s50b32 e30 325i tech1 project

[HybridNz]

Some additions.

I was very suprised how light these all were.

Front strut brace, rear strut brace and under body chassie brace.



Front strut brace installed. It cleared the s50 perfectly and more importantly the brake fluid well.






The rear brace was a little bit more difficult to install because of my ground control rear top mounts and tower re-inforcement plates. I had to remove both wheels and drop the top bolts out.







and installed



Ill install the under body brace tomorrow and upload the result.

[Mr. Horsepower]

Are you going to part out the Z3 coupe?

[Mlarsen]

Slicks are fun ...
Now to get use to their limits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8OM7V723is

enjoy

I'm I the only that thinks this looks like gt5 graphics? Awesome car btw!

[Mr. Horsepower]

Do you have the P/N on the Audi 80 master cylinder?

Did it clear the rubber "hose" on the plenum?

[HybridNz]

Nice build, well done on all the custom bits. so you still have two spare engine after this one....the possibilities...

How is this booster compare/feel to the standard E30 booster?
How much room is the between plenum and booster?Whats the diameter? Part number? Year of golf it came from?

Sorry for all the questions, but I modified my plenum to fit around the booster, and now I need to make the plenum bigger again. So I need options on boosters..

The other engine was a friend of mines .. and my spare I have since sold to help some of the guys in our local race series.

I run 332mm/6pot front brakes and 315mm/2pot rears with race pads and an audi 25mm MC and golf MKII UK 1.3ltr booster, The brakes are awesome. Theyre not as urgent on first push as road brakes however make up for it in endless stopping power. If you get what I mean.

Can take a photo tomorrow if you like .. if I forget .. PM me and ill reply.

As for model number .. not sure .. just a 1.3 golf mk2 from the UK will do. The booster manufacture is the same as e30.

Other options are hydrylic MC without booster from a e38.. however lots of hoses to run with that.

Nice job...Nice work...Nice car...HybridNz car FTW!!

Cheers! :)

[BlkE30v]

Nice job...Nice work...Nice car...HybridNz car FTW!!

[mck]

Aligning the engine part 2

final clearance for the booster ... heeeeeaps of room! :)

Nice build, well done on all the custom bits. so you still have two spare engine after this one....the possibilities...

How is this booster compare/feel to the standard E30 booster?
How much room is the between plenum and booster?Whats the diameter? Part number? Year of golf it came from?

Sorry for all the questions, but I modified my plenum to fit around the booster, and now I need to make the plenum bigger again. So I need options on boosters..

[HybridNz]

far out that sounds great! And Hampton looks like a nice fun track!

As a completly unrelated comment. I am about half way through my turbo M42 which will includes a Winged, baffled sump and an Accusump :)

Nice :) lots of people are against running Accusump here because they never used to have the option for an EPC electric valve. It was also ways done manually by the driver. Quite a few drivers forgot to switch the valve on startup thus running a bearing shell or whatever. Its still 1000000 times cheaper than running a dry sump.
The EPC is more for track day / road cars rather than hardcore race, endurance vehicles. This is because the valve has a slower flow rate that the manual valve setup. It doesnt mean it does do its job at all, just in a hard core race situation where an engine might run higher g-forces and pressure drop happens faster and more frequently such as repedative braking and cornering under heavy load. The Manual valve can supply oil quicker.

The EPC is best for weekend trackers and people who may use the car on the road as the EPC is relay/soliniod is triggered normally from your ignition barrel .. its a true fire and forget solution.
I will be connecting mine to a red light and beeper, So if the EPC fails to engage I have atleast a warning to kill the engine if there ever was a problem.

God fuckin' damn it, I need a car for the track.

Just come out with us and use mine or something.. feb19th

[dirtysix]

God fuckin' damn it, I need a car for the track.

[HybridNz]

Hamptons a great track, though half finished.
Maybe if people get a brain we might get some V8 supercars down there instead of that weak Hamilton shite.

hehe .. good thing is Brendon has taken the Telemetry / GPS data and started to build a virtual track for GTR2 ..

The difference between his track and some randoms from over seas is brendon's one actually 'feels' right. including the bawls to the wall drop away, turn one.

Going to be hitting Taupo some time soon .. We have another day planned for Feb 19th .. I will just be back from honey moon :D

[Jean]

Very cool build, and nice to see you are enjoying her on the track as well :)

[e30guydownunder]

No chance. Tony Cockhead took the NSW event away from a fairly decent quality track in Eastern Creek, spends a couple of million / year to do a street race around Homebush instead (which by the way is absolute bullshit, as you can't see any action unless you pay uber dollars for one of the VIP grandstands). If he used that money and spent it on Eastern Creek ONCE we would have an international standard facility the everyone could use.

[dirtysix]

Hamptons a great track, though half finished.
Maybe if people get a brain we might get some V8 supercars down there instead of that weak Hamilton shite.

[e30guydownunder]

far out that sounds great! And Hampton looks like a nice fun track!

As a completly unrelated comment. I am about half way through my turbo M42 which will includes a Winged, baffled sump and an Accusump :)

[Simon S]

I <3 that shifter.