e30 allround race car build

[kiwidan]

I have managed to get both the headers made in the past few days .
the drivers aide was prtty hard with the room I had and the steering knuckles
but its all done.

[kiwidan]

its all back on the ground now so I can start on the rear end

[kiwidan]

bump

[kiwidan]

now I know where this build id lol

[jimmyspeed]

cool build, i like your rally style shifter!

but i think the design of your rad scoop may not be ideal, going from what i read up in my turbo book it recommends a smaller mouth (30-60% rad area) tapering out to the full radiator size, sounds counter intuitive but his reasoning was that with that design the air can enter but not leave unless it passes through the radiator - whilst with a large scoop the air will take the easy way out and billlow around the sides,

it also said to use a light ducting material upto two inches from the cooler and then finish with a rubber strip, so not to pierce the radiator during contact during a race

hope thats some use

[kiwidan]

thanks for that mate
and what you say is try the rad intake has already been cut so its an inch away from the core and it will just fold and crumble if hit now.

as for the ducting it will lose some air but will feed more than not having it at all as most of the air lower down would have been lost as the radiator is pretty high and now all of the central part of the front will be direted threw the rad.

[kiwidan]

got the strut brace made

[kiwidan]

mmm manual treats



and 3.64 lsd

[kiwidan]

diff and axles all in


also took all the stuff not needed off the motor and made some alloy plates to fill the gaps and keep all the crap out..

just running the ALT of the crank now.

befor and after shots

[kiwidan]

hydraulic release bearing lines made and also made a surge tank

[kiwidan]

flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, release bearing all done and engine and box back in for the last time.

[kiwidan]

getting closer to having it all plumbed up and running

[rix313]

Looking fast the strut brace looks good I like that, nice and strong, ties in well.

[gooseygander110]

hello mate .....interesting thread and build ....... a few questions if you don't mind............ My son wants to put the lexus V8 in his MX5....... would you mind giving me some info on the gearbox setup ? What bell housing, adapter plate, clutch set up are you using on the g52 ? also....... if you don't mind .....are the rear wing inserts E36 too.......... deffo following your build
all the best
Gus

[kiwidan]

hello mate .....interesting thread and build ....... a few questions if you don't mind............ My son wants to put the lexus V8 in his MX5....... would you mind giving me some info on the gearbox setup ? What bell housing, adapter plate, clutch set up are you using on the g52 ? also....... if you don't mind .....are the rear wing inserts E36 too.......... deffo following your build
all the best
Gus

hi Gus
you will find this thread on oldschool very helpful.

http://oldschool.co.nz/2011/forum/index ... -non-vvti/
mine is a 95 1uzfe
*im using a flywheel that I bought here in nz for $300nz
* its made to use a clutch and p.plate form a celica gt4 $250nz.
*1uz auto bellhousing with and adapter plate *200nz (I just made my own)
I looked around for a hydraulic release bearing and the cheapest I found was the howe racing one from summit racing in the states http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hre-82870

as for gearbox yes im using the g52 its cheaper then all the others and some of the guys here in nz are running them in theyer pickups with 1uz motors and havnt broken them yet but they say to use redline lsd diff oil in them....the only thing is they are realy low geared so you will want to run atleast a 3.7 diff.


as for my rear 1/4 panels they are off a fl e30 .

let me know if I can help you ant more.

cheers
dan

[kiwidan]

oil cooler , radiator and fan and fuel filler all mounted

[kiwidan]

well I opened the garage door for the 1st time in over a month.



and I managed to get all the rear alloy panelling done.and started to seal it all up

[kiwidan]

well I thought finding a fat boy seat was hard ....turns out so is fitting the bloody thing between the cage and tunnel.

[milescook]

Good effort!

[kiwidan]

[kiwidan]

so we started the 50 odd wire link jobby yesterday.....getting there

[rix313]

[Hedley48]

electrics is well beyond me and i wouldnt have the foggiest with that lol, project stopped very interesting build wish i knew that e36 front arch trick ive just riveted some wide arches on i do like em though

[kiwidan]

no hasn't stopped just been stupid busy at work and havnt had any time to get in the garage .
but it does run.

[kiwidan]

not far off being finished

[kiwidan]

don't know why some of those pics a huge.........

anyway finally found a Pfabe spoiler ive been after for agers