‘91 E30
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Have been driving the car for a bit, pump still makes a noticeable whine. No leaks (hooray) from the PS system, but now I have a loud pump. Checked chase bays troubleshooting guide:
the clamp I was sent is as tight as I can get it, so now I’m wondering if I have a clamp that is too large. I have to get them the PN off the clamp (which is facing the block and not easy to see) so they can figure out if what they sent me is correct.
In other news my spacers show up tomorrow and I get wheels mounted on Wednesday.
I bought a fender roller just in case lol
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You better believe that seeing pics of the new wheels installed is high on my list of things to look forward to this week
You and me both
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So if anyone is curious, The RT660 is quite wide, the 200tw class battle is out of control lol
these are on a 8.5” wheel and aren’t the slightest bit stretched, could honestly probably put them on a 9” and almost be square
Due to the added chonk, i had to order a different sized spacer for the fronts because I was assuming an rs4-ish sized tire
Spacers Get here Friday & I’ll take some pics then
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Well then. That's meaty.
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Ok so I said screw it and lightly drove it anyways
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Looks good! A little drive just helps persuade the rubber to fit, that's all.
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Looks good! A little drive just helps persuade the rubber to fit, that's all.
Still gonna run the larger spacer for peace of mind lol
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Looks good! A little drive just helps persuade the rubber to fit, that's all.
We call that "self-clearancing" where I come from.
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New clamp for PS gets here Monday. One day late of the autox
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RT660s were great, drove pretty similar to an RE. Settled around 31 hot, which doesn’t mean much without using pyrometers but that’s where the car felt the best for me.
one issue I did have which was super frustrating was when the car would be super gripped up in a corner, the inside tire would spin up a bit. Almost felt like an open diff.
the skid plate also slammed on some corners (better than the oil pan though) which is quite the shock mid corner. Shawano is quite the “roller coaster” though so I wouldn’t expect this to be normal behavior at 90% of the events we run. If it keeps happening I’ll raise the car and get it re-aligned.
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Video of my fastest run + results from morning/afternoon session. rewatching, there are definitely areas I could’ve picked up time, but that’s the way it goes lol
cant get the YouTube vid to embed for whatever reason, probably because it’s unlisted(?)
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It sounds soo good
I’m really happy with the BW 3” exhaust
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Bottoming out on the skid plate? Mine has saved me but that's skating over rumble strips and slamming onto the concrete gator teeth on track. What spring rates are you running and what's your ride height?
You can hear it in the video around 57/58 seconds. 8k/10k rates (450ish/570ish lbs)
here’s the ride height. As I mentioned it really only happens on the abrupt elevation changes at Shawano. Also I’m just assuming it’s the skid plate as nothing else is that low and I have no evidence of tires rubbing on anything or exhaust hitting
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Hmm, not low at all. Those must be some wild elevation changes. Maybe it's the picture or my eyes that makes your front negative camber look pretty intense.
Get underneath the car and take a look for scrapes. My skidplate looks like an angry tiger went after it with claw gouges in the sheet metal. I'm at 525/700.
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Hmm, not low at all. Those must be some wild elevation changes. Maybe it's the picture or my eyes that makes your front negative camber look pretty intense.
Get underneath the car and take a look for scrapes. My skidplate looks like an angry tiger went after it with claw gouges in the sheet metal. I'm at 525/700.
It’s the stupid iPhone picture. I’m like -2.9° in the front
Planned on checking the plate out, it already has a bunch of scrapes so it might be hard to discern which are Shawano related haha
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Man, you've always had the best sounding E30's.
New wheels look great!
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