Colorado general chat...

[Bishop]

Also, in other news... I did this yesterday.

Apparently I can't embed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UArJ0AIF9A

Oh, and Northern CO is beautiful on 287 headed toward Laramie... Got off 287 for the range and was just in the middle of awesome country.

[Bimmerman325i]

BMWCCA AutoX school and Event 1 last weekend went great. Course on Sunday was fun, and fast... Rev limiter in 2nd gear through a slalom/transitions. Pretty entertaining, and the weather stayed dry if a bit cool. 9 runs on Sunday!

If anyone is considering trying out autocross, I would encourage you to join BMW Club and attend. You are guaranteed to get a lot of runs because they cap their entries, and the environment is more relaxed than SCCA events.

Also, AST's kick ass. My car, even on dead-lops and with some other challenges, posted a time 2+ seconds over the next fastest car. Super-fun.

That sounds awesome! When is the next BMW Club one?

[Roland H]

Oh, and Northern CO is beautiful on 287 headed toward Laramie... Got off 287 for the range and was just in the middle of awesome country.

Yes, it's very scenic. Used to drive that all the time up to school and back. Gets super sketch in bad weather though. My friend from UW lost his life to that road around this time last year.

[Bimmerman325i]

Yes, it's very scenic. Used to drive that all the time up to school and back. Gets super sketch in bad weather though. My friend from UW lost his life to that road around this time last year.

Sucks, wasn't he the e46 guy?

[Bishop]

Rip

[Roland H]

Sucks, wasn't he the e46 guy?

Yeah. AW/Cinnamon, with gold wheels.

Rip

Indeed. He was a good dude.

[clarkkey594]

Wasn't he not wearing a seatbelt and got ejected from the car?

[Roland H]

Wasn't he not wearing a seatbelt and got ejected from the car?

That would be correct. :(

[Eric]

Trunk tar? Sunroof equipement? A/C equipment? P/S stuff? Spare tire, etc. etc.
I guess a better question would be what HAVE you removed?

removed all tar, including the stuff in the transmission tunnel
Stuff I removed:
-sunroof
-AC
-PS
-Heater core
-ABS
-cruise control
-scrapped the dash down to metal
-shaved the door pannels down
-removed some excess wiring (not enough)
-swiss cheesed the bumper core
-interior (obvious) recaro's weigh like 6kg instead of the heavy sport seats
-no spare
-light weight 50mm E30 M3 exhaust

I'm thinking the biggest weight items I have in the car now that can be swapped out is windows and body panels. I kind of like the function of the windows though, as it's my only source of temperature control inside the car. It also is necessary sometimes (this morning) to keep the windshield from fogging up.

Aren't you running something crazy like 18x10's? Your brake/tire/wheel combo has to weigh a lot compared to most people.

true, I'm guessing the tires/wheels weigh a good 55-60lbs each. The brakes are actually lighter than the stock E30 M3 stuff. aluminum calipers and hats make a pretty big difference.

i know a guy with an e30 m3 race car down to 2150 lbs then again he is stripped, caged and lightened as much as possible

that's crazy light. I just looked up this thread: http://www.e30tech.com/forum/newrepl...reply&p=162637

1851 lbs!!! That's silly how light that is!

[Bimmerman325i]

Hm. Is your exhaust aftermarket? You might want to just go with a custom 3" or 3.5" (S54 gets most hp from the 3.5, euro might too) and lose a significant amount of weight. Also switching the tires from the 18x10s to a lighterweight 18x10 (Dforce/Apex) if you really like 285 grip OR going to the 15x8/225 RS3 combo.

Is your car caged at all? Speakers? LTW Battery?

[Bishop]

Don't do 15s w/ the Euro motor.

No one like my video? I sad

[Bimmerman325i]

Don't do 15s w/ the Euro motor.

No one like my video? I sad

It's the 3.0L Euro, making about as much power (stock) as a bolt on S50/OBD1 S52, so the 15s/225s would work well. I'd rock the 18x10 Dforce or Apex and 285s personally, or a 17x9/255 combo since he does have the fender flares to fit it, but 15s wouldn't be too bad if paired with a sticky tire.

[Bishop]

I think the Euro will be too much for the 15s but I could be wrong. If he steps down, which he wont, he can't use those purdy brakes.

[Bimmerman325i]

Doesn't he have the 300mm Massive kit? that works with 15s.

He also could go with the 15x9 or 15x10 949 Racing wheels with the 275/35/15 Hoosier or the 235/50/15 R888......

[Bishop]

No, he's got some Wilwoods he put together himself... He just listed what all his roller stuff was in the build threads.