so who tracks an s/m50 swapped car?...

[10Toes]

I didn't know we had so many girls on R3v.

[carnurd]

I didn't know we had so many girls on R3v.

No kidding, I don't have a s/m50 swap but I have been running a de-powered steering in my 318(ya i know less weight blah blah blah) nearly since I got the car(3 years ago). Not to mention I'm using the 95 M3 rack which is 3.0 LTL vs factory e30's 4.1 LTL. I track the crap out of this car and it only runs 225 street or dot-r tires. I have yet to come off the track complaining about sore arms ever... And that's driving between 2-3 hours on track per day. Also done autocross's without issues.

I'm all of 5'10 150lbs. just sayin...

[JRKOUPE]

No kidding, I don't have a s/m50 swap but I have been running a de-powered steering in my 318(ya i know less weight blah blah blah) nearly since I got the car(3 years ago). Not to mention I'm using the 95 M3 rack which is 3.0 LTL vs factory e30's 4.1 LTL. I track the crap out of this car and it only runs 225 street or dot-r tires. I have yet to come off the track complaining about sore arms ever... And that's driving between 2-3 hours on track per day. Also done autocross's without issues.

I'm all of 5'10 150lbs. just sayin...

didnt you fail a PED drug test though???..jus sayin...

[325ix]

I had no ps in my ix, I weighed about 120lbs, and had absolutely no problem with it.

[carnurd]

didnt you fail a PED drug test though???..jus sayin...

Does it matter if my training partner was Lance Armstrong, I don't think so...

[VinniE30]

Are you guys with PS delete using the stock e30 rack or a e36/z3 one?

[nrubenstein]

..define "Real Race Cars."

A car that is basically a street car with a cage slapped in and some bolt ons, like your E30 or my E46 is not a real race car.

[djjerme]

A car that is basically a street car with a cage slapped in and some bolt ons, like your E30 or my E46 is not a real race car.

So then the Compass 360 Volvo's and the Bimmerworld car's that run GrandAm wouldn't fit under your definition.

I will make sure to let Dan Roger's and James Clay know that next week..

[10Toes]

A car that is basically a street car with a cage slapped in and some bolt ons, like your E30 or my E46 is not a real race car.

Are those really your spring rates? My gradmas car has higher spring rates then those...she wants to get some softer springs and was wondering if the 500/500's hurt your vag when you hit bumps.


So what do you need to build a "real race car"?

[James Crivellone]

A car that is basically a street car with a cage slapped in and some bolt ons, like your E30 or my E46 is not a real race car.

According to my insurance company my car is a race car.

I race it

Its not street legal

It has components on it that you would not want on a street car.

So what makes it not a racecar? I cannot seem to find the Fire pull on my street car, nor the transponder, portable fire, battery kill switch.

I guess that makes the original DTM BMW E30 M3's not real racecars?

[ScHpAnKy]

Are you guys with PS delete using the stock e30 rack or a e36/z3 one?

I'm running an e36 m3 rack with no PS, and it's a cakewalk - E30 stock rack with no power steering? pinky finger parallel parking, and I'm not a big guy.

[VinniE30]

I'm running an e36 m3 rack with no PS, and it's a cakewalk - E30 stock rack with no power steering? pinky finger parallel parking, and I'm not a big guy.

Yeah I know what the stock rack is like without PS - I have no PS with stock rack on both my E30s and I like it, steering effort is fine.

Just wondering if I should go with an e36 rack while I have the engine out considering that I definitely won't be having power steering.:)

I hear a lot of people here saying no PS is great and steering effort is fine but not saying which steering rack they have.

[James Crivellone]

For reference I have a E30 M3 rack in my street car, and a stock E30 US Rack in my racecar.

Don't have power steering on either.

[matthugie]

I do like that this thread has nothing at all to do with the engines in the thread title...

[djjerme]

James's racecar sorta does.

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