‘91 E30
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Radiator showed up. Ended up buying a mishimoto xline z3m rad. It’s a 3 core setup which should help. The outlet showed up slightly flattened so I got like $40 back from amazon, will just tap that back out.
Figured I’d go with mishimoto because it has a lifetime warranty and was one of the few all aluminum 3 cores I could find for a reasonable price.
Lifetime warranty...this is why they offer it. Because no-one want's to take the time to send it back and wait... Pretty much a marketing scam. Sorry bud.
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$15 later, outlet is fixed and had the rad pressure tested for peace of mind. Should be good to slap back in the car
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So since the car was down over the weekend, I ended up codriving my buddy’s turbo miata.
ended up taking 2nd in XS-B and raw timing 8th/143 cars. I’ve driven turbo Miatas before but this was my first experience in one with a true manual rack (slower ratio than powered racks), so my hand work was a bag of shit. The car is an absolute rocket though. He ended up 1st in XS-B and 4th/143 for raw time.
http://fvscc.com/results/2020_Summer/Event4_raw.htmAs much as I hate driving other people’s cars, it was really nice to just show up and rip around. Trying to break that habit though lol
for this run the tires had some temp in them and were about 6/7psi higher than what we like to run, hence the oversteer
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Got the tstat housing/radiator stuff wrapped up on Saturday and took it to the Dells for autox on Sunday. 1st of 3 in XS-B and 5/82 in raw time.
rained for our last heat which was honestly more fun than the dry heat.
car preformed awesome, just think I need to burp/bleed the rad some more. Have a bleed funnel thing showing up on Friday to help.
here’s my fastest run
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I should’ve purchased this years ago
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What is it??
Spill free coolant funnel. It has a little plunger so you can pour the excess coolant back into the jug, also allows for bleeding as well.
Lisle 24680 Spill-Free Funnel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A6AS6LY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_tHDEFb046V3JE
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This was the one I bought:
EPAUTO Spill Proof Radiator... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I40ZQWE?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
cap threads on decent enough, but had to use a mix of the red adapter and the gasket from the factory bmw expansion tank cap.
the design of the expansion tank throat was really annoying and required this mix-match of pieces to get it to seal properly
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Spill free coolant funnel. It has a little plunger so you can pour the excess coolant back into the jug, also allows for bleeding as well.
Lisle 24680 Spill-Free Funnel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A6AS6LY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_tHDEFb046V3JE
This was the one I bought:
EPAUTO Spill Proof Radiator... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I40ZQWE?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I didn't even know those existed. My whole life...I've just been pouring it in like a moron.
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@gilber33 makes bleeding the system pain free
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Last autox of the fvscc season was yesterday at USAIR. Car performed nicely. Took 2nd out of 5 in XS-B, 9th out of 103 for raw time.
http://fvscc.com/results/2020_Summer/event6_raw.htm
here’s my fastest run
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love the fall colors in the backgrounds and the car sounds grea!
Dan
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Look at that counter steer action!
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Last autox of the fvscc season was yesterday at USAIR. Car performed nicely. Took 2nd out of 5 in XS-B, 9th out of 103 for raw time.
http://fvscc.com/results/2020_Summer/event6_raw.htmHell yeah
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new suspension, just in time for winter
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new suspension, just in time for winter
Weird looking racelands
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Started poking at the s52. Ive never seen a valve cover gasket this bad lol. It was basically plastic. IMG_3557.MOV
good news is the top end looks super clean, so at least the oil was changed regularly
probably going to do a leak down test on this and figure out where I stand.
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