Colorado general chat...

[Bimmerman325i]

Too. Much. Logic.

sssshhhhh.

[iamsam]

i'd have to side w/ the E30 haters here ( ;) ) and say just man up and get an M3. You won't get a better car for the money.

[Bimmerman325i]

If anyone wants free beer and food, I am putting the oem suspension back on the Subaru starting at 5pm today. I need help to get it done as fast as possible, so I will supply beer and food. Please help if you can, and please bring 12,13,19mm sockets and wrenches as well. It'll make the job go much easier.

If you can stop by, PM me and let me know. Thanks!

[iamsam]

Are you returning the ASTs?

[325ix]

If anyone wants free beer and food, I am putting the oem suspension back on the Subaru starting at 5pm today. I need help to get it done as fast as possible, so I will supply beer and food. Please help if you can, and please bring 12,13,19mm sockets and wrenches as well. It'll make the job go much easier.

If you can stop by, PM me and let me know. Thanks!

Didn't you just put on the coils?

[Bimmerman325i]

Are you returning the ASTs?

We shall see. This is so I can get the car emission tested before the 1mo grace period expires on sunday.

Didn't you just put on the coils?

two months ago. Need to pass emissions, and until the bouncy ride gets figured out, the car can't be tested with the asts.

[Bene]

You can't have an aftermarket suspension to pass safety in CO?

or would they assume the shocks are bad with the way it's set up?

[Bimmerman325i]

You can't have an aftermarket suspension to pass safety in CO?

or would they assume the shocks are bad with the way it's set up?

Neither is the issue, the problem is with the ASTs themselves: they have an internal binding problem on Subaru wagons that causes the car to bounce like a pogo stick, and caused it to nearly bounce and slide off the rollers at the testing center. Car was WAY too unstable for them to test, and I have a nice form to prove it saying the car was failed because it was too unstable to test. Normally, aftermarket suspension is fine so long as ride height is enough to get on the rollers. When the car makes the dyno operator feel unsafe, that's bad.

So now to get my money back, this has been fucking ridiculous. I couldn't initially since it was my word that the ride quality was fucking atrocious, but now since I have proof saying the car is too unsafe to drive on a chassis dyno used for emissions testing....hopefully they'll believe me now. The ride really is intolerable.

I'm a wee bit annoyed right now.

(FWIW, this problem is unique to subaru wagon rear shocks, NOT BMWs.)

[hyperE30]

Neither is the issue, the problem is with the ASTs themselves: they have an internal binding problem on wagons that causes the car to bounce like a pogo stick, and caused it to nearly bounce and slide off the rollers at the testing center. Car was WAY too unstable for them to test, and I have a nice form to prove it saying the car was failed because it was too unstable to test. Normally, aftermarket suspension is fine so long as ride height is enough to get on the rollers. When the car makes the dyno operator feel unsafe, that's bad.

So now to get my money back, this has been fucking ridiculous. I couldn't initially since it was my word that the ride quality was fucking atrocious, but now since I have proof saying the car is too unsafe to drive on a chassis dyno used for emissions testing....hopefully they'll believe me now. The ride really is intolerable.

I'm a wee bit annoyed right now.

That sucks man, hope you get your money back...

[kablammo]

Neither is the issue, the problem is with the ASTs themselves: they have an internal binding problem on wagons that causes the car to bounce like a pogo stick, and caused it to nearly bounce and slide off the rollers at the testing center. Car was WAY too unstable for them to test, and I have a nice form to prove it saying the car was failed because it was too unstable to test. Normally, aftermarket suspension is fine so long as ride height is enough to get on the rollers. When the car makes the dyno operator feel unsafe, that's bad.

So now to get my money back, this has been fucking ridiculous. I couldn't initially since it was my word that the ride quality was fucking atrocious, but now since I have proof saying the car is too unsafe to drive on a chassis dyno used for emissions testing....hopefully they'll believe me now. The ride really is intolerable.

I'm a wee bit annoyed right now.

AST 41s or 42s? Are they defective? e36 M3 fittment? Specs requested if you are thinking of selling them.

Thx,

K

[fsmtnbiker]

S2000 = GREAT autox car.

But shitty track car. It's not the fact that the car doesn't perform, it's simply the fact that you're not allowed to run it with many organizations on track that is the problem.

It's pretty simple to put a rollbar in, if an organization requires it.

And I 100%, guaranteed, will go faster stock for stock and mod-for-mod in an S2000 than an E36 of any kind. Track, autocross, doesn't matter.

The car I autocross was $9500. 2000 w/60k miles. You can find them, just gotta wait for fall/winter or for a good deal to come up.

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/2462340473.html

perfect track car: http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/2487236337.html

http://austin.craigslist.org/ctd/2509289209.html

etc etc... have to go outside CO to find them usually, turns out a RWD convertible isn't a real hot seller in colorado.

[fsmtnbiker]

If I go S13 it will be getting an sr20 to help the lack of power. I know the rear suspension is shared with the R32 Skyline which is still one of the fastest cars at Japanese time attacks, up there with EVO's and such. Would a healthy dose of braces help the chassis? Maybe a roll bar? How about the S14? I am pretty set on RWD from Japan.

Eh. The rear suspension arms on the early cars are short, so the camber curve is a little exciting. I'm sure it can be made to handle well. I would get a later S14, they were the best (but also the heaviest.)

The R32 time attack cars are almost all GTRs. Apples:Oranges.

RWD from Japan.. G35/350Z is getting cheap. Same with S2000. Depends on your budget and how much you want to spend after the fact on parts, maint, and mods... and how fast you want to go.

It's really hard to beat an E36 M3 dollar-for-dollar if you need to drive the car on the street much.

[Bimmerman325i]

AST 41s or 42s? Are they defective? e36 M3 fittment? Specs requested if you are thinking of selling them.

Thx,

K

No, not BMW fitment at all. Subaru 4100 fitment, and the wagon variant was unexpectedly different from sedan.

Every BMW one I've ridden or driven has been awesome, this is specifically a Subaru wagon issue.

[Chevy2g3]

I can't seem to get the axles off my ix so I can pull the engine. Any advice?

[Bene]