14 years - 1991 325ix, Stroker/5-Speed (N52 swap?)

[jhaurimn]

Those pictures and captions with your kids are so awesome. Lol! Nice e30 sir!

[Sean]

Dammit Chris! This is Awesome! Still...to this day...have yet to get Megasquirt into my car... :(

[unevolved]

Badass build thread, I just read through the whole thing. Excellent work.

[nando]

yes - the RWD plates by GC should have *more* travel than the stock bearings.

[digger]

these are ix camber plates. the only one is made by Ground Control. :p

they are solid and the stack height is pretty good but ix strut bearings are quite a bit different which is why there is slightly less travel than stock. if you shorten the tubes/housings then you gain all of that back and more.

so its more of an iX thing then? i am looking for a street GC setup for my coupe and was wanting to maximise travel and no additional NVH and so was thinking of the street camber plate, def not looking at the "hybrid" which is solid

[nando]

these are ix camber plates. the only one is made by Ground Control. :p

they are solid and the stack height is pretty good but ix strut bearings are quite a bit different which is why there is slightly less travel than stock. if you shorten the tubes/housings then you gain all of that back and more.

[digger]

no you don't need the camber plates. they just tighten up the front end significantly, although at the cost of some ride comfort. it does let you adjust the camber of course..

I'd start out with the stock bearings, you can always add camber plates later. also, the stock bearings give a little bit more travel. they are definitely more comfortable!

are you referring to the street camber plates or the hybrid camber plate when you say they are less comfortable and less travel than stock?

[nando]

no you don't need the camber plates. they just tighten up the front end significantly, although at the cost of some ride comfort. it does let you adjust the camber of course..

I'd start out with the stock bearings, you can always add camber plates later. also, the stock bearings give a little bit more travel. they are definitely more comfortable!

[ThatOneGuy97]

Let me know if you want to replicate the struts ;)

We actually have a core set in stock....

What kinda price we talking? Nando do i need the GC camber plates as well in order to keep the cvs intact? or is the ride height that the modded struts give you just simply not low enough to wreck them?

[ForcedFirebird]

spent like 2 hours on this thread so insane still. sorry for double posting, love the front housing stuff.... sooo awesome no ones ix sits better then yours upfront. hard on CVs right? or were yours already dieing? but 1500 easily worth it because AWD E30

Let me know if you want to replicate the struts ;)

We actually have a core set in stock....

[nando]

my CV shafts have been fine. the set I have now have 295,000+ miles on them. it was the original ones on my car that went bad, those had about 190k, just one outter joint is loose. I'm keeping them for parts. :)

[ThatOneGuy97]

spent like 2 hours on this thread so insane still. sorry for double posting, love the front housing stuff.... sooo awesome no ones ix sits better then yours upfront. hard on CVs right? or were yours already dieing? but 1500 easily worth it because AWD E30

[ThatOneGuy97]

this thread is phenomenal... i dont even know if i spelt that right but seriously so awesome, great taste in everything, no half assing... absoloutely beautiful nando... job well done :bow:

[Cephas]

Damn amazing write-up. Thanks for taking the time to post. It was a fkn pleasure to read - for sure.

Nice work on the car!

[wazzu70]

Cool write up Chris! Its fun to follow the cars progress.