suvi123 Drift car project

[suvi123]

Hi,

Taught i'd share my project whit you guys.

I'm building, at least trying to build a drift car to have fun on weekends.

Plans:
Welded Diff
Aluminum/polyurethane bushes and engine/tranny mounts
Adjustable suspension
Most unnessescary stuff out (carpet, spare tire,foglights, sound insulation, stereo....)
z3 rack (atleast e36)
Bucket seats
Smudger enginebay and cockpit
Lightweight hood/trunk
Two-tone paintjob:p
Aluminum pulleys (crank/waterpump/alternator)
Lighter flywheel
Ported&polished head
Coil on plug
Balanced polished(lightened) bottom end (crank/rods/pistons/flywheel)
sturbars front/rear
hydraulic handbrake
electric fan
Well These are major plans for summer. Hope i can do all this stuff.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P5221136.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/1112-1.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P5171084.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P5181087.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P4251079a.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P5221121.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P5221135.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P5221146.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P5221149.jpg

[daqqer]

Ohoo, looking good mate. :)

Nice and tidy from everywhere. :P

[C.Saenz]

Keep us posted! It looks like you are off to a great start on a great looking car.

[318kid]

Geez, everything is out of that car! I wonder how much weight its lost? Oh and where are you located? -Preston

[swiss318is]

hmm... nearly 100% identical with my project.. have fun..

[suvi123]

I'm located in Estonia

As for weight reduction so far i've lost about 100kg.

Waiting for paint reparations.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/hekl.jpg

Paintjob will be like this.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/paintjob/IMG_1672asd.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/paintjob/vrv.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/paintjob/rv3.jpg

[daqqer]

That looks very hot.
I had in my mind also to paint black from the sideline (no gray tho). I also have a VT from a while back about it at home. I think it suits very nicely for e30. I have to change plans i guess, two too similar cars. :D
My German re-painted paint is slowly chipping off the original paint, and it needs to be repainted at some point (2009).

[suvi123]

That looks very hot.
I had in my mind also to paint black from the sideline (no gray tho). I also have a VT from a while back about it at home. I think it suits very nicely for e30. I have to change plans i guess, two too similar cars. :D
My German re-painted paint is slowly chipping off the original paint, and it needs to be repainted at some point (2009).

Ha ha :)...in that case i'm happy that i posted this pic. I just love this paint scheme. But you can do something opposite to that by painting upper section black, would be quite interesting...By the way, next week i'l get 2 sets of aluminum and one set of polyurethane transmission mounts , and soon should have engine mounts, and shock mounts. Want one set?

[daqqer]

Ha ha :)...in that case i'm happy that i posted this pic. I just love this paint scheme. But you can do something opposite to that by painting upper section black, would be quite interesting...By the way, next week i'l get 2 sets of aluminum and one set of polyurethane transmission mounts , and soon should have engine mounts, and shock mounts. Want one set?

Yes, sure. Hit me with the prices in pm.
I need the aluminium shock mounts badly. Differential breaks the original parts in about one day. :P

[suvi123]

Today i got solid aluminum(aircraft quality) engine and transmission mounts.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pdjad.jpg

And slowly started fabricating engine stand
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pkk.jpg

[romkasponka]

Today i got solid aluminum(aircraft quality) engine and transmission mounts.And slowly started fabricating engine stand

Greatings from Vilnius! My car floor looks little better and waiting repair ;)

Parts looks good, check mine http://romkasponka.blogspot.com/

[suvi123]

Greatings from Vilnius! My car floor looks little better and waiting repair ;)

Parts looks good, check mine http://romkasponka.blogspot.com/

Looking really good. By the way i'm also getting adjustable camber/caster plates.

As for process, half of the car is ready for painting, little bit sanding to do. Hopefully will get it painted next weekend.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pilt1krunt.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pilt4krunt.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pilt2krunt.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pilt3krunt.jpg

My car will be painted by a good friend, who is real pro in this business. Here is his latest design Golf. Custom hood, grille, spoiler and of course custom paint.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pilt1golf.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/pilt2golf.jpg

[nickmpower]

I think it would look better with no gray on the side

[romkasponka]

Why dont you want to use M-tech II bumpers set from www.tuning.lv ? You can drop-off a lot of weight with them..

[suvi123]

Why dont you want to use M-tech II bumpers set from www.tuning.lv ? You can drop-off a lot of weight with them..


I had this plan, but not for this year(limited budget). Next year will do it.
Some of next years plans:
Rollcage? 50/50
M-tech 2 front/rear(only lower part)
Stroker engine
Racing clutch
Aluminum flywheel
Upgraded brakes

[romkasponka]

M-tech 2 front/rear(only lower part)

Why only lower?


Racing clutch
Aluminum flywheel

I swapped m20 flywheel after it was lightened and balanced ~5.5kg withpreloaded 0.5mm sachs clutch. I thing it's more than enough with ours Nm and the price is mutch lower..

Upgraded brakes

Brakes upgrade is must for serious racing. Mine are from E38 728 aluminium 4 pot calipers (only 6 cilinder versions from ~95 have aluminium calipers), now I am whaiting ferodo DS3000 brake pads, and sandtler monza seat ;0

[suvi123]

To Romka

Only lowerpart because i think it looks better, something like this. Want to get these sideskirts too, look awsome.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/heastamge.jpg

Aluminum flywheel because i might get it even cheaper than m20 conversion.

As for brakes i totally agree with you, they are complete MUST for serious racing. Before doing engine you MUST have good suspension to keep car on the road, and good brakes to stop the car.

[romkasponka]

For me m20 flywheel conversion costed about 50Eu with starter modification + new sachs clutch about 100Eu.

Bumper looks better, but who cares when you driving at 100+ km/h ? :D
I care only about weight ;)

[daqqer]

How much rpm can the alu flywheel handle ?
My engine goes up to 7300 rpm, is it safe for that ?

[suvi123]

How much rpm can the alu flywheel handle ?
My engine goes up to 7300 rpm, is it safe for that ?

I think it is safe, because most racing cars use them and they rev atleast 8000+rpm. And japanese high revving engines.

[kenika65]

Looking good love the detail! Keep us posted with more pics!

[suvi123]

How about something like this. Finaly done, after 12 hours of hard work. Looks just awsome, will post more pic's when bumbers, lights and windows are on.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/kamber1.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/kamber2.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/kamber3.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/kamber4.jpg

[daqqer]

Ah, looking good. When are you gonna repaint my car ? :D

[romkasponka]

Lithuanian drifters ;)
http://www.4x4foto.com/drift/main.php?g2_itemId=15551
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcdJvmbKz5I&eurl=http://www.4x4foto.com/blog/

[romkasponka]

Ah, looking good. When are you gonna repaint my car ? :D

I thought the same.. ;)

[suvi123]

It's coming together :) starting to look awsome, but still tons of stuff to do, all the little things are taking so much time and nerves.

Enjoy!

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P6151185.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P6151189.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P6151186.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P6151182.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P6151193.jpghttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P6151177.jpg

[daqqer]

Looking awsome.
Cant wait to see it all assembled. :P
Thats not the original paint is it ?

PS your rear tyres are mounted wrong way.

[suvi123]

Looking awsome.
Cant wait to see it all assembled. :P
Thats not the original paint is it ?

PS your rear tyres are mounted wrong way.

I want to see it all assembled too. It looks better with every piece i add.

Yes it's not original paint, searched from paint samples.

These wheels were just mounted to one side to get better pic. (Not mine. And tires are mounted correct, these wheels are both front ones 8,5". Rear ones are 10" wide, wanted to put them for photoshoot but offset was wrong, and only had 20mm spacers). I haven't decided yet what wheels i'll buy. All i know yet that they will have big lip. (Borbet, Keskin, Azev, Brock, Bbs, Schmidt, Ronal, Oz, Ats, Rh...)

And one pic, with some things added today.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r205/suvi123/P6191226.jpg