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Hey man the replays show he clearly did not touch him. Schu spun cause he was going too hard trying to get around Nico. He wouldn't have been all smiles afterwards if he was taken out, that man is vengeful.

Was good. Very good. Drama-rific. Take that Alonso, you dirty pair of eyebrows!

I have read said PM and will reply when it is not 4:01am. VETTEL YOU BEAUTY. f**k ALONSO HAHAHA ALL MY WISHINGS HAVE COME TRUE

He's saying he was impressed with how easily and cheaply it is to make ridiculous power in a Silvia. It's a fair deep-wallet mission on a BMW engine, for numerous reasons. OPINION ALERT! WEE OOO WEE OOO there are for sure pluses and minuses to E30's vs Silvias. Both are really the same formula, and not too many other cars are like them for a few reasons. Both are light weight FR cars with great balance, both have strong engines, both have nice active suspension. But, the BMW is not as common as a twilight fan at a school disco. The silvia has much, much better suspension. Double wishbone sort of stuff front and rear, it's all fully adjustable and you can get some very cool parts for it, like hubs with raised spindles and reshaped arms etc . The E30 front suspension is top notch, I like the extreme caster, it's just something you don't get with jap cars. But the rear suspension really is crap, horrible for switchbacks and bumps, and no traction compared to the silvia, especially the S14/15. That and they are so cheap for something so weaponised. I got my car for 7k, it has an LSD and a bodykit, and that's really the only thing that sets it apart from the E30 your grandmother bought new in 1984 and has put only city miles on. Spend that on a silvia, and you are getting something which will keep most people enthused for a long while. Not that a M325i doesn't keep you enthused, it's underbalanced in regards to what the chassis can do vs the power it makes. Build quality is miles apart. They are a tin can shell with bumpers cliped on. I don't like it. Sure crumple zones hurt you less in a crash, buuut just get lucky and don't crash the E30? E30's are one of the best looking cars ever made. Driving a silver pre-facelift lowered shadowlined Mtech-oned basketweaved car around is a great feeling. I would just feel like a little boy in a silvia, and no one would take me seriously (people who matter). Adults like a mint E30 much more than a silvia. And everytime I hit a trackday with some mature car owners present, there is always much-a-looking at the E30. Myself I have only driven 2 silvias, a 210rwkw S13 and a S14 non-turbo. The S13 was innnnsane, had pretty standard suspension in it, but oh my god it was fast. I am most likely getting the Link G3/G4software ECU and injectors from this car and my friend who owns it is going to a full GT3076/LinkG4/forged everything set up. Scary sh*t. The S14 had some nice coilovers and was quite fun around the corners behind the airport. Dead even in a straight line with my old 323i. So, a silvia drivetrain in an E30 with a S14/15 rear subframe and custom front hubs to match the new stud pattern?! Yes please! This car has been demoted in the past few weeks to sort of a fabrication experimentation vehicle. So over the years expect a few cool things. This post wouldnt be as long as this if I wasn't waiting for the F1 to start aha

Hey, at least thats legal! Left quite a mess

Check his cellphone! TEXTING I bet

^ Read my mind. What an awesome SUV!

With the T28, external wastegate (aftermarket fannymold) and some hotter cams it'll pull hard to 8, so I have read. And yeah those rocker arm stoppers are 100% needed, will come. (Revs are fun) Ahh thanks Cam, I'll add that to the must get list. And yeah if I had the dollars to get a custom 4.8 (or more) from diffsonline.com I'd do it haha Would be incredible acceleration in every gear.. OR a silvia rear end mated in with a Nismo 4.3 GT LSD Pro, with 20 clutch plates... Wow. !

Juuuust messing around with what the gear ratios are. Silvia's come with 4.1 final drive differentials. So the stock M325i 3.64 is rather tall. Here is a comparison between 3.64 and 4.1 with the SR20DET transmission at 7000RPM with 205/50/15 tires (R888): (I hope to be revving to 7500 once a few things are sorted) So I could effectively go 280kph at the moment... (with 3 times the power and a huge fi-glass nose cone) Too much! I do like how long 2nd and 3rd are, it saves an upshift on Ruapuna, but it is not really fun on the backroads, really only able to use 2 gears, pointless if there are 5 of them! So a 4.1 will be sourced in due course. As a comparison the Getrag 260 with a rev limit of 6200 (M20B25) does these speeds: 49:85:134:188:232 1st through 5th. With the M20 I wasn't getting out of 4th on the straight at Ruapuna, it was on 5800-6000RPM at the braking point, so that's a true 180kph no matter what the speedo says (used to say 190) With the SR it hammers the limiter in 4th and I'm in 5th for about 3-4 seconds at the end, that's a true 210+ kph. That's a hell of a difference. I'd like to verify that it actually hits 7000RPM in 4th before it cuts out (I don't have a tacho) Not that the limiter gets slammed all day, after a few laps you know where to change gear. To compare the ratios between the boxes. This is what speeds you would get to if the rev limit was 6200 and the diff was 3.64. SR : 56:99:143:188:250 Differences: 56 :+43:+44:+45:+62 G260: 49:85:134:188:232 Differences: 49 :+36:+49:+54:+44 Long first in the SR, then equal drops to 5th, where it then drops an extra 17kph on it. Short first and second in the E30, then the looooong 3rd gear, and another big step to 4th, and medium drop to 5th. 3rd gear in the M20 with a G260 is a great driving gear, just put it in 3rd and with the nice flat torque of the 2.5 S6 it just keeps pulling even if you drop below 3000RPM. Not the fastest, but it's what makes the BMW a great drivers car. Looking forward to finding a 4.xx diff and working some gears though Anything higher than a 4.1 in medium case????? Ahhh putting some thoughts on paper and posting, nice.

http://www.dragonpc.co.nz/p.aspx?211018 For the budget gamer.

Worked in a bar on NYE last year, was very fun. This year? Sydney maybe, or Phat.

Interesting video... that Evo sure has a smart 4WD system, but look at the tires at the end hahaha They are very biased indeed. Just watched another video comparing a version 10 STI to an E46 M3, S4 and SL55 AMG in some 200kph slalom testing, the STI was apparently the best by far. And the M3 lost, was 20kph slower through the cones... Hmmm *vid in question (last half)

Awesome car to drive (in GT5P at least aha) Wee bit heavy though.

Funny afterthought there Nath. So funny, I'll write this: haha

That would be a walk home full of reflection and regret hahahaha

Or put it in a garage and stop wasting money on a car that can't be used for ANYTHING!?/ Except fulfilling peoples requirements for e30 onboard videos!??

AND NOS!!!

and custom fit nissan hubs with direct fir R34 GTR wheels rotors and calipers ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WHATTTHTTHTHTH

I think it's going to get a complete silvia suspension swap next year too. at least at the rear. poor car

No. You need michelins and a lightweight roof. <<<< Ala

I mean that's the entire selling point right there. You've seen a F1 car, they run bridgestones, they can do over 5g forces on the brakes and 4.5 in the corners! Don't know if the mileage would suit you though. I would be careful after the first 100ks cause I think with the E30's higher center of gravity you'd be looking at a serious end over end crash if you got on the brakes too hard. (seriously: good price though. R888's are about 230ea with a good deal on price in that size)

Doubleclutchheeltoe those downshifts. Every down shift. Ever. Doesn't take to long to get the knack of it really *regarding the crunch of course. car looks nice too

That was extremely stressful to view.

Yes. Loves a good donkey punch

Are you taking the piss???!? Man oh man, in your own help-wanted thread of all places! ugh It is undeniable that the calipers are on the wrong side of the car. The bleed nipple needs to be removed and put at the other end of the caliper. This probably has nothing to do with the uneven wear issue but if the larger piston pair of the 4 pistons was leading with my new BBK then I'd rectify that immediately. Didn't these people screw you around with some issue in your first thread about BKK's? Trusting that they have most likely pulled these symmetric mass-fit calipers out of a bulk box and sent them to you with the bleed nipple on the wrong end :) :) :) :)