Build Thread?

[B C]

So you'd like to buy a vowel then?

[HipMF]

[GunMetalGrey]

Pretty lame picture, but did some tooling around in this last night. 
It developed an idle surge that was 500-3k Rpm. Need to figure that out  
It is pretty great at blasting through snow banks! 
The tires are awesome in snow, but now I really do need an LSD or welded diff!

[suspenceful]

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[YoungCR]

Fantastic!

[B C]

was that over a curb? haha

[Rowleym]

alexw said:

I love the hate on your tranny bracket over on r3v. I may want one of those... If you make more out one aside for me pleaze.

I have one if you need it. Only used to bolt up.

[GunMetalGrey]

Rowleym said:

I have one if you need it. Only used to bolt up. 

Gravedigger much?

[Rowleym]

GunMetalGrey said:

Gravedigger much?

holy crap lol. I thought I was scrolling the last page. This new layout is weirding me out haha.

[GunMetalGrey]

Snap said:

was that over a curb? haha

Not quite. It's a grassy strip between the two buildings where all the snow gets piled.

[HipMF]

Everyone tell Ben to not worry about his surging idle and take the E to an ice rallycross this weekend.

I'll take video.

[Rowleym]

HipMF said:

Everyone tell Ben to not worry about his surging idle and take the E to an ice rallycross this weekend.

I'll take video.

Or he can come to my house and start taking parts off my extra ETA e30. I replaced the intake AFM IAC etc, as I had a surging idle before.

[HipMF]

Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! 

Dooooo it!

[GunMetalGrey]

The biggest problem is the fact that it's not just the idle that surges. It's the driving as well. I drove it around and never touched the gas. That isn't optimal for ice racing. I do have a welded diff for it now.....
I do need to do the rear main seal badly, it has started to leak quite a lot. 
I don't think this weekend will happen.

[HipMF]

lame. lame. lame. lame...

Winter autocross at Road America Feb. 20th, so you had better have your shit togeter by then

[straight6pwr]

hadnt seen this since you got 4x4 status, looks awesome!  can't think of a car I'd want more for winter driving, besides maybe an IX setup the same way.

[GunMetalGrey]

straight6pwr said:

hadnt seen this since you got 4x4 status, looks awesome!  can't think of a car I'd want more for winter driving, besides maybe an IX setup the same way.

Thanks! It is most certainly amusing.
I have heard a lot of people mention the IX, but I don't know how well the front CV's would handle what I have done to it. I could be wrong though!

[straight6pwr]

nah, theres some guy who has a 1000hp IX and all he did was reinforce the front diff and everything else handles the power.

[GunMetalGrey]

It''s not the (lack of) power, it's the angle the CV's would be at.

[B C]

E30 touring with heated everything, weatherproof interior, flaps, skidplates would be an amazing 4season utility machine. I dig your repurposed eta for sure