Russell's build thread. (tons of pics!) Dyno day.

[tehwickerman]

damn nice numbers, very impressive! nice install too it looks cleeeean.

[Iain]

What do you call an epileptic in a pile of leaves?

Russell!

(i only came in here to post that)

[hella 325]

Thanks. I was pleased with the numbers.

Lol the thread was suposed to br russell's build thread but it went weird on me.

[hella 325]

Heres a vid on the dyno.

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn257/Rrklem/e30/?action=view&current=327whp324wtq.mp4

[hella 325]

Well other than being unbelievably hot, Saturday was awesome at Turner Field. The car did great. It was weird with the KDW's on front and all seasons in back, but I couldn't justify frying my new KDW's. The people shooting only had about a 2 minute crash course from me on the SLR before shooting, so the pics are not supurb. But here are some. Video should be coming before too long.

[lexx]

hell yea Russ...u gotta take me for a ride soon man!

[hella 325]

Yea man, when we gonna start that swap?

[delatlanta1281]

Awesome. Love the fog covers, i wish mine were still in tact. Glad to see you brought that 87 shcwarz back to life, there aren't many of us left!

[lexx]

Yea man, when we gonna start that swap?

I'm gonna start ordering tomorrow....seals, mounts, all the sh*t I dont wanna spend money on lol. Dunno what u got for this weekend but maybe we can pull the m20 and start prepping. Hit me up!!!

[MR 325]

I fucking love it man, that's some impressive power too!

Man, I miss my boosted E30.

[hella 325]

Thanks man. Some more updates. The bruises I had after the drift event convinced me I needed more support. So I picked these up locally. Now to just find something to bolt to em.

Vac sliders/mounts



And then went to record a log to smooth out some low load issues I'm having, when my heater core decided to spew. I cleaned it up as best I could and dried it up to look for where the leak was coming from. The foam is soaked, so I'm assuming the end cap separated.

[Jalves619]

Looks like 3500 Rpm the car switches almost immediately from "pretty fast for an old car" to "I need a fresh set of undies". This thread just made me undecided about the 24v swap.

[bear]

^^thinkin the same thing^ that is one smoov torque curve off the line nice. how's the clutch? what do you think of the spec stuff so far?

[hella 325]

Looks like 3500 Rpm the car switches almost immediately from "pretty fast for an old car" to "I need a fresh set of undies". This thread just made me undecided about the 24v swap.

Pretty accurate description there.

I love the spec clutch. It chatters occasionally, and squeals when rotating the opposite way (non-rev matched downshifts). Its a bit on/off and has a super short throw. Makes the e34 feel like a damn stair master.

I had to replace my heater core b/c it felt my feet were not hot enough in 97° weather. Looked like it was time to replace it anyway. I'm just glad i had some big skate shoes on and didn't get burned bad.




I also gave her a good cleanin and plopped on my new shift knob.

[freeride53]

your car is beautiful, sir.