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Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on March 16, 2006, 12:57:39 PM: More updates pics at the bottom
Title: Froos
Post by: Febi Guibo on March 16, 2006, 01:10:33 PM: welcome man!! pass the belgian beer!

What a deal... I think 175 euro's is like, US$250 or so? holy crap.. you european dudes get some CRAZY deals on BMWs...

we'd be happy to send you some US diving board bumpers so you can stand out and, um, 'impress' your friends :)
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on March 16, 2006, 01:15:38 PM: Cheers man! Its actually around 205$!!!:D The engine was actually the same price!
Title: Froos
Post by: Febi Guibo on March 16, 2006, 01:21:03 PM: wow man... that is literally 5 to 10% what some of us paid... you definitely owe us some beer!!
Title: Froos
Post by: Choking Hazard on March 20, 2006, 10:29:41 PM: group buy! group buy! If everyone throws in $500....
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on March 29, 2006, 01:40:06 AM: Uhh dunno if its the right place to ask, but can anybody copy/paste the link to that russian/swedish build e30? It was in one of the threats but cant find it anymore....
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on March 29, 2006, 01:40:39 AM: The one that was awfully wide...
Title: Froos
Post by: enildeR on April 10, 2006, 03:13:38 AM: Nice to see another rider. I own a '90 FZR 1000. However, the engine is on its last legs. Don't know how much longer it'll last. This lends to the possibility of using the carbs on my M42. Dunno. Have to see. I do know I'll keep the fizzer. I'm planning to swap a newer R1 engine into her. Just have to plan the fabbing of the engine mounts and all.
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on April 10, 2006, 03:48:24 AM: Hey another Yammie owner! FZR's are the bomb, the technical mother of all modern R1's and the first true superbike.
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on May 25, 2006, 03:28:42 PM: pics of ongoing work, ill call these pics "before"

cant paste the pics in the text anymore..
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on May 25, 2006, 03:43:34 PM: Will have more soon
Title: Froos
Post by: enildeR on May 25, 2006, 06:32:48 PM: Cool. Reminds me of when I started rebuilding the engine for my Mazda. Hrm. It's still sitting at my machinist's shop. I should get off my ass and finish that engine. I'll have to do the same thing to my M42 soon, I imagine. It has 220k on it right now. :(

Hey... In one of the pics of the race car, there is a funnel sitting on the spoiler. Is that going into anything, or did someone just hang it on there?
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on May 26, 2006, 04:02:47 AM: Ehhrr yeah that is like "custom euro race stiping...."" lol
Nah our fuel inlet is there, big hole in the body with a nice twist cap thingy
Title: Update!
Post by: Froos on November 25, 2006, 07:09:16 PM: Hi all, just a small update of the work so far. Got new bumpers and new rims!! Retro OZ Ruote , you like?? The extreme camber is because of the engine is out of the car btw..
Title: Froos
Post by: dude8383 on November 25, 2006, 07:23:50 PM: NICE!! I love the lip!!
Title: Nice ride!!!
Post by: FL318is on November 25, 2006, 10:37:49 PM: Love the rims and the car color. I fly with a friend of mine from Belgium. He has an Audi but loves the drive of my 318iS, which BTW is the same color as yours. Let us know if you need parts.
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on November 26, 2006, 05:22:08 AM: Hey guys, thx for the comments, he is from belgium and flies with you? Are you a pilot? Would he be able to bring back a lightweight flywheel? What is nice about Belgium (among other things offcourse) is that its next to germany, so i spend hours searching the german ebay for parts. But a FW is not available here..
Title: Froos
Post by: Alpine003 on November 27, 2006, 08:22:43 AM: You belgium guys are sure lucky. It's like rednecks and Ford/Chevy's here probably in terms of parts/prices but the only difference is everyone admires Bimmers. :) Welcome.
Title: My baby up in the air
Post by: Froos on December 17, 2006, 03:27:05 PM: Greetings all, almost vacation!!At the garage this weekend....next step is cleaning engine bay, fitting new rear subframe and trailing arms with powerflew parts, pics should be up next weekend
Title: work in progress
Post by: Froos on December 30, 2006, 02:05:11 PM: work update pictures
Title: Froos
Post by: silverblades181 on December 30, 2006, 06:39:16 PM: Wish I had a nice place like that to work in. Keep us updated.
Title: Froos
Post by: dlmrun2002 on December 30, 2006, 06:47:43 PM: Hers' mine... Before new rebuild...Painted engine bay
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on January 07, 2007, 02:52:32 PM: Wow those f@#$%N (f@#$%N) subframe mount tops!!!! Some engineer thinking of using alu bushes in an iron car!! Grrrrrrrrrr cost me most of the day
Title: Froos
Post by: jajou318 on January 07, 2007, 05:15:02 PM: I probably overlooked this, but what are you doing with the motor? Full rebuild? Stoker?
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on January 07, 2007, 05:51:12 PM: Yeah its goin to be a full rebuild, new pistons/bearing etc. Also going to balance pistons,rods. Shaving off kilo's on my (non dual mass)flywheel. Elestric fan, Custom exhaust after header. Prob flow the head too. Looking at some TB's off an m3, maybe they will fit somehow? Also catcam company is 5 minutes away and through my raceteam i can get a good deal on a set of cams. I was looking at their "just a bit better than stock" cams, which uses stock springs, because i would like to maintain(is that correct english??) some drivebility (damn Im so tired I cant type anymore....or spell), but claim to give another 15-20 hp extra with good chip. Also got a chip (the cheap ebay one).....ill try to keep most of the stuff on this threat
Title: Froos
Post by: jajou318 on January 07, 2007, 07:46:48 PM: sweet. how much are you getting your cams for? (well hmmm not sure if that'd help since it wouldn't be a price in usd) I'm getting a set regrinded to a schrick profile for $75 usd each.
Title: Froos
Post by: D. Clay on January 07, 2007, 08:13:36 PM: The second and third pictures at the beginning of this thread made my cabin fever spike. I watched three teenagers race RC cars behind a hobby store at the mall yesterday for over an hour. I've got it bad.
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on January 07, 2007, 08:22:38 PM: cams should be around 600E so times 1.29 is 774 usd about, but i want to keep my stock cams in case i need to change back..

Yeah ive got remote controled cars too, very adictive!! The 2 and 3th pic are cars from my race team
Title: Froos
Post by: jajou318 on January 07, 2007, 08:31:19 PM: lol, i used to be in the r/c scene... but those things get way too $$$ when upgrading them or just replacing broken parts..
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on January 09, 2007, 03:51:22 AM: Yeah exactly, but my HPI RS3 4 now has all the carbon bits so a E30 M42 was the ONLY logical next step! hihi
Title: Froos
Post by: jpod999 on January 09, 2007, 07:03:34 PM: I'm an RC drifter. It's fun.
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on February 07, 2007, 04:31:15 PM: WooHooW!! finially got this item!!! how much would this go for in the US or AU?
Title: Froos
Post by: Alpine003 on February 08, 2007, 11:02:58 AM: Quote from: Froos;19020
WooHooW!! finially got this item!!! how much would this go for in the US or AU?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E30-custom-3-gauge-pod-gauges-cluster-M3-E-30_W0QQitemZ220074889189QQihZ012QQcategoryZ33677QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on February 08, 2007, 05:49:33 PM: Thats the abs plastic one, already got that at home. I dont fit to well, doesnt come with gauges and is not a BMW part. The sellers heat shield fits great thou
Title: Froos
Post by: Alpine003 on February 09, 2007, 10:28:14 AM: Quote from: Froos;19129
Thats the abs plastic one, already got that at home. I dont fit to well, doesnt come with gauges and is not a BMW part. The sellers heat shield fits great thou

Yeah, I didn't think it was the same thing. Is yours wrapped in vinyl or leather? Can't really tell from the pics. Also, are you saying the piece you have is a factory BMW part? :eek: I had no idea they made that.
Title: Froos
Post by: jajou318 on February 09, 2007, 11:47:25 AM: Quote from: Alpine003;19183
Yeah, I didn't think it was the same thing. Is yours wrapped in vinyl or leather? Can't really tell from the pics. Also, are you saying the piece you have is a factory BMW part? :eek: I had no idea they made that.

Yea, what's the part number? the only one i know of is the lukas motors one Alpine003 posted above.
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on February 10, 2007, 03:32:14 AM: Lukas motors really has a great heat shield, i can post some pics but its not installed yet..
I thought the one I just bought, is wrapped in leather, was a OEM M3 or alpina part, but optional. You can see em installed on this pic
Title: Froos
Post by: pepe m42 on February 22, 2007, 11:44:53 AM: Quote from: Froos;19221
Lukas motors really has a great heat shield, i can post some pics but its not installed yet..
I thought the one I just bought, is wrapped in leather, was a OEM M3 or alpina part, but optional. You can see em installed on this pic

wha wha wha what is this dash and things in gray? how you do taht??
Nice!
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on March 29, 2007, 04:03:52 AM: Well that one wasnt mine, this is the one I got recently
Title: Froos
Post by: gearheadE30 on March 29, 2007, 05:29:39 PM: Wow, I love what you're doing witht the car. Wish I had the time, space, money, etc. to get something like that off the ground.

BTW I race R/c, I have 7 of them. 2 carpet/pan cars, an HPI RS4 rally, an Associated RC10, a kyosho Mini-z, a Losi XXXT, and an Xmod. Great stuff, but it is expensive...
Title: Flywheel work: DONE
Post by: Froos on April 17, 2007, 10:35:46 AM: Just a small update of ongoing work, be sure to check the bottom picture! All the lost weight is where it matters most, the outer ring

Hi gearhead, well if you spread the work over a long period, money wise it aint so bad! On R/C i recently added a sailing boat to the list! check www.micromagic.nl (http://www.micromagic.nl)
Title: Froos
Post by: gearheadE30 on April 17, 2007, 08:37:40 PM: Seems to me that an RC sailboat wuold be difficult. Very hard to tell where the wind is coming from.

I'm interested in knowing how much of a difference the LTW flywheel makes. Have you had it on the car yet? the 28 lbs. stocker is way too heavy...
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on April 18, 2007, 02:39:16 AM: My car didnt have a aircon so it was 9.9 Kg, nice 15% lighter this way. I havnt had time to try it out yet, my engine is being rebuilt.....
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on October 08, 2007, 05:59:25 AM: Got my new cams in:
Catcams:

269 / 269°
225 / 225°
10.00 / 10.00mm
2.00 / 1.55mm

Stock
255 / 255°
207 / 207°
9.70 / 9.70mm
0.90 / 0.65mm

Now just reassemble the engine and getting a remaped ecu to make the cams work
Title: Froos
Post by: Malaise on October 09, 2007, 05:56:26 PM: Hi froos, where in belgium are you from?
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on October 12, 2007, 04:00:34 PM: Hi man, that would be Antwerp, you from BE?
Title: Froos
Post by: Malaise on October 17, 2007, 06:22:53 AM: Quote from: Froos;35617
Hi man, that would be Antwerp, you from BE?

Ghent ;)
Title: Froos
Post by: Asserti on January 21, 2008, 01:15:18 PM: Ieps

Where did you find the flywheel? And are those Schrick catcams?

You should register at http://www.e30.be too!
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on March 24, 2008, 06:19:50 AM: Hey Asserti I was at your E30 clubmeeting at Jorssen BMW dealers last week across from my house...ill register on BE forum too.

BTW, i picked up a brand new head for my M42 at 300 Euros (instead of 1200!!!), now its cleaning valves...
Title: Got a new car
Post by: Froos on March 24, 2008, 06:28:19 AM: Amazing economy, 143Hp from a diesel....dont burn me, its my 2nd BMW next to the M42
Title: Froos
Post by: 318kid on March 24, 2008, 05:44:39 PM: Looks nice, I love the diesel but its $4.10 a gallon here. I wish the U.S. got the hatch (http://www.m42club.com/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on December 06, 2008, 06:05:56 PM: Hi all, finially time to work on the car/engine again: pistons, grinding the valves in my brand new head and getting the case ready for sandblasting

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Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on December 13, 2008, 05:59:18 PM: sandblasting done

(http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo76/froos/m42/Afb0171.jpg)

(http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo76/froos/m42/Afb0201.jpg)
Title: Froos
Post by: filohipos on December 14, 2008, 09:19:49 AM: awesome job
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on January 03, 2009, 04:08:16 PM: finished all the cleaning, now its reassamble and getting the ITB's to work see:
http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7609

Best part of the day reinstalling the oil pump

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Title: Froos
Post by: Malaise on January 04, 2009, 05:49:36 AM: superbe work froos!

Within some time I will organise a belgian M42 meet. :cool:
Title: Froos
Post by: Froos on January 10, 2009, 05:00:28 PM: ok just got back from the tuner. Ive decided to tune in 2 steps, because that way I can spread my investment a bit and drive around with step 1.
Step1
Ø45-Ø48 tapered DTB's
fuel rail
linkage
20 Liter airbox
fuel pressure regulator
Raising compression
Reprogram std ecu and dyno
Togehter with all the stuff I bought already and modified
btw ill be using the injector holes in the DTB's instead of the ones in the intake manifold.

Step2(after saving $$$ for months)
Ditching STD ecu,coils,air mass meter(barndoor),lamda and wirering and replacing it with custom electrics

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(http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo76/froos/m42/linkage.jpg)
Title: new day at the weekend office
Post by: Froos on February 07, 2009, 03:32:13 PM: well excellent day today, installed the freshly balanced crank with new bearings and oil jets (really wonder what will happen it they get blocked), balanced pistons/rods to exactly1087gr each than installed the pistons and lower timing case...
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Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on September 29, 2014, 06:31:44 AM: Took some time......
Engine is now in...
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on September 29, 2014, 06:08:20 PM: Just need to attach this
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Post by: keflaman on September 29, 2014, 07:06:21 PM: I sure hope you don't wait another five years to update us! ;)

Looks great and perfect timing since we have many new members who will benefit from your thread.

(Some of us older ones, too! :))
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on September 29, 2014, 07:11:01 PM: I wont i promise, just a lot of stuff going on the last 5 years. 2 kids etc....
Got my car back last weekend so im online on the club. Been reading some interesting things about itbs and catching up on all the new stuff nice!
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: deansweet on September 29, 2014, 07:33:14 PM: Very nice looking setup there!
Post up a video when you get her running.
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Tgoode318 on September 30, 2014, 11:20:09 AM: What kind of strut tower brace is that? looks great :)
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on September 30, 2014, 03:09:09 PM: That brace is a acschnitzer lookalike, pretty solid double tube. No moving parts but made from alu
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on October 19, 2014, 09:40:50 AM: Btw when was in between my 1serie and x1 i drove a E32 750i for a while.....if you ever plan on throwing away money buy a e32, loads of fun thou!!
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on May 11, 2016, 11:50:30 AM: Not 5 but 1,5 years, should be ready this week, maybe next
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Post by: Froos on May 23, 2016, 03:12:22 PM: Update
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Post by: Froos on May 29, 2016, 03:36:36 PM: So here are some pics from the airbox i made. Measuring and cutting etc and using ducttape to fit, pretty neat end result
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Post by: Froos on May 29, 2016, 03:37:37 PM: More pics:
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Post by: Froos on May 29, 2016, 03:40:04 PM: The barndoor will go as soon as i get my custom ecu
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Post by: Darky on July 19, 2016, 03:09:44 AM: Hi

What itbs are you using? Diameter and what length?

Cheers
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on July 19, 2016, 01:39:49 PM: Dia is tapered 45-48, by motronics (venlo, NL) lenght i have to look up
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on August 12, 2016, 05:11:47 AM: Car is running but with about 50cm of exhaust tunning the engine is not cool...
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Post by: Froos on May 24, 2017, 12:34:36 PM: So, car is working and got its licenseplate
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Post by: Froos on June 11, 2017, 08:14:47 AM: Here it is
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Post by: E36-italia on June 14, 2017, 08:59:25 AM: Finally!

Now go to spa! :-)
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Post by: Froos on June 14, 2017, 11:50:54 AM: Took me 12 years to get it finished, dont know if im going to wreck it straight away
Title: Re: Froos
Post by: Froos on October 17, 2017, 03:03:37 AM: So small update: driven it 2300km's so far only the driveshaft and halfshaft nuts came loose....
Installed my vdo pressure sender and all is well, nice 1 bar idle when warm!