NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Wh33lhop]

jk jk the m3 is a keeper for now. i have her insured for a guaranteed value of $20k and can drive her 2000 miles a year.

lbv come drive my eta

2k miles a year

I drive like 25-30k a year... and i have a 3 mile commute

an e30 m3 that i could only drive 2k a year would be like torture

[Cabriolet]

an e30 m3 that i could only drive 2k a year would be like torture

i know. i may bump that up. but it's registered a classic car for a LOT less. i may bump it up next spring to like 5k. but i have other fun cars and DD cars

[JinormusJ]

NOR-CAL General Chat.

i know. i may bump that up. but it's registered a classic car for a LOT less. i may bump it up next spring to like 5k. but i have other fun cars and DD cars

Who did you end up getting classic insurance through?

[oliver.r]

oops mis-read the questions

[Cabriolet]

Who did you end up getting classic insurance through?

State Farm.
we just switched. got better insurance and save $600/yr over farmers

[Wh33lhop]

Ugh $450 parts order and i still need a vanos oil line and rotor set screws

[PorscheH6]

I had three wisdom teeth removed a few hours ago...pizza and pork chops never sounded so good...

[Cabriolet]

I had three wisdom teeth removed a few hours ago...pizza and pork chops never sounded so good...

eat soon before the drugs wear off. you'll need lots of jamba and oat mean for a few days.

[decay]

I had three wisdom teeth removed a few hours ago...pizza and pork chops never sounded so good...

oh man, i had all four out when i was in my early teens- bad times. hope they gave you some good pain meds. my sympathy.

[JinormusJ]

NOR-CAL General Chat.

So I've seen a couple build threads being tossed around and some coilovers on the wristing-of-da-craigs that seem to take the rear trailing arm end of an e30 and make it into a full coilover (an actual strut, not just spring + adjuster + separate shocks).

It kinda got me thinkin.. What's the actual benefit of this over the trailing arm system..? I know the rear shock towers would have to be reinforced a lot, but so far... The only plus I can think of is making the rear into a strut and actually having rear struts in the rear of an e30.

Picture:

These are e30 application as advertised on the site. Notice how the rears are struts not shocks + springs

oh man, i had all four out when i was in my early teens- bad times. hope they gave you some good pain meds. my sympathy.

Ohhh man.. Only time over EVER cried from pain. Not when I broke my leg, or sprained my arm, or dislocated my shoulder... Nothing

Having the pain right up in the fresh wound in the mouth though... Ugh

[kronus]

mechanically there is no difference.

structurally, the top mount was never designed to handle the weight of the car, but the rear upper spring perches were. The lower shock mounts also were not designed with the full car weight in mind, but they are fairly beefy.

anyway, those 32-way adjustable coils aren't actually good performance suspension.

[Wh33lhop]

So I've seen a couple build threads being tossed around and some coilovers on the wristing-of-da-craigs that seem to take the rear trailing arm end of an e30 and make it into a full coilover (an actual strut, not just spring + adjuster + separate shocks).

It kinda got me thinkin.. What's the actual benefit of this over the trailing arm system..? I know the rear shock towers would have to be reinforced a lot, but so far... The only plus I can think of is making the rear into a strut and actually having rear struts in the rear of an e30.

Picture:
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These are e30 application as advertised on the site. Notice how the rears are struts not shocks + springs


Ohhh man.. Only time over EVER cried from pain. Not when I broke my leg, or sprained my arm, or dislocated my shoulder... Nothing

Having the pain right up in the fresh wound in the mouth though... Ugh

Actually overall you would be at a disadvantage because those nice big coil springs will impede tire clearance

There really isn't too much difference functionally, the main disadvantage of the current spring location is that it actually bends the spring, GC makes a cool "weight jack" that solves this issue by allowing a pivot point, but for some reason they don't make 'em for E30s.. only E36 and E46. The only other difference would be if you want to run a stupid high rate it would probably be less stressful for the trailing arm to run it at the shock location instead of the equivalent (over 2x) rate on the trailing arm, if that makes sense.

Supposedly the shock tower reinforcement necessity has been blown out of proportion but honestly, functionally you really aren't missing out on much and I wouldn't bother unless it really bugs you to have them inboard. Money would be much better spent on a set of quality dampers.

[Wh33lhop]

speaking of springs, does it make me a blasphemer to run jdm tyte springs on a bmw

[mbonanni]

I'm kinda leaning towards that, if sourced cheap enough it really won't cost a whole lot of money.


And I'm not really interested in a 1k eta engine... Lol.

Tf. I'm talking about the engine from my grey car...

[Pantless Spency]

Tf. I'm talking about the engine from my grey car...

Ohhhh I thought you were talking about the black car lol.

I found an eta for super cheap so ill probably go with that.