Project 328i - a lot to learn

[matty]

mint!! will you be out sunday for superdrift?

[sideways-theonlyway]

mint!! will you be out sunday for superdrift?

No didn't get to watergrasshill, bit of spin from longford and car still needs a few bits done.

Booked in now for tynagh on the 26th March to test the car before driftfest logging for masters series, if all goes well I'll log the car in Mondello on the following Saturday.

Few bits to get done before Tynagh,

Get my 4.1 diff swap done
Fit 14" electric fan to replace viscous
Fit temperature gauge
Oil change
Door Cards
General tidy up
Get tyres sorted


Got an M3 bumper a while back, it was fairly rough so done a bit of repairs on it and sprayed it up again, happy enough with it now



Finally got all bits of the spare shell and left it rest in a quiet corner in case I ever need it again, no point scrapping a perfect shell



Few snaps from the weekend

Trying to get it out of the workshop...

[matty]

mmmmmmm shes lookin mean now hopping to get mine looking some bit like yours

[sideways-theonlyway]

Got bit done at the weekend,

Removed my spare e36 medium case diff from the rear subframe of the other car I stripped and went about swapping the internals from the E28 4.1 diff.

I'll admit I hadn't much of a clue what needed to be done so went up to the local garage who had also helped me out with doing most of the work on the engine and manifold swap, so big thanks to them for all the advise in the last few weeks! (i'll have to put them down as sponsors!)

So with a bit of advise from the lads I got it done, wasn't as bad I thought it would be as everything is pretty much interchangable.











You can see the difference in the pinions above, 2.93 on top and 4.1 on bottom.

I'll get it welded and fitted this week and it'll be interested to see what difference it makes.

[sideways-theonlyway]

Last few weeks have been crazy busy...

I went to Superdrift in Tynagh to test the car a few weeks back.

First 4 laps and the car drank €20 of petrol, I feared the worst and thought something serious wrong, possibly another fucked engine.

Dave M gave me a set of injectors to try out and the car went great after, my driving was shit though.

It was a completely different car to drive with the 4.1 diff, more power, and steering quickner, by the end of the day I had the hang of it again.

Was delighted I got sorted and car was running well with no overheating.

Few pics and video link, more videos on that channel as well.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MglfNACz0Og

Turns out the car was too cold and there was no problem with my injectors. Always learning.....

So after the car went well at Superdrift I decided to give Driftfest Masters Round 1 a shot so I got it logged in Mondello at the AE86 day.

Great day and some serious cars on show, jaw dropped when I seen Adrian Walsh's car, it is unreal!

Got through logging and headed for Fermoy at the weekend, I entered street class as I've no cage. Was never in Fermoy and first competition so I was pretty nervous.

Saturday went great, car never missed a beat all day and got loads of practice, even got to follow a few of the pro's which helped me get my line right around the track.

Qualifying came in a bit of a panic as I had to change tyres and rush back to the line just in time for my run so I was a bit stressed! First run was only OK and second was a bit better. Ended up qualifying third, about ten points behind Danny and Noran so I knew I had a bit of work to do on Sunday.

Sunday morning practice went well, had two good runs and two middling runs. I was very surprised with the car and how close I was running the walls and hitting clipping points, really enjoyed it!

Had half an hour to spare before the street class superlap which would decide the overall winner so was fairly chilled out, headed for the line with about ten minutes to go, next thing I realised my Go Pro fell off the car! FUCK! Couldn't find the thing anywhere and was stressed to the max when I was called to the line.

Nailed the first superlap and nearly hit a wall head on on the second run so it was a no score but was fairly happy with the first run.

Didnt get to see or hear about Noran's or Danny's runs so wasn't sure where I placed.

Turned out a couple of lads found my GO Pro and gave it to a marshall, so thanks for that lads, fair play.

Results time came and I couldn't believe I got first place in my class, I was over the moon. Delighted with the car and how it's handling at the minute.

Sorry for the essay!

Few pics, I'll stick up a few videos tonight of the winners of team drifting hopefully, it was epic.

[Eoin k]

well done man. I'd say your delighted with that result. and the running perfect now.

[sideways-theonlyway]

well done man. I'd say your delighted with that result. and the running perfect now.

Yeah delighted, I know street class didn't do any battles but that doesn't mean we didn't push hard to rub walls! hopefully it's a lucky year.

Stuck up a few videos from the weekend there on the old tube

https://www.youtube.com/user/sideway...?feature=watch