'88 E30
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Drove the car to west bend and back this weekend to visit some friends. Car did awesome there and back. Cruises quite nicely @80ish and more if needed. Since I got it back on all four tires I've probably put 700-800 miles on it in less that a week. It's so much better to drive. I am still on the hunt for 16x8s. So if you guys have suggestions that aren't 900lbs a corner I'm all ears.
I raised the front of the car up a tad for the trip down so I didn't smash anything. It's settled now and I'm actually happy with how it looks.
Random pics of where the skidplate was and now is and the engine bay because why not.
If you have a swapped e30 and don't run a skidplate have fun convincing your bros how cool it is to break oil pans
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I also called safe lite because my windshield is horribly pitted and in the sun I am literally blind
Is $208 installed a bad price for non oem glass?
Check with your insurance - cracked windshields are $100 to replace with my insurance.
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KaiserRolls said:
I also called safe lite because my windshield is horribly pitted and in the sun I am literally blind
Is $208 installed a bad price for non oem glass?
Check with your insurance - cracked windshields are $100 to replace with my insurance.
Mine is just pitted to hell and back
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So let Brooke borrow the car so she could take it to another autobody shop to get an estimate. She calls me from the place saying my car isn't running right. (Awesome) leave work early. Bomb over there on motorcycle. Check everything. Finally start up car. It's a lopey ass idle with some large hissing noises. Unplugged MAF and TPS while running (CEL then came on)
Pushed on the ICV hoses and hissing got louder. Limp it home. Take off ICV and hoses to find these "OEM" replacement hoses after 3500 miles in this condition
Auto X this Sunday. Great timing, amirite?
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What brand hoses?
Shitty ones
I ordered them when I was originally doing the engine swap.
Probably shitty URO ones, only parts that weren't oem and they lasted not at all.
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Hoses will be here tomorrow morning.
Sunday Auto X here I come
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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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