SoCal General Chat

[QUKBMER]

Just came back from a weekend in Big Bear.Went out to dinner and movie on Friday night.Went to October-fest during the day on Sat and then Sat night went to The Cave and seen Whitesnake and Def Leppard cover bands play. Over all great weekend.

[2mAn]

Sacrificed an oil pan this morning. Havent driven the e30 to work in 3 months. Some fool crashed his pickup on topanga canyon and left debris on the road, I ran it over and voila. This is why we can't have nice things.

Im also the dumbass driving around without the skid plate...

Ugh... Ive been scared for this same thing. Ive had my skidplate for way too long and its been sitting in the garage with other uninstalled crap for too long

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Ugh... Ive been scared for this same thing. Ive had my skidplate for way too long and its been sitting in the garage with other uninstalled crap for too long

Yea, I am really dumb for not having it installed. Even did all that hardcore reinforcement on the core support to make it stronger. Its one of those things... you really don't need it until one random day you do. And it'll save you MAJOR hassle and irritation. Do it.

[MR 325]

Successfully wrapped up my brother's five speed swap today. Feels like a whole new car! :up:

Awesome!

[IRON-E]

Sacrificed an oil pan this morning. Havent driven the e30 to work in 3 months. Some fool crashed his pickup on topanga canyon and left debris on the road, I ran it over and voila. This is why we can't have nice things.

Im also the dumbass driving around without the skid plate...

Been without one because I've seen bad results of installation points.

Just came back from a weekend in Big Bear.Went out to dinner and movie on Friday night.Went to October-fest during the day on Sat and then Sat night went to The Cave and seen Whitesnake and Def Leppard cover bands play. Over all great weekend.

Sounds like a kick as time.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Been without one because I've seen bad results of installation points.

I had no issue even when it was bolted to the "flimsy" bottom of core support. It would definitely have saved the pan in this instance. To your point though, I reinforced the bottom of the core support to give the skid plate more strength, but didn't take the 45 mins to reinstall it.

[IRON-E]

Dude, 45 min install?
Yeah, you knew this was going to happen and didn't prevent it. Your fault.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Dude, 45 min install?
Yeah, you knew this was going to happen and didn't prevent it. Your fault.

100% dumb on my part

[2mAn]

I really need to install mine... Maybe I will do it this Friday after work. I dont think my cage will be getting welded in anytime soon so I can spend my time doing this instead

[MrBurgundy]

I really need to install mine... Maybe I will do it this Friday after work. I dont think my cage will be getting welded in anytime soon so I can spend my time doing this instead

Same here, I was driving in LB and I almost hit a pot hole that was 3ft wide and 5-6 inched deep :o

[reelizmpro]

Strange...I have never busted an oil pan in my life. I thought it might be a swap thing but I see guys with stock engines breaking pans too. Are u guys driving with aggressive drops or what?

[2mAn]

Strange...I have never busted an oil pan in my life. I thought it might be a swap thing but I see guys with stock engines breaking pans too. Are u guys driving with aggressive drops or what?

Ive personally never broken one, but Im fairly low, but whats worse is that the E34 M50 pan just hangs out there and is the first thing to absorb an impact, the lip and valence wont do anything to stop it

[MrBurgundy]

I've never broken one, but I watched my dad drive my vert's oil pain right into the ground coming up the driveway at 40 mph on stock height....

[ak-]

Strange...I have never busted an oil pan in my life. I thought it might be a swap thing but I see guys with stock engines breaking pans too. Are u guys driving with aggressive drops or what?

This was supposed to be me.
5 years driving low. Always careful. I was so proud.


Then it happened. I cried. I became a statistic.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Its one of those things, you don't need it until you need it. And likely it won't be when you'd "expect" it (like running over accident debris in the dark while avoiding hitting the wreck and oncoming traffic around a blind turn)

Looked at it yesterday, its just a crack that appears to be fixable.