great stuff man ... another e30 done right.
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Originally posted by Byron View PostNice man! Glad to see you're still working on the car rather than getting rid of it like you were. Are those BC's?
Yeah, I'm glad I still have the car, I know I would have missed it if it sold.
Yeah their bc's, sold my setup to someone local for good money, so I couldn't argue with under 1300.00 after everything, got custom lengths, rates, valving and camber plates
specs are
Front: 3" shorter shocks, 6" 10k springs, adjustable shock length, camber plates, 30 way adjustable
Rear: 2" shorter shocks, 5" 12k spring, RSM's, adjustable shock length, 30 way adjustable
Tomorrow or thursday will start the daily duties of the car, so we will see how well they perform.
You gunna be at sowo?
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Yeah, I'm taking my 5 though. Haven't touched my e30 since SoWo last year
I've got BC's on my 5 and they're awesome actually. I wish they went like .5" lower but they ride so nice I can't really complain. I've wondered how they were on e30's, how did you go about getting the custom lengths/rates?
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Originally posted by Byron View PostYeah, I'm taking my 5 though. Haven't touched my e30 since SoWo last year
I've got BC's on my 5 and they're awesome actually. I wish they went like .5" lower but they ride so nice I can't really complain. I've wondered how they were on e30's, how did you go about getting the custom lengths/rates?
I just called bc up and told them what I wanted, they mentioned they had been working on making an "extreme drop" setup for e30's, but I told them what lengths I knew worked and after a couple weeks, they were made. I'm really happy with what I got for the price, would have cost me more to revalve my shocks and get camber plates for my old setup.
I'm glad I'll be seeing you at sowo, but dissapointed about e30 progress
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Looking great man, this car is definately one of my inspirations. Being rhd I hope I can avoid some of your issues. The fact you spun a bearing and I know of two Aussie SR e30s who lasted very few miles before doing the same has me worried though :-/
I blew the SR in my old car however I was second owner and it had a tough boosted life. When I rebuilt it I also got the place to custom fit an N1 Oil Pump, either from a GTR or Pulsar GTi-R, forget which now. That's another thought for you after bigger sump
Also what vehicle did you get the trans tunnel from?
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Originally posted by Ant View PostLooking great man, this car is definately one of my inspirations. Being rhd I hope I can avoid some of your issues. The fact you spun a bearing and I know of two Aussie SR e30s who lasted very few miles before doing the same has me worried though :-/
I blew the SR in my old car however I was second owner and it had a tough boosted life. When I rebuilt it I also got the place to custom fit an N1 Oil Pump, either from a GTR or Pulsar GTi-R, forget which now. That's another thought for you after bigger sump
Also what vehicle did you get the trans tunnel from?
Yeah rhd should make it a ton easier, pretty well all clearance issues are related to the steering linkage and the brake booster/master.
It seems to be a common thing that they spin bearings, when I was looking for another motor i found lots that had the same problem, so I just ended up rebuilding mine, has about 3700kms on it now and seems mint, oil stays super clean, and it doesn't use any, and the oil pressure seems good so cant complain.
I'm hoping I don't need to do much more to the motor other then more boost and possibly a metal headgasket down the road, but we will see.
The trans tunnel piece is from another e30 5 spd. I just cut out the piece from the parts car and welded it into mine. Wanted to run the oem boot/seal that seals the cabin from outside. Now I have the rubber boot that is on the sr trans/around the shifter, the boot that sits in the e30 tunnel where the reverse light wiring runs through and the leather shift boot, so its alot quieter inside now.
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