Making a track toy - E30 M3

[bimmer]

Yes Its TUV approved, or should be. Heigo is about 45 minutes from me, and i was thinking about buying that cage a few years ago.
Its VERY hard to find someone here in germany to BUILD a cage-- although HEIGO will build a full DTM cage for an E30- if it is COMPLETELY emptied- the old man"owner" there actually pulled out the old 1990 DTM blueprints for the cages they built.

Back to your car. ----------top notch!!!! I take back all the things I said about pulling that car apart back then. I had no idea what the shape of the car REALLY was.-- kinda scary-- but exactly why i dont drive mine-- they love some salt on the roads here.

That car is so lucky your the owner, cause i think most people wouldnt have given that car the chance you have. hats off to you!!

once again, if you get time, you should stop by when you are at that shop, I live only about 35 minuted from there. would be great to meet you. Tauber had a nice collection at the last show I was at.

I´ll be picking the car up from Tauber at the beginning of August - I´ll
try to drop by ;)

[bimmer]

Thor by no means take it as an attack or anything .
I personally like this car and the things you've done so far ...and your E39 is just pimp .
Plus your pic taking and story telling is top notch also . :D

I just don't see this bolt in adjustable kit as matching the level you have done on other areas of the car .
A custom weld in cage would have been a better choice taking into account the other modifications to date .
On this cage it appears that most of the bracing actually has pivot points .
Is the Heigo cage TUV approved ?

I let the guys at Tauber choose the cage for the most part - they have
much more experience than I have. I am not 100% sure it´s TUV
approved but I think it is.

[bimmer]

you should take the s14 and drop it in to a 2002 make a nicer track car.

[mikeedler]

Yes Its TUV approved, or should be. Heigo is about 45 minutes from me, and i was thinking about buying that cage a few years ago.
Its VERY hard to find someone here in germany to BUILD a cage-- although HEIGO will build a full DTM cage for an E30- if it is COMPLETELY emptied- the old man"owner" there actually pulled out the old 1990 DTM blueprints for the cages they built.

Back to your car. ----------top notch!!!! I take back all the things I said about pulling that car apart back then. I had no idea what the shape of the car REALLY was.-- kinda scary-- but exactly why i dont drive mine-- they love some salt on the roads here.

That car is so lucky your the owner, cause i think most people wouldnt have given that car the chance you have. hats off to you!!

once again, if you get time, you should stop by when you are at that shop, I live only about 35 minuted from there. would be great to meet you. Tauber had a nice collection at the last show I was at.

[Teaguer]

Thor by no means take it as an attack or anything .
I personally like this car and the things you've done so far ...and your E39 is just pimp .
Plus your pic taking and story telling is top notch also . :D

I just don't see this bolt in adjustable kit as matching the level you have done on other areas of the car .
A custom weld in cage would have been a better choice taking into account the other modifications to date .
On this cage it appears that most of the bracing actually has pivot points .
Is the Heigo cage TUV approved ?

[RedStar240]

you should take the s14 and drop it in to a 2002 make a nicer track car.

[bimmer]

A real weld in cage made custom for the car .

No some adjustable slidey threaded bolt in cage .

This cage is made custom for the E30 by Heigo.

[Teaguer]

What is your definition of a real cage?

A real weld in cage made custom for the car .

No some adjustable slidey threaded bolt in cage .

[bimmer]

damn, that subframe carnage is horrible!

No wonder the car felt loose in the back...... :roll:

[bimmer]

You went through all that trouble to strip the interior, why not put a real cage in?

What is your definition of a real cage?

[stevofthahill]

Jesus christ that rust is some scary shit, and the rear subframe looks pretty frightening as well. I thank god every day I have an Az car.

[PiercedE30]

damn, that subframe carnage is horrible!

[madjurgen]

You went through all that trouble to strip the interior, why not put a real cage in?

[bimmer]

Here is an update on RNGTOY.

Multiple visits to Nurburgring and Spa have taken it´s toll :)

The car is now at Tauber for repairs & mods and is also being stripped
and having a cage installed

The list of things to fix was quite extensive - broken engine mount,
hole in the radiator, broken rear subframe, broken sway bar mounting,
busted guibo....

Anyways - here are pics:

[bimmer]

Here is a small report from our trip to SPA a few days ago.

Woke up at 5:45 at Ringhaus to start driving to SPA - it was wet :(
The Ringhaus E30 can be seen - RIP:


The M3 and the M5 waking up:


Here you can also see how wet it was - we did not like the situation!!!


Here we are at Spa - driving under the track to enter the pit area:




Quite a group of cars - those 4 are over 2000hp combined :)


We rented a garage and here is the red M5 in place:


Here I am trying to clean most of the road dirt off the cars:


Our neighbours have arrived:


Still cleaning:


It´s almost as if the red M5 is eager to get going on the track:


Shortly after driving started the first accident happened - a guy went off on Eu Rouge:


My friend Saemi will be happy to have this picture later - to be able to show
the beginning of his racing career :)


Here I had started driving the white one and I am here explaining to
a Porsche owner (the one in the blue shoes) why he was slower on the
track :)


Here is a pic from just before we left - there is the Honda that crashed
while trying to keep up with RNGTOY. He had been in my way, did not
let me pass, was much slower and was sliding the back end in the turns.
I waited behind him until the straight and the passed him while I was doing
200 km/h. I then watched him in the mirror in the fast left turn and saw
him slide outwards over the red/white edge of the outside of the track.
He then spun and ended on the wall on the inside of the track. He must
have been doing 160 km/h. As you can see the car is rather damaged:




One pic of the M5's:


Here we are on our way to get more gas - RNGTOY was running on fumes:


Here is the gas station that did good business that day - three very thirsty cars :)




Here we are on our way back to Ringhaus:


The M5 had so much brake dust it seems as if the wheels are gunmetal colored:




The white one was doing well after a difficult day:








Also, here is a video:

http://www.onno.is/thordur/almennt/eurotour2007/SPA_290507.wmv