The 3.2 Alpina Powered Chromie

[beardymat]

Looks good Dan, wierdly almost like a model car in that pic above but a very detailed and very special looking model.

P.S. had to order that condensor in, should come this week.

[cro320]

wow, absolutely stunning!

[oguz327]

A credit to you Dan, looking super

[e21Jason]

Sweet

[bss325i]

Deffo my favourite modded E30 on here for sure!

[tari]

WOW!!!

[dom-1984-320i]

Love your car Dan, looks awesome, well done for your great work mate. This e30 has to be one if my favs for sure, love the stance and the clean front end with no spots really looks very

[Jhonno]

Not bad.. Not bad...

[Blitz]

Looks great. 225 tyres give it nice stance. The only thing is I think slash cut exhaust would look better.

[B7]

Still say it was wrong to molest it!

Seriously, a damn good article on a super car. The honour of the article and the way the car is "held up there" with the best is a credit to you Dan.

[Splondike]

Great work Dan, I really enjoyed the article... it is a thing of beauty that

[ImysE30]

Very, very nice

[Scruffymurphy]

What a car. It's a real credit to you.

[retroboyo]

You dont see many of those about do you

[Dave_M3]

Fooking amazing car as I have said many a time.

The third pic is a great shot... although the E30 OCD in me would be going mad both seats and headrests aren't aligned right

Got the mag today too at long last and its a very good write up too!


Are you putting a small tec 1 wheel on it though? I'm not that keen on the Nardi made wheel thats on it

[rancido64]

Read your feature in TBMW mate, very nice

[THEHOOD]

Stunning car you got there

[DanThe]

The small Tech 1 wheel I bought will be going on it Dave

Im not that keen on the angled tail pipes TBH, I was considering a Scorpion with the STW tailpipes but I like the Le-Mans pipes for now

[Dezzy]

Angled pipes FTW

[E30Gheko]

Just picked up my copy.

[Dave_M3]

I think the Lemans pipes look fine on it.

Good too that the exhaust is the only thing that looks like there might be something alittle more to it than another old chromie

[DanThe]

Dont look bad for 8 year old tailpipes do they! Its the same system I had on my old 4 door which I did over 50k miles in with the non vanos M50

[Jozi]

Got the mag earlier today, nice bit of reading and as many have said one of the nicest (if not) e30's on the zone

[e30topless]

Dont look bad for 8 year old tailpipes do they! Its the same system I had on my old 4 door which I did over 50k miles in with the non vanos M50

the older Le-mans pipes are far better than the new one's,

my M50 blew the stuffing out of my new Scorpion back box

[Royalratch]

It did turn out okay I suppose.

Alpina wheels FTW.

[DanThe]

It did turn out okay I suppose.

Alpina wheels FTW.

Can we frame this or something?


Now, about that M52 conversion for your iS,,,,,,

[Cypriotgeeza]

How stance should be :



Reminds me of my dads old Chromie! Black and chrome cant be beaten!!

[goosiegander]

Very nice Dan!

[Jhonno]

How stance should be :



Reminds me of my dads old Chromie! Black and chrome cant be beaten!!

That's not stance though..

However, it is a nice arse

[MrBenn]

I think this photo looks better without all the background.

[shaneno30]

Ooooh this looks great Dan,ive missed most of your build sadly having been away in the land of the e36 for a bit. Well done on the feature fella

[snooka]

amazing :wan: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

[DanThe]

Today I fitted some AKG engine mounts which didnt turn out to well...





Will have to see if they settle a bit, if not I will modify a subframe to use some landrover mounts.

So whilst it was up in the air and I was feeling keen I decided to pull the gearbox off and have a look at the clutch, ive had a problem with getting the clutch to release properly since fitting this lump, turned out the linings on the centre plate were too thick as I expected, the total thickness was approx 1mm more than it should have been, the gap inbetween was also larger.
After getting nowhere trying to setup a solid flywheel and sprung clutch plate ive fitted an M54 dual mass and self adjusting clutch cover that came off an engine with only a few hundred miles with a 22 tooth centre plate.
I managed to get hold of a late release bearing which is fantastic
Here it is next to my modified bearing





Ive fitted it in its highest setting and with the box back on there is only the slightest amount of slack between the fork and the cover plate, less than a millimetre, its perfect!

Also fitted a braided CR24v-tm spec clutch line



Turning the output shaft of the box, and with a third foot on the pedal, the clutch is biting about 3/4 of the way down
Might change when driving but its all good so far

One last pic of how tight it is in the tunnel



Will finish off in the morning and take it for a test drive

[Dezzy]

I hope youve sussed it dude.

Braided clutch line FTW

[Felix79]

Dan have you had the car on a Dyno yet? I remember you were hoping it was going to be low 13's on the 1/4 mile but forgot to ask if you knew what the power output was.

Odd question , with a lot of the conversion that I have seen I have been curious about the stresses of the different parts, for example the clutch , could there be problems from the acceleration so agressive that you could cause damage to the parts? Or is it a case that all the parts are more than capible of handeling the extra power and acceleration? Reason why I ask is you guys seem to always be to improving or adjusting your setup and while I understand very little of the mechnical stuff I do find what you guys dooing really intresting ( is a nerdy type of way ).

On a final note it will be brilliant to see it in action at the pod this year , as rest asured there is no way on earth I am ever racing you again as I'm still smirting from the thrashing you gave me on the strip in 2009