The 3.2 Alpina Powered Chromie

[DanThe]

Chip Wizard mate, dont know what the setup is exactly but its as good as they get, he does race cars for a living and the power has to be right or they get lead in the cars

[crossie]

Shame I did not know you where up at the York drag strip - only 10 minutes away from me!

13.5 is a great time!

[DanThe]

You will have to get your car there once done

Took the cam cover off this afternoon and as suspected the exhaust cam has slipped on the sprocket and is retarded, at least 5 degrees, inlet is still bang on the mark with the crank.

Will be rebuilding this with loctite, never known one to slip before

[Duke137]

Quick time

[Simon13]

iirc the torque setting isn't very high on the nuts at the end of the cam. From when i had the head off.

[DanThe]

You might want to give them a bit more if you followed the torque settings!

[DanThe]

Swapped the vanos seal and put the timing right today, thought I would have a go at monkeys method, straight forward and doesnt affect timing.

With the vanos unit un-bolted there are only 5 bolts to remove, most difficult one is at the bottom



Still plenty of room to get a proper spanner on though



Rags at the ready as the unit is still full of oil, but once removed the job is a doddle



Old stretched outer and hardened inner Vs new



Didnt get any pics of the exhaust sprocket but its now bolted up to the cam with loctite and an extra tug on the cam bolts. Will wait for tomorrow before starting to give the loctite chance to harden

[leeparkes]

13.5 quarter isn't to be sniffed at mate.

It will do better than that now its timed up proper with new vanos seals etc.. im trying to work out how it could slip a tooth.

Would standalone management work well with this?

[DanThe]

Floating sprockets Lee, its just the clamping force of the bolts that holds the timing.
No need for standalone at all, nothing wrong with the Siemens on these and they are very exploitable in the right hands.

[leeparkes]

How much power did it make with the 3.2 ECU and bigger MAF?

[DanThe]

It was about 260, did loads of runs and they varied slightly depending on the ECU adaptions

[leeparkes]

Strange it made more power on the 2.8 stuff, even with a smaller MAF. Id definatley look into the injectors too, running out of breath at 250hp aint doing it no favours.

This will be awesome when its running right.

[DanThe]

I think it was just how the ECU was trying to correct for the extra valve overlap, fluke really, exhaust cam position doesnt affect power much either.

[Simon13]

if alpina fitted those injectors as seems the case, there is no way they won't be flowing enough for the engine. It will be a problem elsewhere.

[DanThe]

Now back in action

[E30BeemerLad]

What does the arse dyno report?

[DanThe]

Not been out in it yet

[randomspeedfreak]

dan would you recommend monkeys method of doing the vanos or should i go round the slow way?

[randomspeedfreak]

also : wow what a car just read the lot!

[DanThe]

Just replied in your other thread mate, monkey method save loads of time, I did one last week in about an hour

[reggid]

what speed does it do at the end of the 1/4mi?

[DanThe]

what speed does it do at the end of the 1/4mi?

Missed this post, yesterday at Santa Pod I was doing 100mph, ive been clocked at 103mph before at York.

The left outer CV joint failed yesterday at Santa Pod, so I took it apart and cleaned it a bit today to see the damage, right mess!







Chewed up good and proper, will be looking for either a pair of new outer CV joints or one very good second hand to replace with.

Thanks to Andyboy for driving me to the scrapyard for a replacement driveshaft

[Rav335uk]

Propa fooked.

[capri_rob]

Torques innit

[DanThe]

Propa fooked.

Too much powwaahh Cap'n

[Rav335uk]

Propa fooked.

Too much powwaahh Cap'n

Bad mechanic more like.

[Rav335uk]

Propa fooked.

Too much powwaahh Cap'n

Bad mechanic more like.

[Ajsingh]

Epic motor... I Was giving my mrs n little bro the down low about your car when the joint went. She felt sorry for the car! It'll be back stronger hey!

[ajay]

And Dan you were doing well chipping away at that time until you decided to take a pasenger. (i did tell you to ditch that fat B__s_rD). You were jinx,d we got hauled off the line last year when his belt shreaded! (only joking Ad). I give you your due,s your up there every year going for it

[DanThe]

Not many felt sorry judging by the cheers as the CV went bang, coonts

The yellow drag prepped E30 also did a CV joint on the run before mine, he said he'd done two in two months, so it sounds like a bit of a weak point in the drive line, better than a broken diff though!
When we got back from the scrappy there was an E36 compact stranded, also broke a CV.
Will be taking a spare or two next time I go drag racing

[DanThe]

And Dan you were doing well chipping away at that time until you decided to take a pasenger. (i did tell you to ditch that fat B__s_rD). You were jinx,d we got hauled off the line last year when his belt shreaded! (only joking Ad). I give you your due,s your up there every year going for it

He was never going to make me faster really
Looking at the time sheet even though I got away quicker I was doing the slowest 1/8 mile of the lot, was 2mph down at 1000ft and the slowest 1/4 mph of 99.47

[mercdriver]

Spare prop and diff too!

[DanThe]

Spare prop and diff too!

Dont jinx me ya coont!

[mercdriver]

I've heard about your fancy diff too ...

[Kos]

It's the launching that kills of the shafts. Saying that I've done more diffs than shafts

It's a Shame that it let go. Anyway personally I think this cara drag strip days should be numbered. Leave it for fast road and an occasional track day