Driftit

Last I saw webbers show up they were close to 3K. And would need extensive time on the dyno to dial in. But the sound! Could look at the indvidual system off the S50/52. Whilst silly expensive here they are pretty cheap in the US. What are you planning to drop this into BTW?

The other option would be going to individual throttle bodies. The intake on the M30 is not great, in both looks and performance.

TBH with the cost of head work I would be looking at trying to source an S38. I saw a couple go in the US for around 7K USD. I looked at playing with the M30 to get more power out of it. The answer was always forced induction. I'm running an old MAP ECU 2 piggyback on mine. It made some good gains with some headers and a AFM delete.

Also watched the series For All Man Kind. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772588/ I thought it was pretty good. It's based off an alternate reality where the Russians made it to the Moon first. It's pretty well done.

Youtube recommended videos is on fire today for me. So cool. And crack up how Audi had to use a V8 to beat the little 4 bangers of the EVO's from BMW and Merc The music is also amazing....if you are into 70's porn soundtracks Also a young M Schumacher driving for Merc Zakspeed Team

Look at replacing the oil pump shaft to one with a bolt rather than a nut. The nuts fall off destroying the motor. https://store.vacmotorsports.com/mobile/vac-oil-pump-upgrade-kit-bmw-m50m52uss50s52us-p1041.aspx Though I think these doubled in price since I purchased it. Another thing to look at is cnc'd rockers and retaining clamps rather than springs. Especially if you will be revving her out. VAC do sump baffles too. I have a crank scraper but it took 5 months to arrive and needed lots of work to fit it. Not worth it imo.

Can you throw some prices and pictures up as per forum rules. Cheers.

Yeah it's an 8k car. And I don't think drift tax comes into play. Drift tax is for cars that are already capable drift cars. I can't believe I never had one of S13s stolen. I left them all over the place. No alarms. One sat in an unsecure underground carpark in the viaduct for 2 years with hardly any use. Not touched. Do wish I had kept one though. But I used the money to get into E30 racing. No regrats.

It's actually a good motor. Doesn't need a lot of money to leave all but M BMW's for dead. Mrs made 270rwkw with hers. They are all top end though. Classic late 80's boost lag.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/nissan/listing/2504211407 The crazy prices continue. If this sells I think I might see if the Mrs wants to hold onto hers for a few more years. Its funny though. I still see a 8k car there. I just wouldn't get 28k worth of enjoyment out of it. A stock S13 is not a very good car.

Altered Carbon is a good watch. Very Bladerunnerish. Went back and watched True Detective series 1. Quite enjoyable and gritty. And not the usual scenes of NYC or LA. They portrait some of the south very well. Been watching many YouTube videos of Americans getting hold of mid 90s Jap sports cars that were previously illegal to import. Quite funny that they are doing the same sh*t we were doing 25 years ago. And thinking they are the first to do it...

Haha my kid neighbors showed this to me the other day. They play a lot of minecraft and know I listen to a lot of metal (Attempting to influence them into metal) Many bands are streaming live concerts btw. Been watching quite a few. Also been watching some of the V8 Supercars drivers stream iRacing comps. Indy eSeries was good. V8's start soon. Watched the Tiger King on netflix. Now that is some serious train crash tv. We have like 3 plex servers running. One is about 65tb. They are all automated and the extended family is just hammering them and loving it. Also playing Motorsport Manager whilst I work.

I'm too tight to buy anything overseas with the absolute crap NZD at the moment. Will wait for all the other economies to start to suffer first.

Hey mate. There used to be a good guide on the forum. Now I can't seem to find it. I followed it around 10 or so years ago for my E30 series car. Otherwise a LHD one will be fine. Only thing that differs is the reservoir for the clutch. Which is really straight forward. One thing that is different between autos and manuals that catches many out is the spigot bearing that goes in the end of the crank and aligns the gearbox shaft. Autos don't have it. Manuals need it. Everything else is very bolt in/on if you have a complete conversion kit.

Not going to modernise it? Friend of mine is just finishing off his 2 owner 69 Camaro with a 600hp LS3 from a Pontiac G8 (Holden). Huge amount of work done in the US while we were at the Embassy. Car might already be back in NZ. Nelson based.

Will be lots of investigations later on I would say. I'm a contractor. I'm finding all the senior staff have nothing to do so are doing my work. I'm going to run out of work.

You're not that old Jon.

Older folk who soak up any Covid-19 news fed to them. But don't practice any of the recommendations to avoid it other than panic buying groceries. And why are there so many overweight semi crippled women in Wellington. Ones who can barely walk yet are clearly still working cushy forgotten government roles?

Yeah was going to say the same thing about Mighty Car Mods. The same went for brake pads. Couldn't say they didn't have asbestos in them so they were not allowed in. The restrictions don't seem designed to protect people. But protect the market. Obviously the restrictions extend to the freight companies. Saves the government having to police it.

I'm interested how you completely misinterpreted my comment to having a go at the owner. To clarify I said the owner will probably sell it for what he is asking and that one particular White Knight (noun - a person or thing that comes to someone's aid.) would offer the owner a turn on his Mrs for succeeding. I couldn't care less that the guy is flipping the car. Just laughing at his comment section.

That comment section. Warriors vs White Knights. I'm pretty sure one of those white knights would let you have a turn on his Mrs if you sell it for that much (which you probably will).

Yeah that's a huge nope. Whilst I love the E46. I don't love that one in the slightest. Even if it was 6k.

Agree. At 400k kms I would just do whatever to it. Just have fun with the platform.

Keeps you on your toes. Driven a few E30s with flogged out subframe bushes. Ass end just followed the ruts wherever. But M3. S54s can be had for pretty cheap out of the US. Seen them as low as $1500usd. Bit more if you want accessories.

Was also wondering about this. Though I'm no longer allowed new projects. Apparently a house is more important.