Making a track toy - E30 M3

[bimmer]

Heard from the Tauber guys today - engine was started for the first
time today.... successfully

So hopefully I´ll be lapping the Nordschleife next week!


PS. The cylinders were honed ;)

[bimmer]

hmm, let me know when you are on the nordschliefe.. not too bad of a drive!
Julien

Will do - it will probably be in the second half of August.

The guys at Tauber hope to have the engine in the car running by
Wednesday and they are going to drive it for a few days to make
sure everything is 100%. Only then I´ll fly over :D

[Dankula]

I just got back in touch with this car. I want to go to Tauber and have them build me a real DTM E30 replica. Nice shop. Do they have a website?

Check this link for the Tauber site.

Thordur, you definitely did destroy that piston. And yes, glad that it didn't break appart completely. I'm also wondering why they didn't hone the cylinders :???:. Good oil saturation is nice to have in there :D.

Keep us updated, love your posts and cars!

[AWDE30]

I just got back in touch with this car. I want to go to Tauber and have them build me a real DTM E30 replica. Nice shop. Do they have a website?

[Julien]

I won´t be going to Spa this year but definately next year - I´ll send you
a PM. Until then it´s the Ring ;)

hmm, let me know when you are on the nordschliefe.. not too bad of a drive!
Julien

[bimmer]

Im wondering why you didn't hone the cylinders so that your new rings can wear in correctly and seat properly?

Well I am not doing the work, I´m in Iceland and the car/shop is in
Germany. Why they didn´t hone the cylinders I am not sure - I´ll
ask the mechanic next time I speak with him.

[bimmer]

Thordur,
Amazing thread/build! Shoot me a PM the next time you go to spa, i'd love to see rngtoy in action ;-)

Julien
-I live in Brussels about half the time...

I won´t be going to Spa this year but definately next year - I´ll send you
a PM. Until then it´s the Ring ;)

[kenika65]

Im wondering why you didn't hone the cylinders so that your new rings can wear in correctly and seat properly?

Nice build.

[Julien]

Thordur,
Amazing thread/build! Shoot me a PM the next time you go to spa, i'd love to see rngtoy in action ;-)

Julien
-I live in Brussels about half the time...

[Danny]

This board has more than one.

Looks great Thanks for the pictures. Please keep us updated.

This board IS the resident jerk.

[parkerbink]

Ahhh, now I know who the resident jerk is - every board has at least one ;-)

This board has more than one.

Looks great Thanks for the pictures. Please keep us updated.

[vlad]

nice pics from the ring ! That M1 is gorgeous but for their 30th anniversary, I thought they were going to have a whole load of nice cars there

[bimmer]

A few pics from Tauber. First you see the old piston - thank god
it didn´t break apart















Then there is something a bit nicer to see

[bimmer]

Shipment from VAC consisting of CP 8.5:1 pistons, MLS headgasket,
ARP headstuds and ARP conrod bolts has arrived at Tauber Motorsport 8-)

[bimmer]

Damn, that is horrible. This is ending up to be quite a money sucker. I hope you get it all buttoned up and are happy with it in the end.

It will be awesome in the end - trust me 8-)

I´m used to difficult births... had a similar problem when my
M5 was supercharged but then it was even worse because the
block cracked