HipMF Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Do a burnout. suspenceful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowleym Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 No boost this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 10 minutes ago, HipMF said: Do a burnout. I kind of did in the shop, the clutch is a lot more touchy then I remembered... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 9 minutes ago, Rowleym said: No boost this time? Breaking the rebuilt motor in the more proper way. Known good tune, no boost, 1k miles of normal running to get things seated. Then we throw the snail back on. wasnt m3, DrLeadFoot, KaiserRolls and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Update : The car is quite a lot of fun. I have been driving it a lot. This whole driving vs. working on a car thing is odd..... KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I thought you were supercharging it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Yeah Ben. Buy the supercharger from my friend. You know you want to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 No boost this time? Breaking the rebuilt motor in the more proper way. Known good tune, no boost, 1k miles of normal running to get things seated. Then we throw the snail back on. Give her the beans! break in time is too slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowleym Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 On 4/19/2016 at 5:56 PM, Jeff said: Give her the beans! break in time is too slow. Yea to me a proper break in, is a few heat cycles, oil change, and full boost dyno runs. Jeff and jc43089 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 What are you gentlemen running for sway bars? I ran ST's in my 318 and was happy with them, but curious what others run. I went to an auto-x event yesterday, and was not thrilled with the way the car performed. I was running very slow times, and the tires didn't sound happy most of the day. I can see plenty of body roll through corners and through the slaloms and am thinking upgraded sway bars would help snug things up a bit. I am currently on stock sway bars. The event was fun, my gearing is not. Running a 2.93 resulted in being out of the power band most of the time, yet we were cruising down the highway at 3200+ rpm on the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Feel free to critique, yes my hands are all over the wheel, I need a tighter ratio rack.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I ran stock sways for my first auto x and blew the mounts of the subframe. I have yet to drive the car but I installed 22/19 ST with adjustable endlinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted May 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Long time no update! New clutch master ordered, old one wasn't doing too well. Never go with used parts when doing a manual swap! New tires put on (Dunlop Direzza ZII's) to replace the 4k mile BFG's (one gouged tire, wouldn't hold well in corners) Lots of WOT...... like, a LOT. Got tim's e30 running, it is many times faster than mine. Drove with Collin. Picture dump time. Just kidding, things are being weird. This will have to do for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted July 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Post B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 On 7/29/2016 at 8:01 AM, GunMetalGrey said: Post This is the only reason I come to this site, for quality content like this. B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted August 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, SteelBlue said: This is the only reason I come to this site, for quality content like this. I'm glad that I can make your day! I have starting working on a little compilation of videos that shall be posted soon, don't you worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Just now, GunMetalGrey said: I'm glad that I can make your day! I have starting working on a little compilation of videos that shall be posted soon, don't you worry. Based on this threads timeline, I'll check back in October 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 The M52 e30 had a clutch slave cylinder that was leaking like a pig, and so like any reasonable vintage BMW owner I spent about 2.5 weeks waiting to buy the part, and then finally put the new slave in last night. The Good News: The clutch pedal is much more firm It finally engages at a logical point! It was shiny and new The Bad News: Swapping slave cylinders on a ZF in an E30 is a pain I didn't even drive the car after swapping it. I am looking forward to boosting the engine again this winter, as everything has been going really well with it thus far in terms of motor break in and such. The car feels good, but could use an additional 250hp no problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 m42b32 and SteelBlue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Looks like a lot of fun [emoji16] Probably more capable than an awd crv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Haha awesome!!!! Sent from my SM-G930R4 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 where's the part with you bouncing over the roots in the mud? that shit was hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I didnt post the other two yet, I shall Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted August 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Update: Though I don't have cool videos like some other people here do, I raced an e36 M3 on the highway yesterday evening. I rolled up on him and noticed it was quite clean, lowered, nice wheels and collector plate on the back. He didn't notice me until I downshifted to go around a truck after I realized I was in the wrong lane. I noticed he quickly swept a couple of lanes of traffic and was right behind me. Obviously being the responsible citizen that I am I matted the gas and we went up to about 130, where I just kept inching further away from him. He had his windows up, I didn't, so I'm sure that was a big factor I found a lot of round-abouts and also probably annoyed a lot of people in the process. This thing is fun to drive, but boost again will be even more fun! suspenceful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 On 8/4/2016 at 4:55 PM, HipMF said: where's the part with you bouncing over the roots in the mud? that shit was hilarious Even if you did have cool videos you wouldn't post them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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