My first car, a rusty e30... bad idea!? (lots of pics)

[wolfgangstbd]

the diffs. seem pretty strong they just wear out. be ready for drifting to feel completely different know you have lsd haha.

[solxe]

Update:

I couldn't wait so I swapped the diffs on thursday already, it went kinda smooth as I swapped diffes about 6months ago so no bolts were stuck (like they were the first time...).

Here's some crappy cellphone pics (don't want the DSLR to get greased):


New diff






And it's up



Brake drums painted black



All in all it took 2-3 hours. 1L was not enough to fill the differential, so I got another 1L today, that should be sufficient right?
I'll fill it up later and see if it pours over.

But man it feels a lot sturdier in corners now, feels like it's actually pushing the car forward and not losing any power.

Now... how hard can you push these diffs? I don't plan on making burnouts , but should they be able to take the trashing of a stock 320 drifting? Other things should give in first right?

[solxe]

Yeaa got me some Red line LSD oil, does anyone have a opinion on these? I've heard good things.
Also my powerflex diffbush arrived yesterday so it seems like I might have some work ahead of me this weekend :D

Something weird happened yesterday with the car though, as I was driving home from school on the highway going about 60mph, I drove like 20min and slowly a whiny noise started coming from the car, when I put my foot on the brake the noise disappeared until I let go off the brake, it also sounded different depending on how I steered the car.
The sound increased more and more almost until it became unbearable and then I got off the highway on some slow roads where it stopped entirely after a while.

Today when driving home from school it didn't come back entirely, I just heard some faint sound similar to it.

I'm thinking maybe the wheel bearings are shot? I thought it came from the front but my friend says it sounded more in the back-seat, or could it possibly be my brakes?
Since maybe some dust particles are lodged between the calliper and brake disc since I hammered on them 3-4 days ago (and also they are of the el'cheapo brand)

What do you guys think?

you really have to brake hard but its jsut a more agressive clutch kick entry.

Okay, I'll try it. I have been more and more successful at pulling of heel-toes :)

wow. enough said

Much appreciated =)

beautiful. love the color. might look good with black door handles also.

I dunno, they were black before and I think it somehow clutters it up, I believe it's more cleaner this way and not as "cheap" looking :p

[aworthybrother]

beautiful. love the color. might look good with black door handles also.

[bmw325csi]

wow. enough said

[wolfgangstbd]

I see, I've been practicing heel-toe but I don't see the benefit with heel-toe when it comes to drifting, since without heel-toe more weight is transferred to the front making the rear tires lose grip more easily?
Maybe it's for the smoother weight transition?

you really have to brake hard but its jsut a more agressive clutch kick entry.

[ILoveMPower]

What a lovely car! You have done very nice with it

May I suggest Helios recaro out of an A2 Volkswagen? I think it will go quite nice with the blue interior you have going

[solxe]

you dont need the ebrake to tight where ever you liike it at really but dont abuse it like you see alot of people yank it as hard as they can brake a little to take some weihgt off the back and you will notice you dont have to ebrake so hard.. you can try to learn heel toe to its hard but works good when you get it down

I see, I've been practicing heel-toe but I don't see the benefit with heel-toe when it comes to drifting, since without heel-toe more weight is transferred to the front making the rear tires lose grip more easily?
Maybe it's for the smoother weight transition?

[wolfgangstbd]

you dont need the ebrake to tight where ever you liike it at really but dont abuse it like you see alot of people yank it as hard as they can brake a little to take some weihgt off the back and you will notice you dont have to ebrake so hard.. you can try to learn heel toe to its hard but works good when you get it down

[Farbin Kaiber]

Trade for rat infestation?

[solxe]

you know what sweden has that norway doesnt?.....good neighbors:D
fin bil du har
keep the ac's as they are..my $.02

HaHa... men tackar tackar, (är inte svensk i blodet ändå )

Thanks, you guys think 5000kr ($600) is a good price for the rims? They have been recently sandblasted and painted... I'll have a closer look on them this weekend.

I'll see how they look like stock on the car, if I get bored maybe I'll repaint them.

Would I be hated if I said I liked the rusty look?

Watch it or I'll fly over and pour salt all over your car and watch it corrode!
Let's see how you like it then :P

[kronus]

Would I be hated if I said I liked the rusty look?

Yes. :o

[Farbin Kaiber]

Would I be hated if I said I liked the rusty look?

[killa325i]

you know what sweden has that norway doesnt?.....good neighbors:D
fin bil du har
keep the ac's as they are..my $.02

[solxe]

under the ebrake boot are two nuts that go to the ebrake.. you can tighten them but u just might have to rebulid your ebrake drums... and seems like theres no point in investing in a racing clutch cuz there expensive and will wear out just as quick. you probably know bbut just in case when you ebrake out the clutch in and rev up. heel-toe if you can do it is great on entries

Yea I know about the two nuts, but last time I adjusted them I thought I adjusted it to tight so that the e-brake was on all the time... now I realise it's my front brakes that are making the whistling sound, I'll tighten the ebrake a bit more now and try it some... thanks for the tips.

Oh and ofc clutch is down when ebraking :razz: