dampers, K-Mac stage 2 adjustable top mounts and a set of Faulkner Springs which are Hartge E28 spec.
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:17 pm

Splondike wrote:
e30cbe wrote:
was the m5 on standard suspension ?
It's only an M535i unfortunately and it's far from standard now. It is running larger whiteline ARBs, Bilstein B6 dampers, K-Mac stage 2 adjustable top mounts and a set of Faulkner Springs which are Hartge E28 spec.
the stance looks spot on through the corners :wink:
nice looking car !
we've got to decide between e34 m5 strut legs with brakes, e28 535i legs with uprated billies, custom or aftermarket bars,
so just wanted to know ur set up, thanks

also is the car malachite green ?
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:20 pm

hey conan
where did you get the german bit on yer grill or was it allready there

nice photos
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:44 pm

e30cbe wrote:
the stance looks spot on through the corners :wink:
nice looking car !
we've got to decide between e34 m5 strut legs with brakes, e28 535i legs with uprated billies, custom or aftermarket bars,
so just wanted to know ur set up, thanks

also is the car malachite green ?
Thanks :D I will say it understeers a little more than I would like, but I will experiment a little more at the next track day and see what I can do to help it. But it rolls very little and feels quite composed.

It's actually Agate Green :cool:
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Conan
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:04 pm

The e30 is on standard shocks i believe with a drop of 30mm through unknown springs and ARBs what ever mm the iS has

Felt good enough though!
'91 Sterling Silver e30 320i SE
'96 Avus Blue e34 525i Sport
'92 Alpine White e30 318iS Touring
'86 Alpine White e28 M5 (008/187)
'02 Titan Silver e39 530d Sport Touring
'54 Cosmos Black e61 535d MSport Touring
'07 Sapphire Black e61 M5 Touring

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