e30mclow's e30 #14 - Now 1.5jz + 6 Speed

[e30mclow]

Found the breaking point for the OEM diff mount.
Over the winter I'll be beefing up the rear and fitting an e36 medium case dual mount cover.











Prior to the loud bang I had found some more wheels
It was the sticky tires and a dirty 3rd gear clutch kick that ultimately killed it lol






The grey car is coming around though

[Julien]

awesome build thread!!

[e30mclow]

Some kind people took some nice photos of the car at Auto-X this weekend.

















I've also started mocking up a hydro handbrake that should be for the most part quite well hidden. I know most people like it between the wheel and the gear lever, but I want keep the cable handbrake while not bumping my long legs or elbow off a master cylinder.


I will be making an adjustable pushrod and will ultimately mount the master beneath the handbrake surround panel. That will give as linear a stroke as possible, once I manage to bleed it.




I can then return the original handbrake back to stock.

[QuiqueUy]

looking great ! sounds like is a blast to drift around haha

[e30mclow]

[e30mclow]

The white e30 is the one car to serve all purposes.

Last weekend I drove 250km to a drift event, then drove home. 8 wheels + a lot of tools all shoved into the little e30.
I mounted the tires by hand as usual

Fast forward a week and it is now sitting on the meatiest tires it has ever seen. 225/45r16s.
Auto-X double header this weekend



Some persuasion was required

[QuiqueUy]

nice plans for the new one ! loving the driveway photo , that rs4 is goals hahah

[rzerob]

I love the E30 chassis. A nice stock example is just a great car. But I don't see the point of driving a car that I don't enjoy driving. If the stock version is not what you want then go nuts with another build. Just keep the original parts so you can revert back to stock if you ever want to sell. Please post a hyper link if you start a new build.

[e30mclow]

Awesome thread, just ran through the whole thing

What size tires were you running with the RS's?

16x8 et11 front - 205/45/16
16x8.5 et5 rear - 205/45/16

I had ordered 215/45/16s back in December, but the things still haven't arrived.




They JZ car is continuing to prove itself to be the best car on the planet. It is such a great daily steed.
The Delphin needed some work to get it going as it has been parked for close to 20 years.

I dropped the tank and cleaned it up, which gave me an opportunity to get to know the underside. It is ridiculously clean for a Canadian car.
Ignoring the rusty brakes, check this cleanliness out!







I also found a matching spoiler to replace the utterly destroyed one.






I cleaned out the tank and replaced the fuel pump with an old one I had. While the tank was out I hit the exterior with rubberized stone guard.


With some gas in it, the car fired right up!
I took a few laps of the neighborhood before sticking it away while it awaits a new pump.




The Evo is now demoted to the driveway (flex?).






Sadly the RS4 isn't mine.

[e30mclow]

I'm a fan of this thread sir .

fitment looks so good with 245's but i bet they rub like there is no tomorrow !

what a beauty and clean car you just picked up , what's your plan ?

There was some rubbing, but nothing major. et20 would be perfect.
If I raise the car it'd be fine.


For the new car, I'm in two minds. Either it'll be an OEM cleanup, or 5 lug swap it and slam it on the Pontiac wheels. The color combo would be killer.

[Jb325is]

Awesome thread, just ran through the whole thing

What size tires were you running with the RS's?

[QuiqueUy]

I'm a fan of this thread sir .

fitment looks so good with 245's but i bet they rub like there is no tomorrow !

what a beauty and clean car you just picked up , what's your plan ?

[e30mclow]

Another one!

Managed to find a 1 owner, 89k mile/144k KM '88 325iS manual. Boom.

It has been parked inside since 2002.
Tires are dated 1998.
Spare tire is an original 1987 item, stamped "Made in W-Germany".
Crack free dash
Leather is definitely gone dry and needs love
Only a small bit of rust on the edge of the sunroof panel from a paint chip
Gas tank needs to be cleaned and flushed
Full tool kit
Cosmoline still all over the engine bay, making it look crappy.
Solid base!

[e30mclow]

Picked up some 17x8 et15 ASA AR-1s for cheap, then decided to see about packing some 245/40r17s under the rear.
Looks killer!





I'm going to mount some 215/45s up front and try it out tonight.
It should change my 3rd-4th gear merge game:

[e30mclow]

yeah 1jz is good. I liked how smooth my friends 1jz 240 feels compared to my rattling 4 cylinder. I think 1jz with a zf would fit better in an e30 rather than the CD009 trans. What size turbo did you downsize to OP?

Indeed, the cd009 required removal of the tunnel and interior modifications. It also required modification to the trans itself.
I downsized to a 58mm. Something around 63mm would be nice like an s363.









Some elbow grease












Just waiting on my autocross tires to arrive and it'll be looking sweet if this season ever starts.