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

[Wh33lhop]

Random pic. Freezing my balls off at the junkyard in 30 degree weather (wtf CA) trying to find an OEM axle


Wheels and tires loaded up


Mounting the NT01s


Boom!


At Laguna Seca


On Laguna Seca!


Those little NT01s pulled 1.5G in the corkscrew, around 1.2-1.3G elsewhere. Not bad.
Best laptime was 1:48.2.

[Wh33lhop]

Had a great time ripping apart e30s with you man! Come back to IV for axles and tacos anytime. :giggle:

Sounds good dude!

[edited for chronological order]

[ck_taft325is]

Is this really a restoration at this point or a "fix things after I break them" kinda build?

[Balleristic31]

Had a great time ripping apart e30s with you man! Come back to IV for axles and tacos anytime. :giggle:

[Cabriolet]

Toarks for daaaayyss son! I wasn't exactly easy on it, but I've never had one fail on me like that before.

i shouldnt have talked you into the cheap ones...

[Wh33lhop]

Toarks for daaaayyss son! I wasn't exactly easy on it, but I've never had one fail on me like that before.

Glad Nick helped you out! He is good people for sure.

Dude refused to let me repay him, I had to convince him to let me bring him some beer. Then they made tacos and fed my greasy ass to boot.

[golde30]

damn, trashing axles on Bcaps...got mad torques son!

[MR 325]

Glad Nick helped you out! He is good people for sure.

[Wh33lhop]

Visited Santa Barbara and my CV joint failed.





One end of the axle turns, the other doesn't.

Big thanks to balleristic31 for hooking it up with an axle off his parts car and help installing the axle. Fixing whee30 on the street in Santa Barbara made me super nostalgic.

Out of the donor


Into the recipient


Thanks again balleristic. Even though that totally isn't a word.

[Wh33lhop]

Did you sand the mirrors and b pillars prior to the SEM

Nah.

So you would recommend going with the 4 clutch? I am working on a 3 clutch right now, but I am on the fence about going ahead and doing the machining for 4. I bought three new clutches and have a low mile 3.23 m3 diff, so I could definitely use a clutch out of it for #4. I roasted my stock clutches after about 3 minutes of s54 shenanigans :(

Edit:
Wow, pronoun fail.

Well upon some reflection, I think it was mainly "giving up" when I was flat and jumping berms, or some other huge load differential. When I drove Fred's S54 car on RS3s, a 3 clutch diff was adequate. That said, if you are running some large slicks, I'd do the 4 clutch and consider some ramps. Even if it was "adequate" for me, my slicks were small and heat cycled and I've got half the power.

Did you put the Caswell sticker on that garbage can?

Nope. I kinda frown upon caswell sticker bombing things honestly.

[Matt341]

What A great Thread. Just finished going through all 57 pages. Is it just me or is every Cirrus Blue E30 have a faded hood and roof lol mine does.

[Blitzkrieg]

Soooo no sanding on the mirrors? Lol

[E30_Pare]

Did you put the Caswell sticker on that garbage can?

Was wondering the same thing. Havent seen those in a long time. Didnt they get plastered everywhere?

[Lof8]

Did you put the Caswell sticker on that garbage can?

[Bimmerman325i]

Its a fun little car. Needs more power and stuff.