Bronzit E30 - OBDII S52 shaved bay - weekend/autox toy - Journey

[TeXJ]

lol I can't even find my own info in this thread anymore... one of these days I'll make a glossary.

I'll guess it's referring to how the car looked right before I started doing splitters and sideskirts etc.

right lol

[Sh3rpak!ng]

What models are you looking at?

this one in particular: Sunex 6602LP 2 Ton Low Rider Steel Service Jack

Awesome work! From an appearance perspective I would have stopped at post #1361, but it's your car!

Thanks! Yup.. any appearance will likely change time and time again as time passes

Super constructive comment.

how are you gonna mention a post # but not have a link to said post #?

lol I can't even find my own info in this thread anymore... one of these days I'll make a glossary.

I'll guess it's referring to how the car looked right before I started doing splitters and sideskirts etc.

[TeXJ]

how are you gonna mention a post # but not have a link to said post #?

[jeenyus]

Awesome work! From an appearance perspective I would have stopped at post #1361, but it's your car!

Super constructive comment.

[dadsbmw]

Awesome work! From an appearance perspective I would have stopped at post #1361, but it's your car!

[The Dark Side of Will]

Speaking of... I did find a few ultra low profile long reach jacks that might actually work without ramps...

What models are you looking at?

[The Dark Side of Will]

Speaking of... I did find a few ultra low profile long reach jacks that might actually work without ramps...

What models are you looking at?

[Sh3rpak!ng]

How do you plan on welding the headers/exhaust up? I've been reluctant to touch my S50 headers with the MIG as I think I should really be tackling them with a TIG instead.

I'm MIG welding with stainless wire and tri-mix gas. Should be fine as far as I understand, just won't look all nice and fancy. I'll probably be ceramic coating the headers eventually anyway.

Out of curiosity, can you fit a jack under the side skirts, or is that the reason you made the ramps? I love the side skirt idea, but then I realized it might be hard to get a jack under the car (or lift arms for that matter)

The jack doesn't fit under the skirts by like 1 mm. But it doesn't fit under the front because of the skid plate either, so I've been using ramps to help get the car up for years now anyway. Speaking of... I did find a few ultra low profile long reach jacks that might actually work without ramps...

[haaken675]

Out of curiosity, can you fit a jack under the side skirts, or is that the reason you made the ramps? I love the side skirt idea, but then I realized it might be hard to get a jack under the car (or lift arms for that matter)

[jsta1109]

How do you plan on welding the headers/exhaust up? I've been reluctant to touch my S50 headers with the MIG as I think I should really be tackling them with a TIG instead.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

have you ever heard a Jag with a big6 and dual pipes? its worth it lol...

exotic? like titanium? ... do it ... its only money

yes to the jag big six with dual pipes - sounds wicked
no to titanium.....

I had a UUC SystemU on my E36, it did sound heavenly...

The corsa catback is an even further improvement

Here's what the inside of one of the big cans looks like:



And a diagram:



I think the whole thing is pretty damn cool and it definitely works

Here's what the whole piece looks like:



I already butchered it years ago when I welded v bands onto it and then smacked it on a bad bump in the road driving around in my e36 too low for socal roads... so I have no qualms about further cutting it up. I intend to remove the spare tire well, cut reliefs on both sides of the subframe for clearance for the exhaust to split one tube on each side running through/under it, and snake the catback so it kinda makes a mirrored question mark shape "?" a la porsche 911 where both big cans point towards each other right at the bumper and then the exhaust tips do a 90* to exit out the center

[Digitalwave]

I had a UUC SystemU on my E36, it did sound heavenly...

[2mAn]

Why not just run a single 3"? It should save a significant amount of weight.

have you ever heard a Jag with a big6 and dual pipes? its worth it lol...

a deep rumble at idle and part throttle but rips really hard at WOT kinda sounds a bit exotic.

exotic? like titanium? ... do it ... its only money

[Sh3rpak!ng]

That would be so sick. Also make it come out where the license plate sits.

hahaha nah I'm not going that far with it

Why not just run a single 3"? It should save a significant amount of weight.

that's a good point. Mostly I want to do it because I had a similar setup on my E36 ages ago and it sounded gnarly (too much for a daily, but perfect for a weekend car). I will pair it with a UUC Corsa RSC36 catback (modified to fit the E30) and for that system to work properly, it utilizes dual pipes all the way back with tuned resonators. The system effectively cuts all the rasp out leaving a deep rumble at idle and part throttle but rips really hard at WOT kinda sounds a bit exotic. It sounded even more vicious with the supercharger attached

[Digitalwave]

Why not just run a single 3"? It should save a significant amount of weight.