E30 335i - The new track (drift) project

[e30 gangsta]

not even gonna lie looks wicked erick. Cant wait to see you @ the track.

[Erick]

Yep.

Also been out of town for over a week. I know it's a bunch of pretty pictures, but I did add text to my last update post at the end of page 4. ;)

Oh, and the post explaining it before that too :p.

Right now the only thing that'll keep me from resuming my job once I get back will be the doctor's orders, but I might be stubborn about it and ignore it.

[UNHCLL]

So, did you roll it into a corner spot at your condo and forget about it?

[Doughnut]

Mad thread, sorry to hear you didn't make the event...

I'm currently doing my 2nd m30 swap, though I don't have a hectic deadline like yours was!

[Jesse30]

just tuned in. I'm at awe to see so many E30 ppl support a drift car lol.

Keep it up!

definitely didn't used to be that way :)

[RickSloan]

looks great man, its really on the way. The longest and hardest part of the m30 swap is the gremlins... its sucks but its true...

keep up the good work!

[shiboujin]

just tuned in. I'm at awe to see so many E30 ppl support a drift car lol.

Keep it up!

[240zs30]

Looks nice. Really starting to come together. The wheels look nice as always. I guess we will see the sideshots later. Now you can sell me your leftover M20 parts cheap so I can put my turbo together since your now an M30. Check your PM's. GL!

[theox69]

Your car makes me jealous.
I have an e28 sitting around that I might do this to..but what throws me over the edge is the GC sponsorship!

[Erick]

I'll be rocking the e30 rear w/ the e28 front :)

- Erick

[oldskool3]

It looks awesome for all the walls you ran into and the amount of time you had to work with. Judging from your last e30 this may not last long : /

What DS are you gonna be running?

[Erick]

Love the new car Erick! :D

My only quams are with the filthiness of the engine bay, and the failure to at least spray the motor arms with primer. :???:

The engine bay will still be cleaned. That shop is ridiculous with how much dust accumulates on the car. I was trying to clean up the car and there's dust impregnated on the paint already. I'm going to have to buff the car to get all that stuff out.

The car is far from finished. We basically just finished putting the motor in. I'm still going to have to work on it, and when I do, the motor mounts brackets (among many other things) will be taken care of.

[e30polak]

Love the new car Erick! :D

My only quams are with the filthiness of the engine bay, and the failure to at least spray the motor arms with primer. :???:

[Erick]

Today is PICTURE DAY!!! :)

So today I went to pick up the car from Ter-Tech. Since I got there very early, we decided to do some interior work. I finished putting most of the interior together and we also installed the hydraulic ebrake.

It was a battle between me wanting to keep the whole interior, and Ter-Tech wanting to just gut the whole car and do the damn thing. This is where we met somewhere along the middle:


New steering angle:


The M30 + HIDs!!! (They are the only thing connected and working right about now :p)


Clearance shots (Yes it clears miraculously):



Custom engine mounts (if a meteor struck Earth.... these would be one of the few things left intact). Gotta send them to be painted before we finish le project.



As it sat before we loaded it up to put it in storage:


And that's all. For the next few weeks the car will sit in storage until I come back and can resume work on it. Next steps are the driveshaft, get missing parts, start putting everything back together, the works.

Shooting to have this sliding before June. Since we did just about everything in this car (brakes, suspension, steering, etc etc) I have a feeling there will be a LOT of gremlins to diagnose, but hopefully with a bit of patience we can pull through.

- Erick

[ansonivan]

Sucks you missed the deadline but I'm sure the car will go together much easier now that the pressure is off.

Keep up the good work sir.