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Few things you need to do;
1: Cut 25mm of the steering knuckles and reweld - see page 2 of the thread
2: Add 35mm on to the control arms or fit e46 control arms
3: Get 4 2 euro coins, knock the centre out and put them onto the steering rack to act as rack spacers
4: Wheel spacers, I have 25mm on mine
or go and buy an expensive steering modification kit :p
These changes are for an e36
Haven't updated this in a long time.
Not a whole lot of changes to the car since I last updated it the last time.
Went to mondello, drifted for a while, had a few little crashes :( , repaired it and drifted it again :cool:
Had a local drift day in Longford back in October, just a big yard, was a right bit of craic. Poor car got a bit dirty
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Had a bit of rub off one of the lads
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Went to the Just Jap day at the end of November. Shouldn't have went as my brakes weren't working and hand brake was gone, should have stayed at home. Anyway, I went, drifted one lap, crashed on the second, came in fixed it, went out again and had a bad enough crash then into a grass bank. needless to say the car looked rough on the way home :o
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Anyway nothing that couldn't be fixed.
All fixed now, made a diy front lip from an old bumper that was lying around,
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Also got proper front tyres, they make some difference an I treated it to a 4 wheel lazer alignment. So snappy on the front now.
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I've also removed the ABS unit, replumbed the brakes inside the car and cut the underside of the bonnet out.
And I finally got the car out for a few spins yesterday, instagram links below;
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Seen ya in mondello a few times well able to steer her , nice lip aswell
Thanks lad, saving for IDC at the minute so no practice days for me for a while unfortunately, even though I need the practice badly, but I can't have it every way :pQuote:
Originally Posted by stephen180
thats what i call a true missile car ha!!
Few photo's from the IDC logging day. Looking forward to seeing the professional photo's for the website.
All went well anyway, car is logged.
The new IDC visors are a lot nicer than last year
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After the logging day, and with the help of the local lads at the garage we polybushed the rear of the car, installed new wishbone bushes, fixed the problem with the hydro and got my seat mounted correctly along with a few other little bits.
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Car has developed a problem where it's rev's are limiting at 5500 which is a bitch but hopefully we'll get it sorted tonight.
4 Wheel alignment will be done on thursday and then we'll be heading to mondello for friday practice and saturday's competition and my first serious competition, buzzing already! :cool:
Best of luck saturday man dien to see how ya get on. If your stuck by the end of the week give me a shout and ya can borrow my ecu if want its chip/mapped with higher rev limit and all the gay shit removed
Ah that's fair sound of ya lad, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by mike e30
I think we may have solved it though.
Plugged in into laptop and crank shaft sensor fault was showing up. Turned out that all 3 wires at the crank sensor connection were stripped and touching each other. Hopefully that's problem solved. Let's see how friday's practice goes.
Can you PM me your number just in case I am stuck on friday? Thanks a million :D
Love this car, looking forward to seeing it in action at the weekend. Best of luck with it.
Thanks Mark, hopefully it goes well.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtyn2
Full sponsor details and photos will be up on facebook tonight! Please give them a like and a share to let them know that they are noticed.
I'll leave this photo here for now....
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I am delighted to show you how the car will look for my first season competing in the Irish Drift Championship
I am also very grateful to announce the sponsors that have come on board to help me compete in all rounds of the IDC....
McKeons Garage, Aughnacliffe,
Corrib Oil Longford & Nationwide
Signs Express (Mullingar)
Quinn's Supply Stores
Shutterspeed as media sponsor
Huge thanks to Alan, Colm, PJ, Hugh, Patrick, Jason & Rory.
More info on each sponsor to come in the next few weeks.
We will also be trying to raise a few €'s at each round for Our Lady's Hospital for sick children Crumlin, so if you see the bucket or myself please try and give a few €'s for a very worthy cause, if not you can donate online by following this link: http://www.cmrf.org/user_main/fundraiser/37467
The car might not have the big horsepower of other competing cars but with the help of my sponsors, family & friends I can push it to the absolute limit!
A few great weekend's craic to come... #bringthenoise #idc2014 #idc14
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Both you and the car have come a long way since the start of this thread, This is how its done kudos to you man!! Car looks bad ass too:cool: cant wait to see it ripping it up over the weekend.
Cars looked well good luck with round 1 hope she performs well
IDC Round 1 Update
Went up for friday practice, second run and the car developed the same problem again, would not rev past 5200 rpm's. I decided to keep going at practice and see if I could manage to pull of some decent runs.
I was really struggling with power as you need to be going in full tilt on the first corner to carry speed through to get out to clip 3, and then more power to get out to clip 6, I needed the rev range from 5 to 7k rpm's to do this right.
Anyway it was still a great day friday and really enjoyed chasing some of the pro lads, DMac among others.
I actually pulled off some great runs on saturday morning but then qualifying came and it was a disaster.
First run was just brutal, no speed, no angle and only got two clipping points I think, scored a 13.
Second run was much better, speed was still low but got out to all bar 1 clipping point, then just as I was about to come up to the finishing line the car spun out!! :( I still can't figure out what happened or what I done, just a lapse of concentration for a split second and I got caught out. I was sickened with myself :mad:
Overall it was a great weekend, some seriously talented drivers and epic cars this year.
ECU will be mapped and hopefully sort out the RPM problem for Fermoy in less than a month
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When you installed the m50 manifold and bbtb did you get any fitting kits to install it ?
After mondello I sent the ECU off to get mapped by Dave @ HD Engineering.
Got it back and the car ran perfect again, no RPM issues and full power right from you put the foot down.
Naturally I had to give it a good testing.....
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After that I gave the car a good checking over and an oil change at McKeon's Garage Aughnacliffe, again the lads gave me a lift and a hand without hesitation. Thanks again.
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We left Longford on Saturday morning at 4am & got to Fermoy just after 7 and got unloaded and set up.
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Practice started at 9 but I missed the first twenty minutes as I didn't realise cars had to get scrutinized again.
Got 3 practice laps in fairly wet conditions, I was reasonably happy with my last run. Tricky bit was coming from the tarmac to the concrete surface, totally different grip levels and tended to throw the car out of shape.
On to the qualifying session, and of course the rain came! I had a great first half of my first run, but then on transition at clip 5 I flicked the car too agressively and spun :(
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Second qualifying run I had to try and get around safe, track was like a lake, had a decent run, tapped the wall at clip 3 but keep the car going so it wasn't a zero, scored a 20 which left me in 45th place overall so I didn't qualify!
Here's a quick clip of the second run and the wall tap
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Car came off very safe lucky enough
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So that was my day over, 3 hour drive for 5 runs!! But sure that's competition for you.
Sunday came and I took part in the NKC barrel sprint challenge, it was actually a good bit of craic suprisingly!
I also got to take part in the team drift. Andrew Welland, Chris Martini, Bart & myself (Team Thrown Together)
It was all very last minute and we only got a couple of practice laps but it was some buzz! The best fun I've had in the car since I started drifting. The track was dry, car was running great and it was my first time to really get to chase someone. It really made the weekend for me. Epic!
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Lesson's I've learned from this round....
I have stupidly under estimated the importance of tyres and tyre pressures. I have only been using part worn tyres on the rear up to now, mainly due to lack of money for new tyres. For round 3 I'll hopefully be able to get new tyres sorted and seriously improve my grip and speed levels.
I'm also putting far too much pressure on myself and not really taking everything in and enjoying the experience. Hopefully for round 3 I can let myself just enjoy the craic, reduce the pressure and put in some solid runs!
PS: I'm going to be a Daddy come December :D:D:cool::cool: woo-hoo!!!!
No the lads in the garage sorted it all for me, it's a little tricky but can be done without any extra kits. I don't know the full in's and out's of how it should be fitted so I let the lads at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by arronmoloney
Did you get the car mapped after u put In the stuff?
No I'm just after getting it mapped in the last month. It has made a difference to it, pulls strong all the way through and rev's out fully.Quote:
Originally Posted by arronmoloney
Loving all the updates here, keep that up dude!!
Thanks! It's how I learned when I first started on this site so I'm just trying to keep it going. Takes a bit of effort but it will be sweet to look back on in time to come.Quote:
Originally Posted by lady89
Exactly!
I thought the same, bit of a hassle, but it's kinda cool to look back and see what progress was made :)
unbelievable driving today !! couldnt believe it was a 328 !! :eek: fair play.
You the man!! loving your driving today man!
Ur qualifying run on Saturday was u rally man. Fair play
Fuck me some weekend you had FairPlay dude
Thanks for all the great comments above lads.
I'll admit I was starting to lose faith in the car and doubting if it could be in anyway competitive but it proved me wrong on saturday.
Prep only began late on thursday night due my gran's funeral earlier that day, RIP to her and I think she was minding me for the weekend. After the week that was in it I wasn't really in the humour to go on friday but I decided to go and do it as I'd only regret it.
So I got the car off the trailer thursday night, where it had been since round 2, we gave it a quick check over, all was 100% and we got loaded up for friday morning.
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Friday practice was just a nightmare for everyone, it was a really tough day in tough conditions. I couldn't get out to clip 2 all day, luckily I got through the day safe and sound with no crashes.
Saturday morning came and I said I'm just going to go flat out for the whole practice session and keep looking at the wall until I was rubbing the thing! Practice was pretty good then and I was happy going into qualifying. Car was running super and felt good. I was adjusting tyre pressure all weekend and eventually got the grip I was looking for.
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So here's my first qualifying run, can't remember much about it but I would have loved to have an in car camera to see my reaction when I crossed the line! scored 89 out of 100, which saw me through to the top 32 and also secured 2nd place rookie.
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On to top 32 battles, up against Colm Carberry, as everyone knows Colm is a serious & experienced driver so I was up against it. I was a little unfocused as I couldn't believe I had got the chance to battle.
Anyway, I lead off, had a decent entry, got clip 2 I think, transitioned across, changing from 4th to 3rd I changed from 4th to 5th, then had to change back to third so by that time I had slowed and straightened. Finished the run OK after that.
Chase run, I actually surprised myself that the car kept up close with Colm, think I rubbed the wall and washed wide, then also had a dirt drop after clip 3. That meant that Colm went through to top 16, well deserved.
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Yesterday was unreal, Irish driving is world class and meeting all the drivers was surreal.
Bring on round 4 :cool:
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Your qualifying run had the grandstand on it's feet man. Mental stuff.
Woulda loved ta see ya progress more but still a wicked weekend for ya.
Very impressive qualifying run well done
Excellent work man, was watching you on livestreem Saturday and had to have a Lil snoop around the car yesterday :p
Just.outa interest, how come you run 15''s over 16''s or 17''s? Building a car myself so curious :)
Thanks man.Quote:
Originally Posted by dermot-r32
Few reasons I've stuck with 15" wheels.
Power - Car probably pushing to make 210/220 hp, so smaller wheels means I can get the power down when I need it.
Easier on the car - I've had a good second hand standard E30 clutch in it for over a year now and it's still pulling strong, easier on the whole drive train really.
Budget - I got the original set very cheap when I started building the car and I'm just using 15" part worn tyres for IDC, it's all I can afford to use.
Few lads were saying to use at least 16" wheels or 17" but I think they would be too hard on the car/clutch/gearbox and I dont have the money anyway so sticking with the 15's for this year.
Ha Ha thanks, it's pretty insane hearing all the compliments after it.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoelB
Thanks, lucky to hold itQuote:
Originally Posted by Blacklimited
i use 16s (205/40) for the exact reasons pointed out above.
Video of the Top 32 Battle with Colm
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Should have seen the face on the guys i know who thought it was m3 power when i told them it was a 328! Nice driving dude!
Ha Ha, good stuff. thanks DecQuote:
Originally Posted by decobyrne106
top class driving man, you're gettin a lot out of that car considering the power you're working with.
fair play
Thanks man, yeah really have to drive the thing to get it to do what you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELV-iS
Love this photo that popped up today
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