Well it's been a while.
I've been spending a fair bit of time focusing on a new job so my time has been limited as far as doing any work on the E30.
First of all, new job is now in the city, so I can catch this god awful thing we call public transport here. In doing so, I wasn't leaving the E30 out in the weather at a train station so I got a new daily. $350 with registration for 4 months (that's worth $200 as is).
Nothing flash, 1994 Lancer GLI with a 1.5ltr Carby. The shift knob and wheel were gross, I threw in what I had laying around in it.
E30 has been going good, aircon has been working a charm with no issues at all. Decided to clean up loose ends in the bay and this is where I am at.
I do need to fix up the fuel rail cover, it was poorly painted and looked awful.
The aircon lines if anyone is curious. The thought process behind doing the standard fittings to E36 was in case I do decide to swap engines again, they can be adapted easily enough. Super happy with the workmanship here, the price was very good as well.
I picked up a set of US S50 cams, a rare treat here. I had been eyeing off this particular set for a VERY long time, finally, the owner decided to sell them off to me.
Finally, I picked up a new diff. This one was too good to pass up on, came with a brand new rear cover and turns out it is a rare 1.5way 4 clutch unsprung lsd. Need to swap the speed ring out to an E36 (I believe) one to work with the E30 cover, currently the ring is too large and fouls the cover.
I have a few cosmetic fixes in the works, but no photos as of yet. I haven't really driven the car this year, probably taken it out 4/5 times tops. I hope to spend a bit more time over the next few months getting back into the swing of things.
I have another track day on the 11th of April, I got myself a set of Yokohama AD08R's in 205/50 and I will be putting the BBS RS back on.
[EDIT] Forgot to mention, I had an E46 "Purple Tag" steering rack in the car. It felt horrible, really quite bad. The steering was very heavy, it wouldn't return to center at all, if I steered on the highway it would continue to pull in that direction. It also gave no feedback at all. Decided to give it the flick, I put an E36 steering rack in. Miles better. It actually steers like a normal car now, never realized just how bad the other rack felt. Should of swapped this one sooner.
More updates to come shortly, stay tuned. (Hopefully those will include some decent photos of the car as it currently sits)
I've been spending a fair bit of time focusing on a new job so my time has been limited as far as doing any work on the E30.
First of all, new job is now in the city, so I can catch this god awful thing we call public transport here. In doing so, I wasn't leaving the E30 out in the weather at a train station so I got a new daily. $350 with registration for 4 months (that's worth $200 as is).
Nothing flash, 1994 Lancer GLI with a 1.5ltr Carby. The shift knob and wheel were gross, I threw in what I had laying around in it.
E30 has been going good, aircon has been working a charm with no issues at all. Decided to clean up loose ends in the bay and this is where I am at.
I do need to fix up the fuel rail cover, it was poorly painted and looked awful.
The aircon lines if anyone is curious. The thought process behind doing the standard fittings to E36 was in case I do decide to swap engines again, they can be adapted easily enough. Super happy with the workmanship here, the price was very good as well.
I picked up a set of US S50 cams, a rare treat here. I had been eyeing off this particular set for a VERY long time, finally, the owner decided to sell them off to me.
Finally, I picked up a new diff. This one was too good to pass up on, came with a brand new rear cover and turns out it is a rare 1.5way 4 clutch unsprung lsd. Need to swap the speed ring out to an E36 (I believe) one to work with the E30 cover, currently the ring is too large and fouls the cover.
I have a few cosmetic fixes in the works, but no photos as of yet. I haven't really driven the car this year, probably taken it out 4/5 times tops. I hope to spend a bit more time over the next few months getting back into the swing of things.
I have another track day on the 11th of April, I got myself a set of Yokohama AD08R's in 205/50 and I will be putting the BBS RS back on.
[EDIT] Forgot to mention, I had an E46 "Purple Tag" steering rack in the car. It felt horrible, really quite bad. The steering was very heavy, it wouldn't return to center at all, if I steered on the highway it would continue to pull in that direction. It also gave no feedback at all. Decided to give it the flick, I put an E36 steering rack in. Miles better. It actually steers like a normal car now, never realized just how bad the other rack felt. Should of swapped this one sooner.
More updates to come shortly, stay tuned. (Hopefully those will include some decent photos of the car as it currently sits)
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