[1990 e30]

Jeeeeeeeesus that “launch control” is useless hahah. Seems like a riot

[ZF 5spd Detent Replacement Tools]

1 hour ago, Bassboy3313 said:

Correct. I just want to knock down any high spots that may have happened. Otherwise the new bushing can get deformed and the detent can stick again. Better safe than sorry, you know?

Oh for sure, I just was more concerned if you had the revised pins lol

[ZF 5spd Detent Replacement Tools]

Don’t the revised detent pins come with press in sleeves/bushings?? As long as the bore isn’t too mangled I wouldn’t be worried about it as the new detent will have a sleeve to ride in

[E30 Swap Content]

White block, I see you like to live dangerously lol

[Kosei K1, BFG G-Force Sport Comp-2]

I love k1s

[‘91 E30]

So since the car was down over the weekend, I ended up codriving my buddy’s turbo miata. 
ended up taking 2nd in XS-B and raw timing 8th/143 cars. I’ve driven turbo Miatas before but this was my first experience in one with a true manual rack (slower ratio than powered racks), so my hand work was a bag of shit. The car is an absolute rocket though. He ended up 1st in XS-B and 4th/143 for raw time.  
http://fvscc.com/results/2020_Summer/Event4_raw.htm

As much as I hate driving other people’s cars, it was really nice to just show up and rip around. Trying to break that habit though lol

for this run the tires had some temp in them and were about 6/7psi higher than what we like to run, hence the oversteer

[‘91 E30]

$15 later, outlet is fixed and had the rad pressure tested for peace of mind. Should be good to slap back in the car

[ZF 5spd Detent Replacement Tools]

3 hours ago, Bassboy3313 said:

Just grabbed the drifts from Joe. Should definitely help with installing the new bushings. Just have to get creative to remove the detents and old bushings....

It’s not too bad of a job, use some picks/screwdrivers/needle nose pliers and take your time

[ZF 5spd Detent Replacement Tools]

Can confirm that Joes tools work great 

 

[Coronavirus]

2 hours ago, HipMF said:

Sounds about right. File under "an attempt was made".

This is how I feel about most things

[‘91 E30]

10 minutes ago, Nick_08 said:

Well what did Mishimoto say? BS

I’d have to fill out their online forms, send mine in, they’d either fix it or send out a new one after they inspect it. For the timeline I’m on, I’d rather not sit on my thumb waiting for a replacement that shows up in the same condition when they drop ship it from mainland China. 

[Tool Chests on Uneven Garage Floor]

Not sure what the distance is from bottom of the frame to floor, but could always toss in some drawers underneath too so you aren’t giving up that space to collect garage scraps

https://www.mcmaster.com/storage-drawers/drawers-for-workbenches-6/

[Tool Chests on Uneven Garage Floor]

Adjustable feet on those would be really nice. If you don’t plan on moving them I think that would be the ticket. 

[‘91 E30]

Just now, Nick_08 said:

I'd be pissed too, I was gonna comment about Mishimoto...for the price you pay the quality seems to be poor. Obviously... I'd try to get a full refund and give your money to a more quality company. GL Bud

Yea lesson learned. I dropped it off at a rad shop today to have them fix the outlet. We’ll see how long this one lasts. 

[‘91 E30]

2 hours ago, Rekpoint said:

CSF FTW

They didn’t make a 3 row

[‘91 E30]

Rad outlet apparently was not circular enough, coolant all over the place. Going to see if mishimoto will warranty this POS. Another weekend shot in the ass and not driving my car at an event. 

[‘91 E30]

Didn’t want to go through the hassle of drilling and tapping the 5 series tstat housing just to have it crack along the casting parting line so here we are. Bung welded to a new aluminum one 

[‘91 E30]

Well turns out I must’ve cracked the tstat housing when reinstalling my VDO sender. So everything gets to come back apart. 
 

Ended up co-driving the evo at the HPDE 

[‘91 E30]

Pusher fan mounted using the SPAL mounts

sits close to flush with the rad. 
 

have a few more things to tackle before this weekend’s HPDE. 
 

[‘91 E30]

Just now, GunMetalGrey said:

That thing is quite thicc!
Don't brake too hard!

Looks like it should have plenty of cooling capacity though. What hoses are you attempting?
Did the e36 hose have too much of a back bend to it?

Poly mounts will keep the engine from visiting the radiator.
The outlets on the rad are now like an inch further back in the bay which kind of makes the angles funky for off the shelf hoses. I’ve got a combo of e36 hoses and some other stuff that I’m going to be chopping up. This motor also has the 5 series thermostat housing which kind of changes things as well

[‘91 E30]

Confirmed radiator was the issue lol

 

must’ve hit something during the trip that made the fan push into the rad at a funny angle.

ordered a new 14” curved blade pusher fan To replace the 16” straight blade pusher. The fan will now be able to fit in the opening of the core support without hitting the top or bottom of the support (the 16” fan shroud hits the top of the core support by like .5”) 

here’s a different in core sizes 

I have some hoses on the way that I’ll be trying to make work

[1990 e30]

nice packaging, attention to detail is awesome! (tbolt thread caps)

also this is going to be reeeeeeally loud lol

[‘91 E30]

5 minutes ago, YoungCR said:

Nice! Plans?

Slowly get it ready to drop in. Car is currently fun to drive, just wanted something to do on the side 

[‘91 E30]

Picked up a long term project over the weekend 

[‘91 E30]

Radiator showed up. Ended up buying a mishimoto xline z3m rad. It’s a 3 core setup which should help. The outlet showed up slightly flattened so I got like $40 back from amazon, will just tap that back out. 
Figured I’d go with mishimoto because it has a lifetime warranty and was one of the few all aluminum 3 cores I could find for a reasonable price.