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delae30
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:11 pm

Hello to all in the e30zone community. This is my first post on this forum, so I am just going to do a little introduction. My name is Nick and I am from New Orleans, Louisiana. I have a 1991 325i with bilstien sports and racing dynamic springs. The car is a trooper with 236K miles and still running like a champ. Although the car has a lot of miles they don't really count because it was owned by a Catholic Priest before me so they are "Holy Miles." I have to admit that yall have all the nice parts over in Europe. Great website with tons of information.

Here are some pictures of my E30 at an autocross (The fruity helmets are donor helmets :P ) You'll have to excuse the expensive numbering on the side also. Autocrossing on a college student budget causes one to cut corners. Enjoy!

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Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:02 am

delae30 wrote: they are "Holy Miles."
Ah Holy Miles eh?? That'll be why mine has about the same and still looks the business.
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Your car remote control too? Doesn't seem to be a driver in there

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Welcome to the Zone :cool:
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:05 am

Hey mate Welcome to the Zone
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:11 am

nice too see the samething happening across the atlantic,

welcome :wink:
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delae30
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:47 am

Something cool about my E30 too is that she is a European Pickup. The priest was in school in Europe for a long time so he drove it all around Europe and decided to bring it to the states. This little car has been all over the world. Unfortunately, I must subject this car to some terrible roads now. As some of you might now New Orleans is so flat that it is actually a bowl and the road here suck! I can't emphasize how bad they suck, but anyway I don't mean to harp on the negative.

Are autocross popular across the pond or is more track days? One day (if ever) if the engine blows this car will go into storage so that will have a vintage racer :D . Maybe yall can send me some great euro spec goodies!
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:28 am

Welcome to the Zone!! My folks were in New Orleans a month or so ago, visiting from Washington. Absolutely loved the place.

Car looks great, keep it maintained and the miles wont be a problem. You'll have to go some to make it pop!!

You'll have to define autocross to us, that looking like hooning in a car park. Autocross over here is also commonly known as grass track racing.

What's the purpose of the race? Time trial? Drift?

Welcome to the zone, enjoy your stay!
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:55 am

Well autocrossing is technically known as Solo II. Solo II is operated by the Sports Car Club of America a.k.a. SCCA. The SCCA establish regions (southwest, southeast etc) and within these regions chapters are formed. For example in Louisiana we have RRR, Delta and Cenla regions. You race within your local chapter. Solo II is basically the cheapest form of competitive racing that one can get into. The SCCA arranges all cars by make and model into classes A-Stock, B-Stock, C-Stock.... Cars are basically arranged into classes by Power, weight, and drivetrain. There are also classes for modified cars such as prepared, street prepared, and modified. Each class has rules on the extent to which the car can be modified. For example I race in DSP, D-Stock Street Prepared because I have aftermarket springs and shocks. Each class has a PAX which is equivalent to a handicap. So basically a bunch of people show up to a large preferably smooth parking lot with all kinds of cars modified to all kinds of levels and race on a set course that is marked by cones. The purpose of PAX is to set some kind of equalizer between all the cars. So if somebody shows up in a super modified Evo and runs like a 40.xxx on a certain course he won't necessarily win the event because somebody driving a stock mini cooper might run a 48.xxx but will win because of PAX. PAX is a multiplier so the guy with the EVO will have his time multiplied by .879 while the guy in the stock Mini will have his time multiplied by .785. So essentially you can win an autocross event with pure driving skill. Basically this allows people to race on a budget and show up with stock cars. Fortunately, you can show up with a stock Mini Cooper S and run Hoosier and win the whole event because of PAX. So essentially the event is all about driver skill not who has the biggest numbers. The event are so cheap because they are self-run and governed. You get at least four timed runs on a course. You run usually in two heats. You drive two runs and work the other heat. Then you run again while the other groups works the course. Events are $25 and occurs usually once to twice a month. Fortunately, there are all levels of Solo II, from the intrested spectator to the sponsored national competitor. All in all it allows for a lot of fun on a very small budget!!!

Hopefully that clears everything up and hopefully it is not too long and confusing :D
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:19 am

Welcome to the Zone..........delae30, :wave:

Nice to have you on board.
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:14 pm

Join the gang, Dela :D
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:49 pm

Welcome the the zone fella. You will be addicted now.. We don't seem to have the room over here to have event's like in the state's. Or our goverment get's involved and 25 dollars would turn into 250 pounds..lol
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:55 pm

Welcome to the zone, nice to see the E30 getting the use it deserves. :D
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:58 pm

Welcome dude,

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Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:04 pm

welcome great car there :D
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:05 pm

hello and welcome.

I wish we had £25 motorsport events over here!

Autocrossing sounds pretty much like autotesting over here.

Its cheap, but not that cheap!
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:02 pm

welcome to the zone :wave:
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:37 pm

Welcome, the car looks cool, I have a bit of a sickness for bronzitbeige :cool:

No nasty federal spec bumpers either :cool: :cool:
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:49 pm

Welcome to the zone mate
looks like a clean E30
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:49 pm

Yeah I am lucky. I have the late model bumpers because it is a 91!! Thanks for all the welcomes. D6dph what rims are those?
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