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

[solxe]

What steering wheel is that?

It's sparco, I think it's called R333.
The fabric is suede and gets worn pretty easily if it's your daily driver, if I could choose today I would get leather instead.

Here's a close pic

[Suspence]

What steering wheel is that?

[chuckybob]

I love it. Reminds me of my E30. It's great to see a blue interior in such good condition.

[solxe]

yeah you just got to practice. you cant really go easy on your car cuz drifting just does beat up on your car. but its worth it. i dont even counter steer till i feel the car go sideways a little bit. idk how much work a disc conversion is though? if the trailing arms/master cylinder arent any different you would just need to mount some calipers off and other e30 and disc. bend some brake lines tada haha. at least thats how it is on corollas

Yea, but too practice on a empty wallet seems wrong if something breaks though :P

that is one sick e30. from rags to riches

Thanks! I've had it almost about a year now, I'm happy with the progress, next up is handling and engine mods, I'm thinking about swapping to a m20b25 and fixing that up.

hay man ive just done the disk brake conversion youll need to buy rear traling arms that already have the disk brakes on them and everything should hook straight up eg.brake lines,half sharfts ect

Oh thats nice that it's bolt on. Might get to that in winter.
Thanks for the info.

[sligh 1]

hay man ive just done the disk brake conversion youll need to buy rear traling arms that already have the disk brakes on them and everything should hook straight up eg.brake lines,half sharfts ect

[jaye30]

that is one sick e30. from rags to riches

[wolfgangstbd]

yeah you just got to practice. you cant really go easy on your car cuz drifting just does beat up on your car. but its worth it. i dont even counter steer till i feel the car go sideways a little bit. idk how much work a disc conversion is though? if the trailing arms/master cylinder arent any different you would just need to mount some calipers off and other e30 and disc. bend some brake lines tada haha. at least thats how it is on corollas

[solxe]

So, been busy... found what was making that noise that I thought was the rear wheel bearing. It was actually the front right brake! It was somehow stuck on the caliper and there was an amount of brake all the time, heated up and started making noise.

So got them out, cleaned them, repaired, new pads and painted black.

Car rolls much better and smoother now.

Is it much work changing the rear drumbrakes to discs? What do you need to change?

Anyway...
Tried kicking it out and it seems I was holding back on the throttle before, I just need to rev it proper and it kicks out like a mofo :P.
I also need to adjust my steering since most of the time I have the steering wheel turned too much when I initiate the drift so the angle becomes too big at once...

I'll keep training, hopefully I'll be able to keep a drift going for a longer time soon, and I'll post some pics on the brakes when I get it cleaned! :)

[wolfgangstbd]

you can get those wheels to kick out with 129hp , the car is light it has the torque , if my m10 can spin tires the for sure a m20b20 :D

i can keep the rear out with a m42 on a full stock car ahah.

if you do get a racing seat a old FIA approved seat or a new one if you have the cash are the best way too go. so if you crash hard and arent running a cage w/o a back pad your seat wont snap.

[solxe]

Yea, I know. I'll take her out and give practice some when I feel better =P (sick right now).

And the chairs didn't happen, he called me and said that one chairs was light grey and not blue, so F that...

Maybe I'll jump on racing chairs at once instead :P, been looking on some OMP RSs, fit me like a glove.

[e30trooper]

you can get those wheels to kick out with 129hp , the car is light it has the torque , if my m10 can spin tires the for sure a m20b20 :D

[wolfgangstbd]

its probably enough to spin the tires. use some money you have now for a whole day of drifting and see what you would really like to improve on your car. ive seen people tear it up with ae85's(4ac engine pushrod carb'ed 4 pot liek 50whp) just with suspension and a lsd. even with no power you will have alot of fun and you could see which thigns you actually wanna change instead of guessing and get what other people say is good for drifting

[solxe]

have you done anytrack time yet?

Nah not yet, the engine is bonestock m20b20 so not much to brag about :p

[wolfgangstbd]

have you done anytrack time yet?

[solxe]

those skirts actually look really good i want em haha.. sport seats dont hold you very good for drifting :( unless if you fill them up completey i guess. i usually end up slaming my leg agianst door or tranny tunnel

Better than those I have now.
I might get some racing seats when I start tinkering with the motor, but for now, sport seats will have to do.

Here's pic of them, looks like they are fresh and hopefully the padding is still strong.