e30 318is, 4.0 v8, Wisefab Drift Project

[jekaio]

with youre hydraulic e-brake, did you you plumb it inline with the factory calipers, or are you running dual calipers in the rear?

(looking for help with my Ti)

[GB / John]

Its simply plumbed inline.

[GB / John]

**** update 28 Dec 2013 ****

Since the last update, its been painted, and almost completed, just had photoshoot done and had a bit "practice".

Testing the fitment of the new bodykit




Then stripped it all off, preparing for paint







Then did a photoshoot






Then had a little "practice".
I'd drove it more in reverse than I had forwards before this video. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMGue2ig5W4

More video and pictures to come.

[jalopi]

Jeez, your car ended up looking mean as shit bro

[GB / John]

yeah I like it looking mean, turned out just the way I wanted it to.


2 more Video's from the practice session.
3rd gear Donuts and Figure 8's.

http://youtu.be/vZqdQpNAZG4

http://youtu.be/FxcUA-Wp9SU

[jalopi]

Yeah at first, scrolling through the thread, I wasn't sure about the way you were doing your two tone... I'm usually not the biggest fan of stickers/vinyls, but the two tone/sticker combo works really well (specifically on the doors)

[GB / John]

Did Teesside NYE Drift Day, It went really well, very happy with the car, couple of things to sort out but nothing major. Checked the lock before hand, and nothing hits anything, but found on track wheel hits either the wishbone or chassis preventing full lock and acting like a brake on that wheel making me spin. So either need a 20mm spacer or better offset wheels.

I was also drifting with a flat drivers side front tyre for most of the day without realising it. Destroyed a wheel, and can only think it must of been done on west track on my 3rd lap as thats only time I cut a corner.

I learned you just cant put 300bhp thru 205/55/16 tyres with 2mm tread in the wet. 4th gear from 3k revs effordless drifting.


Here's a few Video's

Notice the flat tyre lol

http://youtu.be/qbw1iAHtZBM

http://youtu.be/ckCl9NizK9w

http://youtu.be/_GdX50Wze2M

Pictures.
Looks like bits of wheel behind me.




4th gear even in the wet produces smoke.






Oh does anyone know what temperature its supposed to run at? I'm using almost 100% Antifreeze, got 2 digital temp gauges, 1 as water enters the radiator which was often showing 105c, and other on exit of radiator show under 80c. I heard these run hot, but kept thinking over 100c is too much even tho 100% antifreeze wont boil til 150c.

[dirty30]

Get the low temp T-stat. I have one and the needle rarely sees the mid way mark.

[DER E30]

Nice! Looks good sideways!
I had a bit of a "Huh, that passenger side tire looks flat as well....... Oh duh, He drives righty..."

[GB / John]

Get the low temp T-stat. I have one and the needle rarely sees the mid way mark.

I'm not using a thermostat, at drifting temperatures thermostat would be constantly open anyway. So I removed it to help the coolant flow better. The dash temp gauge isn't working, I need to put in an e30 sender, to make it work.

[jalopi]

Coolant doesn't absorb heat as much as water does - refer to the link I posted a few pages ago.

[GB / John]

Arghh, yes I'm an idiot lol Think I'll drop the coolant back into the containers and try 100% water then, maybe add 1 litre antifreeze.

[CorvallisBMW]

I'm surprised your sanctioning body allows you to run antifreeze at all. Most specs over here require 100% water because of the spill risk. Glycol is super slippery on a track.

jalopi is right though, water has a much higher specific heat and can not only absorb more heat from the engine per liter but is also more efficient at transferring it through the radiator due to it's surface tension characteristics.

I'd keep the thermostat in. It's designed to keep the engine at the optimum temp all the time and will fully open if needed. The only thing that changes by leaving it out is that the engine takes a very long time to warm up and can run too cold, which hurts power.

Still though, sick build! I love the paint scheme, looks mean!

[DER E30]

I'd run water for coolant (if you have a heated garage or other means to not worry about freezing) simply because it is cheap and so you don't die if you're scalded! Safety first!

I've heard that a drop of liquid soap does the same thing as water wetter to the surface tension...

[jalopi]

Yeah just looked up the weather in Newcastle (by the way, are you where the brewery is? because newcastle brown is some good shit) and it does get chilly - 50/50 is probably fine, cracking something would suck