Clown Shoe - Progress Thread

[unloadedak]

32s are gonna look retarded unless you hurry up and have someone correct your paint.

[IronFreak]

32s are gonna look retarded unless you hurry up and have someone correct your paint.

Why don't you hurry up and shut your mouth..........

[ThatOneEuroE30]

32s are gonna look retarded unless you hurry up and have someone correct your paint.

Why don't you hurry up and shut your mouth..........

Lolz hahahaha. I tred to get the fan off the same way you did except I didnt put the belt back on Im willing to bet if i would have done that it would have came off. Oddly enough when I was doing this I called markle to see if they had a tool and the service man goes "we dont use those we use a a wrench and a bfh" I lol'd when he told me that.

[IronFreak]

Lolz hahahaha. I tred to get the fan off the same way you did except I didnt put the belt back on Im willing to bet if i would have done that it would have came off. Oddly enough when I was doing this I called markle to see if they had a tool and the service man goes "we dont use those we use a a wrench and a bfh" I lol'd when he told me that.

My buddy mike is a tech in Lincoln at BMW, I asked if I could borrow his fan wrench...."you mean my hammer?" hahaha, he said the fan wrench is a pita to use with or without the belts on haha.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

My buddy mike is a tech in Lincoln at BMW, I asked if I could borrow his fan wrench...."you mean my hammer?" hahaha, he said the fan wrench is a pita to use with or without the belts on haha.

It really is even if you make it right. Instead of getting it on the top two bolts like your supposed to I just up it on one and give the wrench a wack and it pops loose everytime. It's funny how they make tools to get the job done but the ghetto rigged version works better sometimes.

[ser1992]

Friend stopped by in a Lotus while I was wrenching......not much to those cars for the price....

Isn't the whole point that there isn't much to them? They aren't expensive

[IronFreak]

Isn't the whole point that there isn't much to them? They aren't expensive

Well......if a $47k price tag isn't expensive to you, we hang out with very different crowds. Have you seen an interior of a Lotus?....oh yeah,it doesnt have one, and for $47k I'd expect more them a leather cover on an aluminum seat.

For $47k I could build a much nicer car out of the e30....or my Z coupe.....well you get my point.

[Eric]

Friend stopped by in a Lotus while I was wrenching......not much to those cars for the price....

I think that's kind of the point!

[IronFreak]

I'll put it this way......I would have bought your M3 before this Lotus if I had the money haha. Seemed like a lot of money for not a lot of car. It sounded amazing though for a little 1.9L, and he had it setup nicely for the track.

[TheTacoMan]

Thats the whole idea, for example all the exotics where you pay them to not have a radio or a/c etc. Totally worth it if I had a money tree or two or 10.

[IronFreak]

yeah........I get what you guys are saying, I guess I'm just not rich enough to understand the concepts of paying more.....to have less haha. I made a huge leap by upgrading my daily Saturn to a Z coupe hahaha!

[ser1992]

you can also pick up used ones with low miles for 30k.. or a supercharged exige for 40k... hell of a lot of a track beast for that money.

Im looking to pick up an Exige is the only reason why I made my initial comment. sorry to threadjack. back to the build! =)

[IronFreak]

Well here is a little update on the car. Had a fun weekend minus the random horrible thunderstorms that brought hail and tornado's......

So I'll pickup where I left off, I got the rear shocks on mid last week, Friday I took a half day to finish the majority of the suspension. The car is going to get full M3 front suspension but I ordered the wrong rebuild kit for the calipers so it didn't happen.


Here is how the car sat with stock springs.





The install.

Rear Koni and GC coil springs. #750 rates in back.



Little comparison between stock and GC.



Here is a comparison shot of the front setup. (fronts are running a #550 rate)



Installed.........Don't worry bumpstops are on order from GC.



As you can see I also did the stud conversion from motorsports hardware with there sweet ltw aluminum lug nuts.



And the car the next day at the Local German-American society car show. (Cell pic....)




I didn't place.......but it was tough for anyone to beat my good buddies stupid clean, turbo 535 e28...........




He took top prize in enthusiast choice and top pick in spectators choice.

Good turn out though. My buddies and I are going to work with them to promote the show better next year, its the only exclusive German show in Omaha, so it needs to be bigger.





the two e30's and e28 are good friends of mine. Left to right.

E30 late model, built m20 track star, Owner of that just won the SCCA Solo nationals in his maita last year
E30 early model, 5'lug swap and fresh s52/zf swap on style 5's. he also has a full track build going with complete m3 fiberglass body
e28. show winner, 535 euro with built m30 and TCD turbo setup. is converting to e85. Currently around 400hp, looking to make around 600 after the switch. has a custom built tilton twin disc clutch setup.

I should have more updates coming. my style 32's are currently at the blaster, hoping to get the calipers finished this week. would like to see the suspension finalized by the end of the month.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

The coils make it look right. Once you get the 32's on it will be so clean... Where was that German auto show that building looks familiar but I cant remember where its at.

[IronFreak]

German-American Society, on 120th between I and Center. Kind of by Mary our Queen Church/School.