98 alpine 3 328i

[Broche]

seeing your car so low on the contours makes me wish i was tucking so badly on my e36. What's up with those door moldings with the BMW motorsport badges? Can't say i've ever come across them before.

Honestly I don't remember the website but there is one that sells the inserts. They are $40 for the pair I believe plus shipping. And I miss it on the way home from wolfsgart I was tucking rim in all 4 corners while driving, but drifting is more fun 👍

[bennkishh]

seeing your car so low on the contours makes me wish i was tucking so badly on my e36. What's up with those door moldings with the BMW motorsport badges? Can't say i've ever come across them before.

[Broche]

Super shitty snapchat quality but it's outside, only a few small things to fix then I can get my diff, rear brake pads, and a few final things. Probably can't make the first few events due to getting laid off from my job for the past month. I got hired back and need to save for a little bit:/

Any recommendations for a diff? 3.15 or 3.91 welded for a 328 with some stuff done and a tune.

[sterling archer]

[Broche]

Well, it starts, just a few more things to do now, this was open headers and no MAF so it wasn't running the best but way better that it was before

https://vimeo.com/121995292

[Broche]

Final brake fittings came in today so I can make all my lines for the hydro again and hook it up and make sure it bleeds well and does leak then engine can finally go back in. Spent all day yesterday filing my eBay headers flat. Had to shave off around seven hundredths of an inch which took forever with a manual file, but worth it knowing they will actually seal.



If I have the motivation I may go put my Koni's in, start the brake lines, and clean out my headers...

[Broche]

Slow progress waiting on parts and decided to clean up my hydro instal... Maybe it will be running this weekend but I know saying that will make another delay pop up..

[Broche]

Totally drove from H2Oi all the back to NH with you guys until your buddy's WRX broke. We had a bunch of guys with us and I know you guys joined. (slammed red Miata, black e46 ZHP, grey MK6 GTI, blue wrapped Evo, black S4, etc.)

Yep! Eric is a buddy of mine and the guy in the evo was pretty cool too but I didn't talk to too many people sitting in the traffic after McDonald's is what caused my hose to split 😡

[DUTCHswift]

Totally drove from H2Oi all the back to NH with you guys until your buddy's WRX broke. We had a bunch of guys with us and I know you guys joined. (slammed red Miata, black e46 ZHP, grey MK6 GTI, blue wrapped Evo, black S4, etc.)

[Broche]

Sweet ride man! Love the K-1s

Renato
Team TWM Performance

Thank you!

Woah, that steering wheel is awesome, what is it?

Looks like you've had some fun with the car so far. Keep it up! Sub'd.

TryHard company aluminaty! And I wouldn't describe it all as fun, but overall I love the car!

Looks good on the Kosei's! I had a set that I ran on my E46 and I loved them!

I love how light they are! Just need more rear camber they jam into the fenders hard and slow me down drifting, also need to raise the front 😔

[_e90]

Woah, that steering wheel is awesome, what is it?

Looks like you've had some fun with the car so far. Keep it up! Sub'd.

[TWM Performance]

Sweet ride man! Love the K-1s

Renato
Team TWM Performance

[DeMaroE46]

Looks good on the Kosei's! I had a set that I ran on my E46 and I loved them!

[Broche]

Well.... A LOT has happened since June.. I acquired an addiction to lowering it more...



And more...



And more...



Then I went on a cruise of the kangamangus where there was some construction on the road... I figured... I can totally make it... Well I didn't...





Got towed home and realized I ripped my FPR out and broke my 3/2 valve to pieces.. I ended up raising the car 3" to get it on the truck then kept it like that



I kinda liked being able to really drive my car so I did this





Which brings us to two weeks before h2o. I needed tires because my inner tie rods were bad up front and caused terrible toe wear, so since I was getting ready to build the car for something more than being low... I bought bigger tires



The no front bumper look was just to get by until I fixed the broken bumper mounts... A week before h2o I was on my way home from work and a statie thought I was being disrespectful and my exhaust was too loud... So he throws me a reckless op... Which was a bummer... So I took off my twin 2.25" straight pipes and umnitza catback and got a single 3" with a mag aglow muffler. Quieted it down for a while until I cracked my headers (onto that later).

So... Off to h2o... Anddddd problems.

First off... I blew my alternator...$350 later... It's running, h2o was great! Now to get home...



ANDDDDD my upper radiator hose splits somewhere in NJ... Fix it on the road with some duct tape, and bleed the system... Get another 40 miles down the road and my friends WRX dies... I brought everyone home and the WRX was towed to a distant relatives house so back to NJ it was the weekend after h2o



While in ocean city I made OCPD roll call in a buddies car



And gained some scene points in a another friends WRX



I figured... I want to drift... So that's what I'm going to do... I continued to do small things and buy parts. First was repair from h2o



With the new fan setup I haven't had anymore cooling issues... Then I laid format for a while just actually driving the car instead of fixing it.



I bought wheels shortly after that. 20mm spacers stayed on.







Then the snow came so it was back to stock wheels for winter, last picture before they were removed





Got a roller



I drove pretty stock throughout the winter until one night about 5 weeks ago I had a major electrical issue causing my DME not to turn on and after 4 weeks it ended up being my fusible link was putting out 2.54 Megohms of resistance. Got it to start finally then immediately pulled the motor, no throttle body gasket hence the terrible running...

https://vimeo.com/120554709

And the current state of the car finally







To do/waiting list before engine reinstall:
Still waiting on my shifter
Trying to get a broken stud out of the head
Run brake lines for hydro and fit them

My old wheel and z3m shifter setup are for sale if you one is interested

[Broche]

So my phone broke and I lost a lot of random pictures I took. I have since lowered my car more to where it is now. I don't know how people say that racelands don't go low enough for them. I can still adjust down another and I still have 1.5" of shock travel downwards right now.