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Silver Fox

E30 335i Race Car project

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Well, spent Saturday stripping the shell for the next Race project. This one's for Stevo, and, yes it will fit.

Will try to document as much as possible as we go, and inform prices as well.

This will not be a road car, pure track.

Total budget under $8k we hope.

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Dave and his toys :P

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is it going to keep in the spirit of bmw racing . or just go fast or go home style

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Ouch, no truck turbo, if that's what you meanPosted Image, will have token dash as well. :P

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Another project on my watchlist! How do you find the time David?

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I've got as much as the next guy GrahamPosted Image, it's all about how you use it.Posted Image

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my only reservation is the ol m30 is quite a heavy lump....isnt it?

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Hi Guy's (my first post so hope it works :rolleyes: )

Dave these engines are a personal favourite, no dramas and heaps of grunt! Could you be tempted to move the motor back? I know moving the firewall would be a hassle but the balance difference would be huge, great project, KB.

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Sure is heavy, but, Battery to boot, remove aircon, fibreglass bonnet, and a few other things and it'll be lighter than the 320's in the front. :D

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How are you going about the engine mounts?

Custom steel fab, will fabricate new mounting points rather than change the mounts I think.

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Hi Guy's (my first post so hope it works :rolleyes: )

Dave these engines are a personal favourite, no dramas and heaps of grunt! Could you be tempted to move the motor back? I know moving the firewall would be a hassle but the balance difference would be huge, great project, KB.

Welcome, I feel privileged to be the recipient of your maiden post. :D

We can't cut the firewall for the Race series, so just have to push it back as far as we can.

We did contemplate mid mounting itPosted Image, that way we wouldn't be cutting the firewall, but decided that was against the spirit of things. :P

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Bought a runner today, complete motor with loom and ecu, $400. :D

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so ami going to have to fit a bigger turbo to stay ahead???

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Bought a runner today, complete motor with loom and ecu, $400. :D

ah but you didn't tell him the cost of the manual gearbox kit thats the hard and expensive bit

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Sweeeet. I'll be watching this thread ^_^

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ah but you didn't tell him the cost of the manual gearbox kit thats the hard and expensive bit

Box I'm using in this car cost $600, new clutch was $380, custom front shaft around $600, so, yes it is the expensive bit, but it's the bit that makes it so much fun as well. :P

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I'm doing a rebuild on the E28 motor at the moment for next seasonPosted Image, so will see how that goes and take it from there.

Stock at the moment is what I'm saying.

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Doesnt the drive shaft out of an E36 328 fit straight in?

I've heard something like that as well, guess I've got a bit of homework to do on that bit.

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Sure is heavy, but, Battery to boot

Be careful there, I know (especially in the M30's case!) it's all about weight distribution, but that massive cable going through the car all the way to the boot isn't exactly light

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