Making a track toy - E30 M3

[Holland]

I wish I could afford a S14, lol.

[bimmer]

All this jitterjabber for every thread. Great car and motor/everything choice. If I had your wallet size I'd do that to every M I could get a hold of. Seems like you're already on your way going down the list. M5 (check). M3 (check). Kudos.

I´m done with ///M swaps :D

[Wh33lhop]

Looks fast!

Do you need to pump the brake pedal once to get brakes to grab high up?

I have a similar setup to you and need to pump the brake pedal once before it grabs as normal. The first time i brake the pedal is very low.

I know this is a 9 month old post, but this is called pad knockback and it is basically a function of how much runout (axial play) there is in your wheel bearings (and how much grip you have, more cornering Gs means more wheel bearing stress). The disc shifts axes when you corner hard (no wheel bearing is perfect, they will all have end play), which winds up pushing the pads back into the calipers. That is partially why floating rotors are so prized, because they can shift axes relative to the wheel bearing, which lets them keep the same axis even if the wheels haven't, and they won't force the pads back into the calipers every time you take a hard corner.

I'd imagine that if you replace your wheel bearings, or if you have a 4-lug E30, do a 5-lug conversion as they tend to have bigger, more robust (and precise) bearings, that will help this problem. Or the aforementioned floating rotors.

There is an excellent stoptech article on this should you want to read more.

[Wh33lhop]

And to the OP, this is an incredible car, I loved watching you chase down that GT2. :D

[bimmer]

And to the OP, this is an incredible car, I loved watching you chase down that GT2. :D

That was fun but I am not sure he was 100% on it ;)

I´m on par with GT3RS's and need to find the missing power,
should be faster.

Anyways, here is a video where I follow a friend in his
S38B38 powered E30 cabrio:

http://www.rngtoy.com/thordur/almennt/Eurotour2009_1_Mai/2009-05-03_03_0958_Cabrio.wmv

[kishg]

nice vid thor.

[bimmer]

Here is another one from Spa where I´m making slicks out of R888's :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET1y4PZoe8

[chucko]

You were spotted at the ring recently. Any new vid footage?

http://www.s14.net/forums/showpost.php?p=358949&postcount=23

[ak-]

Hey are you retired or something, what is or was your job if u mind asking?

[bimmer]

You were spotted at the ring recently. Any new vid footage?
http://www.s14.net/forums/showpost.p...9&postcount=23

I´ll post a trip report soon - until then here is my fastest lap in this trip:

http://www.rngtoy.com/thordur/almennt/Eurotour2009_1_Mai/2009-05-03_09_0809_solo.wmv

Hey are you retired or something, what is or was your job if u mind asking?

Hehe, no not retired - a bit too young for that at 39.
I run a company that does 3d visualization.

[bimmer]

Car now back in Iceland because of the bloody recession

Had some fun last weekend at our local drift track :up:

Here is a video and a pic:

http://www.rngtoy.com/thordur/almennt/2009/Leikdagur_141109/Leikdagur_141109_Storabeygjan.wmv

[vivalegreg]

wow epic pic

[bimmer]

Fixed the video link :oops:

[e30damen]

Nice video!

[325ix]

this thing looks great. Good luck with the project. The s50 will be sweet