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

[2mAn]

Lol come to think of it, nope. I guess I felt my car wasn't picture worthy in the presence of some of those glorious examples on display. Did you?

Nope, Ive gone for 3 years, 2 times with my own E30 and 0 times have I taken a picture of my own car :rofl:

[dude8383]

I think that 25mm sway is overkill for autox stuff.

I run a 22mm and have had the rear sway bar disconnected all season long. The car rotates really well with that setup. Having said that, my ventus RS-3's were pretty much on there last bit of useful grip. Going to be doing camber plates, swapping to the double adjustable Mustang Koni's and possible coilover springs.

https://youtu.be/7lxEitGeRRs?t=8m10s

I'm also S52'd.

For the brakes, I'd first do the BBK and then see if you like the stock master with the booster. It should be more than adequate. I have Massive's Street Kit (280x22) with the stock master and the treehouse 2002 booster. Pedal feel is firm but the car stops really well once you lay into them.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

It will probably be a bit as I am still aquriing some parts and need a new chassis. I'll post up when I have something to share for sure though!

Keep up the good work!

Why the need for a new chassis? I didn't see that mentioned in your thread. Regardless, I'll be keeping my eye out for updates. I've been liking your progress so far!

Sweet wing makes e30s look way more complete imo. Especially a racecar model like this, get those flares and 305 tires

Agreed :D yea we'll see how fast things progress. I'd have to change the wheel/tire setup to fill the flares, or run a big spacer which I'm not a fan of. I need to ponder this.

Nope, Ive gone for 3 years, 2 times with my own E30 and 0 times have I taken a picture of my own car :rofl:

we need to make a point of it next time

I think that 25mm sway is overkill for autox stuff.

I run a 22mm and have had the rear sway bar disconnected all season long. The car rotates really well with that setup. Having said that, my ventus RS-3's were pretty much on there last bit of useful grip. Going to be doing camber plates, swapping to the double adjustable Mustang Koni's and possible coilover springs.

https://youtu.be/7lxEitGeRRs?t=8m10s

I'm also S52'd.

For the brakes, I'd first do the BBK and then see if you like the stock master with the booster. It should be more than adequate. I have Massive's Street Kit (280x22) with the stock master and the treehouse 2002 booster. Pedal feel is firm but the car stops really well once you lay into them.

Thanks for the feedback!! Much appreciated!

Yea, I'm thinking the same thing. I plan to change it before the next event I attend which likely won't be for a while since I have a bunch of stuff I wan to change. I also have had my rear bar disconnected. Tires definitely need to be stickier, as I mentioned, even when they were at "optimal" grip, I was still fighting to put down any power. I should aslo probably look into changing the coilovers to something "real"

Regarding brakes, you mean to do the mazda rx7 bbk, or the full on porsche/brembo setup? and then see how it feels? As I mentioned before, with the 944 booster, stock master and stock disks/calipers plus stoptech pads I can't even lock them up if I stomp on them. WHat do you run in the rear?

[goarmy]

I think that 25mm sway is overkill for autox stuff.

I run a 22mm and have had the rear sway bar disconnected all season long. The car rotates really well with that setup. Having said that, my ventus RS-3's were pretty much on there last bit of useful grip. Going to be doing camber plates, swapping to the double adjustable Mustang Koni's and possible coilover springs.

https://youtu.be/7lxEitGeRRs?t=8m10s

I'm also S52'd.

For the brakes, I'd first do the BBK and then see if you like the stock master with the booster. It should be more than adequate. I have Massive's Street Kit (280x22) with the stock master and the treehouse 2002 booster. Pedal feel is firm but the car stops really well once you lay into them.

Looks like hardly any body roll on that vid. very nice with an s52 :p

I think you are right 22mm is more than enough

[Sh3rpak!ng]

So Klutch now makes the same wheels I have in a 16x9 et20... makes me think about flares more and more. And I really like these wheels on the car. Only wheels I would change to for DD would be authentic 3 piece BBS with the same color combo and that's not happening any time soon

[dude8383]

Yea, I'm thinking the same thing. I plan to change it before the next event I attend which likely won't be for a while since I have a bunch of stuff I wan to change. I also have had my rear bar disconnected. Tires definitely need to be stickier, as I mentioned, even when they were at "optimal" grip, I was still fighting to put down any power. I should aslo probably look into changing the coilovers to something "real"

Regarding brakes, you mean to do the mazda rx7 bbk, or the full on porsche/brembo setup? and then see how it feels? As I mentioned before, with the 944 booster, stock master and stock disks/calipers plus stoptech pads I can't even lock them up if I stomp on them. WHat do you run in the rear?

Yeh, get the mazda rx7 bbk. You should have more than adequate braking for DE and autox events. If you start getting into more competitive stuff then an all around BBK will be the route to go. I have DTC 60s in the front and DTC 70s in the back. Rear locks up currently because the two ABS sensors in the back are shot.

Looks like hardly any body roll on that vid. very nice with an s52 :p

I think you are right 22mm is more than enough

Yeh that car is fairly planted but it was an easy course layout. I'll upload a video later from two weekends ago at the local autox. The parking lot is much less forgiving and it was colder! The tires barely got up to temps.

For autox, 22mm up front and nothing in the back unless you're running CRAZY stiff spring rates all around.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Yeh, get the mazda rx7 bbk. You should have more than adequate braking for DE and autox events. If you start getting into more competitive stuff then an all around BBK will be the route to go. I have DTC 60s in the front and DTC 70s in the back. Rear locks up currently because the two ABS sensors in the back are shot.



Yeh that car is fairly planted but it was an easy course layout. I'll upload a video later from two weekends ago at the local autox. The parking lot is much less forgiving and it was colder! The tires barely got up to temps.

For autox, 22mm up front and nothing in the back unless you're running CRAZY stiff spring rates all around.

Cool. I've been eyeing that setup. Already have the brackets. And I planned on different pad compounds. Do you run those pads daily and at events?

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[dude8383]

Cool. I've been eyeing that setup. Already have the brackets. And I planned on different pad compounds. Do you run those pads daily and at events?

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Nah, too aggressive for the street. I have the wilwood street compound on the front calipers and something that I cannot for the life of me remember right now!

HT-10's are a good budget setup if you're looking to save some money.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Nah, too aggressive for the street. I have the wilwood street compound on the front calipers and something that I cannot for the life of me remember right now!

HT-10's are a good budget setup if you're looking to save some money.

Yea, thought so. I'll have to check out the wilwood street compound.

HT-10s for street?

[Sh3rpak!ng]

I got a set of zf320 service tools made for free through work. l also might have a bunch of other little stuff done while I can.



A bunch of little odds and ends I ordered during the week to take care of a handful of little issues.



I was reorganizing and cleaning up the garage and found basically a full set of seals, bushings, throw out bearing, pilot bearing etc. for a zf320 trans I forgot I bought like 2 years ago which was good timing.....



The e36 got kicked out of the garage. That can mean only one thing.

We gunna do werk.







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[Sh3rpak!ng]

I love the sears/craftsman warranties. A bunc of my screwdrivers were a bit worn out from hard use/abuse. Replaced no questions asked.



Brakes?



Yes, brakes.



280mm VW corrado rotors :)



5th and reverse detent pins for a zf320. All these parts and tools for a zf320 can only mean one thing.



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[Sh3rpak!ng]

So my g260 hasn't been feeling too good lately. This past week felt like it was getting worse. Saturday morning it started grinding gears, popping out of gears, and sometimes I couldn't put it in gear. It was also making some nasty noises for the last 1.5 weeks. I was starting to plan on replacing it, but didn't expect it to happen so soon. Well, I got caught with my pants down. Luckily there were a few available local. This one has ~112000 miles on it and needed the 5th and reverse pins done (parts came from the PO). If I could've planned this, I would've done all of the serviceable pins/detents. Oh well.



E30 throttle cable on top, e36 throttle cable on bottom. E36 cable looks like it will be a much better fit for the obd2 throttle body. I currently am using an e34 cable. It's way too long. I don't know where the information came from to use the e34 cable - it's way way way too long.



Also picked up a strut tower bar at socal vintage. Thanks Andew at IE motorsports!!

I am getting annoyed using the galaxy s6/android to mobile upload pictures to tapatalk. The ios app was better for that.



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[dude8383]

HT-10's will be a bit too aggressive on the street but do-able.

[AllydNYC]

Nice build thread! :up:

[wilholl]

nice! getting ready to do the shift pin mod in my ZF also.
I have the parts, just no time.
Let us know how it goes!