88 SE30 - It Has Begun

[Wh33lhop]

What the hell was BMW thinking with the 4 turn LTL E30 rack... seriously.

[Spiff325iS]

If you're going to do a motor swap, then replace that stupid rickety old E30 steering rack with a Z3 one while you're at it.

Duh. Gonna do rackdoctor.com and pwn it up.

[Wh33lhop]

If you're going to do a motor swap, then replace that stupid rickety old E30 steering rack with a Z3 one while you're at it.

[Spiff325iS]

^ Exactly.

[Wh33lhop]

You know what's a really smart decision financially?

Motor swap.

[Spiff325iS]

I feel you mang. I've been driving my car on the street for just this reason. I want to get all the bugs out before I cage it and get let down after I've paid dues and trailered it 250 miles.

Exactly.

There's a lot of little jinky work that has been done to it, that I keep finding from the PO- and it's starting to piss me off. Definitely leaning towards a weekend/trackmouse(because mice are cleaner than rats) and holding off on SE30 until I have some real space to continually work on the E30 after races.

It's a let down, but probably the smarter decision financially.

[priapism]

I feel you mang. I've been driving my car on the street for just this reason. I want to get all the bugs out before I cage it and get let down after I've paid dues and trailered it 250 miles.

[Spiff325iS]

Update:

Starting to feel a bit annoyed with this car. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to keep it and love the heck out of it- but not sure if SE30 is the direction I want to go with it.

I keep finding tons of littles things wrong with it, and rather than rush through building an SE30 I may try to put a GTS car. We'll see how it goes.

[M42Stephen]

This is so great, seeing that pile of parts and how clean it came out is awesome! I'm glad I got to see the bullet holes in person, I can't believe that.

[E30Klong]

Awesome job, Dan. I had no idea that was your first time doing a lot of that stuff; if I had known I may have offered a little more advice than, "just install it", haha whoops.

So stoked!

[Spiff325iS]

He got it at this place up the street from his work in Oxnard.

[Wh33lhop]

Awesome dude. Looks sick--would look even better with some silver C1s...

Where'd your dad get the paintjob?

[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.

[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]

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.