dude man bro...

[freeride53]

dude man bro, how's the project lately?

[dnova89]

Thanks man! I'll keep it updated whenever new stuff happens. Can't wait to be in an e30 again... might pick up an e39 this week as a new daily, but I'm sure I'll have an itch to drive the e30 on the street every now and then. Whatever my new daily might be, the red e30 will eventually turn into a track car with a full roll cage and such in it's future (talkin 1-2 years maybe) as I progress my driving skill, but for now I just need to get my ass to the track and drive! Plain and simple, and I can't wait! Hoping to hit the track with a friend in October.

[Butler]

This is an epic thread. Lots to see here folks gather round!

Nice r3v and nice work getting another E30. I'll be watching your progress.

[dnova89]

They are harbor frieght stands, they're only $20 for two I'm just gonna buy a new set. I know HF doesn't make the best shit, but they don't make the worst shit either. I have 2 slightly smaller jackstands I always use as emergency back-ups if I'm under the car anyway.

[xalier]

i dunno they look like china harbor frieght stands to me. i had a ford ranger fall like that a while back and my jack stands looked nothing like that afterwards... heat them up with a torch and dolly them back save yourself some more money

[dnova89]

so we put a skid plate on your skid plate so while you're skidding your plate you can skid ya plate. You've officialy been pimped.

repost lol

and you trusted your life with those china made jack stands and chains?? i do wish ya luck!

AY...... those jack stands were good, I don't think any jack stands were meant to take loads at angles like that once the car started gong backwards from the chain snap. The reason the chain broke was because instead of actually connecting the chain through a bolt/nut connected to the actual bumper SHOCK, we didn't have a bolt that would fit through the chain while still having a nut for the bolt to close the chain in, so we chose to mount it where we did using one of the bumper shock mounting bolts. Bad choice because the edge of the bumper shock frame thing cut and dug into the chain while it was under load and eventually cut through it.

Not tryin' to justify made in china parts or anything.... but they get the job done lol

Thanks for the luck!

[xalier]

and you trusted your life with those china made jack stands and chains?? i do wish ya luck!

[Mike The Bavarian]

Yo dog, I hear you like skid plates....



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so we put a skid plate on your skid plate so while you're skidding your plate you can skid ya plate. You've officialy been pimped.

[dnova89]

Thank George, and LOL oh shit I never even noticed that mistake, hahahahaha.

[george graves]

I'm really glad to see you getting this going again - good for you.

I will never let another skid plate protect my skid plate

Yo dog, I hear you like skid plates....



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[dnova89]

Gentlemen, work, has been done.





Ah shit... as I was taking out the slave cylinder, I just kept pulling and pulling and the piston came right out :(














Chain snapped as we were trying to jack up the chasis and gravity did some work for the day too haha

You thot u waz low, naw u aint low.

Aftermath of chain snappage:





Oh and... the light on my new red e30's key still works! Booya! haha..



Next weekend we'll be dropping the front end of the red e30 and maybe get started on the front end swap the same day or the following weekend. After that I'm taking the red e30 up to Ryan G with my sub-frame from the blue e30 and he'll use his forklift to install it ez pz style.

[dnova89]

Yeah that's what everyone is telling me, there's only so much you can do to be safe on a motorcycle, most of the danger comes from other motorists.

[Wh33lhop]

Lol, I can see myself being a very safe motorcyclist for the first few months, but once I get comfortable and confident... uh oh.

Half the time it is not even you. I've lost a friend (who just beat cancer) and come close to losing my roommate who I've known since middle school, they were both on bikes riding within the law and idiots in cars creamed them. One driver was drunk, the other was uninsured.

In fact, for how much reckless riding these guys did, no injury that I'm aware of actually resulted from aggressive riding. Just idiots who didn't see them.

[dnova89]

Lol, I can see myself being a very safe motorcyclist for the first few months, but once I get comfortable and confident... uh oh.

[Wh33lhop]

Haha. I love motorcycles, I've ridden a few times and come to the conclusion that riding is not in my best interest. :p