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NisseJärnet

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A little guy from far far away
« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2013, 05:46:32 AM »
E30 gearbox is around 0.8 in 5th and E36 is 1.0 :) I have E36 M42 and gearbox in my E30 and 3.73 diff and it revs a little much for a daily driver but since its just a winter drifting car its fine :)

Nice project btw! Do you have E85 in France? I want to put cams and E85 conversion i my M42, should be possible to get close to 180-200hp i think :)
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Re: A little guy from far far away
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2017, 05:35:53 AM »
Well it's been a long time since i didn't post on the forum, even changed my user name  ;D
So, if people have some interets on this tread here's a little update.
After too much time without taking care of the car, mostly due to not having place to work on, and also wasting time on another e30 that i finally decided to sell.. thinks are changing now!
In 2014 i managed to do my first and sadly last track day with the 318is. I really enjoyed it! And here are some pictures of the day



















After that i barely drove the car since a few mounths ago.. also because i was working on another car i have, a 2000 ford fiesta zetec s with puma engine and a few goodies to be added later on to make it a little track/fun car for my wife. The blue one was mine but after an an engine failure i replaced it with the grey one



Since August, i now have a house with a nice garage to work on the car, but sadly i'm now with no job...

So time to strip down the car to see if there are problem to fix, and solve the ones i already know!













All electrical harness is out! Car is à bit more stripped now, engine bay is empty



And some parts i bought for the future engine and for the car. E36 head with catcams 290/275, need to check but apparently hydro lifters have been modified, not replaced,  to solid ones. This will go on top of a m44 block bored to 86mm. I found an m47 crank but turned out to be a 90mm stroke with short nose so doesn't suit my plans. Also got à lightened single mass flywheel with renforced clutch.






Another part of my poject i have to take care off it's the braking. 4 pot calipers for everyone! Not sure to use this disc or solid one atm




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Re: A little guy from far far away
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2020, 04:00:12 AM »
well. i'ts been a while i didn't posted anything here.

lot have changed in my life. sadly the car sat in pieces for nearly 3 years without me working on it, but last summer after some love she was alive again and even did 2 track days since.

i will put pictures later on, need to put them on my laptop first.

currently working on the next engine with the free time we have thanks to corona.

hope yo guys will have interest in it
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Re: A little guy from far far away
« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2020, 09:22:43 AM »
I'm glad the car is still in your hands, you've put a lot of work into it. Thanks for the update!
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Re: A little guy from far far away
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2020, 04:33:49 AM »
hi guys.

Here are some update with my car, if anyone have interest for it  ;D

car have been disabled in august 2017 and didn't had a chance to properly work on it since july 2019.

first things first. After reassembling it (intake, exhaust, auxiliaries, clutch gearbox...) engine is back in the car







The front brake setup. 4 pot brembo, 300x24mm disc and 15" wheels.


left the car as i had to go again for work (working away from home.



couple month later I came back and i took care of the inside of it.
from this



to this


and outside looking more decent but still far far far away from being clean



the bonus. i managed to finish the car to be able to go test it on the track near my place.





felt so nice to drive it again after all this years.

i left again for work the following day and only came back 3 month later

did a second track day, my brother in law used my little fiesta in the morning.






now time for upgrades.

working on this engine to have a little more power, will do a post in the build section.





also waiting for a half roll cage to arrive, have to figure out what to do regarding brakes as rear are still stock (just ds2500 pads)

did also some cosmetic to the car to make it look a little prettier




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