UPDATE TIME!!! - New stuff/2018 recap at the end.
Its been waaaaaaaay too long. Sorry about that! The links to the photos all died and I didn't really feel like fixing them until now...All of them are now fixed...
For now here is an instagram account for the car incase I fail to update regularly here- https://www.instagram.com/timhardyracing/
Some youtube videos
2018 SUB 10min Run!
2016 Run
2016 Qualifying
2014 Run
2013 Run
2012 Run
2012 Red Flag Run
Hey everyone! Ive been holding off on this for far too long, so here it goes.
My name is Tim Hardy, I'm 24 and I had been wanting to do the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for some time. I felt I finally had the money, skills and motivation to do it.
I was originally going to race a 71 Datsun 240z, but the one I had needed tons of work(Ill post some pics of it later)and after some debate over an e30 or e36 I went with an e30.
On August 1st 2011 I picked up a 1987 325 for $460 bucks on Craigslist up in Fort Collins.
Here's How the car sits now(before the 2013 changes)
I ended up 4th in time attack out of 21 , 30th overall out of 160+ cars and motorcycles. I had to run about half of the course in the rain, and chose to do so on a6's. Ill come back to the 2012 race at the end of the build.
Some quick specs as it sits now
Block- m52- 2.8 Stock rods/pistons, o-ringed
Head - originally from an s50 with 1mm over sized valves/new springs and retainers
Turbo- Garrett GT35R .82 a/r
ECU- Megasquirt 2
Trans- ZF 5speed from a 95 m3
Diff - 3.73 lsd from an 325is
Rims/wheels- trmotorsport 15x8's with 225/45/15 Hooiser A6's
Weight- 2400lbs without driver
Power- Guessing around 400 to the wheels
More- MLS Headgasket, arp head/main studs, tial bov, tial mvr wastegate, 3" downpipe, good and tight exhaust manifold, ebay intercooler, ebay 3" intercooler pipes, M/S50 intake manifold, Ground control coilovers, e36 radiatior, homemade fiberglass hood and rear wing, 60lb injectors...
Now back to the build! (pardon the quality of the pics, most are with my phone)
First step - Striping!
^ Knife glued to the carpet...haha
found this in the trunk... and Im still not sure what it was.
security system gone!
-50lbs for trunk insulation!
-More for this
Spaghetti
the entire cars harness removed
Pulled the original engine and cleaned it up to sell.
Sold the engine for $150, and then the cat converter for $100 i believe.
Picking up an s50 from boulder
subframe gone for some love.
I used a knot wheel and a grinder to get rid of as much of the sealer crap as I could to stitch weld the bay, Unfortunatly its inbetween the metal so it makes welding more challenging.
Stitch welding in progress
Went a little crazy on the bay...musta been the knot wheel fumes lol
One of the first "mods" was the booster. I wanted to save as much as i could from the original car for $ reasons, so i had to notch the holes in the firewall over to clear the intake. well theres not much metal left as you can see in a few pics above so i made this from a scrap piece of 1/8" I believe.
Subframe/stuff waiting for some love
reading material
Its been waaaaaaaay too long. Sorry about that! The links to the photos all died and I didn't really feel like fixing them until now...All of them are now fixed...
For now here is an instagram account for the car incase I fail to update regularly here- https://www.instagram.com/timhardyracing/
Some youtube videos
2018 SUB 10min Run!
2016 Run
2016 Qualifying
2014 Run
2013 Run
2012 Run
2012 Red Flag Run
Hey everyone! Ive been holding off on this for far too long, so here it goes.
My name is Tim Hardy, I'm 24 and I had been wanting to do the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for some time. I felt I finally had the money, skills and motivation to do it.
I was originally going to race a 71 Datsun 240z, but the one I had needed tons of work(Ill post some pics of it later)and after some debate over an e30 or e36 I went with an e30.
On August 1st 2011 I picked up a 1987 325 for $460 bucks on Craigslist up in Fort Collins.
Here's How the car sits now(before the 2013 changes)
I ended up 4th in time attack out of 21 , 30th overall out of 160+ cars and motorcycles. I had to run about half of the course in the rain, and chose to do so on a6's. Ill come back to the 2012 race at the end of the build.
Some quick specs as it sits now
Block- m52- 2.8 Stock rods/pistons, o-ringed
Head - originally from an s50 with 1mm over sized valves/new springs and retainers
Turbo- Garrett GT35R .82 a/r
ECU- Megasquirt 2
Trans- ZF 5speed from a 95 m3
Diff - 3.73 lsd from an 325is
Rims/wheels- trmotorsport 15x8's with 225/45/15 Hooiser A6's
Weight- 2400lbs without driver
Power- Guessing around 400 to the wheels
More- MLS Headgasket, arp head/main studs, tial bov, tial mvr wastegate, 3" downpipe, good and tight exhaust manifold, ebay intercooler, ebay 3" intercooler pipes, M/S50 intake manifold, Ground control coilovers, e36 radiatior, homemade fiberglass hood and rear wing, 60lb injectors...
Now back to the build! (pardon the quality of the pics, most are with my phone)
First step - Striping!
^ Knife glued to the carpet...haha
found this in the trunk... and Im still not sure what it was.
security system gone!
-50lbs for trunk insulation!
-More for this
Spaghetti
the entire cars harness removed
Pulled the original engine and cleaned it up to sell.
Sold the engine for $150, and then the cat converter for $100 i believe.
Picking up an s50 from boulder
subframe gone for some love.
I used a knot wheel and a grinder to get rid of as much of the sealer crap as I could to stitch weld the bay, Unfortunatly its inbetween the metal so it makes welding more challenging.
Stitch welding in progress
Went a little crazy on the bay...musta been the knot wheel fumes lol
One of the first "mods" was the booster. I wanted to save as much as i could from the original car for $ reasons, so i had to notch the holes in the firewall over to clear the intake. well theres not much metal left as you can see in a few pics above so i made this from a scrap piece of 1/8" I believe.
Subframe/stuff waiting for some love
reading material
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