Elevate's E30 Evolution

[Lof8]

Now it looks legit man! They allow you guys to drive hoodless down there? That must sound fucking awesome under heavy load too.

I passed a few cops with no problems. I could really hear the engine sucking air without the hood. It was pretty sweet!

[MR 325]

Excellent.

[GDA]

F me... this car is so legit. Awesome transformation. Keep it up.

[ButtJuice]

Wow, I was really considering selling my 4-door diving board but now.. not so fucking much.

[Lof8]

Heres a few pics from the DE and autocross the last couple of weekends:










I'm thinking some sway bar upgrades might be in order.

[airkhin]

looks real good, the swap and the wheels definitely made the biggest difference. keep it up. im loving the red tails too! ;)

[Lof8]

Updates

I've got a few recent updates to add:
First is a set of 4 point harnesses picked up for a song. I'm not quite ready to add a roll bar, but I'll probably go to 5 point when that happens. There was a sick amount of dog or human hair under my back seats that I forgot to document.




Next on the list was a new 3.25 diff. The 3.73 felt a bit short behind the S50 and G260. In most autocrosses, I've been bouncing off the limiter in 2nd or shifting to 3rd for just a second or 2. At Sebring, there are a few sections where I had to hit 4th quickly before down shifting again for a 3rd gear corner. The 3.25 should provide some longer legs and give me a nice highway rpm too. It feels great so far.


I added a TRM chip. The timing seemed right to try and counteract the acceleration lost to the diff swap.


The last update is a UUC Swaybarbarians kit. The kit involves drilling through the trunk for some beefier mounts. The car feels a lot firmer and I'm looking forward to some autocross time this weekend to try 'em out.



Dad volunteerd to climb into the trunk for some drilling!



She keeps getting better and better!

Hangin with my Dad's 914-6 project.

[euroshark]

Cool to see where this car has come from. Good thread!

[Wh33lhop]

What spring rates are you running? I think we've got similar setups--15x8 C1 with 225/45 RS3s, swaybarbarians and 450/600 GCs. I notice almost zero body roll, it's great.

Edit: also, was the spacer all you needed to clear those Wilwoods? IIRC the C1's inner barrel is a little tight for most BBKs.

[Lof8]

What spring rates are you running? I think we've got similar setups--15x8 C1 with 225/45 RS3s, swaybarbarians and 450/600 GCs. I notice almost zero body roll, it's great.

Edit: also, was the spacer all you needed to clear those Wilwoods? IIRC the C1's inner barrel is a little tight for most BBKs.

I'm still on IE3 springs with a bit cut off in the front. I'm not actually sure of the rates. I plan to do some GC's at some point.

The spacers are not actually there for clearing the calipers. The Corrado rotors that Massive's kit uses are 1mm thinner than the OE rotors where the wheel seats. The 1mm spacer is needed so the wheel does not teeter on the edge of the exposed hub.

[mRodiek]

What tires were you running with the 16x9s?

[MR 325]

Give me your car.

[z31maniac]

Love the progress.

Also interesting to see that UUC no longer does side specific mounts on the rear bar.

Keep up the good work!

[M-technik-3]

Looking great but why not update your struts to M3 style links?

[Wh33lhop]

Yep, I still really like this car.

I'm still on IE3 springs with a bit cut off in the front. I'm not actually sure of the rates. I plan to do some GC's at some point.

Do it. You won't regret it.

The spacers are not actually there for clearing the calipers. The Corrado rotors that Massive's kit uses are 1mm thinner than the OE rotors where the wheel seats. The 1mm spacer is needed so the wheel does not teeter on the edge of the exposed hub.

Got it. I'd like to see a shot of those brakes behind the C1s.