'88 E30
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Auto Cross today was awesome.
Was in the SSM class & took 4th!
My car also took 1st as well!!! (in SSM)
My buddy Evan and I shared the car. He has been karting ever since he could walk and is known locally for running faster lap times than you in your car lol. (this was the first time he had driven the car). I was running 2A, he was running 2B. I was .542 seconds slower than him. For my second auto cross I am super happy with my runs today.
Car feels literally a million times better, Evan commented that its setup pretty well & that it could easily pick up another 1 to 1.5 seconds on some decent rubber. I'm currently on Nitto Neogens that came on the car when I bought it 2.5 years ago haha. They were begging for mercy today.
In the pic attached, Evan ran my car and took 1st. His younger brother ran Brooke's (my gf) miata (coilovers and hankook ventus RS3s) and took second (they have both been karting for forever and are awesome drivers). 3rd place is a turbo miata setup for autox (sways/suspension/RS3s/etc) and 4th is my fastest. Brooke ended up taking 8th but got faster everytime she made a pass.
Overall I'm super happy with the car, if anything was going to break it definitely would have today. Because we were running 2A and 2B, the car got hotlapped consistently & never really seemed to have an issue.
Next step is to get some better rubber (possibly different wheels) & some ducting to help cool the front rotors.
I will be uploading videos hopefully soon
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link here for all results
http://live.axti.me/live/56e5dda610142e0e0079bda0/575d573e51c71c4b0528c5d9
promise its safe, even tho it looks sketchy
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Youve done some nice things with the car and im glad you are out enjoying it
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I can't imagine owning an e30 and not enjoying it like this. They are so much fun in these types of settings
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I'll upload some raw files eventually, I just wanted to make something as i remembered I can edit stuff on my computer
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Little bit less body roll this year
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awesome mitch, glad to see the car held up as well after all the work you put into it leading up to this
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Thanks guys! I want to try and hit as many auto X that I can and maybe even head to a track soonish. I have a ton to learn but it's exciting to get out and safely push yourself with others who enjoy it just as much as you do
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Thanks guys! I want to try and hit as many auto X that I can and maybe even head to a track soonish. I have a ton to learn but it's exciting to get out and safely push yourself with others who enjoy it just as much as you do
This is exactly my mentality. I plan on getting comfortable autocrossing with the E30 (have never done it). And I've been straight line racing the 135i. It's nice to safely learn while having fun. Eventually I'd like to do a lapping day with either car, not sure which I'd want to use. E30 is less risky, 135i is a lot more powerful.
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FWIW I've learned more about my car/driving in the 2 auto X events I've ever done than I have learned in all my years of driving.
And that's only 16 total runs lol
Run em both and see what you like more
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Instafamous!
Lol
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So nothing new is going on. I dropped the fenders off to get fixed so I had to drive the car like an asshole
Then noticed I have an awesome coolant leak somewhere. Assuming it's coming out of the region where the heater core hoses meet with the firewall. It's either those connections or the flange on the back of the head. The coolant that is leaking is super clean, so I'm hopeful that it's just something stupid like a 37 cent hose clamp (god damn you menards)
In other news I moved
Setup some shelves and a workbench
(Got shorted on hardware) God damn you twice menards.
Garage still needs organizing. But it's super convenient that my car decides to leak after I get the work area setup. It must miss jack stands or something
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I spy Royal Purple. Pour that crap down the drain.
Not mine home slicer
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Well about the coolant leak. It only seemed to happen when the car was turned off after it was warm. It was dripping coolant near the trans brace (either it ran down the trans/firewall/whatever)
I looked at all the connections that were easily visible and saw zero signs of coolant leakage. I know the compression is awesome on the motor from when I bought it and the motor itself shows no obvious signs of a failing HG.
Cooling system is 100% all new parts and the temp stays right around 195-205 on the tstat housing via temp gun. The coolant has no oil and the oil has no coolant in one another. I can let the car idle for years and it doesn't overheat etc, etc etc
Last night I took the strut bar off and removed some crap to get at the heater core hoses. I was able to significantly tighten one and sort of tighten another. However I could not see any visible signs that coolant was leaking from them (car had been sitting for about a week though)
So after I tightened them I went and drove it around, got it to temp, let it idle in a parking lot while I checked out everything under and in the car.
No signs of the leak apart from a few slight drips (from coolant that was already there hopefully). Heater core firewall hose area was also dry
I went for a beat run, came back and shut the car off, let it sit, same sort of residue few drop scenario.
Then I thought maybe it's the heater core. Carpet was dry as a bone. I tried for leaks while using the heat and with the heat off. Nothing seemed to make a difference.
Got annoyed took car home parked it and can't find any leaks
TL;DR if my fucking heater core leaks I'm going to gut this stupid thing.
In other news my fenders will be done tomorrow
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Get some UV coolant dye from carquest, I think they had the best prices on the bottles and uv flashlights.
I was considering this. But probably won't do it. Simply because I don't want to see a glow around the heater box area. Gonna get out this weekend and drive the car some more to see if the leak has stopped after I tightened some stuff
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Also got the fenders back today. Also will be calling them about the fenders so they can re-fix their "work"
-bubbles in clear
-black overspray on the red
-didn't paint the bottom of the fender correctly to match my black rockers
-didn't install the trim
-some of the paint looks to already be cracked from shrinking
-hooray
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