RALLY|SPEC: Cutting my teeth in grassroots motorsports with an E30

[pejsa]

another piece of food for thought.... spacers under the motor mounts, to raise the motor up?

[C-Hutch]

Sounds like you need to fab up a thicker stronger skid plate. 12 gauge maybe?

yeah. I'm gonna assess how bad mine is. Maybe beat it flat and strengthen it with some gussets and stuff.

have you considered a dry sump oiling for the e30 if you gonna use it for thrashing around in the woods?
Edit: or rewelding the oil pan to increase clerance, i do that a lot at work for the rallycross rednecks around here.

dry sump would cost a fortune, so that's not really in the cards. If it persists as an issue, I may shorten it.

I tried to buy this car the other day... Only to find out it was sold, and obviously to you.. Haha. Super excited for this build though man.

haha whoops! It was a spur of the moment thing. texted the guy on a saturday and bought it on sunday.

I heard e28's have steel oil pans that don't shatter like glass and can be installed on e30's... correct me if I'm wrong

not sure if that's true or not... they use the same basic engine, but the subframes are different. I know the e34 pan didn't fit in the e30 so they put the m20b27 pan on the engine from the e34

Time for a full front to back, 1/2" skid plate. And then lift it ~4"
Sounds fun man! Keep it up!

idk about the lift, but some skid plate renovations are in the works at the very least.

thanks everyone. found an oil pan and a 3.73 lsd locally that I'll be picking up tonight.

[MGW]

Time for a full front to back, 1/2" skid plate. And then lift it ~4"

Sounds fun man! Keep it up!

[pejsa]

I heard e28's have steel oil pans that don't shatter like glass and can be installed on e30's... correct me if I'm wrong

[87shark]

Just going to say our second R&D session will be coming soon.

[lwrstds]

I tried to buy this car the other day... Only to find out it was sold, and obviously to you.. Haha. Super excited for this build though man.

[Xavi0n]

have you considered a dry sump oiling for the e30 if you gonna use it for thrashing around in the woods?
Edit: or rewelding the oil pan to increase clerance, i do that a lot at work for the rallycross rednecks around here.

[xXp_ExoTiic_qXx]

Haha, it was pretty funny to read, enjoyed it very much.
Looking forward to the next chapter and good luck with the car :-).

[e21mark]

Look forward to the next episode.

[BenVAG]

what a interesting read! sounds like real fun bro

[P78]

actually a cool story!

[aLaFleur]

Sounds like you need to fab up a thicker stronger skid plate. 12 gauge maybe?

[double_oh_9]

I told you i loved it the night of tree-kegging and escape shenanigans, but i figured id tell you on the interwebz as well. (its Jackson, just for clarification)

[joshg51]

I'm a huge fan a Nelson so I'm stoked to see this thread. Hopefully the engine isnt too bad.

[87shark]

Our R&D was a success.