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I'm happy to report the car performed very well at the last track weekend. However, my tires are heat cycled out and my head gasket is seeping a little coolant onto the block on the exhaust side. It's not mixing coolant/oil and it's very minor, but I still want to replace the head gasket (and put on new tires) before going back out on the track.
I made a lot of headway with my rich idle when hot issue. I've been tuning the idle for maximum vacuum, which has meant that I have 1) raised the idle to about 1,200 2) richened the idle to about 13.5:1 AFR 3) increased the timing at idle from 11*, up to 15*, and now up to 17*. The car "catches" idle when the revs are dropping down MUCH better, and the AFRs at idle are much, much more consistent all the way from cold start to full heat soak. I still think there's a little bit of tuning left to do there, but it was a huge step in the right direction.
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love the hood vents and the koogle parts, car looks great! sorry to hear about the hg!89 325i 4dr s52
02 BMW 525iT m54b30/manual swapped (daily) *sold*
21' Toyota Tacoma TRD OR 4x4 6 speed Manual
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It made me laugh looking through those pics... heres a recap
-Oh Cool, MK2 GTI is hanging with him
*next pic*
-Uh oh, hes falling behind
*next pic*
-starting to pull away from it ...
*next pic*
-I think I still see him in the background
hahaSimon
Current Cars:
-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
Make R3V Great Again -2020
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Originally posted by 2mAn View PostIt made me laugh looking through those pics... heres a recap
-Oh Cool, MK2 GTI is hanging with him
*next pic*
-Uh oh, hes falling behind
*next pic*
-starting to pull away from it ...
*next pic*
-I think I still see him in the background
haha
I read through the first two pages of this thread yesterday. Quite the journey here! Bummer about the brg car too. I love green e30s
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Originally posted by s14brent View Postlove the hood vents and the koogle parts, car looks great! sorry to hear about the hg!
Originally posted by 2mAn View PostIt made me laugh looking through those pics... heres a recap
-Oh Cool, MK2 GTI is hanging with him
*next pic*
-Uh oh, hes falling behind
*next pic*
-starting to pull away from it ...
*next pic*
-I think I still see him in the background
haha
Originally posted by wworm View Postlol sad
I read through the first two pages of this thread yesterday. Quite the journey here! Bummer about the brg car too. I love green e30sLast edited by Digitalwave; 11-07-2022, 02:05 PM.
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Originally posted by Digitalwave View PostLol! Him and I were evenly matched in the rain, but in the dry I was about 4-5 seconds a lap faster. That car is super nice though. It's prepped for endurance racing.Simon
Current Cars:
-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
Make R3V Great Again -2020
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Time for a little update. Honestly, haven't had much time to do anything on the car. This fall has been very busy. I have gotten to the track a couple of times. Besides doing normal track prep (brake bleed, bolt check, that kind of stuff), not much to report other than some new tires (Dunlop ZIII's to replace my worn out ZII Star Specs).
Unfortunately my head gasket is leaking. It's seeping coolant externally, underneath the headers. It's not mixing coolant/oil, thankfully. It wasn't looking too bad, so I ran it at Sebring for Spectoberfest a couple weeks ago. It got worse during the event, so I am going to need to fix it before the next track day.
Here's a couple photos from the August NASA event at PBIR.
Got the car aligned when I mounted the new 225/45-16 ZIII's. Took a few pics under the car as well.
These ZII's were heat cycled out long ago
Last edited by Digitalwave; 11-07-2022, 02:06 PM.
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And here are the photos from Spectoberfest. The photos come care of Carlos @ Condor Speed Shop, who set up the event, and Ed @ Tuner Classics, who was the event photographer. The rest of the photo set can be seen here:
https://www.condorspeedshop.com/page...-bmw-meet-2018
This is easily now one of my favorite photos of my car:
You can see the coolant streaks on the block in this photo:
Last edited by Digitalwave; 11-07-2022, 02:07 PM.
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great shots man! love your car!89 325i 4dr s52
02 BMW 525iT m54b30/manual swapped (daily) *sold*
21' Toyota Tacoma TRD OR 4x4 6 speed Manual
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