New forum member and my first E30

[carcass]

Hi all,
Glad to be aboard. I bought this 1988 this last winter with the intention of sport lapping and autocrossing it at the local tracks, and I'm having a blast. Its been to Pacific Raceways in Auburn Wa. and the Ridge Motorsports park in Shelton Wa. for track days as well as an autocross at Evergreen speedway in Monroe Wa.
I live North of Seattle a bit, and its been cool to see the other E30's out and about as well as watching the Pro3 group at the local tracks.
This is my first German car, and I'm impressed with the engineering and build quality, I've been a domestic car guy for years, and am quickly becoming a convert.
I've got some videos on youtube of this car on the track as well.

I was having problems registering for this forum with my home computer and emailed the moderators with no reply. but I tried with my phone today and got it done, but now I'm trying to post my first thread with the home computer and bam! cant do it because of the goofy verification puzzles, it wont let me solve the puzzle and then submit the thread so I will probly have to cut and paste this thread to my email and then use my phone to post until this forum doesn't ask me to click which photo in the puzzle is right side up anymore.

Carcass.

[carcass]

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[carcass]

I think my photo files are too large, I am having problems posting them. More will be revealed I guess. Here's a link to some autocross video taken from the passenger quarter window of a suction cup mount with my GoPro

https://youtu.be/N9v12fX4tE0

[LateFan]

Welcome. Sideways in the wet! You'll find everyone here loves Bronzit.

Here are the file sizes -

[mike.bmw]

I think my photo files are too large, I am having problems posting them. More will be revealed I guess. Here's a link to some autocross video taken from the passenger quarter window of a suction cup mount with my GoPro

https://youtu.be/N9v12fX4tE0

Nice car!

The turn at 1:10 seems like poor course design. If you slide off there you'll be in a concrete barrier, no?

[carcass]

Nice car!

The turn at 1:10 seems like poor course design. If you slide off there you'll be in a concrete barrier, no?

There's definitely some sketchy areas at Evergreen speedway autocross, but the spot to watch is the last corner at the end of the video, it was raining all day and there were a lot of spins some on safer areas of the track where folks pushed their luck a bit.
It's a fun event with a slightly different setup each time, but for sure not as safe for the paint as a flat parking lot event.

[IceWhite]

Hi,

Great intro!

Welcome.

[agent]

You'll find everyone here loves Bronzit.

Some of us non-ironically!



I didn't receive an email, though glad you got it sorted.

[Fraser]

Stock gearing? That course looked pretty slow for running in second gear the whole way- looks like the car does pretty well!

[mike.bmw]

There's definitely some sketchy areas at Evergreen speedway autocross, but the spot to watch is the last corner at the end of the video, it was raining all day and there were a lot of spins some on safer areas of the track where folks pushed their luck a bit.
It's a fun event with a slightly different setup each time, but for sure not as safe for the paint as a flat parking lot event.

Looks like a smooth run nonetheless! I've never designed a course so I shouldn't criticize.

Looking forward to more updates (and footage)! :)

[carcass]

Stock gearing? That course looked pretty slow for running in second gear the whole way- looks like the car does pretty well!

It's got the stock 3.73's but the tires I was running that they are 225/45R15 a little shorter than the stockers but I don't know if I can feel the affective lower gearing second gear seems to work good, the first gear in these cars is low! But coming out of corners and not being at 4000 or more makes for a slow corner exit .

[carcass]

Looks like a smooth run nonetheless! I've never designed a course so I shouldn't criticize.

Looking forward to more updates (and footage)! :)

Here's some footage from the ridge motorsports Park road course in Shelton Washington

[carcass]

Here is a video of my car at the ridge motorsports Park in Shelton Washington, it is 2.5 miles long with 16 turns, my laps seem to be somewhere around two minutes 15 seconds, The car has stock unmodified suspension so far.

https://youtu.be/P4VDhJrSZ34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4VDhJrSZ34&feature=youtu.be

[carcass]

Some of us non-ironically!



I didn't receive an email, though glad you got it sorted.

For some reason my home computer does not like the puzzles that are required for the first 10 posts I don't have any issues with several other forums I go to, but my computer is older and probably needs an update, I am glad to be aboard though!

[carcass]

Hi,

Great intro!

Welcome.

Thank you all for the welcome.