JiB 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) 30th Oct '08: I decided posting old cellphone pics for e-props on the internet is more amusing than studying metaphysics. Sorry for the shitty cellphone pics. Will get real ones once I've found the SLR/finished moving. Without further ado I present the Rangi Motor Werks demo car Current wheels are: BBS RS 15x6.5 16p with R888's 205/50/15, Volk SE37K 16x7 13p 16x8 18p 205/50/16 Toyos. It's a 325i E30. With LSD. Standard motor (even down to the BMW paper filter). Suspension: Offset bushes Ground Control adjustable platforms. Modded front struts Koni Yellow SA's Ground Control Bump stops Ground Control adjustable Camber/Castor plates Ground Control solid aluminium mounts Springs are race springs 65mm front 60mm rear. 525lb Eibach or 475lb Kings Prokit 650lb Eibach rear Brakes: Znoelli S12 EBC Yellow Braided Lines RBF600 Running mad camber 3deg+ all round and MAX castor . Shitty DoF on cellphone makes offset look a bit lame/car a bit high. Sump was 70mm off the ground in these pics Check out the last pic, both wheels are off the ground...tiiiiiiiiny tiiiiiiiiny shocks Soon to come Hopefully by end of November: -Baller as 4 pot/2 pot brakes circa ~300mm rotors -Roll cage -Maybe its first clean. BIG THANKS: -CamB (he basically owns the car atm) -Driftit for helping me out ---------------------------------------------------------------- 17th Nov '08 Did the Kemp Rd hillclimb yesterday in this: Why yes, that is another shitty cellphone pic. DSLR is still AWOL. Pics of Hillclimb and results to come, once MGCC puts them up. Car booked in for cage this afternoon ---------------------------------------------------------------- 10th December '08 Been scraping/stripping the track hack like there's no tomorrow. About half a wheelie bin's worth of insulation has come out haha. Some of the cage has been tacked in - should end up as a 8pt jungle gym. No moar sun roof I can has jungle gym ---------------------------------------------------------------- 23 December 08 After busting my ass painting, modding, cutting, reassembling......it's home 8) Just some happy snaps ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17th January 09 Quick update with happy snaps: New wheels on the way. 16x7 16x8 13p (worried they won't fit new brakes though ) No moar airconz Facelifting (thanks to Gus for the parts) Front discs have FINALLY arrived! 300mmx26mm (heh, 16" wheel in the background for comparison) Calipers 4piston front, 2piston rear (definitely needs a clean) Edited January 16, 2009 by JiB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2079 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 When I get my 325 going again we should get them out for some fun. Will just chuck my series cars wheels on it. Will be able to out brake me easily though. Mine has -3deg camber too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tire 10 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) Like it Edited February 5, 2009 by tastic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamB 48 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 PERFECT height. Good stuff man LOL. It's been raised about 20mm now, but at least the springs are captive. It's also helped reduce the rear camber. Further info - the car is running hubcentric bolt-on 4x100 to 4x114 spacers, which is why those wheels all fit. It actually goes pretty well for 320,000km. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 Nice. I like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apex 693 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 E-Props to you, cool old 325i! So jealous of some of those suspension bits Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 wow that looks sick, love the stance, stealth as. love it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 BTW, Znoelli's and EBC's will be up for sale once new brakes are in. They're basically new, done ~4000km with them. Including calipers When I get my 325 going again we should get them out for some fun. Will just chuck my series cars wheels on it. Will be able to out brake me easily though. Mine has -3deg camber too. Yeah man, keen. Jspec/Gspec Touge run Nah, I'll still be a big wuss haha. Will go from ricer => ricer with big brakes PERFECT height. Good stuff man Aethetically, it needs to be a bit lower than pictures Might be a dick and lower it for pictures when I'm bored in the holidays Hardparker style! LOL. It's been raised about 20mm now, but at least the springs are captive. It's also helped reduce the rear camber. Further info - the car is running hubcentric bolt-on 4x100 to 4x114 spacers, which is why those wheels all fit. It actually goes pretty well for 320,000km. Shush Cam, I wanted to be all baller with low offset wheels But yeah, they're all hubcentric and legit, gave up looking for suitable wheels, especially wheels with big enough x factor for brakes! Expensive exercise though, needed short studs installed + spacers + cert. Plus side is selection of available wheels is a little larger...but not as much as I expected.. E-Props to you, cool old 325i! So jealous of some of those suspension bits Woo! E props! Thanks, most of the suspension bits are supreme overkill for a road car though. But I highly recommend getting as much castor as possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 1 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 very cool, I quite like those Volks. I take it those offsets are with the adapters included? worked out pretty good. Curious as to why you didn't do the camber/toe adjustment in the back, especially if you were planning on running it so low? stripping the interior or other weight reduction? or still keeping it reasonably road car worthy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 very cool, I quite like those Volks. I take it those offsets are with the adapters included? worked out pretty good. Curious as to why you didn't do the camber/toe adjustment in the back, especially if you were planning on running it so low? stripping the interior or other weight reduction? or still keeping it reasonably road car worthy? Nah not planning on running it low at all, only want it low for aesthetic reasons....which are the wrong reasons for the purposes of this car. Will be quite high for hillclimb/track duties. Interior is stripped. Fibre glass seats. Aircon coming out when cage goes in. Sound deadening will be dealt with when I can be bothered. Part of me wants to keep sun roof cos I like it. But it should go...15kg worth of stuff in the wrong place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamB 48 Report post Posted October 30, 2008 Curious as to why you didn't do the camber/toe adjustment in the back, especially if you were planning on running it so low? JiB's mentioning the good bits, not the bad bits! Rear subframe bushings, diff bushings, and trailing arm bushings have seen better days. It is possible they are 320,000km old. Fixing them up is on the "to do" list, but decent alternatives (eg the camber/toe correcting trailing arm bushes) are quite expensive and JiB's quite cheap. Plus it was a crap job on my 2002 so its probably a crap job on an E30. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattzy 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Looks good brother, needs to be lower through for the hardparking posing.. (hillclimbs/trackdays you can get away with that finger/tyre gap) Totally digging the wheels in the last pic. More photos of those Let me know if you need a hand pulling sound deadening / aircon etc out... I love that stuff! Edited November 6, 2008 by Mattzy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2008 Looks good brother, needs to be lower through for the hardparking posing.. (hillclimbs/trackdays you can get away with that finger/tyre gap) Totally digging the wheels in the last pic. More photos of those Let me know if you need a hand pulling sound deadening / aircon etc out... I love that stuff! The silver/polished ones? Yeah, I'll get round to more photos, but like EVERYTHING on the car they need a damn good clean. Little bit of tucking for hardparking would be nice. Despite being a hardout ricer, I'll be keeping it 4x4 95% of the time - would rather sacrifice baller status for the ability to thrash the car without leaving my sump behind. Yes! I will need all the help I can get with stripping. Want to be ~1100kg with cage and liquids Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattzy 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2008 The silver/polished ones? Yeah, I'll get round to more photos, but like EVERYTHING on the car they need a damn good clean. Little bit of tucking for hardparking would be nice. Despite being a hardout ricer, I'll be keeping it 4x4 95% of the time - would rather sacrifice baller status for the ability to thrash the car without leaving my sump behind. Yes! I will need all the help I can get with stripping. Want to be ~1100kg with cage and liquids I see what you mean - E30 sumps do dangle rather low! Yeah bro all good - holla when you need a hand! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2008 I see what you mean - E30 sumps do dangle rather low! "Also need the springs captive for some sweet jumps" - Napolean Dynamite, paraphrased, CamB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2079 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 Sledgehammers pull the best jumps I hear. Have you got a sump gaurd for your car? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 Sledgehammers pull the best jumps I hear. Have you got a sump gaurd for your car? Nup. Broken M20 = Boosted Nissan motor On a more sensible note, I should probably get a sump guard if I get more serious about hillclimbs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted November 13, 2008 Got any interior pics? Keen to pick up some ideas for how to finish mine off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) Got any interior pics? Keen to pick up some ideas for how to finish mine off Soz, interior is pretty rubbish atm. Will post once the bling bling seats and roll cage are in. Expect bright, mismatched colours. edit: have a look in the Imola thread. Only interior pic I got. Edited November 13, 2008 by JiB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2079 Report post Posted November 13, 2008 You going to custom make a sump gaurd or find a genuine one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2008 You going to custom make a sump gaurd or find a genuine one? Make it myself. 3mm marine grade. Expensive though, and there's a lot more important things to spend money on at the moment.. Because I'm a bit of a geek, I have plans for playing with underbody aero when time/money permits. Genuine is like 15kg's or something! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2008 Updated first post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted November 16, 2008 Nice! Will be looking forward to those pics and results mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3series 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2008 (edited) my genuine sump guard was 9.8kg excl bolts. which isnt really that heavy. Edited November 16, 2008 by bmw3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted November 16, 2008 I like it. What harnesses are you using? And have you got them bolted into the rear seatbelt mounts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
