Things left to do for the e30...Zen/Mason.

[DCColegrove]

Butterfly braces are sexy. But honestly, i'd probably never buy one.

would your skidplate be more or less $ than ejnights?

To be perfectly honest, in an eta for a college student, that takes priority over drag

Less money I think...

I am looking into a simpler and more elegant design to protect the pan from catastrophic damage than just a massive guard under the front of the car.

And we belive it's something John can fabricate at a reasonable price.

[LowR3V'in]

How about aerodynamic things?
I like to hit 150mph sometimes.

That's something I'm willing to pay for
if the price is reasonable.

[sticksdaman]

Fab up one of these:

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=928468&postcount=19

And a solution to this:

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=38909&highlight=oil+temperature+sender

There should be a decent amount of interest in these as G graves starts producing the oil temp, pressure gauges.

[DCColegrove]

Fab up one of these:

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=928468&postcount=19

And a solution to this:

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=38909&highlight=oil+temperature+sender

There should be a decent amount of interest in these as G graves starts producing the oil temp, pressure gauges.

Not any simple bolt on out of the box solutions here.

But I will think on it...

The correct placement for an oil temperature sensor really is right in the oil pan, at the cooler/filter block you will get falsely elevated and intermittant lower oil temp readings.

[Stephen]

Less money I think...

I am looking into a simpler and more elegant design to protect the pan from catastrophic damage than just a massive guard under the front of the car.

And we belive it's something John can fabricate at a reasonable price.

Well after i drop the car a bit more with IE3s i might be in for one

[z31maniac]

Oil pan with same or more capacity, but more ground clearance.

[DCColegrove]

Oil pan with same or more capacity, but more ground clearance.

That....

Is a really good idea...

Kind of complicated and definitely not cheap.

Wider sump...baffles... the pump would need modification as well..

Could be fabed from a stock pan core...

Hmmm...

Edit: Might as well dry sump the engine though.

[KenC]

No...

But I have extensive testing data from prior wind tunnel tests and I do know exactly where the boundary layer is and can predict from that information how it is and will be affected...

...baring any weird ass anomalies that is.

And no... Just to get this out of the way up front...

... I won't publish the data to back up the claim.

... becasue you don't have any.

Eric's skid plate sits ~1/2" below the oil pan... I'd prefer the protection of his plate any day. The OEM debris guard is a joke.

[DCColegrove]

... becasue you don't have any.

....

No...

Because it costs huge money to obtain this kind of data...

And I'm just not that generous of a guy.




Go make your own thread if you want to bash me... Dick head...

[e30s52]

Where is the data from your cars wieght?

[DCColegrove]

Where is the data from your cars wieght?

Which car?

And why is this such a big deal to you?

If you think I'm full of shit...Whatever.

[e30s52]

The one that wieghts about 2200 pounds.

I just wanted to know sence you said all this stuff about how light it was then had no data to back it up. Thats all I am asking.

[Turf1600]

Why not a cheap 5 lug conversion? I would snag one in a heartbeat.

[DCColegrove]

The one that wieghts about 2200 pounds.

I just wanted to know sence you said all this stuff about how light it was then had no data to back it up. Thats all I am asking.

@2255 probably now closer to 2350 or so (putting some things back since it became my DD)

What kind of data would back that up for you?

A shot of the car on a scale?

Well I don't have one. It's just not a big enough deal for me to shoot something like that.

Tell you how it was done?

Like anyone would fucking listen....

This is what I do professionally... Not just one or 2 cars since I learned to drive (my bet on 90% of this forums demographic) but hundreds of BMW chassis over the past 25 some odd years...

Why not a cheap 5 lug conversion? I would snag one in a heartbeat.

Again... No simple safe way to do it... A drag I know but...

[Turf1600]

What's unsafe about a larger diameter, redrilled front bearing?