I done did it now... A new toy!

[i_love_cars]

i need an n54 in my life

[patsbimmer1]

i_love_cars said:

i need an n54 in my life

I'm in your life.

[suspenceful]

patsbimmer1 said:

I raced a boosted r6 tonight from 65 and smoked him.  No contest. #fastestn54

Nice. Is your signature still up to date? Just downpipes and a tune? No ethanol?

[B C]

I believe it. Nothing like a good rage-roll. 

I remember he said he put new injectors in sometime last year.

[patsbimmer1]

FBO, i've dabbled in ethanol.

[i_love_cars]

there is a Meijr that opened up in Sussex that has E85 on pump. That now makes 2 gas stations within 5 miles of my house that have E85 on pump. I love ethanol.

[Rowleym]

Man some days I wish I lived near a city... I used to daily drive on e85, closest pump being 30 miles away haha.

[suspenceful]

patsbimmer1 said:

FBO, i've dabbled in ethanol.

Stock fuel system, or stage 1 inline pump?

Let's meet up soon! I want to see how the cars compare.

[patsbimmer1]

It's been awhile since I've updated this but not much as changed.  I got a great deal on some front drilled and slotted rotors that I threw on.  They work for normal street driving but I won't have any clue if they have any performance benefit until I get on the track with them.  I'm not expecting any difference between these and my solid rotors but they look cool.

I attempted to clean plastidip off of my two front winter wheels before putting them on a couple months ago and didn't get horribly far.  Plastidip is the work of the devil!  I tried peeling, then scraping, then goo gone and finally found that PB Blaster softened it but still wasn't very easy to clean off.  Finally I took a pressure washer to the wheels after softening the plastidip with PB Blaster.  I still didn't get it all off and haven't had the time to go at it again.  

I picked up a carbon fiber M Tech spoiler from ECS for a really good price and couldn't pass it up.  I have a buddy in Madison who does carbon fiber work touch it up a bit and I love it!  Right now I only have some crappy cell phone pictures.

Next mods will be coilovers and steel brake hoses.

[Daggerty]

Didn't like the spoiler at first, then I saw it from the side, can't wait to see it in person.

first picture made it look like the 10 dollar little 1 inch eBay spoiler.

[patsbimmer1]

Daggerty said:

Didn't like the spoiler at first, then I saw it from the side, can't wait to see it in person.

first picture made it look like the 10 dollar little 1 inch eBay spoiler.

The profile is definitely the money shot.  It kind of squares off the rear end a bit.  I like it more than the performance spoiler but i'd prefer to have a CSL trunk... maybe some day lol.

[Earl]

I don't remember the CSL trunk being so odd looking from the rear to me...

[patsbimmer1]

Earl said:

I don't remember the CSL trunk being so odd looking from the rear to me...

Depending on the angle it does look odd on the e90.  This looks better to me.

[Earl]

I think it might be how it looks with the non M bumper that makes it odd.

[patsbimmer1]

Shaping young minds this week and teaching an alignment class at work.  Of course my car is a training tool.

[Jdesign]

Where is this at? Does not seem to look too low friendly..

[patsbimmer1]

@JdesignI'm a Regional Service Manager with Farm and Fleet.  My car was pushing the limits of low to get over hump from the ramps to the lift BUT I have gotten much lower cars on the racks to align them.  Ask Justin Torres or Brian Luck if you know those guys.

[Jdesign]

I do know those guys, Justin better than Brian, but I am just looking for someone that I know personally that has a low friendly lift. String alignments are only so accurate.

[patsbimmer1]

Jdesign said:

I do know those guys, Justin better than Brian, but I am just looking for someone that I know personally that has a low friendly lift. String alignments are only so accurate.

I aligned Justin's Passat Wagon when he worked for me, an mk5 Golf that was slammed on static and a few other low cars from either customers or friends of those guys.  It's possible to get low cars up with the help of some strategically placed boards but it's hard for me to commit to showing up to a store to do it.  A guy that used to work for me is at Big Bear and I've talked to a few people who use them for alignments and it's always positive.

[Jdesign]

Yeah, I got an alignment there many many moons ago and have always heard good things.