$125 to spend for LeMons... what to buy?

[Jonathan M3]

What's up with all the E30 teams using those wheels now? I know they were on sale cheap but damn they're everywhere!

You answered your own question. :D

There were 6 e30s at the race last weekend and we were the only ones running them actually.

[LTDScott]

At Reno (I didn't race there - just helping a friend's team) I counted 3 or 4 teams with them. Where were they on sale?

[Jonathan M3]

Tire Rack, they were around $100 for the 15x8s, can't beat that!

[LTDScott]

15x*8*? Wow, that's pretty wide for just 205 tires (I see you're running Falkens too). The difference in tire width the 14" bottlecaps is negligible, so I'll probably stick with them for now (plus I can get new RT615s in 14" for $48 a piece - can't beat that).

[Dominic49]

poly fill the subframe bushings that are in there already. just jack the car up remove the plate and go to town. get some propper wheels to ease the sidewall flex. a fairly effiecnt (better than none) oil pan baffle can be made at home for cheap are you running an oil cooler?

[TheB1G Lebowski]

This is great.

[LTDScott]

No oil cooler on my car.

[LTDScott]

Now you got me thinking. Would an oil cooler be a worthwhile addition? Our next race will be in August in 100+ degree conditions. I could hopefully find a good used 325i set up in the junkyard for cheap.

I'm thinking this, plus some new trailing arm bushings, a crank scraper, and filling the subframe and diff mount bushings with Window Weld or something similar. Whaddya think?

[laz]

Now you got me thinking. Would an oil cooler be a worthwhile addition? Our next race will be in August in 100+ degree conditions. I could hopefully find a good used 325i set up in the junkyard for cheap.

Oil cooler sounds like a plan. Mount some mesh in front of it to avoid puncture from schrapnel :)

WRT Buttonwillow, I'll spit this out while I'm thinking about it. Heat exhaustion is no joke. Mount a camelback in the car, or figure out how to swap one in with each driver. We saw other team drivers stuffing them down the front of their suits at Reno. Ours was mounted to hang from the harness bar on the cage, and we refilled with ice cold water between drivers. Also, rig up some air flow towards the driver. Face especially if you run open visor. Your brain will boil otherwise. We duct taped a series of cups to our driver door to dump cold air at the driver's face. This was well worth it. Between those 2 mods, we were increasingly comfortable doing long stints at Reno. Buttonwillow is going to be rough.

[Dominic49]

i should have an oil cooler setup in the spare parts bin. needs a new thermostat seal iirc but all new seals otherwise

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

Porccubimmer is by far the coolest thing ever.

[LTDScott]

WRT Buttonwillow, I'll spit this out while I'm thinking about it. Heat exhaustion is no joke. Mount a camelback in the car, or figure out how to swap one in with each driver. We saw other team drivers stuffing them down the front of their suits at Reno. Ours was mounted to hang from the harness bar on the cage, and we refilled with ice cold water between drivers. Also, rig up some air flow towards the driver. Face especially if you run open visor. Your brain will boil otherwise. We duct taped a series of cups to our driver door to dump cold air at the driver's face. This was well worth it. Between those 2 mods, we were increasingly comfortable doing long stints at Reno. Buttonwillow is going to be rough.

Heh, I was just looking at some cheap Camelbak bladders. $8.50 each on eBay, buy one for each of our drivers. I've also been looking at body cooling solutions. I was considering making our own Cool Shirt system but I found some cool vests online that supposedly stay at like 60-65 degrees up to 2 hours and get cold in ice water in 20 mins. We could buy two and have one on the driver and one on deck, with less potential for leakage when changing drivers. And I'm thinking an air scoop for inside would be a good idea. I'm wondering if we can do it on the roof instead of on the door like you did.

BTW, you don't have to warn me about the heat. I raced at Altamont in July 2007 and I remember it being about 100. I just looked up the historical data and sure enough it was 98 in Tracy that day. I seriously got close to heat exhaustion by not drinking enough. When I got out of the car I guzzled a couple of Gatorades and luckily escaped okay.

Thanks HiTheNameIsBJ!

[Boris3]

LTDScott, where are you getting the Falken RT615s for $48? Cheapest I've seen is Vulcan at $66.

[LTDScott]

LTDScott, where are you getting the Falken RT615s for $48? Cheapest I've seen is Vulcan at $66.

Let's just say the Falken decals on our car aren't just for decoration.

[Boris3]

Ah, understood.