Cirrusly Blue - The Daily Driver E30... now SUPER powered

[2mAn]

m54 3.0 would be an awesome engine for a daily. TORQUE BROOOOOOOOOOOO

This is correct, but I have an idea and thats always a dangerous thing.

[MrBurgundy]

And what idea is this?

[lukeADE335i]

Something left of field... M57 diesel for the ultimate daily?!

[2mAn]

I would love a turbo diesel, but living in CA and trying to keep it as legal as I can, it will be a M20

[s14brent]

watch....you'll have alum monster v2.0 done before i even finish mine at this rate LOL

[2mAn]

haha not unless I have a M54 & 6speed fall into my lap.

[stonea]

I think the M54 6 speed is perfect for the e30 (Thats what I want to do) but I don't even want to think of the nightmare it will be to get it CA legal.

[2mAn]

I think the M54 6 speed is perfect for the e30 (Thats what I want to do) but I don't even want to think of the nightmare it will be to get it CA legal.

well, when you learn you learn.... and just pay your friends and avoid the red tape... espeically with a M54. It could be made legal, but whats the point

[TFJR]

Reunited and it feels so gooood



Ordered Motorsport studs for the car and I cant install these until then but they should be here in a day or two since they are coming from LA.

I'm excited!

~Somewhat related. I love SSR Type-C's and use to run them on my Subaru. They're some of my favorite wheels out there and insanely light!

[mike.bmw]

SSRs are one of my favorite wheels. I can't wait to see them on your e30!

[2mAn]

Thanks guys. They are my favorite too, but here they dont get much love because everyone wants BBS wheels... I hate cleaning BBS wheels and I like to be different. I regretted not buying them when I was in high school and they were brand new. I didnt want to wait for them to get delivered from Japan so I bought some other BS wheels for my mk3 GTI VR6 (circa '99). When I bought my first E30, a 86 zinno ES and found these wheels relatively closeby, I knew I wanted them and I wasnt going to let them go easily. They went on the Aluminum Monster when I bought it and sold the ES, then I sold the Aluminum Monster with them, but told him I wanted them back if he ever bought new wheels. A month later, they are back with me :) I went through extra effort to get extra wheels and now have 5 that are all the same offset and size.

Unfortunately the studs didnt arrive today, so they will go on tomorrow. Also, Im going to weigh the outgoing 16x8 ESM wheels with the 205/50 Goodyear Eagle Tires and will also weigh the 16x7 SSR with the 225/45 Dunlop tires on them.

Any bets how much weight I will save per wheel? I have an idea

[wworm]

Something left of field... M57 diesel for the ultimate daily?!

literally the best swap suggestion omg this would be so sick

[TFJR]

Any bets how much weight I will save per wheel? I have an idea

I'll guess 7lbs per corner.

[2mAn]

I'll guess 7lbs per corner.

That's a pretty damn good guess. I was expecting in the 7-10 range also.

Shout out to Ryan Castro at motorsport hardware for getting this to me so quick I appreciate it



And now that I had my studs it was time to install the wheels let's do a before pic



And about 45 minutes later



And evidence of real weight difference
44#


37#


7# drop per corner. The theory is rotational mass is the equivalent of 3x the weight, so ~21# rotational mass

[freeride53]

Wow!! Looks phenomenal. We should meet up on a Saturday/Sunday and blackout our rocker panels/lower rear valences if you're down. :-)