I anxiously await hearing about your experience with that slave cylinder because I just hooked the electrical system back up in my E34 and moved the seat forward to try my twin disc clutch out and it is insane. It's a good thing I don't skip leg day, it's probably close to 2x as heavy as my spec stage 3+ in the E30.
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It's going to be a while, unfortunately. Summer is already too busy and I'm seeing my E30 timeline slide away rapidly.Originally posted by varg View Post
Garage build has been delayed by >1mo so far, mostly due to fuckery by the city's permit office, showing me things are approved in my online portal, but telling my contractor that they aren't. He's had to resubmit for permits 3 times now. Best guess now is start early June.
The driveway is the only access to the yard, so I don't want to work on anything that has any chance of disabling any car until it's done.
He's doing a weathertight shell and basic electrical, then I'm hoping to epoxy coat the floor/add electrical (pending electrician signoff)/finish interior before October.
Originally posted by priapismOriginally posted by shamesonComment
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Almost 2 years since last update. Zero progress on the e30, but the garage is at that point where there it's 99% finished and all the remaining things just get deferred indefinitely.
Garage build thread basically inserts here, and some work on my R56.
Only real update for my e30 is that I finally sold my wheels and tires. I bought these ESM-007 new in (probably 2013-2014?) because they looked decent, were new/straight, cheap, and my euroweave/RZ bastard set was warped/bent/curbed and I botched the paint job on them.
In 2025, finding any e30 sized tire wider than 225 is brutal, but 225/45R16 is basically impossible unless you're running an rcomp.
6 options on tirerack, the only >200TW tire is some 'Classic' Pirelli tire that's $320/ea.
I'd run something slightly undersize because they feel good on the car, but nothing smaller is a real size, same with anything 235, and the only 245 that is even close to fitting is 245/45 (5% O/S) and makes the car feel boaty and didn't fit with the stance-y offset of the rears.
I'm done with that shit.
The R888Rs on the black Konig Dekagrams from last page fit really well.
I need a spacer to clear the strut, and I'll play with the thickness with some of those cheap thin non-hubcentric spacers and then maybe buy some thin hubcentric conversion spacers (since the wheels are 73.1mm CB, it should be possible to find something thin)
Not a fan of black wheels, but the wheel/tire combo was less than the price of the wheels so the price was right.
For the 245/40 Nankang CR-1, They will absolutely fit fine in the rear, but the front may rub depending on how much spacer they need.Last edited by Northern; 03-20-2025, 08:43 AM.Originally posted by priapismOriginally posted by shamesonComment
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That wheel and tire combo looks great, not sure how fitment could get better on a stock body. Despite the languishing, I'll be damned if it doesn't look ready for a road trip with the pod.
Maybe 2025 will be the year your E30 makes boost noises again :)Comment
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Thank you!Originally posted by zwill23 View Post
Long road ahead for it before it sees the road unfortunately. I'd love to say this year, but it needs a lot and it has a lot of competition for my time.
Fender bottoms, trunk pocket, sunroof are all rotten.
Diff needs new pinion bearings, big PS or trans leak, and I need to re-plumb/wire all my boost control stuff.
Probably could get by with just that, but there's a bunch of QOL stuff I want to do (shifter, E82 seats, clutch slave, general cosmetic stuff)...
The roof box was an awesome find a few years back, $20 with the key snapped off in the lock. I managed to extract the key and order some new ones. Surprising just how much it can hold. Used it on our old Outback, and now the XC90 when we do a yearly friends camping trip. Just sucks to store it when not in use haha.Originally posted by priapismOriginally posted by shamesonComment
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