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

[M42Power]

Just to add some info, my is came stock with manual steering rack. The feel of the stock rack is amazing, you can feel everything trough the steering wheel and parking the car with 205's is no big deal. The problem of the stock manual rack is the ridiculous amount of turns it does (like 5 turns end-to-end), wich means that you have to put a good amount of steering input in sharper corners. And when you have to catch a slide, you're gonna sweat

[4ce30]

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

Here's me and my non powersteering m50 e30 at the track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QcE0it6ZIE

[djjerme]

James's racecar sorta does.

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[matthugie]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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"?

[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..

[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.

[VinniE30]

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

[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...

[325ix]

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

[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...