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New E30 race car project!
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budha59
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kabal said:
I've done a few trackdays with my 2L 8V citigolf and two with my E46 328i. I basically grew up at killarney, so motor racing is in my blood, especially with my dad having raced saloon cars for about 20 years.
I'm probably going to to with 15" wheels with dunlop SP racers on as the class does not allow racing tires, but it's going to be a learning curve for me with learning racecraft and improving my driving ability. Besides, it's good practice to first sort the suspension out on a car with low grip tires before investing in high grip tires. High grip tires don't solve handling problems, they only make the problems appear at higher speeds .
I will however need to sell my E46 and buy a cheaper car or sell my motorbike. Two BMWs and a bike could be a bit tough on the pocketbook.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Head is done at the engineers. Going to pick up this afternoon and buy gaskets and bolts tomorrow morning.
budha59
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Hey!!
Yesterday was waaaaay too hot to put the car back together again, so did it today but could only get 90%. The timing belt is 1 tooth too long. it's a 128 tooth instead of a 127, so can't start the car. Booooo!!!
Here are a few pics....
Wrapped up nice and toasty!
Ready to go on!
My cat has to inspect. She brought me a bird while I was busy today and dropped it in the thinners bowl
Wynand, my handlanger.
Head is on.
I sanded down the tapped cover, sprayed it with some lft over high heat black and sanded down the raised parts. Looks SCHMART!!
Me putting the intake on.
I'm going to get the other timing belt tomorrow, so hopefully some hooning tomorrow night!!
Yesterday was waaaaay too hot to put the car back together again, so did it today but could only get 90%. The timing belt is 1 tooth too long. it's a 128 tooth instead of a 127, so can't start the car. Booooo!!!
Here are a few pics....
Wrapped up nice and toasty!
Ready to go on!
My cat has to inspect. She brought me a bird while I was busy today and dropped it in the thinners bowl
Wynand, my handlanger.
Head is on.
I sanded down the tapped cover, sprayed it with some lft over high heat black and sanded down the raised parts. Looks SCHMART!!
Me putting the intake on.
I'm going to get the other timing belt tomorrow, so hopefully some hooning tomorrow night!!
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Psymon69
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great work and fast too! hooning is always fun! maybe it rains a bit more tomorrow, then hooning is even better:rollsmile:
lol :rollsmile:
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Psymon69
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so did it run? if i know e30s sonething went wrong:rollsmile:
budha59
Member
Psymon69 said:
Chuckle chuckle!
It's probably the case with any build. Theres always a little problem that shits in your pronutro!
With my turbocharged golf it was cam timing out by 90 degrees because of a fake timing mark and last night it was the distributor that was out by 180 degrees. We only started at about 22:00 because the missus wanted some attention.
The car wouldn't start and we heard the telltale "bloop" sound from the exhaust and sneezing from the intake that denotes a timing F-up. Changed that, but then there was air in the fuel line, so bled that. After that we managed to flood the crap out of it in some weird way and I wasn't going to fry the 328's alternator jumping the car the whole night, so I decided to rather get the new battery today and start the car under it's own power today.
Down side of working in the carport... My cold is worse because of the 14 degree wind last night. Booooooooo!! :yuck:
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Psymon69
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haha its always so close but yet so far isnt it!
lol maybe you should put some crack in your belly, that might help:biglol:
hope she is better behaved today
lol maybe you should put some crack in your belly, that might help:biglol:
hope she is better behaved today
budha59
Member
She started!!!
The new battery did the trick (as well as some more timing tweaking) and we drove her round the block a bit, but the car is very pap and is lazy to rev, so its probably the timing and mixture that are wrong. Sooooooooooooo, going to buy the new cam because mine is worn out of spec and then adjust the lifters and get the mixture and timing done properly.
There was a liiiiiiiiiiiiitle snag though. The water return pipe out of the head that goes to the cold start valve sprung a leak. Not the pipe itself, but the aluminum spigot that sits right up against the firewall. I'ts tighter in there than a sixteen year old's hoohaa, so going to see if I can pratleys putty the bugger before I strip everything off to replace the part.
I also washed the car, but she's in need of a serious buff!
The new battery did the trick (as well as some more timing tweaking) and we drove her round the block a bit, but the car is very pap and is lazy to rev, so its probably the timing and mixture that are wrong. Sooooooooooooo, going to buy the new cam because mine is worn out of spec and then adjust the lifters and get the mixture and timing done properly.
There was a liiiiiiiiiiiiitle snag though. The water return pipe out of the head that goes to the cold start valve sprung a leak. Not the pipe itself, but the aluminum spigot that sits right up against the firewall. I'ts tighter in there than a sixteen year old's hoohaa, so going to see if I can pratleys putty the bugger before I strip everything off to replace the part.
I also washed the car, but she's in need of a serious buff!
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Psymon69
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glad she lives! now the fun starts haha! E30s=DIY and thats it. you haven by any chance tested the fuel pressure and have a T-piece made up have you?
