After a year of searching, an Alpineweiß story

[iwantspeed]

got a killer deal on some used Toyo Ra1 205 50 15 tires

got them mounted up.

spacious backseat, I was able to easily fit 6 wheels stacked.


My first track day.
in Fontana ca at Auto Club Speedway




Successful trackday

I borrowed my friends transponder as he was having issues with his e30, and i was able to get some lap times fastest lap of the day for me was a 2:19

[iwantspeed]

replaced my tail lights gaskets


old vs new



I had my friend eric spray a spare valve cover i had in wrinkle black as I was not happy with how my valve cover turned out.

masked it up.

I used a belt sander at work to get the majority

then i used a block sander to get the nice even grain finish

before and after

[Blackout]

I want that valve cover Alex.

[iwantspeed]

I want that valve cover Alex.

Ill give you a call

[iwantspeed]

newest additions
Gregs M rebuilt afm

a spare lower airbox with the cheese hole mod

oil change with the larger oil filter

last piece of sound deadening in the entire car.

gone!

1.5 lbs every thing counts

Cool trick to clean the residue

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update
I replaced the fuel filter
all rubber hoses in the area.
all new hose clamps
also a new filler neck hose.
and some new sparkplugs



top hose clamp is easy to get to the one on the filler neck near the subframe was cramped

old vs new

[Zic]

Did you go from a smaller oil filter to a larger one? If so i would change it back.
Too large of an filter and the engine takes more time to build up pressure when its started, thus you get more wear on your internals.
I used to work at a ford dealership and some of the engines were starting to show premature failures on bearings and such, ford responded by sending smaller oil filters because the problem was that they did not get enough pressure on start up.

[iwantspeed]

Did you go from a smaller oil filter to a larger one? If so i would change it back.
Too large of an filter and the engine takes more time to build up pressure when its started, thus you get more wear on your internals.
I used to work at a ford dealership and some of the engines were starting to show premature failures on bearings and such, ford responded by sending smaller oil filters because the problem was that they did not get enough pressure on start up.

thank you i will keep this in mind, and go to the stock size filter.

[iwantspeed]

I got an extra set of calipers and I stripped them down.
Cleaned them in an ultra sonic bath of simple green and water at 50 Celsius.
All cleaned up on the wire wheel.
Ready for a bath.


All the parts cleaned then prepped with carb spray for a final wipe down.
Then sprayed with duplicolor black caliper paint.
I saved the old rubber brake lines to use it to mask the hole on each caliper.
Bolts fitted into the brake calipers brackets to mask the threads.

Paint all dry ready to assemble with new seals

Here is a tip for rebuilding the front girling calipers,
Place the new seal on the end of the piston and then get the seal to fit in the groove of the caliper then slide the piston in.
On the pelican parts DIY and the e30tech DIY it does not cover this step.

New front calipers

New rear calipers upgraded with brass guide bushings. From Ireland engineering

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quick video of my e30 at the last autocross

[Skunkworks]

I just read all 33 pages, 3 hours. You Sir deserve a pat on the back, Great job on this car.

[iwantspeed]

I just read all 33 pages, 3 hours. You Sir deserve a pat on the back, Great job on this car.

Thanks for reading. Because of this post I will stop slacking and post some updates. Lately I felt like no one was reading and commenting to I kinda stop posting.

[MatRacer]

NICE RUN!! can't wait to do so!

[iwantspeed]

NICE RUN!! can't wait to do so!

Thanks.

[tinkerputzer]

Awesome video Alex! I take it that PCA event was at el toro? How did you like the way the event was run? I'm hoping to get back to it in the coming months.

Oh yeah, your rev-limiter works nicely :)