daqqer 318iS

[daqqer]

Allright so this is my M42 ;)

1990/09

Brought it from Germany exactly a year ago now, really happy with the car.

Regular mainenance, and added a little spice:

Lowering and sport absorbers
Raid steering wheel
Big diff 3.91, welded
Powerflex brushings
Front and Rear strutbars
Chip +9kw +600rpm
Catalytic converter removed
Lico (Sparco) Start seats
Weight reduction

I dont know what to plan for this winter when i dont drive with my car - I have a M50B25 rotting in my work warehouse, but i dont know weather to use it or not, also it has crossed my mind to turbo or to s/c the M42 nad that would be the main reason i registred here to m42club. I have tried a few e30s with M50, but im not sure that i would be satisfyed with that myself. Sadly there are no M42 turbos or M42 s/c here in Estonia to try them out, atleast not that i know of (read: that would be worth trying). Actually it seemes a bit better idea to s/c it for me atm. So any ideas are welcome !

Some pics: (beware wifi users!)

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http://grant.pri.ee/avalaks/images/DSC_5856.jpg

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[Cobra Jet]

Nice ride! I like the seat upholstery!

2 questions:

1) what happened to the rear wheel in the one pic above?

2) do you wax the interior of your trunk? :D

[daqqer]

Nice ride! I like the seat upholstery!
2 questions:
1) what happened to the rear wheel in the one pic above?
2) do you wax the interior of your trunk? :D

1) I wanted to start a drift into a corner at about 80 kmh, i used contra move and a little handbreak going into the corner. Right at the moment when i got the angle, i heared weird noise, and a bump bump bump bump. I thought - ok, my wheel is loose, better slow down and just go to pits very slowly. And at that point, kaboom, the wheel fell like that. I thought, ok, bolts came off lets find them (luckily the cover on the wheel held them together till the dropped all over the track). I found all the 4 bolts, but, umm, they were kind of short... What happened was that 4 bolts were like cut from the drive flange, so there was no way to get them out and put new bolts in there (without proper tools). That was about the 3rd or 4th time my car has been on a trailer. :P

2) Evey time i wash my car i also clean the engine, trunk, door posts and doors, and all kinds of small tight spots you have between the seals ect. I like when things like that shine. :P A trained eye notices it right away... :D

[swiss318is]

first pic!! are you hunting sheeps?:D:D lol
welcome to the forum

[318kid]

I love all black bumpers. What rims are thoes, they look pretty good. How much weight have you taken out? It looks like your car can move. -Preston

[daqqer]

A wolf stalking sheeps. ;)

Yes, ive started to love all-black bumpers aswell. :)

As for weight i have taken out trunk to bare metal, and interior to bare metal (the interior pic is a bit outdated). Only things inside are first door trim covers, 2 racing seats (sold mine for quite a bit), and the long plastic cover around gearshift/heandbreake.

I used to have a 318i for rally, and for that i also cut every piece of metal that had no use, but as for this car i dont dare to touch the nicely painted metal. :P Even the 318i was able to move quite nicely after cutting everything (EVERYTHING) out and putting on carbon hood and trunk. Should have weighed the car tho.

[daqqer]

PS i dont use handbreak in drifing anymore after the point 1 mentioned above ˇˇ. Have to do a contra move/break drift/cluch kick/gear lock or whatever is appropriate before turn, safer.

PPS Didnt notice you ask about rims, they are somekind of ATS rims, the type i dont know and they seem to be rather rare also. If you can identify the type, i would be very grateful, since i lost one middle cover. :-/ I dont mind their look, tho some people dont like them. I also have a 5-spoke 16'' rim set i use for non-track driving.

[C.Saenz]

Great looking car, keep smoking those tires and stay off the hand brake! :)

[suvi123]

Really nice car. I just love, that it's in perfect condition everything looks like new. Maybe one day when i get my car going, do little drift session?:D

[daqqer]

Really nice car. I just love, that it's in perfect condition everything looks like new. Maybe one day when i get my car going, do little drift session?:D

I am ready any day ;)

[daqqer]

Something from weekend, not very good pics, but still you can imagine how slippery it was there. :P

http://www.album.ee/files/42/340/norm/15642340_HT1s.jpg

http://www.album.ee/files/42/624/norm/15642624_1WGv.jpg

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[colin86325]

Why is your battery in the engine bay? I thought that was only for the convertibles and early 318i (M10)?

[318kid]

Why is your battery in the engine bay? I thought that was only for the convertibles and early 318i (M10)?

I think many if not all of the euro models didn't have the battery in the trunk. I'm pretty sure that the U.S. I's and IS's were the only m42's that did.

[daqqer]

Yes i think youre right 318kid. In Euro i believe only 325i has battery in trunk.
Also i dont know if i am going to put it into trunk, the weight balance seemes to be working nicely for me. Just a little more weight needs to be shaved off from everywhere. :)

[daqqer]

Got inspiration from suvi123, removed a little more weight in the weekend. All in all about 5.005 kg tar removed, i still have a bit to do. Should also wash the leftovers off today and it should look quite nice.

Also removed my left hibeam and made an intake out of black ventilation aluminium pipe. Should work quite ok when the car is moving a bit faster.

Also headlight aim controls came off, and windshiled washer fluid canister found his way to my warehouse.

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/P6294427xx.jpg

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/P6294416xx.jpg

[suvi123]

Nice. But still little more to remove under handbrake, rear side panels, doors, and so on.

Cool stickers on rear windows!!! Especially "Weld it, Burn it". Can't wait to get my car painted and put all kind of sticky stuff on it. I'm thinking about sticker front numberplate too...lose little weight:D

[daqqer]

Allright, today i got 2x 4-point OMP racing belts, and finally recieved the adapter for my Sparco seat.

I installed the adapter, then had to drill 2 holes for the seat in the right position, and put the seat in car. Yummie. Then also installed drivers OMP belts (witch are btw better than Sparcos own belts, because the joints where you can tighten the belt are way better, they dont go loose by themselves).

Also got a pair of the Sparco softening pads, because my right collarbone cant stand much pressure.

Did a little test run, omg i love it, so much better. :P Pluss the racing seat is about 8 kg-s. So it should be about half the weight of the original or smth like that.

[daqqer]

Ok heres some pics of the interior. I cleaned the back seat a bit yesterday, a bit still to do but i ran out of the paint cleaner.

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/IMG_9566xx.jpg

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/IMG_9568xx.jpg

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/IMG_9575xx.jpg

And a little pic from outside then also. :P

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/IMG_9598xx.jpg

[gearheadE30]

Nice rims! I'm not really feeling the crystal turns or the multi-colored front end, though. Your car has a lot of nice bits on it:plaid sport seats, adjustable lights, crank windows, casette holder, and the rims. If you weren't across a rather large body of water, I'd be trying to buy a bit of it :)

[daqqer]

Nice rims! I'm not really feeling the crystal turns or the multi-colored front end, though. Your car has a lot of nice bits on it:plaid sport seats, adjustable lights, crank windows, casette holder, and the rims. If you weren't across a rather large body of water, I'd be trying to buy a bit of it :)

Yes, im waiting the middle cover part, and then i will be ready for repainting the whole front end. Also should paint the rear skirt.

As for the sports seats - i sold them to get two racing seats. Adjustable lights - dont work with the 'tuning' headlights, so i removed them completely. Crank windows - more reliable, less weight, good for me. Cassette holder - hahha, im trying to find the blank console part, but seemes there are none laying around. As for rims, those are my 15'', but i think the 16'' look a bit better. Just atm got good 15'' tyres on them so im driving with those.

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[daqqer]

On Saturday i competed on a track day (OpenTrack, Sauga track). A big track with speeds 100-170 with my 318iS, dont think it ever dropped below 100, or 90ish. The car was really good, i didnt think it would be that good to drive my drift setup on a trackday.

Yesterday we did a little drift evening also (Rapla track), same track as linked before in the rain. And yes, it was rainy again so didnt wear out my tyres. :) At some point i was about to crash into a concrete wall tho, that was not funny at all. I guess i got over confident and the angles/speeds went too big.

And since yesterday i have a daily-driver also, so good time to start some bigger works on my 318iS.

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/P7070002.JPG

[daqqer]

A pic from Saturday also :P

http://www.daqqer.pri.ee/318is/dsc_5169.jpg

[serrano]

any plans for a rollcage?

[daqqer]

any plans for a rollcage?

The thing with rollcage is its not expensive, but its just not street-legal here. So if id put rollcage in i would have to install pitch-black window tint also and id still have the chance of getting busted by some cops. So not so good idea atm, unless in the future i want to register my car as a sports-only car, and drive only on the days that some events are listed (not street-legal cars can drive around on training days and competitions that are officially listed).

[daqqer]

Tales from the traaaack again, Sunday

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/albums3/ATgAAAC6WmLIAqCrbBNR7yCZPjfqX2qWO9xGdl-TEUfUgY-ndSMFGrsNrWZbPAZ0oqXUSkWASl1hiD0Yask0wWCqRZZhAJtU9 VCDfZ8QEyo_iHESuO-Phgp3el6XCw.jpg

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