e90 330d collection tomorrow

[Ga-3M]

Car must be pulling like a beast!! Nice gains!!:clapper:

 

[newby46]

No changes on the file literally a dyno pull with meth off then switch on and rerun.

 

[Stig24]

This is awesome :clapper:

Really like the boot installation.

Have you tried playing around with the water/meth ratios?

 

[newby46]

I haven't worked on ratios yet.....I was working on litres so 50 50 ratio...reading up I'm running more water as density of water to meth is different....I therefore need to do it by weight....going to change the ratio up to 60 40 and see how car runs....I have excess smoke at the moment suggesting to much water surprising the flame front ..so theoretically if I increase ration I should reach an optimum at some point....I'm keen to also fit a do3 nozzle and see if better atomization changes anything....


:rollsmile:

 

[Shaddow]

Is the smoke not a sign of too much fuel... I.e. Too much meth?

 

[newby46]

I know my car is a diesel so either the added methanol mix has made my car add more fuel do to higher boost...

Chatted to a few guys and its a case of trial and error. .I'd like to find some body that could log my car accurately and then make the changes where necessary ..


I know a few diesels with similar setup smoke way more than my car so im not to worried'

 

[newby46]

Fitted new rear disks and pads over dember while I sorted the rear wheel bearings...Spent a month in Durbs and the hub section started to rust....

Red caliper paint is all I had so won't be to every body's taste...

So I was bored at work and spent some time cleaning them up and gave them some tlc..

 

[newby46]

Front brake needed to be replaced...I do a few track days so decided to upgrade a bit

Opted for ebc yellow pads and got a set of Vari heat treated slotted disks...

Not quite an 8 pod caliper upgrade but will see...busy bedding brakes in so taking it easy...should see some improvement over the oem setup..

 

[Nikhil]

awesome progress with this car bud :clapper:

 

[Peejay]

Love those discs. Where did you purchase them from?

 

[newby46]

Company called Vari racing in Edenvale

:tiptoe::tiptoe:

 

[sash]

great stuff

 

[Kaaba]

Lovely upgrade broer..congrats

 

[newby46]

So last weekend I had a track day at Zwartkops and got to put the bm around the track..I have a set of 18s with semis on the rears ...took a few sessions to get the confidence up and managed 1m18.7 ...far from impressive but did not hit any walls or hit any kitty litter....stock suspention is pretty impressive but decided to fit some coil springs during the week....
In some track pics u can see the body roll lol.

Ideally I will fit a set of Bilstein coilovers but for now fitted a set of Cobra springs...they very unknown locally but had decent reviews overseize ....I have had eibachs and a set of hnr ....eibachs tended to be quite hard and bouncy where as hnr were softer comfort wise but more or less same stiffness when you pushed the car .

I was reluctant to fit the brand of springs but after a few emailss to the producers over seize they raised my confidence ....I opted for the 30 mm front kit and 20 mm rear....on the msport setup it's prob dropped about 25 mm in front and 15 mm on the rear..enough that I have no rubbing with my 19 inch setup...rear wheels have now got a slight camber but I have not taken the car for alignment yet...will let it settle for a week or so...next track day is at redstar so will be able to comment on track difference ...will let the car settle as well and take some more pics .

However so far the car feels very good..a bit stiffer on the road and can feel the road when you hit a bump etc...front ends seems allot tighter and turns in way better ...the backend has less tendency to step out but if I give enough gas it still kicks out easily ...there is less boat feel on the car specially changing directions ...like I said this won't be every ones choice but for the money spent I'm impressed..how ever I will be saving up for a decent coil over setup in the near future..a few pics below of the track day and pre and after

 

[ChrisBrand]

Very good looking e90!!

 

[Mike-R]

I like this build thread,

If you ever want to sell the H&R's please let me know. Im thinking of lowering my BM as well

 

[NtandoN]

:thumbs:

 

[newby46]

 

[Mamboza]

Nice

 

[SylisM]

:ttiuwp:

I'm sorry I only saw the date now, I tried deleting the post but could not. Congrats on the car though, it looks really mooi.