South African e30 S50b30euro Race Car

[SA E30]

I finally got those damn pesky hubs off... what a PITA.

The trailing arms should be off 2 get re inforced, and I'm going to get solid bushes made from them (Ally with a Steel insert), or maybe even convert it to a Rose Joint setup, as I'm worried the bushes will wear as they are steel on steel, maybe get a bearing for it...

I've been very busy with my studies so, not much as happened on the car, except some rust prevention, as I found some on the underside of the floor pan.

My big project that I have been working on is a removable Radiator cowl / front section.

I'm using the original top cross beam, so that I can still mount up the grills and kidney, bu the lower section is made from rectangular tubing... it's still a work in progress and I will post pictures when it's done, and when I have time from studies.

[SA E30]

Haha,

I'm having Great difficulty getting the rear hubs off the trailing arms, they just dont wanna budge, I got the one locking nut off, with the use of a 2m long power bar, but the other one just wont budge, then on the loose side I can't seem to pull the hub off, Im' wondering if there is something else holding it in place, on the sideshaft side (as the side shaft is still attached to the back, and it wont just pull out either)

[Farbin Kaiber]

I would like that type of digital readout but us silly yanks couldn't do all the conversions whilst driving down the freeway. kPa? Whats the c with the lil thingy?

j/k


Awesome Build.

[tubby17s]

Thanks for the information. i have emailed him. im Like that little device and could look prettyc ool once i change the colour to orange and it will match the alpina guage readout that i have

[SA E30]

It's made by a guy here in South Africa, he does it as a part time sort of thing.

u can mail him at Derm (at) rondfok.co.za ... and ask for more info. As I dont know all the specs on it.

Those AIM Systems are cool the MXL looks incredibly familier... reminds me of a product that is made by these guys www.gotech.co.za which I've been meaningto enquire about.

[tubby17s]

Hmmmm im very interested in that little gadget. do you have anymore information on it or where it can be purchased from?

Have you seen this Click here and look at the MXL dash. there are a couple of different versions you can get

[Jean]

DAmn this is going to be sick as hell!!!! Keep it up.

[SA E30]

I was contemplating actually just ditching the dash but I decieded against it, As I want to it the ECU behind it, a central fuse box (where the HVAC controls used to be) , and a whole host of Gauges (Engine Oil Temp, Diff Oil Temp, Gearbox Oil Temp, Oil Pressure, Fuel Gauge.

Although I might get this nifty thing instead



It runs off Std VDO Senders, so pretty much I can use any VDO pickup to monitor a host of things, and it's a much cleaner look, also he will program warnings for me, one of the readings gets out of it's designated range.

[tubby17s]

Nice build. Having to add weight at the end of the project woudl be good because you can place all the weight where the passenger seat was whihc is low down and offsets the drivers weight.

I had a look at stripping the dash out and i recon if you strip out a fair amount of that heavy dense foam you shoud beable to get a fair amount of weight out orrrrrrr if rules allow dont put the dash back in. make a bracket off the steering column support braket for the cluster and your done. run a electric heater to get rid of the heavy heater box.

[SA E30]

I'm curious why you say that ?

Cause from my experience a LHD is better as the all the directional rotation it towards the right, so a greater load on the left of the car would help negate those rotational forces...

That is the reason why being a country where we drive RHD cars, many of our factory backed teams drive LHD cars... BMW included

[Tom944]

Ah well, for a track car, most of the time RHD is better anyways ;).

[SA E30]

Lol, I would love the car 2 be LHD then there is no issues with our exhaust manifolds clearing the steering... would make things so much easier not 2 mention a better balanced car.

Here are some pictures of the rims with the front disc... and no calliper.





Here is the rear with the E46 M3 rear disc and calliper.







Sorry they so dark and Blurry... My camera didn't want to focus being so close, and lighting was terrible.

[backtrail69]

What I don't understand is this country drives on the CORRECT side of the car/road but we still can't figure out the Metric system...

[Ral]

ahh, true-

damn thoughtless Americans

[SA E30]

For the carbon-fiber dash, dig around s14.net. It's an e30 M3 site, but they have a lot of good, high-quality CF parts for sale occasionally, and I've seen carbon dashes fairly frequently.

But that would mean I have to convert the car to LHD :p