Lap Times at Donington..

Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:29 pm

Can anyone tell me what a decent e30 time at Donington is...
The conditions were perfect, dry and not warm...
Just wondering... we posted a 1:28:6 and plenty in the low 1:30's how far of a "quick" E30 is that ?

Not much more to do to car (apart from M3 or NOS or Turbo) so wondering if we should scrap the drivers or not ?

Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:00 am

Well, the lap record for a Kumho E30 325 is 1.23.1 and most are between 1.24-1.26 and that is on Kumho hard compound tyres, with slicks you'd expect at least 1 sec faster,did you time on a trackday?

Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:08 pm

That is quite a bit quicker than us the ! So as I thought, time to sack the drivers a

as we were on rally tarmac tyres (not quite slicks) but very grippy...

Timing at a trackday ? thats not allowed is it

Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:26 pm

hiya mister sorry but apart from gran turismo i don't know much about times at donnington but something caught my eye, 2.7 conversion!!! whats that then how much you pay what pistons are they from please fill me with info. i may have another is engine soon so i can rebuild it to whatever i like so info would be appreiated.
cheers
Kevo

Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:05 am

Driver experience will account for around 2 secs maybe more and then the rest is purely in shell and suspension development, 1.23.1 is an impressive time, even more so if you knew what a shed the car was, cracking engine and cracking driver though

Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:03 pm

kevo wrote:hiya mister sorry but apart from gran turismo i don't know much about times at donnington but something caught my eye, 2.7 conversion!!! whats that then how much you pay what pistons are they from please fill me with info. i may have another is engine soon so i can rebuild it to whatever i like so info would be appreiated.
cheers
Kevo

I'm afraid you are asking me a tecchy question and I'm a technical numpty

.... We bought the car already converted. However, I think the block and pistons are standard 325, the capacity is increased by using the crank from a 525eta then doing work on head and block to ensure its decked properly... try searching the forums for 2.7 or posting on the technical help forum ?

Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:07 pm

Taffy wrote:1.23.1 is an impressive time, ..... cracking driver though

I take it you were the driver then

Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:12 pm

ah 6 cylinder i thought it was a 18is bored out that much hence the oh my godness, cheers for gettin back tho
kevo

Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:28 pm

Taffy wrote:.... even more so if you knew what a shed the car was.....

PMSL!!!

...no, Taffy wasn't the driver.... and neither was I before you ask! lol