Strict budget, slow restoration. *Now with moar budget*

[Cabriolet]

finally get the driveshaft rebuilt?

[Massimo]

Looks like a great handling car.

[FunfGan]

Awesome! I'm surprised how easily you seemed to catch the back end with the R888's.

[Wh33lhop]

It depends. If I go for awhile without railing on the brakes they stop making noise. But when I get a good layer of pad deposit on the rotors and heat up the pads they are horrible.

Last weekend was an autox! First one I've actually driven in. I wound up coming in 38th out of 133 cars including open wheeled karts and hoosier shod Evos etc. Not too bad.

Here's the most entertaining/slidey run, I think this was a 41.1 - sorry about the watermark, I had to use some crap to edit it since I filmed it upside down


Here's my best run of the day (40.105, during the fun runs of course)


Here's me driving, hah (skip to 1:49)






Fun times :)

[Northern]

How are your HP+ noise-wise? I found them to be obnoxious, they squealed non-stop, but I'm not sure if they had any anti-squeal paste on them at all. By the time the PBR ceramics were worn to the backing plate in the rear (PO paired them with Front HP+...) the front HP+ pads were only half worn, but the front rotors looked like they'd been through hell. The HPS aren't nearly as good for stopping power, but I love how quiet, dustless, and consistent they are.

[Cronopoulos]

Didnt you just get those tires on as well. I know they are low TW but damn...

[efficient]

Damn just went thru this whole thread and alot of work put in. good stuff, just wondering how hard is it wire up the m50?

[catuned]

time for new tires....

[Wh33lhop]

Driven.

[Wh33lhop]

Damn man, where do you get the know how? Honestly, I'm afraid to do a front suspension refurbish let alone a heart transplant.

Honestly, I will read around first and then just dive into most of these jobs. A little planning, physical intuition and a fucking-get-it-done attitude can get you a long way. Just keep in mind you will probably break some stuff.

Washed it today, so I took some pics. Front wheels were pitch black from HP+/wh33lhop driving brake dust. Almost looks nice now.

[slaterd]

Damn man, where do you get the know how? Honestly, I'm afraid to do a front suspension refurbish let alone a heart transplant.

[u3b3rg33k]

Honestly, it will sound stupid and it's kind of a little OCD thing but I hate seeing the rev counter on the right side of the tach when I'm just cruising. I'd like to get an M3 cluster to be honest, mainly for other reasons but partially so the dials won't seem like I'm "stressing" the car as much when I'm on the highway. :p

I like to think of it like an airplane - gauges at 12'oclock are good things.

That's also why I think these are dumb:

[davem]

Pretty much my fave e30 build thread. Makes me want to buy an eta, m50 swap it, get GC coilovers, TRMs and sell my 91 325i!

[Insane E30]

really like this thread, good to see what you think of the diffs, i am going to try and go 3.46 for my E.

also props on keeping DB's, i was on the fence until i saw yours

[gooseadrian]

dude! your a fucking god! i hate working in my parkinglot because i always gather a crowd of random neighbors and it pisses me off...you sir are insane. but i love this thread, much props!