88 SE30 - It Has Begun

[Zacm829]

Good work. How bad were the old rotors? I may be interested.

[lagoon]

Awesome. What wheels you running?

[Spiff325iS]

Right now 14" Weaves, but soon to be running 15x8 TRM's and 225/45-15 RS3's. The TRM setup will be my HPDE/Competition School setup, then I will put the R888's on my weaves for SE30.

[E3DaMeX]

This appeals to my interests. If I may inquire, where did you get that E30 shirt?

[Spiff325iS]

This appeals to my interests. If I may inquire, where did you get that E30 shirt?

I'm glad it appeals to you. I got the shirt in a R3V group buy, heh.

[priapism]

Wow, I didn't realize you were semi-local. Have you talked to anyone at NASA out here in the SE30 series? I've done one race on the east coast and see a pretty big following but seems out west the series has pretty sporadic membership...

If you need help, I'm in! I'm going this route soon enough so I might as well learn...I'm in Sherman Oaks.

[Lof8]

Very fun looking project! Subscribed for updates.

[Spiff325iS]

Good work. How bad were the old rotors? I may be interested.

They were all completely warped and toast. I tossed them.

Wow, I didn't realize you were semi-local. Have you talked to anyone at NASA out here in the SE30 series? I've done one race on the east coast and see a pretty big following but seems out west the series has pretty sporadic membership...

If you need help, I'm in! I'm going this route soon enough so I might as well learn...I'm in Sherman Oaks.

I'm on the SE30 boards, and just last weekend they had 27 cars up in Norcal :). Including people who are building cars, I believe SoCal is up to 15-19 cars. Definitely a lot more than a few years ago that's for sure.

And I will be certainly shooting for an SE30 race ASAP!

Very fun looking project! Subscribed for updates.

Thanks!

[dude8383]

Damn, I see myself owning a spece30 in the future.

[Lof8]

What do you expect to spend getting this thing race ready?

[Spiff325iS]

What do you expect to spend getting this thing race ready?

I'm in about 4k now including the purchase of the car. All I need now is safety gear, I have seats and brackets already. I'd estimate another 2k for car and driver safety gear + 400$ licensing school and I'll be good to go.

I'd say round it off at 7k which would also include the recquired tires. So 3k to go.

Not bad at all I don't think.

[priapism]

Plus a trailer & spares.

[Spiff325iS]

Plus a trailer & spares.

No need for a trailer! Driving it to events retaining stock exhaust. :)

It sEriously doesn't cost that much. If you do your research and build frugally and intelligently you can easily race for under 10k.


One could spend tons on perfect/fresh spec parts, but I personally don't think it's necessary. But I haven't raced yet, so we'll see how far my naivite takes me, haha.

[155///MPH]

No need for a trailer! Driving it to events retaining stock exhaust. :)

It sEriously doesn't cost that much. If you do your research and build frugally and intelligently you can easily race for under 10k.

One could spend tons on perfect/fresh spec parts, but I personally don't think it's necessary. But I haven't raced yet, so we'll see how far my naivite takes me, haha.

Sounds great in theory..... ;-)

What did you mean earlier about a 4 point cage? I thought you'd want a minimum of 6 points plus two for foot protection.

[Spiff325iS]

Sounds great in theory..... ;-)

What did you mean earlier about a 4 point cage? I thought you'd want a minimum of 6 points plus two for foot protection.

4 is mandatory- and pending on the quote I get I'll either go with a 4 or 6. I can always add to a 4pt in the future. Perhaps I'll get a 4pt for competition school/shake-down HPDE's, and upgrade to a 6pt for my first race.


Here are some more pictures of the car, so stoked on it.

Stopped by the local BMW Rusnak to talk pricing about a few things. We'll see how those pan out :). No hints. Muahahaha.











Sick Hawk.






















I really like this one.









Stoked, as always.



Yuppy, but who cares. She's awesome, loves BMW's, and gets her hands dirty under them too. She's hit the track a few times too, woop.




Pics comparing my dads stock ride heigh 325 to mine. What's hilarious is I think if he took out the spare tire my bumper would fit under his.









Dad's new paint job for $399- it's dirty from rain and the back roads.



Yeah- with my 30 year old ///M of South Africa Jacket (passed down from the Pops)



He's stoked too.





Aw yeah.