After a year of searching, an Alpineweiß story

[iwantspeed]

Nice pick up on the wheels. Once you burn those ASTs off of there get some really good sticky rubber for the Koseis if they are going to be your autox/track only wheels. Kuhmo XSes, Dunlop Star Specs, Bridgestone RE-11s, etc and you'll be amazed at the extra grip.

Thanks for the advice. Funny thing is that's just what I had in mind.

The last autocross went great.
Had an issue where the dipstick came off.
I checked it out and noticed the Orings where missing.
BMW doesn't sell just the Orings and I didn't want to try to find the right size o ring at the hardware store. The thought of the o ring coming off and falling into the oil pan bugged me.
I purchased a new dipstick with o rings. And made a little chain spring holder as a backup.



We ended up having 5 e30's and 1 e30m3 at the autocross
The m3 ended up leaving early but we had 5 for a group shot at the end of the day.
Kaushik archarya on the right calypso 4 door caged running a 2.9 stroker m20
Matt Ibrahim next to him in his Swartz black 2 door e30 running an m62, 6 speed trans and a 5 lug conversion.
Followed by my white e30 in the middle.
Followed by a white e30 the owners name slipsy mind but he lives in irvine.
And a fellow r3vlimited member.(tinkerputzer) Jared in his Swartz black e30 running a 3.1 liter m20 using mega squirt engine management.

Pretty fun day
Jared got first place in 6 mod
Matt got 3rd place.

New dipstick

Spring idea. It may not be necesary. But I figured I'd give it a try.

[kts]

Nice pick up on the wheels. Once you burn those ASTs off of there get some really good sticky rubber for the Koseis if they are going to be your autox/track only wheels. Kuhmo XSes, Dunlop Star Specs, Bridgestone RE-11s, etc and you'll be amazed at the extra grip.

[iwantspeed]

I just read through every page, hell of a job sir. /Sub'd

thank you.

[Cronopoulos]

I just read through every page, hell of a job sir. /Sub'd

[iwantspeed]

in for picture of the whole car with those new wheels !! :)

I'm going to an autocross this weekend and hopefully someone will snap a few pictures.
If not I will get a shot for you.

[E30Jigzaw]

in for picture of the whole car with those new wheels !! :)

[iwantspeed]

weight of the wheels
alpina wheel
17x7
45lbs with 215/45/17



new kosei wheel
15x7
35lbs with a 225/50/15




that a difference of 10lbs per corner
40 lbs the engine does not have to spin
40lbs reduction of unsprung weight.

the new wheels should improve

• feel in initial acceleration,
• braking at lower speeds,
• vehicle turn-in,
• and steering feel in general.

[iwantspeed]

I was replacing the brake booster check valve rubber hoses then the check valve decided to break.
So i replaced the valve, new hoses and I used hose clamps instead of the stupid one time use clamps.
I was able to re route the hoses to help prevent them from chaffing on the sparco strut bar like it was before.


New rear springs and poly spring pads
eibach
550lb, 2.5" diameter 6 inch length



Rebuilt and balanced driveshaft
new guibo and center support bearing
work was done by
driveline incorporated by Wade King
25651 Taladro, Unit A & B Mission Viejo, Ca 92691

new wheels
Kosei k1 wheels 15x7 et 25
with 225/50/15 Kumho ecstas ast
new wheels weigh only 13.1 lbs

[iwantspeed]

Vorshlag 75mm bullet nose wheel studs.

[iwantspeed]

I made a diy article on the short shifter setup.

http://garagistic.com/index.php?page=uuc-evo3-uuc-dssr-garagistic-delrin-front-carrier-bushing-brent-5631-rear-carrier-bushing

[iwantspeed]

[iwantspeed]

[iwantspeed]

Made a little video of the new dssr
UUC evo 3 shift lever
UUC 187mm DSSR
late model centered shift knuckle
new selector rod seal
Garagistic front shift carrier delrin bushings
Brent 5631 rear shift carrier delrin bushing
New rubber shift boot body seal
I also removed the harmonic balancer to clear the dssr.

[Crippled Crip]

Your Derek's younger brother right?
Thanks.

Yes sir.

[iwantspeed]

love your build/car alex!

Your Derek's younger brother right?
Thanks.