Yet another thread revival
didnt do much with the car only keep driving it until January this year.. I'll give more detail on those changes later
Update:
Progressed into the Irish Drift...
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Yet another thread revival
didnt do much with the car only keep driving it until January this year.. I'll give more detail on those changes later
Update:
Progressed into the Irish Drift...
Anyways... long overdue update
As of December I started into the 2017 Irish Amateur Drift Championship
ROUND 1:...
I may have something interesting for this, be just back from the Nurburgring earlier that week... Currently bucketing money into it :cool:
and its Jap
Oil feed line,boost controller, you'll also need upgraded coil packs and good plugs to run high boost, clutch, brakes
is a HX35 not absolutely massive for a 1J... unless you're looking at the...
E39 is basically a tank
Whip the engine & drop it into a 3 series chassis.. You can pick up a 318ci for chips
300 horsepower... but its kind-of a very unfair comparison to petrol horsepower :cool: 800NM of torque :rolleyes:
28 psi cold, could probably drop that a bit more
Typically Kenda's are pretty good, lots of smoke & lots of grip & last a good long time
Jinyu's seem to last a lot longer than the kendas, less smoke tho.. dont really know about grip
partworns -...
Impact Ireland - impactirl.ie/
cheapest
cut the hubs, and take a google of Ackermann before you do... when you do you'll want to weld them back on almost parallel to the main joint... 29.9 rods & V it out so its strong welding...
Time for another update
Fuel system update:
Found the limit of the high pressure pump under sustained load yet again, my original pump was healthier but only by a fraction. need to get my hands...
OK this is badly due an update
Brought it to AutoHeroes 3, Shanes 325TDS also managed to make its first appearance...
318iS you may have some chance in the wet... but 318i forget about it
323i would be the very base of what I would reccomend and they are relatively low power
My aftermath
Cyl 1 piston crown... Looks OK
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/nosmokenopoke/BMW%20M3d%20E46%20Drift/DSC_0719_zpsgai2v1ai.jpg
Cyl 6 not so good...
Autoheroes is at home in mondello.. Very very well ran & only caged pro-cars have passengers alright but its a different focus of a day to what tynagh would be.. They run two different layouts which...
If you knew anything about roll centers you would not cut springs... lower + harder only or correct your roll centers by some other method
318 is too under powered.. be ok in the wet but a...
Without Re-checking the rules the flywheel of your new engine cannot go further rearward than the vertical plane of the original flywheel
Mondello.ie
http://www.mondellopark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Auto-Heroes-Jan.jpg
It could easily go on for another few hours... and I'd happily watch on!
Everything that went wrong makes for the best viewing.. Like Fink's crash at the beginning of the season. The work that...
Wisefab set ackerman to almost 0 for drifting, wheels stay parallel when steering is turned... Grip racing you need ackerman
OK time for another update
Federal RS-R steering tyres acquired for the front
Prop Shaft CV boot..... Sorted...
BMW Auto Gearbox Filters & the Propper Oil for the job, (ZF Lifeguard 6 required in the 3 gearboxes we have here)
Can get the other "normal" oils handy, I struggle to find the propper oils for this
Still lookin like my BMW will be ready by Saturday morning Adam :)
EBC Yellowstuff are feckin deadly I love them, They'd make your stomach churn on braking when they get hot enough to warp brake discs :)
Carbone Lorraine RC5+ are supposed to be better than EBC...
No sorry
Yes the windscreen is Glass, polycarbonate everything else
Anyways, time for a few more updates
Intercooler fitted & all 3" stainless pipes flared to prevent blowoff's