Well i should have kept a runnign diary but anyway ill try provide one now
Well story starts with suspension snapping on my alpina and consequently me flipping my car.
so new car was purchased. A mint close to standard 1990 318is for about 4 grand cheaper than a normal ione due to a pissed off wife selling her husbands car. I put some replica Alpinas on from my other car that afternoon
Old alpina engine went in along with haltech ECU and some other items
Next on the list was handling. I used bilsteins revalved to match king springs, spring rates.
Coilovers were made
I used Noltec camber and caster adjustable solid top mounts with rose joint mounts front and solid rose jointed for the back
rear shocks were bilsteins meant for a commodore (bigger diameter) re valved to suit rear springs
M3 offset control arm bush's
25mm whiteline adjustable swaybar. also had some some stainless steel sway bar links made up
TMS solid rear cross member mounts and diff mount
suspension allready to go in
Mtech 2 bodykit fitted and matched nicely to origional colour
a couple of times at the track in the new shell and i decided i wanted a bit more so i wouldnt have to push the corners so hard
so engine was sold with everything including ECU and exhaust etc...
so a new engine was decided on. i was going to go new engine with a rotrex unit. then a albrex unit. but finally decided on a M52B25tu
Work started
i used a Mk1 golf GTi brake booster which didnt feel very nice because it felt like i was pushing against a brick wall (this was fixed later on)
sorted through the wiring and plumbing thanks to the people on this site
Supercharger was next to go on
Holden Coil packs... Holden Delco ECU is being used with Kalmaker software
serperntine belt
One of the anoying parts for me was figuring out the coolent temp. not very well documented on the internet
pipeing was done
after not being able to fit my standard radiator or a nice E36 one i found i had to use a E21 series 1 radiator for now. a freind had a brand new one still in the box for me
for the exhaust i used the 5 series manifold (non cast iron) after Euro M3 proved to be too hard and group buy were proving to be too hard
Then it was time to drive it
M3 oil filter housing allowed better filtering and easier access
and oilcooler was fitted as can been seen in the bottom left of the pciture
after talking to Lee from massive brakes (top guy) i purchased the adaptor kit for the race kit. The rest i ordered here in australia
i have missplaced to picture of the new brake discs but they weigh 6KG
With some H&R 20mm spacers i got my alpinas to fit
interior was sourced from the alpina with the addition of brand new Black 3 piece carpet
This is my car as sits now
Thanks for looking
Josh
P.S. Ill try get a video up.
Well story starts with suspension snapping on my alpina and consequently me flipping my car.
so new car was purchased. A mint close to standard 1990 318is for about 4 grand cheaper than a normal ione due to a pissed off wife selling her husbands car. I put some replica Alpinas on from my other car that afternoon
Old alpina engine went in along with haltech ECU and some other items
Next on the list was handling. I used bilsteins revalved to match king springs, spring rates.
Coilovers were made
I used Noltec camber and caster adjustable solid top mounts with rose joint mounts front and solid rose jointed for the back
rear shocks were bilsteins meant for a commodore (bigger diameter) re valved to suit rear springs
M3 offset control arm bush's
25mm whiteline adjustable swaybar. also had some some stainless steel sway bar links made up
TMS solid rear cross member mounts and diff mount
suspension allready to go in
Mtech 2 bodykit fitted and matched nicely to origional colour
a couple of times at the track in the new shell and i decided i wanted a bit more so i wouldnt have to push the corners so hard
so engine was sold with everything including ECU and exhaust etc...
so a new engine was decided on. i was going to go new engine with a rotrex unit. then a albrex unit. but finally decided on a M52B25tu
Work started
i used a Mk1 golf GTi brake booster which didnt feel very nice because it felt like i was pushing against a brick wall (this was fixed later on)
sorted through the wiring and plumbing thanks to the people on this site
Supercharger was next to go on
Holden Coil packs... Holden Delco ECU is being used with Kalmaker software
serperntine belt
One of the anoying parts for me was figuring out the coolent temp. not very well documented on the internet
pipeing was done
after not being able to fit my standard radiator or a nice E36 one i found i had to use a E21 series 1 radiator for now. a freind had a brand new one still in the box for me
for the exhaust i used the 5 series manifold (non cast iron) after Euro M3 proved to be too hard and group buy were proving to be too hard
Then it was time to drive it
M3 oil filter housing allowed better filtering and easier access
and oilcooler was fitted as can been seen in the bottom left of the pciture
after talking to Lee from massive brakes (top guy) i purchased the adaptor kit for the race kit. The rest i ordered here in australia
i have missplaced to picture of the new brake discs but they weigh 6KG
With some H&R 20mm spacers i got my alpinas to fit
interior was sourced from the alpina with the addition of brand new Black 3 piece carpet
This is my car as sits now
Thanks for looking
Josh
P.S. Ill try get a video up.
:up::woowoo::ohsnap: :bow:i don't think all these smilies can amount to the shock factor and huge load i blew in my pants! AMAZING WORK! RESPECT!
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