Colorado general chat...

[Bimmerman325i]

IE's motor mounts, on the other hand, are the biggest pieces of garbage I've ever seen someone try to pass off as a useable product.

Worse than UUC?

[monkeytaco]

Alex, I just got a set of h&r sports for stupidly cheap ($75) that I want to swap in. I'm actually considering getting all the other bits you are talking about as well. From my experience with e30 tie rods and sway links, and inspection of the front suspension, it will take at max a couple hours to do everything up front. Replacing everything at the rear, including rtabs, will be a pain.

We should have a suspension party.

[blefevre]

The last thing I have left to do is the rear subframe and rtab. Totally in.

[Bimmerman325i]

I potentially have space...

[colorado_cabrio]

[Bimmerman325i]

http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-live-formula-one-video-streaming/

F1 live streaming. This weekend is the Melbourne (Australia) GP, and Practice 3 just ended. Qualifying should start at midnight, and I'm hoping it's streaming.

[Bishop]

Damn I'm not gonna be around for F1 I realize

[fsmtnbiker]

M50 intake manifold = win.

My god, the top end powAr. It's excellent.

[Bimmerman325i]

M50 intake manifold = win.

My god, the top end powAr. It's excellent.

Come on the drive tomorrow!

M50's that noticeable of a change?

[fsmtnbiker]

Oh yeah. I may or may not make the drive, gotta be at the shop at 10am tomorrow to work on a customer car. The midrange is pretty lackluster now, although it's improving as the car adapts. I might rebuild the rest of the VANOS tomorrow and double-check my cam timing, if I have time. I am sure it's working fine, I'm just hoping that I can somehow magically come up with a little more midrange. Above 4500 it's pretty stupid but below that it's a little softer than I was hoping to achieve.

I had no traction in first gear above 4500 tonight. That pleases me greatly. Time to get rid of the stupid snow tires!

[Bimmerman325i]

I had no traction in first gear above 4500 tonight. That pleases me greatly. Time to get rid of the stupid snow tires!

Damn. Next time you're down here, I'd love a ride.

[Cloudbase]

Alex, I just got a set of h&r sports for stupidly cheap ($75) that I want to swap in. I'm actually considering getting all the other bits you are talking about as well. From my experience with e30 tie rods and sway links, and inspection of the front suspension, it will take at max a couple hours to do everything up front. Replacing everything at the rear, including rtabs, will be a pain.

We should have a suspension party.

Did you get the ones from Craig's? I talked to that guy about the rack. Thats a fucking awesome price man!

I did my control arms and tie rods in November so I'm somewhat familiar. I'll prob do the subframe and RTABS another time. I have a homemade subframe bushing extractor, but if that doesn't work I'll burn or dremel them out.

I want to do my right front WB too. My brake issue driving me nuts.

[Cloudbase]

Dudes, saw and M1 today. Fucking tight!

[Bimmerman325i]

Dudes, saw and M1 today. Fucking tight!

the white one down in CO Springs?

[Bimmerman325i]

http://www.eurotuner.com/techarticles/eurp_0912_high_performance_tires_buying_guide/index.html+

very informative tire test, much more so than the "oh this works on an 1800lb ST-prepped Civic Si but not a car most folks have" test.