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Member Profiles / Re: E36 318iS - Racecar on an diet

« on: July 02, 2018, 09:11:06 AM »

Last update here, since i'm an ex M42 driver now...
I've decided to follow the less used saab b2#4 route, fitting a saab 2.0l turbo lump!

progress can be followed here (i guess any future updates are not allowed here)

https://www.facebook.com/hategenerator/

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Member Profiles / Re: E36 318iS - Racecar on an diet

« on: March 27, 2018, 05:22:37 AM »

fitted the rear coilovers, rolled her outside for a wash! (first time seeing daylight after october last year!)

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Member Profiles / Re: E36 318iS - Racecar on an diet

« on: March 15, 2018, 02:29:49 AM »

yesterday i got the rear springs for my rear coilovers, obviously ran directly to the shed and fitted them.


and ran into a little issue.. it appears the E46 uses smaller bolts in the lower shockmount... so have to drill out the bushings and make a 'spacer' to keep the shock in the right place.

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Member Profiles / Re: E36 318iS - Racecar on an diet

« on: February 26, 2018, 09:16:10 AM »

Fitted the rear carbon interior cards:

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Member Profiles / Re: monty23psk

« on: February 26, 2018, 09:13:27 AM »

wow, the difference is night and day compared to the drivers seat!
looks super nice!

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Member Profiles / Re: E36 318iS - Racecar on an diet

« on: February 21, 2018, 02:56:07 AM »

Some older pictures:
Lightweight doors from Pesch.cz (horrible fitment but cheap)


With full carbon doorcards from raceparts.biz (good fitment/quality but a tad expensive)




Radiator placing and also a smaller radiator from an VW polo:



this is not suitable for roadgoing cars!! runs hot when idling after a session on track with no wind, fan helps, but is not enough.

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Member Profiles / Re: Discovery TD5 / Volvo V70 R AWD / E36 318iS

« on: February 21, 2018, 01:48:26 AM »

fitted the E46 coilovers!


loads of clearance with 205/620R17 on 7J wheels!

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Member Profiles / Re: Discovery TD5 / Volvo V70 R AWD / E36 318iS

« on: February 19, 2018, 04:34:26 PM »

went shopping in the UK last weekend
Got an AST 5100 coilover set for an E46 M3 (but with 80nm/mm springs instead of 140nm/mm) - and got the front hubs too;
full carbon rear interior cards;
E36 M3 GT style front lip

and a gimmick, ex btcc AP Racing brake discs, measuring a whopping 365mm and are only 80km old!

Rear spring for the coilovers will be send to me, along with an E36 GTR snorkel - looks a bit like the front part of the S42 STW airbox.

after arriving back in holland, drove straigth to the shed to testfit te parts, got the lip alread fitted (previous had the GT corners - not the lip) but it totally transforms the car.. really excited about how it will look when the car is back on its wheels and with a proper rideheight!



With great thanks to www.raceparts.biz for supplying me the parts!

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Member Profiles / Re: Discovery TD5 / Volvo V70 R AWD / E36 318iS

« on: February 12, 2018, 08:19:27 AM »

it has been quite with my M42, mainly due to the fact i'm about to retire the little bmw engine!
this summer it will get an Saab B204 engine fitted (with an opel omega gearbox)

Why an saab? it has an tuning potential of 600hp without opening the engine!
The plan is it to keep it stock the first season (135hp vs 150hp is an improvement already) and later going to remap it (210hp / 350nm) and go slowly improve my car to the higher power output.

During the last trackday it became clear that i've should used some locktite here and there:


That is an E46 330i/d/ci 325x25mm brakeswap btw... lotsoffmass to keep braking at the heavy tracks.

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Suspension / Re: Track setup. Rear sway bar or none

« on: February 12, 2018, 08:06:21 AM »

I run with koni yellow shocks at full stiff, some cheap lowering springs to get my car back at stock ride height (950kg e36) with stock rear ARB, but the front is disconnected.
It rolls to much, and the car is way to high, but i like how direct the steering is, with the front arb connected i find it to understeering.


With front ARB connected the car is more in balance, but not really to my liking.

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Member Profiles / Re: Discovery TD5 / Volvo V70 R AWD / E36 318iS

« on: July 27, 2017, 04:40:59 AM »

ok, almost -well actually- a year later, the car goes to a rolling road!

in the mean time i 'fabricated' a different radiator mount.. but it wasn't perfect as i could not get the air out of the system, had to dismantle the rad, hold under an angle and soosh - gone was the air.
took me a full day to figure it out

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Member Profiles / Re: Froos

« on: June 14, 2017, 08:59:25 AM »

Finally!

Now go to spa! :-)

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Member Profiles / Re: Discovery TD5 / Volvo V70 R AWD / E36 318iS

« on: March 25, 2017, 01:46:00 PM »

Next event is in november, at Spa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Spa-Francorchamps)
So i got time to fix my exhaust and see where my power went?!
I will take it to a rolling road end of september/october to see how many hp i've lost over the years.

okeeey... from my original plans, none came to fruition.. 
still havent got to a rolling road, let alone went to spa! (went to the TT track in Assen, the Netherlands last february tho)

On a side note, i retired the volvo from towing duties and brought something more capable, a land rover discovery TD5.
joke what you want about reliability, in the 7 months i have it now, no problems yet (knocks on wood)

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: March 25, 2017, 01:41:03 PM »

I also changed the AFM mounting. The thing i hade made previously wasn't really that great. So i welded it to the strut, and now its not moving anymore and it also clears the oil vapor/separator nicely

Oh that looks sturdy enough!

Are you also participating in trackdays from driving-fun/driverdays or only ringlaps?

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Re: JRW'S 91 318is turbo build

« on: December 20, 2016, 09:08:57 AM »

while the dash looks absolute stunning.. digital tach + digital speedo is dangerous, it requires more thinking compared to an analog one!
This may sound stupid, but when you are racing/rallying at the very limit you don't want to decipher the markings on your speedo..

Thats why the S2000 or any WRC/proper racing car with a digital dash has still a moving bar that functions in the same way as an analog tach.