ILC's 1991 318 S50 track rat

[wasnt m3]

If he went to Automotion, he'd have probably burned the extra diameter off the tires in the burnout pit haha.

I can gladly say that I got to experience a bit of this car firsthand last night. Nothing I own will ever feel good again. The handling that this car is capable of is unreal. Sounds pretty good too!

[KaiserRolls]

Any reason for 17s as opposed to 15s/16s?

[KaiserRolls]

Derp. Brakes of course

[i_love_cars]

KaiserRolls said:

Derp. Brakes of course

brakes and also apex doesn't sell 15/16" sizes, and I'm on 5 lugs not 4.

[B C]

wasnt m3 said:

If he went to Automotion, he'd have probably burned the extra diameter off the tires in the burnout pit haha.

I can gladly say that I got to experience a bit of this car firsthand last night. Nothing I own will ever feel good again. The handling that this car is capable of is unreal. Sounds pretty good too!

I'd like a sample of this too.

[m42b32]

KaiserRolls said:

Plate suggestion

"SHTFCK"

According to the WDMV plate lookup, "SHTFCK" is available!

[KaiserRolls]

It's settled. That's your new plate

[i_love_cars]

i need help with the explanation for the DMV of what it means so that they actually approve it. Help me make something up

[B C]

Soccer Home Team F.C. Kenosha

Because you root for them when they play against Barcelona

[suspenceful]

i_love_cars said:

Yesterday I ordered a CCA grill badge because I think E30s should just have those. I also ordered a set of hyper silver Apex ARC-8 wheels and new Direzza tires. The car won't make a full locking turn right now and rubs badly because the prior owner mistakenly bought 235/45 tires instead of 235/40, so they are wayyyy too tall. Plus I don't really like the E36 rims that are on the car. Good news is that I have brand new Rival tires from the Miata that I never installed, so Big Bear is letting me return those for a full credit towards the Direzzas, which makes the tires basically a wash. Big Bear also has a buyer for my E36 wheels, and after selling the Avanti wheels I had for the Miata, everything is basically a wash. 

I'm hoping everything fits, but still not sure. The E36 wheels are 7.5" with 41 offset and 12mm spacers around, and I have about 1" clearance between the strut and the top of the wheel when it is cambered in on the ground. I had to pick up 17x8.5 et40 from Apex, so I'm hoping they will still fit, but I ordered a set of 15mm spacers just in case. Still may be a little close but keeping my fingers crossed. Everything is getting fitted next week on Thursday.

Nice. Check out www.willtheyfit.com for tire fitment needs.

I did a new vs. old for you. First one is without spacers on the new wheels, second one is with the 15mm spacers.

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[i_love_cars]

awesome! looks like i won't even need spacers, or at worst a small one.

[patsbimmer1]

m42b32 said:

According to the WDMV plate lookup, "SHTFCK" is available!

This!  So much this!  It has to happen!

[patsbimmer1]

Or RDRCKT... I check and it's available.

[i_love_cars]

yup, did some math and took some measurements - looks like the rears will clear with no spacer at all as I have like 1.5" between the strut and the wheel, and it only adds 1.7mm of poke. 

The fronts will still require a spacer because the strut is closer to the wheel. It's got probably 3/4" or a bit more, so likely re-use the existing 12mm which would give about .46" closer to the strut and about .5" more poke which should work out given the tire will stretch a bit and be lower profile.

[patsbimmer1]

You could also add a German twist to it

ROTRCKT

[i_love_cars]

RED ROKT would be alright. Double standard with south park and also the fact that it's a pretty fast street car that's red. 

Sidebar: 135 will be on the dyno next week on Wednesday morning

[suspenceful]

i_love_cars said:

RED ROKT would be alright. Double standard with south park and also the fact that it's a pretty fast street car that's red. 

Sidebar: 135 will be on the dyno next week on Wednesday morning

Am I the only one thinking of the gross type of red rocket? You know, that thing that happens when a male dog gets excited?

Which dyno are you getting on? I'm excited to see the numbers.

[i_love_cars]

yea that's why i said "it's a double standard with South Park" because they did an episode on that one time, LOL. 

I'm not actually getting that plate. I may not get any vanity plate if i can't think of something i really like. 

I'll be up on LMT's dyno   Should be a good day. immediately following that I'll be getting the new tires mounted on the Apex wheels for the E30, so i can go home and put htem on.

[suspenceful]

i_love_cars said:

yea that's why i said "it's a double standard with South Park" because they did an episode on that one time, LOL. 

I'm not actually getting that plate. I may not get any vanity plate if i can't think of something i really like. 

I'll be up on LMT's dyno   Should be a good day. immediately following that I'll be getting the new tires mounted on the Apex wheels for the E30, so i can go home and put htem on. 

Ahh... I don't watch South Park. Glad we're all on the same page though 

If you put down monstrous numbers, I might have to pay them a visit for my car. Any guesses?

[i_love_cars]

Hard to say for sure. The car isn't fully tuned yet but it is running smoothly enough that I think it's worth getting an initial dyno pull. 

From all the dyno results I have seen on N55 pure stg2, targeting 21 psi on E50 has resulted in anywhere from 480-500. People running meth put down slightly better numbers ~530. 

I would be happy to see 475 because that would show a gain of over 100 whp going from stock turbo to Pure. I'm more concerned with the gain than the raw number. Helps me validate the money I spent