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Member Profiles / Re: mat_91 e30 newbie

« on: August 29, 2013, 03:36:34 PM »

So last Sunday i went along to my favorite drift venue were ive spent many a hour over the last 4 years, a small banger track called Birmingham wheels, heading down the the motorway sparks flying form underneath as the exhaust carried on getting thinner loaded full of fuel, tyres and hopes of driving my daily home that night, so we get there and set up, sign on and i stick my car in the cue, ready for some action and action i got



with a few hours of tyre shreading, chasing down cars with three times the price tag and powers is allways good fun, quickly it was dinner time and time to get ready for the comp, realising i had only one decent set of tyres left my hopes were pretty low of getting far, my first battle was pretty easy the guy spun both times so i didnt work hard, then up against Magic in his 2.8 e36, hopes high we set of him chasing me first all goes well i think, second run chasing him i get pretty close then come in to the top corner and a small straighten from me and my tyres going off letting him run away from me handed him the win, was very good fun chasing a quick guy, somebody even manged to get a video sweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elALYhffjXs





so good days drifting no damage other than, two engine mounts and some arch damage but 10 dead tyres, car smelling of rubber i head of home very happy

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Member Profiles / Re: mat_91 e30 newbie

« on: August 21, 2013, 04:22:16 PM »

the barp on the end is a major point to miss dude but you may get away with it,

anyway with RRG13 a memory now an pictures coming in heres my favorite two

thanks to who ever has taken them they are awesome

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Member Profiles / Re: mat_91 e30 newbie

« on: August 19, 2013, 02:58:49 PM »

so thought it would update this thread
in the past few weeks the little m42 had a incontinence moment when the heater matrix pipe snapped then shortly after 6miles the heater matrix feed pipe of the head split open, it had just rotted away, but i spose on a 300k mile engine i will allow little moments like this, one day later it was fixed, i had my machinest make me a new stainless part i then threaded the head so it should never ever leak again, will have to do the same on the one forward of this as its not to happy either


also i had to reweld my exhaust yet again after some bad pot holed road most of it is now 5mm plate in the common scrape areas
other that shes been a beauty doing 180miles a week averaging around 45mpg as well
ive had the 6 studs on all round for a fair while now as well, and have wound down the ride height a little more as well


also had a adapter made up so i can fit my favorite steering wheel


have just come back from RRG 2013 weekend which was in excess off 300 mile round trip with lots of idling and she never missed a beat as expected, and after realising i have some money left this month have deiced to go drifting at wheels again just to make this month the best all year

thanks for reading mat

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Member Profiles / bmw 89 is newbie

« on: January 01, 2013, 08:59:55 AM »

This e30 was very rough before I bought it the previous owner was going to scrap it as he didn't have the time to repair it, but dints and rust doesn't rely bother me as it pretty straight but i do like clean drifters this was my last drifter a e34 520i on the deck welder etc wish I didn't have to sell this one  had this for a year not one dint of pretty hard drifting

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Member Profiles / bmw 89 is newbie

« on: December 30, 2012, 11:03:11 AM »

fitted my front wheels at work yesterday just had to slightly pull the arch out, thats on 195,45,15 toyo t1rs its a shame i cant lower it anymore as the sump guard is about a 1" from the ground and the sump gaurd is sat as high as the engine allows the rears will follow after the new year  
 

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General Topics / any 400k m42's?

« on: December 23, 2012, 06:44:39 AM »

My engine is roughtly on 300k still pulling very strong

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Member Profiles / bmw 89 is newbie

« on: December 21, 2012, 01:48:44 PM »

thought i would bring this more up to date with what ive done lets start with my new wheels 15x7.25 et-14 and 30mm adapters, i have got some e46 arms in stock but with a combined et-44 dont think i will need them, will need some new arches but nothing major

and some of my front end, these are my 105mm shortened struts standard on top

and because the new damper inserts arent bmw i need some new nuts making

also on my front stuts are my knuckle mods 0 ackerman and reduced leverage

and last but no least for now, my solid rear subframe bushes welded in

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Member Profiles / bmw 89 is newbie

« on: December 19, 2012, 09:33:27 AM »

Its there now who nows haha and re the diff bracket I meant I had to remove the standard diff mount to fit my new bracket

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Member Profiles / bmw 89 is newbie

« on: December 17, 2012, 05:01:29 PM »

Hmm not sure what's just happened but I was editing the title for the rules and my first post just disapeared anybody know why thanks mat

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Member Profiles / mat_91 e30 newbie

« on: December 16, 2012, 02:10:05 PM »

Now first thing i know its not a real IS lol to old and if you dont like drifting/battered/abused cars stop reading now
Just signed up thought i would just post a small bit about my rather battered e30, story goes it was pulled out a field about 5 years ago not sure how long it sat there, it was a 1.8 auto a friend slotted the IS manual in which was all ready tweaked and has been abused ever since i bought it beginning of the year ive been repairing rust and modifying oh yer the engine is on about 250k-300k
spec is
IS engine with chip, K&n panel filter (no gains i bet haha) and home built exhaust
the rear end has solid steel subframe bushes which i had made alot taller to lift the subframe up to reduce camber and toe, 3.64 med case diff with e36 double wing diff cover with solid alloy bushes and custom built diff brackets

Up front waiting to go on i have a e36 m3 evo rack with lock spacers, 105mm shortened struts with cut knuckles 0 ackerman and moved in closer to center line, i do have e46 arms but dont think ill use them not sure as ive got some very low offset (-44 with adapter) wheels that will be going on shortly, waiting for custom adapters to be finished ermm thats pretty much it rely
my favourite photo up is up first, it now has a black bonnet and a light blue wing after a brush with the wall a month or two after this picture

with the black bonnet just before my run in with the wall

my diff cover and carrier it bolts into the crossmeber were the standard diff mount is i had to remove it thou