S50E30 Project

[Emperator]

shut your hole frenchie. The internet is an American invention, so you have to speak American whilst using it.

[MatRacer]

Aren't we all E30 lovers or so?



Please stop fighting about languages! :hitler:

[MatRacer]

I worked on the car this week end.

I did:

- A brakect for the e36 rad. It was loose and the fan was hitting the rad:???:
- Added some door's seal
- Cut some more fender. After a test run, I still need to cut
- Started to look at the wires
- Fixed the filler neck of the gas tank

Tomorrow a friend of mine should weld my muffler.

I should post some pics soon later this week!

[Schnitzer318is]

go back to france

This is just sad...

[MatRacer]

update!

I didn't work that much on the car, but I found my locknut socket! So I wont have to f**k around removing those lock wheel nuts. I also got my muffler welded.

I had the chance to drive around a bit! :p Wow, the sound is amazing and its pulling hard! I'm very happy.

Here are a few pics:

This is when the car arrived, I moded the pic to see smething:roll:


Fat ass!


Exhaust being welded


In my friend's garage


My bible




My next step is working on the electric and to to disassemble the rear end to replace the subframe bushing and to inspect all the component. I also have to replace some seal on the diff.


Here is a pic of my daily:




Cheers!

[drifty340i]

Jesus whats the width, et and size of your Keskins? They look like 17s? They stick out quite far, looks tough though

[activ8edcomplex]

this is the perfect opportunity to add some flares.

Ireland Engineering makes some that look nice :)

http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=ireland&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=126278102&Count2=43418526

[wolfgangstbd]

i dont think the ie flares look very good :???:

i have seen a e36 with s13/ae86 flares which come on what ever size you want and there are many available and it actually looked good! but that jst me

[TwoJ's]

Anyway, a bigger diameter means better longitudinal grip, and a wider tire means better lateral grip!

Hey, while you may be indirectly correct here, you might just be mistaken. a larger diameter tire will simply give you a longer final drive ratio. While this has absolutely nothing to do with "longitudnal grip", it may make the slightest difference in traction.

A better way to get your desired final drive ratio would be to match a proper ratio differential with proper diameter tires.

Oh, and I'm not trying to be an ass, just giving a heads up. The car looks like a blast. I hope you got a good deal on it though, it looks like you've got a lot of work ahead of you. If it were me I'd find a nice clean e30 with a blown motor or something and swap all of your goods over. Or like you say, a rolling e30m3 chassis would be even better. Have fun with the project!

[MatRacer]

Hey, while you may be indirectly correct here, you might just be mistaken. a larger diameter tire will simply give you a longer final drive ratio. While this has absolutely nothing to do with "longitudnal grip", it may make the slightest difference in traction.

A better way to get your desired final drive ratio would be to match a proper ratio differential with proper diameter tires.

You are right with the ratio, but with a larger diameter tire, your contact path lenth is longer, which means better grip. Like a wider tire makes your contact path wider and better grip. The more tire surface you have in contact with the ground, the more grip you have.

This is also the reason why tire with less pressure will grip better for drag, because you will get more deformation and than a bigger contact path.

The car looks like a blast. I hope you got a good deal on it though, it looks like you've got a lot of work ahead of you. If it were me I'd find a nice clean e30 with a blown motor or something and swap all of your goods over. Or like you say, a rolling e30m3 chassis would be even better. Have fun with the project!

The car wasn't that cheap, but I wanted it! And as you said, it will end up in another body!

I will have fun for sure! In fact, i already have fun!

[oekundar]

in for the progress, looks to be a fun project!

[MatRacer]

i dont think the ie flares look very good :???:

i have seen a e36 with s13/ae86 flares which come on what ever size you want and there are many available and it actually looked good! but that jst me

I don't really like the look of the IE flares, but they are easy to install, not body work required. I don't want to shoot the entire car for the fenders. Doing a kind of paint fade with a spray can would not look that good, even if I'm not bad with a spray can! I also like the fact that if I change body, I can keep the flares.

Do you have some more info on your nissan flares?

[MatRacer]

Jesus whats the width, et and size of your Keskins? They look like 17s? They stick out quite far, looks tough though

rear : 17x10
Front: 17 x 8.5

35mm spacers!

[e30polak]

You better get some properly sized wheel adapters made, otherwise your wheel bearings and half-shafts will be screaming! Wht are you running such a huge spacer??? What offset are those Keskins???

[Collin]

Some IE fender flares would look so beefy on that car.

What kit is that, I don't think I've ever seen it before.

Nice buy, good luck with the build!