Bringing the drifting 335i back to life!

[e30 gangsta]

Awesome! Nice to see you trying to get back into the game!

The e46 rack how many turns does it have? And it just bolts in? No modification required like the e36 racks?

[Erick]

Bolts right in, just like my e36 rack did. I still fail to see the modifications required to fit either rack to the e30.

Thanks everyone for the support by the way.

[Ray Smoodiver]

"This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons."

[Lof8]

Glad you're back! I'm looking forward to catching one of your drift events someday.

[widebodye30]

I think its time we send you some widebody flares;) call me at the shop when you get a chance!

[browntown]

why no rocker locks? those springs look like they would allow to much lateral play when you booost

[selturk]

Kebab Traktor

are you Turkish dude..?

[Erick]

Nope, not turkish. Definitely Brazilian, possibly white.

I do have swedish friends though.

As for rocker locks, I never even heard of them until you mentioned it and I googled it. I never heard of M30 folks running them while on boost, so a low pressure setup (my goal) probably wouldn't suffer much.

- E

[Erick]

So today there was a crapload of stuff to be done. We were so focused into it that I really didn't bother taking any pics (I think like 3 total). But if a picture is worth 1000 words, I think this little video sums up our progress today.

[Jean]

vroom!

[machined]

Just here to reiterate what everyone else has said. I loved the white four door, and am absolutely in love with the coupe. Can't wait to see her back in action!

Yep.

[bataangpinoy]

this car is what made me want to get shit rollin on my car.


how much of a bitch was that crank nut?

[Wh33lhop]

Excellent. Glad to see it back on the.... track.

I've been wondering about the E46M rack since it was mentioned by SA E30 like 6 months ago. Wonder how it compares to the Z3.

[mikeedler]

nice to see it got all back together so fast. looking good too.

the world cup came and went this year, but no sign of Erick???

[Erick]

Mike! Good to see you're still around. Hope all is good with Tanja and Emily (I'm assuming she's grown quite a bit since '06). I've been undercover during the World Cup, hidden away in California :p I did get to at least see Mariano and Adrian while I was out there!

As for the crank nut, it wasn't bad at all. We removed the spark plugs to remove the compression in the motor and we basically didn't touch it after setting it to TDC.

By the way, I want to smack the person who made the TDC marking in the back of the cylinder head. It's a straight line..... and not vertical to the pulley.... definitely horizontal.