The Full Banana
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4 hours ago, wasnt m3 said:
@The Full Banana I've got a Dinan ecu for that car, if you're interested.
Good to know. I've debated whether or not I want to go down the dark road of engine/tune modifications on this car. I'm probably picking up an e30 vert in the next week, so I'm trying to avoid other unnecessary expenses for a bit.
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14 hours ago, KaiserRolls said:
It sure is. We’ll see how long the chasebays stuff lasts I guess
13 hours ago, straight6pwr said:theyve been selling it for years. if there were some great amount of failures, shoudnt we have heard about it by now? i think they use some aluminum fittings for the brake stuff, even. cant muck about with brakes with inferior stuffs and not have a lawsuit.
Yeah, very valid point. I guess I'm just used to not having kits available for things so I'm looking at tried and true patterns that OEs abide by, and tend toward overbuilding things to avoid hassles. A friend had a high pressure PS line fail a couple years back after I warned about using garden variety AN fittings and hose on it, rather than high pressure stuff suited to the application.
After looking at the chase bays high pressure hose for my own curiosity, it looks like they are using crimped fittings (which are much more important for higher pressure) and thicker wall 90s, rather than the thinner tube stuff you commonly see for fuel line and the like. Like you said, probably okay given that they've had the product out there, just wouldn't be the material I'd choose if assembling from scratch (which is irrelevant to this conversation 🤐).
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Also, is that an aluminum fitting on the high pressure line? I wouldn't trust if so, even if it did fit. I've seen aluminum fittings fail in that application. Steel all the way for high-pressure hydraulic lines.
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Extra bonus points if you put a rubber grommet in each of the ABS wire brackets to secure the wire and prevent rubbing through the heatshrink.
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This is really quite tempting.
What is missing for it to be a driver other than wheels and a steering wheel (plus a healthy amount of reassembly)?
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@gilber33 your engine bay is looking nice and complete... perhaps it's time to tear it apart again 😂
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3 hours ago, m42b32 said:
So if they're like putting M badges on a non-m in this instance, what cars would they be appropriate on??
The reason I chose the words "pretty close" is that it's an imperfect analogy. Most of the time, I've found the prancing moose/mooserrari/whatever you want to call it stickers to be associated with the sort of cars and owners that I'd rather not associate with... which is "pretty close" to the same effect of an M badge added to a non-M BMW.
Gabe put it well above. 😂 To be honest, he and I have probably spent wayyyy too much time in the Volvo enthusiast world over the past 15 years, and are approaching/well-cemented into curmudgeon status.
That said, congrats on the sale! Sounds like it went to someone who won't immediately destroy it (like most Volvos are). BMWs are a better platform to invest time into.
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I really like the idea and would love to do something like this, but we're only a month out and there's very little information available about what this actually will be (other than eating a salad in Ohio). Doesn't inspire a lot of confidence... It would be cool to see this become something with a little more planning
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Truth. It was so nice. Can’t wait for more of that—hopefully Lake Mills this coming weekend.
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Thanks! Just sent him a message on FB
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Yes, please!
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Does anyone have a recommendation for an experienced tuner that I could take this car to have it tuned professionally on a dyno? The car runs Megasquirt MS3x, so I would need to find someone experienced and willing to tune that.
Also, had an opportunity to get out and have some photos taken for an upcoming magazine feature. No idea how long until that will come out, but here's a photo I snapped while hanging around.
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No judgment. I've groundhogged far too many times with my project.
chit chat thread
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If my count is correct, it was over 10 years ago that I sold my previous e30 to @visian , so it was time to pick up another.
It’s a 1987 325i 5 speed in schwarz over cardinal. My friend’s parents owned it for the last 10 years but only put 3,000 miles on it during that time, and it’s been stored out of the elements.
We’ll see if this gets a thread or not. I’m not planning on going crazy with this car. This will be the simple, carefree summer cruiser to serve as a counterpart to the angry, money pit Volvo.