PNW Chit Chat thread

[cg138]

Don't the pro3 guys swear that the 4 door chassis is stiffer ?

All the PRO3 cars that I saw today except for Lance's were 2 doors.

I read somewhere that when you weld the rear doors it does become stiffer, unsure about before any welding takes place

That makes sense.

[e30austin]

It's harder to build a cage for a sedan.

[AustinK425]

There is a long thread on it somewhere in the general discussion forum ill try to dig it up, but the hilight I remember reading from it was.....

that apparently BMW build there sedans first and then their coupes in there design process which I believe happened with the E36 and E46 but wasn't the case with the E30 and something about how the sedans were built caused some sagging not much, but otherwise the chassis are both identical.

It's harder to build a cage for a sedan.

^ Yeah that was also discussed in that thread.

[LuckyHenriksen]

It's harder to build a cage for a sedan.

Interesting, why is that?

[stamar]

Don't look now but the world famous stamar red e30 convertible has landed in southern beaverton.

[dashboardmonkey]

^bahaha

[stamar]

I've actually been here for weeks but the bmw was still in cali.

And I must say the weather here is outstanding.

[dashboardmonkey]

Its gonna get real shitty real quick

[e30austin]

Interesting, why is that?

I'm not quite sure. I asked James why he didn't use a sedan for his pro3 car and he said that the cage is harder to build for a sedan, thus making it more expensive.

[BBDirtbiking]

101 GER? German language?

General Education Requirement.

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Austin, don't get anything with comfort seats, you'll regret it daily.

[1craze30]

Yes, comfort seats were the worst design for bmw in the 80's, and 90's.

[dashboardmonkey]

Uncomfort seats ftl

[EN318isPDX]

Uncomfort seats ftl

Think German engineers realized people in America weigh on average 300lbs and wont fit in the sport seats.

[AustinK425]

I am cool with comforts until I swap over to something else, maybe fixed back but not so sure. just need to swoop an e30 since a million of them are on sale right now.