Mr. Belvedere 1981 BMW E21

[TheNeek]

awesome work on that subframe. looking forward to seeing how much it helps the front end


We have to do the same over here asap.

The pan is gonna sit on the ground now, so it's probably an extra inch. I'll shorten the sump at some point. It improves handling when low and gives the struts a ton more movement. The engine needs to be lifted for an M10 car.

[1badg35]

awesome work on that subframe. looking forward to seeing how much it helps the front end


We have to do the same over here asap.

[TheNeek]

Well the arms kept hitting the subframe so we pulled a play from my buddy Chris' playbook and shortened the front subframe:









My good friend Ryan is the expert welder. I'm going to roll on this with stock control arms for this show season, then we will do the custom ones over the winter. Should be much more simple and more like the factory pieces, but with track adjustment.

The next gen control arm will just have a bushing carrier on in the inner control arm mount, rather than a heim. No need to adjust the distance of the swaybar to the inner mount. All the adjustment will be on the outer section to the strut. I also recessed the hardware that holds the subframe into the car so it won't be in the way of the control arm.



Hoping to be at Leavenworth, with a few other tricks in my bag.

[Oxer]

Amazing sir! Deff. Fav. e21 of all time! And the gold Ronal's are those the ones?! As in THE ONES?! lol

Yes, they are THE ONES OFF RUSTY.


<3

[SheaMoose]

Woo!
Also, great writing on the front page.

[Alex@BagRiders]

That's what I like to see!

[Rob&co]

Amazing sir! Deff. Fav. e21 of all time! And the gold Ronal's are those the ones?! As in THE ONES?! lol

[TheNeek]

We need updates.

Update is that things are getting done.

Here is a video Travis C took a while back when the bags first got done.

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[SlowProgress]

We need updates.

[1badg35]

Yeah seriously nick this makes all the difference. I would love to discuss the part sometime soon as I would much rather fab some control arms then start notching.
Awesome work so far with it.

And very jealous of the new Ronals. I almost picked up a set last week, but decided not to since the collection needs to thin out a bit

[AMGwheelwhore]

Holy Ronal racings jelly! Love the car man

[btober]

what a car what a build what a sight to see im sure

[TheNeek]

i am going to need a pair of the final front control arms! haha

...no but seriously

Not bad for 15s huh? I'm pretty sure the subframe will be on the ground when it comes off the jackstands.

[1badg35]

i am going to need a pair of the final front control arms! haha

...no but seriously

[TheNeek]

Control Arms Version 2.0 from around december 10th.




Then I got side tracked:



The wife and I bought our 3rd set of Ronal Racings.



Should get version 3.0 today and get it fitted, then just build the other side. Kinda sucks that I'm justing using my instagram (theneek) photos, but whateves.