E30 335i - The new track (drift) project

[Jesse30]

damn dude, sorry to head about the snags. thats never a fun thing to deal with. hope it all works out fine and im looking forward to seeing some media

[BTP325ic]

erick is the shit!

[Erick]

Yeah, havent been in the biggest mood to post on this thread as we got the car somewhat ready to rock, and on the way to the track the bolts on the drivers front wheel came loose.

....and yeah.

I caught it before the very last stud snapped, so no body damage, but the wheel hub is pretty shot. It was due to two people working on the same thing and one assuming the other tightened the wheel lugs and vice-versa.

There's drift events for the next two weekends though, so I'm just working on getting the car ready for that.

I posted some quick clips on the media section of the car.

Today I fixed some leaks, re-bled the brakes, installed the quick release + steering wheel, fixed my windows (thank god! it was a sauna in there...), and tested the cooling system.

Everyone complains about bleeding the cooling system and overheating issues. Our bleeding method was on a flat surface. Car sat at 1500rpm for 30 minutes and never overheated. :D

Remaining on the agenda are hooking up the nitrous, drilling the intake mani for a fitting for the brake booster (damn B34 intake manifolds), and other misc stuff here and there.

- Erick

[e30polak]

Yeah, havent been in the biggest mood to post on this thread as we got the car somewhat ready to rock, and on the way to the track the bolts on the drivers front wheel came loose.

....and yeah.

I caught it before the very last stud snapped, so no body damage, but the wheel hub is pretty shot. It was due to two people working on the same thing and one assuming the other tightened the wheel lugs and vice-versa.

I know exactly how you fee, same exact shit happened to me! :x

Luckily I caught it just like you, before the last bolt went. It was my left rear, so I just got a whole trailing arm assembly from the Pick'n'Pull, rather then go through the headache of changing the hub. :p

How does it pull? How's the handling with all the extra weight over the nose?

Glad to see things are coming together for you Erick! :D

[etxxz]

damn man fuuck you got lucky! happened to me on a rear wheel almost catastrophic. bro lmk if you need a hand with that thaang you know i get e30's running faster than anyone can open their tool boxes.

[Erick]

I haven't driven my car much. It's so obnoxious loud that I'm seriously afraid of getting pulled over by just opening past 2500rpm.

I don't know how the car will handle with this suspension, but we'll see this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Tomorrow I'd like to get an alignment on the car.

- Erick

[etxxz]

reminds me when i ran my s52 open headers to the muffler place and near my house jaja http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64RadsqTJyM ......anything past idle was uncalled for attention. hey man power to you can't wait to see it running u still need the m30 dme?

[Erick]

Nah I got that Monday. $35 off a local eBayer. Works great!

Although a chip would be nice.

[Erick]

Some quick snapshots. Now there's reason to take pictures as I'm putting the exterior together:





And le 318iS:

[asuj158]

nice, cant wait to see it at 100%

[wolfgangstbd]

interior shots? car looks sick but i eff ing love your 318! wheels/fitment look way to good

[Erick]

interior shots? car looks sick but i eff ing love your 318! wheels/fitment look way to good

[Danny]

So you kept the mechanical e-brake as well?

[Erick]

Yep

[Danny]

Very cool, I'm stoked to see it with the nawwwwws. :D