Pitchblack Motorsports Rally e30 318i (now with M50) - and some Porsche 924S stuff.

[irish44j]

some photos other people took of the car at the event

[irish44j]

also did a bit of horse-trading this week:

I traded a pair of chrome "bullet" mirrors from the Triumph for:

M42 DME
M42 belt set (new, all three)
New FAG rear wheel bearing
Pairs of new hub nuts and lockrings

[irish44j]

and few more selected photos from the event and after



the Eta boys


diirrtyyy...I spent 15 minutes scraping mud out of the wheelwells before the drive home


the fastest rallycrosser out there, Matt Berkebile




guys wiht a new A4


becauz racekar




Over at Summit Main it was vintage race day.




home again

[kts]

the outline of your numbers/class left after removing the magnets = awesome.

[irish44j]

lol ^^

anyhow, ripped the ignition apart tonght, in the dark, in the driveway, with a flashlight.

Looks like it's the switch that's bad, because if I manually turn it I still get nothing other than some lights coming on at odd places. Soooo....time to get a new one.

Also looks like someone "fixed" it before since there are some globs of solder in there on one of the contacts and it looks like some of the wiring insulation is melted.

Also took the opportunity to remove the steering lock (not needed!) and switch the lock cylinder to match my door locks.

.....

anyone have a good ignition switch?

[FunfGan]

I'll check with Spencer. You want me to bring all the m42 stuff up next event?

[8380 Labs]

Over at Summit Main it was vintage race day.

i saw you cruise through the pits as we were walking around, nice. :p

[irish44j]

I'll check with Spencer. You want me to bring all the m42 stuff up next event?

hmm...not sure if I'm gonna have room in the car since my dad is coming along for one of the days. I may hit crazy ray's this friday or saturday though so maybe we can meet up.

Got an ignition tumbler/wiring/switch by any chance? The red part on the wiring end of the ignition that plugs into the big plug on the top of the steering column? My ignition is broke.....

[irish44j]

i saw you cruise through the pits as we were walking around, nice. :p

lol, did you see me bumper-check the other rallycross e30 when he was sitting at the gas pump admiring the cars? haha....it's tradition tht the metal-bumper e30s bumper-check each other whenever possible.

what were you driving at the trackday?

[irish44j]

So results are up and I really blew it on my last run, with 3 cone hits dropping me to 4th in class.....behind 3 rx-7s, shocker. I was 10 seconds off the leader in the morning session, but over 20 seconds back in the afternoon. Only 11 seconds out of 2nd though.....

'MR' - Total Entries: 5 Trophies: 2 Car Color Times Total
1T MR 74 Roberts, Shawn 1988 Mazda Rx-7 91.860 86.349 86.426 84.617 88.000+2 844.719
96.633+1 80.524 81.249+2 74.645 74.416 [-]24.086


2T MR 174 Snyder, Mike 1988 Mazda Rx7 95.391+1 94.852+1 89.573 89.901 89.059+1 868.805
95.489+1 81.682 77.484 76.512 78.862+1 +24.086


3 MR 851 A, Gorka 1988 Mazda Rx7 93.661+1 91.626 91.680+1 87.280 88.322+1 872.997
97.910+1 88.080+1 84.434+1 75.523 74.481 +4.192


4 MR 44 H, Josh 1985 Bmw 318I 93.205 90.898 87.848 88.179 87.161 880.458
102.498+2 88.159 79.642 85.032+3 77.836 +7.461


5 MR 21 Nonack, Chris 1991 Toyota Mr2 94.760+1 92.373 92.094+1 89.239 87.703 905.367
106.123+2 91.270+2 87.174+3 83.758+3 80.873+2 +24.909

Also a the usual post-up by the Dirty E30 crew for event dominance (or non-dominance):


The overall times are off, since the two PR cars only got 4 runs int he afternoon rather than 5, so add 79 seconds to each of their times...

Per Scot Crowner:

Fastest E30 single lap time, obviously afternoon:

77.786 James (SR) (Had 4 in the air on this run!)
77.836 JayJosh (MR) (Must have cheated - it is a 1.8L piece of junk.)
78.329 Chris (PR)
82.680 Scot (SR)
82.727 Steven (PR)
DNS Spencer

E30 day totals, There will be surface differences, but who cares:

806.752 Chris (PR) (WTH? Chris 1st place? Something wrong here....)
833.043 Steven (PR)
880.458 JayJosh (MR)
885.085 James (SR) (I thought you beat JayJosh? He does have a 318.)
917.358 Scot (SR)
DNS Spencer (MR)

The E30 CONE Crazy (highest award):

9 James (SR) (Had the most fun of the day - AGAIN!)
7 Steven (PR)
5 Scot (SR)
5 JayJosh (MR)
2 Chris (PR) (Ah - I see - paid corner workers and got the fast time above.)
0 Spencer (MR) (One clean day)

If I made a mistake, who cares.....

[irish44j]

A few minor things tonight. First checked various things regarding the lack of starting. Battery still at full charge, so it's either the ignition switch or the solenoid. After pulling the switch out it was clearly the culprit, as it had been "repaired" with some sloppy soldering by some previous owner and the post for one of the wires was loose and wobbly. Once I pulled it off the housing literally fell apart, scattering all the pieces on the ground. Guess that will be replaced, lol.



While I was in there I disabled the steering wheel lock and changed the lock cylinder so my ignition key matches the door key. Only issue is I only have ONE of that key, so I need to get copies made. Apparently that can't be done at any key place....they don't have the right blanks....so I guess I have to go get raped by the dealer to do it :(

Getting the lock cylinder back in was alot of fun too, trying to get the little plastic cup and the spring to line up, and slot the assembly in. But it's done now (hopefully works normally).



While I was in there did some cleaning up, pulling all the under-dash wiring for the long-gone cruise control. Not saving much weight, but at least that's less crap to have to diagnose when electrical issues come up.

[Mark 42]

I have a key cut from generic (Ilco) blank X144 / BMW3

http://mysecuritypro.com/bmwbmw3keyblanks.aspx

This blank is also equivalent to other manufacturers part numbers, including:

• ColeBMW3
  
• Curtis BM-3
• ESP BMW3
  
• Ilco X144
• Ilco EZ BMW3
• Jet BMW3
  
• JMA BM-2
• SilcaHU50
  
• TaylorX144

[irish44j]

^^ awesome, thanks!

[Mark 42]

I'm assuming yours will be the same as mine (1991 318i)

If nothing else, that site should get info on which blank you do need.

[8380 Labs]

lol, did you see me bumper-check the other rallycross e30 when he was sitting at the gas pump admiring the cars? haha....it's tradition tht the metal-bumper e30s bumper-check each other whenever possible.

what were you driving at the trackday?

i didn't, ha.

i had my e30, but we were there for the jefferson 500. we were parked track side by the carousel.