LSD for AutoX

[nando]

Use redline. why would anyone reccomend Royal Purple? I guess because it's cheap.

And with colder air it is more condense and will therefore add more o2. I am not 100% on the effects, I just know you put down better times in the morning than in the evening. I could go read up and know 100% on the effects, but I really don't care too much.

yet you were telling me I don't understand AFRs? ;)

also, chinese headers and exhaust doesn't sound far from stock to me. Unless you open up the motor, it's still basically stock.

Yeah... I just love those ES100's... no matter how many times I spin, they don't seem to wear down at all...

That's because they were manufactured 5 years ago and are hard as rocks by now. :(

[u3b3rg33k]

I love my ES100's. Way more traction than what I used to roll on.

[nando]

what, Nankang M&S all seasons? :p

[CrazyB]

I wish i could find some photos from my sunday runs, As I was slow and sideways for most of it, but I bet the e30 looked really cool coming through the finish line sideways.

[F34R]

Use redline. why would anyone reccomend Royal Purple? I guess because it's cheap.



yet you were telling me I don't understand AFRs? ;)

also, chinese headers and exhaust doesn't sound far from stock to me. Unless you open up the motor, it's still basically stock.



That's because they were manufactured 5 years ago and are hard as rocks by now. :(

Royle purple is 13 bucks a ltr, I did not think that was too cheap. I'll look into redline and see what that runs. I was going to use that but it was not offered in the local speed shops.

I understand them, just not enough to argue about them and put all the correct info and facts down. I should have rephrased the CAI from the start. Sorry for not being 100% on all needed parts to make it worth it.

Since when was MSDS headers chinese? I also have a complete welded exhaust from the headers back to a glass pack, my father has 28 years welding. My Uncle is looking into a exhaust bender, so maybe I can have a slick bent exhaust! (He owns and runs a garage)

I have not done anything to the m20s internals. Yet it is still not stock, I know this because my brother still cannot beat me with his 325is. In any gear or off the line(eta bottom end baby!)

So don't assume you know what I have done to my car. I know it is not a monster, but it is making more power than a stock eta. I only buy good shit for her too.

[u3b3rg33k]

what, Nankang M&S all seasons? :p

Not that bad; radial T/A's - the classic over priced tire.

But aside from tire noise, what do you have against es100s?

[Ian F]

But aside from tire noise, what do you have against es100s?

I'm sure it was a good tire 5 years ago... but technology has moved on.

And since one of our other cars has Star Specs, I've had a taste of those improvements.

[u3b3rg33k]

Well, I kinda like the 23 year old car with 5 year old (tech) tires. they're well suited to having fun.

[Wh33lhop]

I'm sure it was a good tire 5 years ago.

Nope.

[call me jack]

I would tend to agree with this. My car does have the LSD rear, but with the shit tires I have (205/60-14 ES100's), if I try to get on the throttle too early or too hard, I come out of the corner sideways at best, and backwards at worst. Even with a stock M20 with only a cat-back, the margin for error is a bit narrow.

The fact the car is loose w/o a LSD is a bit odd to me. The past RWD cars I've had w/o a LSD, the inside rear tire would lose traction and spin, but only if there was limited traction overall (wet road) would the rear end step out.

think of it this way;

both of the rear tires are gripping as hard as they can, trying not to slip. Power is added, and now your inside tire no longer has grip because it's spinning, so the outside tire starts to lets go as well, since it's under a G load beyond its capacity.

This scenario can only happen in the highest G situations (relative to tires grip capacity), and with a particular suspension set up that keeps both rear tires well loaded (which is how the "highest G situation," as stated previously, is possible)

with a common stock suspension, that has a lot of roll, the inside tire blows it's load ;) and starts spinning at too low of a g level to the point where the outside tire can still maintain grip, which is why a open diff is often considered more forgiving in street car. (most of the time. remember, it's relative to to tires grip capacity. hence why it's so easy to make any rear drive vehicle drift in snow, regardless of the diff.)

[CrazyB]

So One thing has been Bugging me, is The miller Maf DSp or STX legal, Or will I need to get rid of it?

[nando]

Not that bad; radial T/A's - the classic over priced tire.

But aside from tire noise, what do you have against es100s?

uhm, they suck in every possible way imagineable? :p

[nando]

So One thing has been Bugging me, is The miller Maf DSp or STX legal, Or will I need to get rid of it?

I knew somebody with one in DSP, but I don't remember if he was skirting rules or not. Local clubs are pretty lax, I was in SM with car that had a fully gutted interior, when the rules clearly state you can only remove the rear seat and it has to have a full interior otherwise.

but read the rulebook to be certain, it's usually pretty clear. If it doesn't say you can do it, you can't.

[Ian F]

Well, I kinda like the 23 year old car with 5 year old (tech) tires. they're well suited to having fun.

I suppose that's a matter of opinion... right now, I have a 23 year old car that seems to be perpetually broken and has no grip. While I could dump buckets of money into the car to improve grip, German engineering means it will still break often. After the M3 and 7 years with MINI's, one would think I would have learned... Nope.

[CincinnatiKid]

Are you guys so sure it'd bump him to STX, according to the 2010 rules

K. Limited Slip Differentials
ST, STS – No limited slip differentials are permitted except for factory
standard viscous coupler type units.
STX, STU, STR – Only standard (as defi ned in Section 12.4) limited
slip differentials (LSD) are allowed on AWD vehicles. For AWD
vehicles that did not come with any type of limited slip differential
(including center differential or transfer case), a single aftermarket
LSD may be added. 2WD vehicles may use any LSD unit.

so if it comes out of another 318is, and was factory, I think it's still legal in ST.