My crappy pics

[brodee]

finally got some pics of the car with the new suspension under it but I had to use my wife's camera and it was almost dark out.







True test will be in how it performs at the auto-x at the end of the month. Also hoping to get it on the dyno before then and see if my A/F issues are fixed.

[uflnuceng]

nice ride

[Digitalwave]

Looking good Thad.

[brodee]

Looking good Thad.

Well it still looks a little ragged, but it runs like hell and that's the point! I'm hoping to see about 185-190hp at the crank on this dyno trip. It's headed over to get an alignment this morning and then I can see how it handles compared to before. The springs are definately stiffer, feels like no body roll at all now.

[KenC]

What size tires are you running?

[asubimmer]

i might have just missed something but whats your setup?

[brodee]

What size tires are you running?

205/50-15 Azenis sports

i might have just missed something but whats your setup?

From a previous post...
Finally got the e30 back on it's wheels last night. Over the last week I've been busy with the following.

Front
IE Stage 3 springs (no pads)
Upper strut mounts
Control arms
M3 offset CABS
Tie rod ends
Sway bar links
ATE power disk rotors
PBR pads (like Axxis ultimates)
Powder coated calipers
IE stainless lines

Rear
IE Stage 3 springs (no pads)
IE stainless lines (all 4)
Brembo rotors
Axxis Ultimate pads
Powder coated calipers

I also flushed the full brake system with ATE Super Blue, stipped my wheels to bare metal and repainted them silver (not sure yet if I like that), rebalanced the tires, and installed a new Mark D 93 chip.

Coming next week is the Z3 short shift kit, tranny mounts, motor mounts, new CAI with high beam delete, Redline in the tranny and diff, and Ryan G splitter. Should be a whole new car.

Just put in a new o2 sensor Sunday, that smoothed out the idle a little.

[brodee]

Brake pics....


notice how loose the rear springs are even with the shocks connected.

[Dave]

looking good!

[jajou318]

Hey Thad, I just did my brakes but I have 6 lines that I can replace.

You said you did all four, but on mine there are 6. Did you get the one that follows the trailing arm?

[Mtriple]

Looks great, any plans for sways?

[golde30]

yay for lachs e30's...hehe. looks like fun. how are u liking the IE3 springs? rough ride? im looking to get those to go with my Koni SA.

[e30Matt]

Hey Thad, I just did my brakes but I have 6 lines that I can replace.

You said you did all four, but on mine there are 6. Did you get the one that follows the trailing arm?

He said he did all four on the rear. That's two on the front + four in the rear which = six.

[rede30]

nice drop, thats whole setup looks like what i did. I love the ie3's, i hope you do to and its a good feeling to get new bushings in.

[Stu]

Excellent, you'll love the setup on the track. Are you coming from Eibachs?
Rear is way low w/o the spring pads, compared to mine w/pads.