M10 knowledge.

[Smelser]

Wow !! I always considered battery gassing to be a wives tale. Point noted & glad you are ok...

so next to the fuel cell where the whole car will go up ?

If you can smell rotten eggs, You got BOOMBOOM possible. I thought it would never happen till it did. And the fuel cell, if it explodes, well.... THATS JUST A POOR MANS NITROS!!! lol.

Fuel cells are pretty secure, its a track only car and the marine container helps a lot too.

[Hey_You]

There aren't many arc'ing items in the trunk, thus...much safer for a battery. Most things that cause fire ignition are, well, ignition components that are always sparking, and heat. Neither of which reside in the trunk (not in an e30 atleast)

[E30_Pare]

Only thing Ive heard of was someone over charging the battery in the trunk & caught fire. Don't know details. Forgot who's car it was. Someone in SoCal

[jeffnhiscars]

There aren't many arc'ing items in the trunk, thus...much safer for a battery. Most things that cause fire ignition are, well, ignition components that are always sparking, and heat. Neither of which reside in the trunk (not in an e30 atleast)

I'm not saying the trunk isnt a safer place for it even in street use.

My thoughts...there's less likelihood of a spark but a riskier concentration of gas since the trunk isnt really vented compared to the substantial air flow in the engine compartment. With an auto ignition temp of 996 degrees I dont see engine heat causing a problem, so it really boils down to more spark + less gas in the engine VS higher concentration & proximity to the fuel tank in the trunk.

Seems most cases are during over charging or a spark when reconnecting the post but either way its a very nasty event and to be avoided at all costs for sure.

[solo318]

Properly done the rear mounted battery is fine, If you use the 325 batterty tray and mount there is a vent tube to the outside.
My battery is mounted under the car where the gas tank used to sit :)
If you have to carry the extra weight, you may as well make it sit as low as possible.
Motor mounts on e30 m10s are the pits. With any substantial horse power gain, you'll blow them apart in no time. You should find the mount arms and mounts from the s14. They will take thew abuse fine.
For a while I was blowing a mount a weekend. the pass side mount compresses under accel and rips the rubber from the metal. Notice tyhe V shape where it is bonded. It uses that V to rip itself apart.

[E30_Pare]

Anyone need an 240 get rag? For sale SoCal pickup

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=252428

[E30_Pare]

Electronic distributors? Anyone got any info on these setups? Cant find much definitive information on the subject

[solo318]

look back in this thread, I posted the appropriate part numbers for the different engines/ecu numbers. The actual trigger assy is the same for all of them and will interchange. It is the advance curves and vaccum pods that differ.

[E30_Pare]

I saw that one solo. I'm talking about something like this.

http://www.vacmotorsports.com/catalog/vac---m10-high-performance--racing-electronic-distributor.htm

[jeffnhiscars]

I saw that one solo. I'm talking about something like this.
http://www.vacmotorsports.com/catalo...istributor.htm

Why something "like this" rather than "this" ? It looks like exactly what you are asking about.

[solo318]

I don't know of an aftermarket that will work with the facory injection. these won't fire the fuel injection. If they have a 1 sine wave per cylinder VR pattern you would have to find a way to get it to the DME. They only have a wire connections to fire the actual coil and for power. All of the aftermarket dizzies are for the replacement of points and condensors. The shafts are spiral cut to turn in the opposite direction from ours, therefore they will pull oil up into the dist, instead of pushing it down back to the engine.
In either case the net HP gain is less zero. all you get out of the deal is not adjusting points. You lose the proper advance curve for our compression ratio and fuel injection. Nobody makes an e30 dist, because there isn't a big demand for it. the factory ignition is very efficient and reliable, unless your battery smashes the distributer :)

[jeffnhiscars]

I don't know of an aftermarket that will work with the facory injection. these won't fire the fuel injection. If they have a 1 sine wave per cylinder VR pattern you would have to find a way to get it to the DME. They only have a wire connections to fire the actual coil and for power. All of the aftermarket dizzies are for the replacement of points and condensors. The shafts are spiral cut to turn in the opposite direction from ours, therefore they will pull oil up into the dist, instead of pushing it down back to the engine.
In either case the net HP gain is less zero. all you get out of the deal is not adjusting points. You lose the proper advance curve for our compression ratio and fuel injection. Nobody makes an e30 dist, because there isn't a big demand for it. the factory ignition is very efficient and reliable, unless your battery smashes the distributer :)

Well that certainly answered MY question..lol..and yes my battery and distributor are having a love affair. The type 91 battery doesnt leave much room and now that I have my valves at .008, the thing loves to rev which puts it that much closer to the battery. Hit a bump on a curve at 4500rpm and byebye rotor. I could go to a firmer mount but I get enough vibration as it is (surprise surprise).

I've kept a very large range of spare parts on me over the years, but I never felt as vulnerable as when driving this thing without an extra rotor on hand. Very odd. I turned the battery spacer on edge to gain 3/8" and clamped the battery down as much as I dare and will see if that resolves it. Otherwise, I'll just swap back to the smaller battery.

[E30_Pare]

I'd like to swap back to a smaller battery, but I feel it's Insufficent. I tend to drain the bigger batteries. Maybe when I do a rear battery swap il drop on a optima

[E30_Pare]

This is the reason I ask. Supposed "electronic distributor" from castros. Trying to get more info on the modifications.

[Jaxx_]

This is the reason I ask. Supposed "electronic distributor" from castros. Trying to get more info on the modifications.

I don't think that dizzy is anything special.