Dan's track day to race car progression thread

[DanThe]

Thanks Mike, they are made by a zoner

[rix313]

Thanks Mike, they are made by a zoner

Which one ?

Looks great this, hope mine looks half as good after my refresh

[DanThe]

He works with carbon fibre as his job, but due to being busy he doesnt get much time to do things like this. I will point him towards this thread if he is interested in making any more.

Car goes like stink BTW! Slick tyres FTW!

Next jobs= more new pads, another (uprated) clutch and some mapping as 13mpg average isnt funny at £80 a tank full

[Duke137]

You don't do things by halves Dan, Can't wait to see the power figures after mapping!

[gareth]

Nice been out having fun today have you?!

last time i had my E30 on track (brands) i managed to empty a tank in about 80 miles. £1/mile FTW!

[DanThe]

I probably did about the same today Gareth, at Oulton, the tank was brimmed before I set off this morning, 50 odd miles to Oulton, 2:45pm the red lights on so I put another 20 litres in, then had to put another £20 in on the way home

[E30BeemerLad]

Are those my old Sparco buckets? they look sexy.

Whole car looks ace

[DanThe]

Yes they are Lee, they are perfect for what I want. Cant be arsed with all this contortionist impressions to get into the chair! These are much more civilised

This car will be doing some drag strip meets next year

[Duke137]

This car will be doing some drag strip meets next year

[E30BeemerLad]

How much quicker does it feel to the Chromie?

[DanThe]

Well, an E36 3.0 M3 driver from the Kumho championships commented on how he struggled to keep up with me on the straights today! When I 'let him past' I could gain on him in the straights

[rix313]

Well, an E36 3.0 M3 driver from the Kumho championships commented on how he struggled to keep up with me on the straights today! When I 'let him past' I could gain on him in the straights

Which driver was it? You're probably fairly not far off his PTW if it was a class B M3. What suspension do you run on this out of interest?

[DanThe]

It was Marsh, ive H&R coilovers on it, the rear springs are on the trailing arms with adjustable seats, great dampers but it could do with being a little softer on the back I think, ive already binned the ARB

[crossie]

Next jobs= more new pads, another (uprated) clutch and some mapping as 13mpg average isnt funny at £80 a tank full

What engine are you running? - M50 / S50??

[DanThe]

Its an M52 mate, thread about the engine here - http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ght=m52b30

[Kedge]

Can't believe i've only just seen this thread. Was coming on well the other week

Good to see you got it all sorted for the MOT the other week, you sus what was up with that heater pipe?

[DanThe]

Yeah it just needed a new O ring, unbelievable really, never had to change one on the return pipe before

[Kedge]

One for the memory bank then

[nickphine]

Quick cage question, what's involved in getting this cage through the RAC logbooking process for rallying. Do they need to be certified or is that just for FIA use. I'm debating what to do and it seems the very easiest way is just buy a pre certified cage like an OMP one. I sold one of these a while ago as I was going to keep the back seat in then, but they're not that dear at the moment thanks to the exchange rate.

I already have the CL2 custom cages rear cage in place so I could just buy the front half for that, if that's certifiable or if it needs to be certifiable?

The RAC blue book makes my brain hurt...

[Dezzy]

Any update's mate?

[DanThe]

No idea about the cage thing nick.

Dezzy, updates next week, ive got a great big list of to-do's before the next day out which is approaching very fast.. its going to be non-stop work on this chariot and even then I dont think it will all get done

[DanThe]

Collected my freshly painted GRP bonnet and bumper today, only got the bonnet fitted though, bloody good job they made of the paint! The rest of the car is letting it down now





I weighed the standard bonnet and hinge at 18kg, the GRP one is 6.5kg. So with the gas strut/stay and roller guides taken into the equation its 12kg removed from the front

[Demlotcrew]

Hurry up and get it on the scales!

[DanThe]

Yes yes

Found some pics floating on the net from last November at Oulton

[rix313]

Bonnet looks ace.

[DanThe]

Im being very careful with it at the moment, dont know how long it will last without getting chips scratches from removing/refitting though

So I decided to finally fit the S52 cams ive had for the best part of 2 years
Lid off



New exhaust cam is pretty easy to drop in, get all the nuts on and pull down



Inlet is a bit more difficult, you can barely get half a thread on the cap nuts, its a case of get the cam in the right position, nuts on one end then push the other end down just enough to get the nuts started







Pulled it down slowly and surely and that was that. I do have a tool I made but its bloody tight with the engine in an E30..

Put it all back together and had a bit of a moment when I started it up it was chugging like a tug boat, could hear gasses going back up the inlet, sounded like the timing was out even though I checked it every way about 3 or 4 times...
Ive done this so many times in the past I was a bit gob smacked TBH

So got the top back off and the timing was indeed smack on, I pulled the plugs out to do a comp test expecting the worst

But I decided to spin it over by hand with the plugs out and noticed something with the cam sensor trigger wheel -



The bastard! Miss-fire on all 6 cylinders

Pair of pliers and its back in action, did a comp test anyway and got a consistent 225psi on every cylinder

Sounds great with these sticks now! 'click for vid' \/


Need to get that cone filter gone though, its snorting like a high profile celeb

Cant wait to get this out on the road

[Dezzy]

Tick over evensounds better with the S52 sticks in doesn't it mate.

I bet your ar5e fell out fitting them without your tool.


Glad it was that simple aswell that could have ruined everything

[DanThe]

Its a right job, half a turn on each nut until they are down and safe

[Duke137]

See what you meant now!

(sorry battery went on phone as you prob guessed)

Cool pics from last year aswell dude, looks like your pushing it hard

You should take this to pod this year and leave the metal bumper scrap at home

[DanThe]

I want to get this to a drag strip this year, once ive strengthened the diff! Will more than likely be pod as york is a fair old drive for a stripped out chariot

[Dezzy]

Its a right job, half a turn on each nut until they are down and safe

You know what I'm like with sticks

Imagine what i was like putting them schricks in

10mm socket and small extension only! I left stains

[Dezzy]

Double post

[e30topless]

that revs like a Biatch

[DanThe]

7k FTW Steve!

Indicated 150mph on my 2 post lift

[Demlotcrew]

Brilliant Job

Is this a common mod? You couldn't swap cams like this on a S14, it would need mapping right away.

What power will it be producing now?