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The steering wheel arrived today, just waiting on the momo hub and it'll make a huge difference.
Did a ton of work today on it:
- Aligned the rear swing arms, now that things have settled in
- Torqued up the tie rods
- Fixed the fan resistor, so I now have heat
- Took apart the MAF, all the way this time (opened up the board) and cleaned all of the contacts
- Set the preload on the rear shocks and got the hardness settings in a semi-hard setup that works for me
- The rear subframe retaining nuts (the 22mm nuts on the pins that drop through the floor) were very loose, so I tightened them up
- Bled the coolant system at the head
- Got the power aerial working which is a first for any e30 I've owned, they've always been FUBAR
- Fitted the new clips and put the iS lip on properly, which improves the looks greatly
- Best of all, I found that I was only getting about 80% wide open throttle as the cables needed adjusting. This should make a big difference
Has anyone had any updates on the Garagistic F&R ARB pre-order?
I just realized that I had ordered mine back on Nov 27th and haven’t seen any updates.
Garagistic got back to me yesterday, so my order from Nov 27th should ship out on Monday.
I suspect it was just the Black Friday mayhem that overwhelmed their order system and mine fell off the pile.
Going to install new inner tie rod boots this weekend and get my suspension dialed in.
Man, am I ever unhappy with my renown wheel. That thing flexes quite a bit, even with my hands just gripping the 10 & 2 positions. If it weren't a Christmas gift I'd send it back.
In other news, I'm hunting for an LS & T56 for this thing, as after driving a Stage III s4 for the last 2 years, an m20 just doesn't cut it lol
Once I swap out the carpet the interior will almost be complete.
I'm flip flopping on engine swaps... I'm finding myself being drawn towards an F20c swap, which should in some ways bring back the feeling of my old m3..
Signed up for my first ever Auto-X event today, which occurs on March 18th.
Really looking forward to it as it'll help me dial in all of the geometry.
The biggest risk is St. Patrick's Day on the 17th. I intend to exercise my right to alcohol like the fresh off the boat Irishman I am. This may directly affect lap times/the g-force capabilities of my body.
Really stumbling on what to do with my brakes once the 1J is in.
To be honest, I'm freaked out by booster-less setups, but have never driven a booster delete car.
How do you booster-less guy find driving on the street with unassisted brakes?
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