'88 E30
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Looking good! How much better is the s50 over the m50 in your opinion?
If my car wasn't originally m50 swapped when I bought it, I wouldn't waste time with swapping an m50 over a decent m20.
S50 feels much better
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Officially addicted to auto x
First time ever doing an event like this and it was tons of fun. Will definitely want to do this again. After pushing my car to the best of my limited abilities I can see how a proper suspension helps. Yogurtland springs on bilstein HDs made for an interesting combo of body roll, lols, and getting sideways.
There were a total of 21 drivers in the novice class and I was super happy to come in 5th! I was trying to break 38seconds and finally snuck into the 37s on the very last run
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Hell yeah! Even with the M10 in my car, I had a blast. Was planning to do a lot more this year, but didn't get the car together soon enough. FVSCC has an event on the small track at Road America this weekend that I'm hoping to make it to. Should be a lot more fun now. I get TONS of body roll. Should really work on the suspension.... but turbo...
Need to get the car together by May next year instead of late July...
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Harness covers installed
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How do you have the radiator clip holding the radiator?
Rubber feet on the bottom of the rad rest on the core support. Top clip has rubber feet pushing against top of rad and the clip is then screwed into the core support
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Stock right? That's how the radiator on my brothers e30 is secured.
You bet!
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Basically just been collecting tools and acquiring parts for this winters project. (Which is pretty much everything that moves under the unibody)
Got the space setup. Windows have been great stuffed and plastic sealed. Torpedo heater is good to go and the parts are very very slowly rolling in, big thanks to Garagistic. Got the complete chassis and trailing arm reinforcements in/on their way and every bushing has been ordered except for the diff. The drive shaft was brand new as well as the flex disc when I did the swap.
Left to order:
Diff bushing
Every braking component
Still on the fence about sway bars
Coilover setup
So basically waiting for the bulk of it yet
Will be pulling both front and rear subframes & most likely will get rid of those as I'm getting some rust free ones from a parts car so I can refresh a good one while the car sits
Front subframe and suspension will come out while harbor freight holds my engine in the balance
Should be fun, I also stocked up on map gas, PB blaster, impact, and have been practicing my breathing techniques for when this junk won't come out easily
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I like your breathing exercises!
I really have not run into anything that doesn't come apart with a reasonable amount of force, the rear subframe bushings are what I would think to be the trickiest part of the suspension to get out, but there are tricks for that as well.
A whole suspension refresh will feel awesome, I know mine did when I did it. You actually get to drive yours so it will be that much better
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I like your breathing exercises!
I really have not run into anything that doesn't come apart with a reasonable amount of force, the rear subframe bushings are what I would think to be the trickiest part of the suspension to get out, but there are tricks for that as well.
A whole suspension refresh will feel awesome, I know mine did when I did it. You actually get to drive yours so it will be that much better
This is what I'm excited for. In all honesty when I rode in snaps properly setup m20 car (NA) it felt soooo much better than my car right after I did the s50. Suspension makes such a huge difference, I had to feel it to believe it (no homo)
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What material bushings are you going with?
Any plans for CAB's? -
Poly (95a) for subframe
Poly (95a) for diff
Solid Delrin RTABs
Solid offset Delrin FCABs
Engine & trans are already solid Delrin
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That garage looks great!! Times like these are great in the build world. Excited for you!
FYI, I might be selling my turbo manifold, turbo, and full 3in stainless exhaust next winter...
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@DrLeadFoot
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That garage looks great!! Times like these are great in the build world. Excited for you!
FYI, I might be selling my turbo manifold, turbo, and full 3in stainless exhaust next winter...
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Hover car
Every last bolt I need to remove I've soaked in PB blaster
Tires are under it in case harbor freight decides to let me down big time
Tools of the hopeless
Plan is to drop both front and rear subframes with as much crap intact as possible.
I snuck a peek at the RTABs and holy shit. They needed to be replaced about 4 lifetimes ago
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