PNW Chit Chat thread

[e30_world]

Not really sure what's a fair price for these currently. Motor was rebuilt by a shop from previous owner, so I can't say how many miles are on it. It's clean and runs great lol. All I can say is it supposedly has wiseco pistons and a schrick cam. 24lb injectors and Miller chip. It's OBD1 and has some eBay stainless style headers. It pulls like a bat outta hell after 4K and redlined around 7.2. Anyone is welcome to scope it to make sure. Possibly selling the g260 with it as well if I can line up the t56 trans.

[e30_world]

So I swapped out the god awful 17 inch boat anchors on my car for some 15x8 trm c1. I'm absolutely blown away by the difference. It feels like an entirely new car now, it's better in every way possible.

Always wanted a set of those. What tires? What brakes do you have too. I'm worried I can't get a set of those on with my rx7 brakes now.

[ahrensNW]

225 55 15, they're close to rubbing on the rear. I got the set that was advertised on here recently. I've seen guys run them with rx7 brakes. Look up the s54 e30 that was recently on overdrive? I think that's the YouTube show, the one with Matt Farah

[e30_world]

225 55 15, they're close to rubbing on the rear. I got the set that was advertised on here recently. I've seen guys run them with rx7 brakes. Look up the s54 e30 that was recently on overdrive? I think that's the YouTube show, the one with Matt Farah

Ya I'll check it out. I didn't notice what wheels he was running. Nice scoop on those. For the money they are the best. I'd like to get a fun light weight summer set up with those.

[djjerme]

225/50r15 or 225/45r15 are what we run on the PRO3 cars. They do require a little fender rolling to keep from rubbing, but then again, our cars are usually set at close to the min height for the class, 4".

On a street car, depending which rear arches you have, you may get away just rolling the lip under if your car is on coils.

I did run 205/50r15's before, and they never rubbed, and were not bad looking on an 8" rim. That's the same size as Spec Miata/SE30, so in the RA1's I was able to find some pull off for rather cheap. It's still an available size by many sport tire manufactures.

[djjerme]

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[ahrensNW]

225/50r15 or 225/45r15 are what we run on the PRO3 cars. They do require a little fender rolling to keep from rubbing, but then again, our cars are usually set at close to the min height for the class, 4".

On a street car, depending which rear arches you have, you may get away just rolling the lip under if your car is on coils.

I did run 205/50r15's before, and they never rubbed, and were not bad looking on an 8" rim. That's the same size as Spec Miata/SE30, so in the RA1's I was able to find some pull off for rather cheap. It's still an available size by many sport tire manufactures.

Edit: I'm running 225 50 15. They rubbed when I had a 5mm spacer on the rear, so I took it off and they have great clearance with no fender roll. The car is sitting on the gc/koni setup. It looked a lot better with the 5mm spacer however, so I may just have to roll my fenders pretty good. This car has a super beat body so it's not like rolling the fenders will get me tarred and feathered or anything.

[BraveUlysses]

225/50r15 or 225/45r15 are what we run on the PRO3 cars. They do require a little fender rolling to keep from rubbing, but then again, our cars are usually set at close to the min height for the class, 4".

On a street car, depending which rear arches you have, you may get away just rolling the lip under if your car is on coils.

I did run 205/50r15's before, and they never rubbed, and were not bad looking on an 8" rim. That's the same size as Spec Miata/SE30, so in the RA1's I was able to find some pull off for rather cheap. It's still an available size by many sport tire manufactures.

where do they measure that 4" min ride height from on the car?

[djjerme]

Edit: I'm running 225 50 15. They rubbed when I had a 5mm spacer on the rear, so I took it off and they have great clearance with no fender roll. The car is sitting on the gc/koni setup. It looked a lot better with the 5mm spacer however, so I may just have to roll my fenders pretty good. This car has a super beat body so it's not like rolling the fenders will get me tarred and feathered or anything.

Yes, I have 10mm spacers on the front of the racecar, but none on the rear, and run wheels that actually a little less offset then ideal for an E30 (Konig Rewinds with +20) and they aren't bad unless the rearend has shifted.

where do they measure that 4" min ride height from on the car?

I had to double check, and it's actually 5", from the lowest point of the Rocker Panel.

[horse30]

225/50r15 or 225/45r15 are what we run on the PRO3 cars. They do require a little fender rolling to keep from rubbing, but then again, our cars are usually set at close to the min height for the class, 4".

On a street car, depending which rear arches you have, you may get away just rolling the lip under if your car is on coils.

I did run 205/50r15's before, and they never rubbed, and were not bad looking on an 8" rim. That's the same size as Spec Miata/SE30, so in the RA1's I was able to find some pull off for rather cheap. It's still an available size by many sport tire manufactures.

I just picked up some 15x8s and il be throwing 205/50/15s on them, glad to hear they won't rub. What offset were yours? I belive mine are et20

[djjerme]

et20

I added the spacers to the front when I shortened the front housing on my homemade coilovers to use Corrado shocks. With the 225/50 they rubbed on the housing a bit. Didn't have that issue with the 205's.

Since then, I went to GC's and haven't had any issues, but I also kept the spacers on for the extra track width.

[horse30]

I currently have 235s and they rub a little with my kyb bav auto combo. I plan on dropping it a bit lower with coils soon, I don't think il have any issues with 205s.

[Pdxseth]

205's are too wide for e30 lololololololol


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[ahrensNW]

^hella scene points

[djjerme]

...Seth's results don't reflect reality.

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