Froos

[Froos]

More updates pics at the bottom

[Febi Guibo]

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 :)

[Froos]

Cheers man! Its actually around 205$!!!:D The engine was actually the same price!

[Febi Guibo]

wow man... that is literally 5 to 10% what some of us paid... you definitely owe us some beer!!

[Choking Hazard]

group buy! group buy! If everyone throws in $500....

[Froos]

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....

[Froos]

The one that was awfully wide...

[enildeR]

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.

[Froos]

Hey another Yammie owner! FZR's are the bomb, the technical mother of all modern R1's and the first true superbike.

[Froos]

pics of ongoing work, ill call these pics "before"

cant paste the pics in the text anymore..

[Froos]

Will have more soon

[enildeR]

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?

[Froos]

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

[Froos]

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..

[dude8383]

NICE!! I love the lip!!

[FL318is]

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.

[Froos]

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..

[Alpine003]

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.

[Froos]

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

[Froos]

work update pictures

[silverblades181]

Wish I had a nice place like that to work in. Keep us updated.

[dlmrun2002]

Hers' mine... Before new rebuild...Painted engine bay

[Froos]

Wow those f@#$%N subframe mount tops!!!! Some engineer thinking of using alu bushes in an iron car!! Grrrrrrrrrr cost me most of the day

[jajou318]

I probably overlooked this, but what are you doing with the motor? Full rebuild? Stoker?

[Froos]

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

[jajou318]

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.

[D. Clay]

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.

[Froos]

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

[jajou318]

lol, i used to be in the r/c scene... but those things get way too $$$ when upgrading them or just replacing broken parts..

[Froos]

Yeah exactly, but my HPI RS3 4 now has all the carbon bits so a E30 M42 was the ONLY logical next step! hihi

[jpod999]

I'm an RC drifter. It's fun.

[Froos]

WooHooW!! finially got this item!!! how much would this go for in the US or AU?

[Alpine003]

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_W0QQitemZ220074889189QQihZ012QQcategoryZ33677QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Froos]

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

[Alpine003]

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.

[jajou318]

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.

[Froos]

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

[pepe m42]

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!

[Froos]

Well that one wasnt mine, this is the one I got recently

[gearheadE30]

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...

[Froos]

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)

[gearheadE30]

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...

[Froos]

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.....

[Froos]

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

[Malaise]

Hi froos, where in belgium are you from?

[Froos]

Hi man, that would be Antwerp, you from BE?

[Malaise]

Hi man, that would be Antwerp, you from BE?

Ghent ;)

[Asserti]

Ieps

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

You should register at www.e30.be too!

[Froos]

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...

[Froos]

Amazing economy, 143Hp from a diesel....dont burn me, its my 2nd BMW next to the M42

[318kid]

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