NOR-CAL General Chat.

[CarsonE30]

. Were you guys out on track or just watching?

Will

I was just watching, Travis was driving but we were talking about Nate and other r3v guys who do track days and your brutal little Datsun came up, I bet that thing is an incredibly fun machine!

[Bimmerman325i]

I'll arrange some r3v track days after mid-April. Between speedsf, ncrc, HoD, and lotus club, there're plenty of organizations to light paychecks on fire with!

studying's taking over my life right now so car stuff has gone entirely on the back burner.

[CarsonE30]

I'll arrange some r3v track days after mid-April. Between speedsf, ncrc, HoD, and lotus club, there're plenty of organizations to light paychecks on fire with!

studying's taking over my life right now so car stuff has gone entirely on the back burner.

It was SpeedSF yesterday and I need a car that I can track really bad. Really really bad.

[Bimmerman325i]

It was SpeedSF yesterday and I need a car that I can track really bad. Really really bad.

Byzanz + auto, then Byzanz + manual?

[CarsonE30]

Byzanz + auto, then Byzanz + manual?

Thinking about it, I don't know, I really don't wanna track this car. I'm looking for another late model E30, a beat 328is or a less clean cosmetically M3

[Bimmerman325i]

Thinking about it, I don't know, I really don't wanna track this car. I'm looking for another late model E30, a beat 328is or a less clean cosmetically M3

Understandable. I missed a lot of track days while working on red car since I didn't want to track white car.

[Wh33lhop]

Okay, who has a G260 in good shape lying around? And/or a flywheel.

[BlackbirdM3]

I was just watching, Travis was driving but we were talking about Nate and other r3v guys who do track days and your brutal little Datsun came up, I bet that thing is an incredibly fun machine!

Its great that Travis got out on the big track. What was he driving? Last I spoke with him, his engine sounded like it was about ready to wave a white flag.

Yes, the roadster is incredibly fun, but it's not forgiving. You have to be very deliberate and precise with all inputs. If you half commit, it will bite you. If you get sloppy, it will bite you. In the video I posted, I nearly lost it in either turn 6 or turn 10 when I missed my apex by inches. (I did the same thing in both corners on different stints.) With fresh tires and brakes, it will hold its own in a small bore vintage race. I think with a better driver, its got a shot at running at the very front of a big vintage race. The key at Laguna is to carry as much speed through turn 5 as possible. My gearing is a little tall for the run up the hill, and if I get bogged down out of 5, it takes the whole run to the top to get up to speed again. Getting down the hill, its very fast.

I was hoping to get my race licence renewed this year, but with having to move, there is no reason to even look into it as I know I don't have the spare $ around. That and my Alfa project is devouring $ like a kid with a sweet tooth eats candy. The rental scene is pretty brutal. I'm going to have to pick up a beater car and put the M3 in storage. I'm not about to park it on the street or in a uncovered, unlocked parking lot. I wish I could find a place with a garage here, but I flat out can't afford any of the places.

Will

[CarsonE30]

Its great that Travis got out on the big track. What was he driving? Last I spoke with him, his engine sounded like it was about ready to wave a white flag.

Yes, the roadster is incredibly fun, but it's not forgiving. You have to be very deliberate and precise with all inputs. If you half commit, it will bite you. If you get sloppy, it will bite you. In the video I posted, I nearly lost it in either turn 6 or turn 10 when I missed my apex by inches. (I did the same thing in both corners on different stints.) With fresh tires and brakes, it will hold its own in a small bore vintage race. I think with a better driver, its got a shot at running at the very front of a big vintage race. The key at Laguna is to carry as much speed through turn 5 as possible. My gearing is a little tall for the run up the hill, and if I get bogged down out of 5, it takes the whole run to the top to get up to speed again. Getting down the hill, its very fast.

I was hoping to get my race licence renewed this year, but with having to move, there is no reason to even look into it as I know I don't have the spare $ around. That and my Alfa project is devouring $ like a kid with a sweet tooth eats candy. The rental scene is pretty brutal. I'm going to have to pick up a beater car and put the M3 in storage. I'm not about to park it on the street or in a uncovered, unlocked parking lot. I wish I could find a place with a garage here, but I flat out can't afford any of the places.

Will

Oh sorry for the confusion, Travis wasn't on the big track, he was in the AutoX all day, his car doesn't sound the healthiest to be honest, (sorry bro lol), but it made it all day and back home I'm assuming.
As for the roadster, yeah I've talked to a couple other guys with 1800's and they said pretty much the same thing about the driveability on the track lol
Yeah, as soon as I got the E36, my dad gave up his gated and covered parking spot for it, it's been happy ever since and thankfully because I would've been in the same position as you, not enough spare dough for a rental space. Why do we have to have the most expensive hobbies? Between cars and music, I don't know how I'm still alive.

[Bimmerman325i]

. Why do we have to have the most expensive hobbies? Between cars and music, I don't know how I'm still alive.

Yea....I had to give up playing the mouthpiece/horn of the month game, as it got to the point where cars were almost cheaper! Was really bad as a student.

Wish I had time to practice though, of course then I would want/need/manage to justify another horn...

I wonder what it'd be like to have cheap hobbies.

[CarsonE30]

Yea....I had to give up playing the mouthpiece/horn of the month game, as it got to the point where cars were almost cheaper! Was really bad as a student.

Wish I had time to practice though, of course then I would want/need/manage to justify another horn...

I wonder what it'd be like to have cheap hobbies.

Well before I had my license, my hobbies were guitar and golf and I thought those were expensive by themselves but that was before I was in a busy band and all that. Now, with guitar, drums, live sound, maintenance, cars and bills, I'm pretty much fucked all the time it seems like hahaha I've been thinking about selling off stuff but there's nothing I don't use or appreciate and I can't fathom quitting one or the other. But cars are my first love and if I had a choice between one or the other, cars would stay for sure.

[CarsonE30]

Also, thanks Bimmerman, as if I didn't want an S54 badly enough already, your build thread certainly didn't help :hitler:

[YosemiteSam]

Its great that Travis got out on the big track. What was he driving? Last I spoke with him, his engine sounded like it was about ready to wave a white flag.

Oh sorry for the confusion, Travis wasn't on the big track, he was in the AutoX all day, his car doesn't sound the healthiest to be honest, (sorry bro lol), but it made it all day and back home I'm assuming.

Yeah, my engine is definitely not doing well but I made it all the way home and she's still running. I just need it to last another year and a half to when it's getting rebuilt. I might try and pick up a decent running motor to swap in sooner rather than later though, I'm starting to get a little concerned it might not make it until I'm ready to build it. (I should probably be softer on my car...)

[Cabriolet]

if there are others in Sac. id like to photograph your e30. id like to shoot a rough car and work with color/tint and other fun things. shoot me a pm if you have a running e30 and live near me. shoots take about 2-3 hours

YL7A2364 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

[kronus]

the m5 is rough.. am i near sacremento enough? ;)


also I fixed the stupid e30 and it's going to get BAR'd on Thursday. Excited to have it CA legal.