KaiserRolls Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 Probably have around 5hrs of drive time on this thing -have been letting VE analyze do it’s thing after adjusting the afr targets/idleVE/rescaling the tables. I had the valve cover off just to double check the cam stuff, good to go there, but I have developed the smallest oil leak from the valve cover on the passenger side rear of the cover, true to bmw form Boris3, damnboy037, m42b32 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 That E36 fucks KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 First autox event of the year (ignoring ice racing) & the car did great. probably needs an alignment after having everything out of the car for the swap but it was close enough Took fastest raw time of the day. Unfortunately was only able to run the 4 morning runs as the fan??(tbd) died. GF was supposed to co drive it but I couldn’t get the fan going which is necessary for the conga-line style this club had for grid. Tried everything short of directly powering the fan but gave up attempting to fix it. Quick ran the car home (local event) and grabbed the e36 so the GF could at least get her full 8 runs in. She did great and took second overall raw time ive been messing with some cheap wireless mics for the GoPro, had this one too close to the exhaust though I think IMG_7082.MOV RobZR, m42b32, YoungCR and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Forgot to add the e36 part IMG_7112.MOV Jdesign and damnboy037 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Nice driving!! You car sounds fantastic, did the solid lifter conversion eliminate any post-run ticking? E36 video isn't working for me unfortunately. KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted May 11 Author Report Share Posted May 11 14 hours ago, m42b32 said: Nice driving!! You car sounds fantastic, did the solid lifter conversion eliminate any post-run ticking? E36 video isn't working for me unfortunately. Solid lifters sounded the same at the start and end of every run, happy with that. I reloaded the e36 vid, hopefully it works m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 11 hours ago, KaiserRolls said: I reloaded the e36 vid, hopefully it works Worked for me before. Both cars sound amazing. KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 11 hours ago, KaiserRolls said: Solid lifters sounded the same at the start and end of every run, happy with that. I reloaded the e36 vid, hopefully it works 50 minutes ago, YoungCR said: Worked for me before. Both cars sound amazing. Its possible my work network was blocking it, sorry for the fake news YoungCR and KaiserRolls 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted May 12 Author Report Share Posted May 12 New CSF rad is in, re-did the foam in between the rad and the core support to seal up air gaps, replaced the tstat, replaced the ecu temp sender in the head, re routed the catch can line, got a new fan harness/relay that is wired as a ground switched setup - future MS3 triggering perhaps earlier I mentioned I thought the fan was bad, but I think the mounts shifted and caused some binding between the shroud/fan. I tested the fan out of the car and all seems well (it’s a 2 year old SPAL pusher) just remounted a few brackets and gave it a touch more stand off from the radiator (1/4-3/8” standoff in case stuff moves around). currently have the glovebox and center console stuff out of the car to get some of the wiring cleaned up. Once it’s back together it will be more dialing in The tune/car Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted May 16 Author Report Share Posted May 16 Used the install of the new fan wiring as an excuse to Clean up a bunch of wiring for the MS3, gauge wiring, and other stuff I had been putting off as I hate removing all the interior stuff. Got it all buttoned back up last night. Tonight going to rebleed the coolant after putting in the new radiator. eventually I should probably have it aligned, but next up is making a mount for the MS3 as it’s just hanging out in the glovebox & making some type of heat shield to go in between the filter/engine Bay Area along the frame rail Jdesign, m42b32 and Boris3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Is that the EPAuto coolant kit on the reservoir? Always wondered about those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 5 hours ago, Boris3 said: Is that the EPAuto coolant kit on the reservoir? Always wondered about those. Yes sir EPAuto Spill Proof Radiator Coolant Filling Funnel Kit https://a.co/d/cM6Vx8S I use a combo of the red neck, yellow cap & I steal the stock gasket from the stock expansion tank cap it looks like they may have updated it since 2020, so YMMV on the colors. it works great, makes bleeding super easy Boris3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted June 5 Author Report Share Posted June 5 This last weekend was the first fvscc event at USAIR. For this event they ran the layout backwards which was a first for me. They also usually cap the event at 100 cars, this one had 137. Ended up placing 1st in XSB and 3rd overall raw time. http://fvscc.com/results/2023_Summer/event2_raw.htm here’s my fastest run of the day gf brought out the e36 and ended up placing 19th overall P_Roloff, m42b32, Jdesign and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 Looks like this thing shreds. Car gets light in the front coming over that bend into the hairpin? (@ 0:21) KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted June 5 Author Report Share Posted June 5 6 minutes ago, SteelBlue said: Looks like this thing shreds. Car gets light in the front coming over that bend into the hairpin? (@ 0:21) Yea the track kind of dips down away & to the left, I just screwed the entry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 USAIR is by far the most fun Ive ever had at an autocross, also the most scary haha. Awesome driving!! KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 I didn't see if you posted it, where did you get the solid lifter conversion from? Alien engineering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted June 5 Author Report Share Posted June 5 6 minutes ago, m42b32 said: I didn't see if you posted it, where did you get the solid lifter conversion from? Alien engineering? Yes sir alien engineering. Not totally sure if he keeps his eBay store up anymore, but he is super active on the boostede36world Facebook page. mid post edit - looks like he has his own site now https://www.alien-engineering.com/product-page/alien-engineering-bmw-m50-m52-m54-s50-s52-solid-lifter-conversion-shims Jdesign and m42b32 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 21 Author Report Share Posted July 21 Car has been pretty solid since the last update, I did end up making a (crude) mount for the MS3 to get it out of the way in the glovebox Finally got the car out to an HPDE at USAIR. So glad the new management is cool with these events. There was a morning and afternoon session, we only signed up for the morning. It was a total of 4, 15 minute sessions for $125 (afternoon would’ve been an additional $125) - autox out there is usually $55 for 8 runs- Ended up being about 36 miles of laps. Car exceeded expectations as it didn’t break lol. Temps stayed in check the entire day. Coolant temps maybe peaked around 210/215 and came down very quickly on a cool down lap. Oil temps were maybe around 230 or so at their peak The chase bays power steering reservoir with their “spill proof baffled design” did just the opposite, had to wipe that up between sessions. Had one weird issue with the expansion tank cap, seemed like the orings/gasket had the worlds smallest leak and it would mist the intake pipe during the session. New cap will be here soon & expansion tank just in case. This was the quick fix trackside car used maybe 1/4 tank of fuel, GFs evo x went through like 15 gallons of e85 lol Nankang CR-1 were also a casualty, this event finished them off after 2 years of service, no complaints there—might try their updated 200tw compound “CR-S” i only ran the racebox gps on 2/4 sessions, borrowed it out to a few cars on the other sessions-still need to get those laps overlayed but here’s some footage from the day this was one of the last sessions so tires were pretty smoked Next lapping day is in September. This one actually still had open spots, definitely recommend. next on the list is to order up some tires and change all the fluids AsparagusMike, P_Roloff, SteelBlue and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted July 21 Report Share Posted July 21 Great trackside fix! KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 On 6/5/2023 at 8:51 AM, KaiserRolls said: This last weekend was the first fvscc event at USAIR. For this event they ran the layout backwards which was a first for me. They also usually cap the event at 100 cars, this one had 137. Ended up placing 1st in XSB and 3rd overall raw time. http://fvscc.com/results/2023_Summer/event2_raw.htm here’s my fastest run of the day gf brought out the e36 and ended up placing 19th overall I missed this one. You've definitely progressed since the days when I was almost keeping up with you in my jalopy. Nice work driving the piss out of that thing! KaiserRolls and YoungCR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 23 Author Report Share Posted August 23 Had another autox event as USAIR this last weekend. New layout this time around which was interesting. i coned my fastest run, but still had a time on the books good enough for 1st in XSB and 3rd/132 total drivers I’ll have to change the expansion tank out to my spare new one. Same-ish issue from the lapping day persisted even with a new cap. I think the neck/threaded portion of the tank is screwed jc43089, pynacl, Jdesign and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted September 4 Author Report Share Posted September 4 Changed out the expansion tank/paired with the new cap - unfortunately I think I’ll need to wait until an HPDE to see if the issue is 100% resolved. Autox at Golden Sands last weekend. Fun site being a banked oval, even with limited course layout options took 1st in XSB (small class) and 4/34 total drivers Next weekend is the second local event, the site (fairgrounds) was repaved/made larger so will be interesting to see the layout m42b32, Boris3, Jdesign and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 The "FAWK" at the end KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted September 5 Author Report Share Posted September 5 9 hours ago, Rekpoint said: The "FAWK" at the end I couldn’t find any more time lol. 1-6 place was basically all within half a second from 1st Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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