http://www.s14.net/forums This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ . en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:02:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.s14.net/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.s14.net/forums http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47435&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:52:30 GMT Check out this one if you are around on sunday. This is probably one of my favorite local events down here. Lots of vintage japanese cars and a few... Check out this one if you are around on sunday. This is probably one of my favorite local events down here. Lots of vintage japanese cars and a few nice surprises from the OE's as well. Lexus brought out their LF-A at this event last year. Mitsubishi usually brings out a few of their classic rally cars as well.

http://japaneseclassiccarshow.com/

Here's a video from last year as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-cMaaarJNA

]]> Off Topic Forum allmotorking http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47435 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47433&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:52:24 GMT Just wanted to pass this information to anyone who might be interested. Appears to be a pretty solid, well sorted car. I just happened to... Just wanted to pass this information to anyone who might be interested. Appears to be a pretty solid, well sorted car.

I just happened to stumble across this car located in San Diego, CA at Fahey Motorsport. I think he is asking $38,000 for the car, but would need to contact him for further details and the history of the car.

http://www.frankfaheymotorsports.com...frankpics1.asp

100K on Chassis
5-8K on the motor

Carb legal

approx. 330hp to wheels on pump gas.

Talk to Frank Fahey at 858-693-1871. ]]> Engine Swap Cars e30m3justis http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47433 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47432&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:23:16 GMT Im looking for ground control camber plates...PM Im looking for ground control camber plates...PM ]]> Parts savagem3 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47432 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47431&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:59:59 GMT Ok, so first of all its not an M3, which is why I am not sure of the value. Its got the S50B30 Euro Motor and 5 speed. Its fully sorted and... Ok, so first of all its not an M3, which is why I am not sure of the value.

Its got the S50B30 Euro Motor and 5 speed.

Its fully sorted and runs fine.

Recent minor fender bender and its finishing up a full PPG repaint after repairs as well as adding a CF sunroof panel etc.

It has a modified suspension, etc, done nicely. Has M Roadstar wheels on it.

It runs and drives just fine.

In pretty good condition as far as E30s go. Paint is excellent with new EVO2 front spoiler.

What would you value it at? ]]> Off Topic Forum mpire http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47431 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47430&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:34:49 GMT I got my E30 M3 here in Japan about 3 years ago and have been steadily improving it. I guess it's about time I share what I've been doing with it, especially as I'm about to install a V44 Vipec ECU and custom harness sourced from Neel of Apex Speed Technology.
As it's not been documented before, I'll be putting up full details of fitting the plug & play kit, what the ECU's like to map, etc. to help others with their decisions on standalone ECU's

...but first a little self-introduction and background history of the last 3 years of this M3.

I live in Fuji, Japan. I work in Japanese sports cars supplying, tuning and exporting Skyline GT-R's, RX-7's, Corolla Levins, tuning parts and oem, etc. so I'm immersed in car stuff all day at work. Then when I can, after work I spend a lot of spare time on my own cars, either maintaining, improving, detailing or tuning them, to endurance racing, drifting and track eventing. I don't care for clothes, drinking or other vices. My only poison is high octane 100 RON!

With tuning Japanese cars being so much more accessible here, having a BMW would be an unusual choice for me normally...
But my first car 20 years ago had been a beaten up rusted to hell 2002tii, which I'd lovingly restored before it bankrupted me as a university student in the UK... And you never forget your first car!

So when I came across this E30 M3 here in Japan, I naturally had an enthusiastic interest in it.
At first I wasn't considering it for myself, but as a possibly interesting car to put into our stock and maybe export to Europe..
I looked it over, found only a couple of minor electrical faults and a slightly weepy radiator, usual oil leaks but a sound and more importantly - completely rust free car that had been in Japan since new that had clearly been well loved.
The ABS warning light put some of my competition off that day and I ended up buying it for company stock..

Then I made the fatal mistake of driving it home to see what it was like..
All the memories of the 2002tii came flooding back. This E30 M3 sounded similar but did everything better... and it was so beautiful to look at! As I drove it and fell in love with how it drove, I reminisced how I'd loved them when they first came out, but couldn't possibly afford one then.
I got home & told my wife, "Sweetie, I bought another car for myself today"...:blues:
My colleague who came to visit that evening laughed..

This was a near standard car to begin with. Body had been beautifully repainted shortly before it became mine.







I didn't much like the red shift boot... yuk!



It had a bit of a stutter on idle which I traced to the air flow meter, which had obviously been opened up previously by someone. Not wanting to waste money on a new replacement when I could upgrade instead, I ordered parts from John in Germany.
Just a mild tune with Alpha-N, 284 Schrick cams, carbon surge tank and cold fed air box, Volvo 325cc injectors and a few other bits.

But then disaster struck... Shortly before the new parts arrived, standing near the car talking with someone I'd left it idling for about 30 minutes, oblivious to the fact the previous owner had completely disconnected the electric fan and that the car was getting hotter.

I only realised it had badly over-heated when one of the radiator hoses popped itself off in a plume of steam! :wha:
I let it cool for a couple of hours, then added fresh coolant and drove it home.
All seemed OK, but then I noticed the radiator was weeping...:cry:

Thinking the head was OK I ordered from Thomas at Cars & Concepts: New Be-Cool radiator, a new expansion tank, new radiator cap...and fitted the other parts which arrived in the meantime.
Car went well with the new intake parts and Volve injectors, etc and I learnt how to map the Alpha-N.
The intake sounded great too! :hee:



Sadly after replacing the radiator, expansion tank, etc. I kept noticing the coolant warning lamp was coming on. The expansion tank was getting pressurised and the more I drove the car, the worse it got. Smelling coolant in the exhaust, I knew the game was up & the head was either warper or cracked... As the engine had a number of oil leaks, I thought - what the hell, may as well do it properly and spec'd a faster engine..

Spoke with John in Germany again and ordered more upgrade parts, whilst the car went off to well respected AE86 race car builders, Techno Pro Spirit (They'd done such a fantastic job on my AE86 drift car, I knew they'd do the job right on the S14) for the ensuing engine work to be completed.

Soon a 292 Schrick cam (To replace the 284), Schrick Springs, retainers, 48mm throttles, new carbon intake to match the bigger ITB's, custom designed 12.1:1 slipper pistons manufactured by JE for 2.3 litre capacity, Arrow H beam conrods, Motorsport bearings, Evo oil pump, Vertical & Horizontal sump baffles, an uprated chip with 8,200 rpm limit and improved ignition timing and sent my A-N back to be upgraded to include the new closed loop feedback feature. Also got Korman Motorsport valve guides, Rally 50/55 exhaust manifold, Lucky M3 stainless exhaust with custom mid mounted resonators, Defi Link Exhaust Temp, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp & Water Pressure Gauges, AEM wideband A/F gauge, Cars & Concepts Custom A/C Condenser (To work with the carbon airbox kit), Samco 14 piece hose kit, etc.

Even though I had no intention of taking this car to the track (I use other cars for that - this is meant to be a road car I can drive my wife and daughter in) I kept thinking of what else I wanted doing, so ordered more:

2 way ATS carbon differential, 3.73 final drive and Z3M coupe diff cover, new alloy front lower arms, Treehouse Racing bushes, Ireland Engineering front & rear anti roll bars, with pillow linkages & strengthened mounts, Adjustable Castor / Camper Top Mounts, H&R Sport Spring set (To go with the Bilsteins that were already with the car when I bought it), had the front cross member re-inforced (With a kit from Uwe), reinforced the rear suspension mounts, added Brembo front brakes, larger brake master cylinder brace, new ABS sensors at the front, new gear linkage bushes, new master & slave clutch cylinders, front bumper carbon ducts and properly fitted cooling tubes & brackets and a new set of Dunlop Z1 Starspec tyres.

Took me a while to get it all assembled after the car returned, then I worked on the car evenings and sometimes on weekends, mapping it in the evenings and running it in.



At first the Weichers brace was OK, but I wanted something a bit beefier, so I bought this one from Mason engineering. Despite promises, the tit wasn't good at all, it took a crowbar and a lot of leverage to get it to fit, which I wasn't too impressed with... but eventually it sat OK. :wha:





Whilst the car had been away, we moved house from Tokyo to the foothills of mount Fuji. The Japanese authorities had recently introduced a new "Fuji" number designation and costing next to nothing to do, we reserved "Fuji . . .3" for the BMW.



The number plate's spring loaded and folds like this at about 60km/h, then returns to vertical when the car's going slower. Strictly for air flow reason, understand :D



So as not to forget, I made a long list of even the tiniest things and slowly went through each one and fixed it. Even the speedometer's counters had to be repaired as the gears behind had disintegrated. Fitted an interior light delay with LED replacements for bulbs, replaced the floor mats, neatly fitted the gauges, etc.





Living near the mountains, the car's going to get hard use sometimes - and I don't want the brakes warping, so I've improved the cooling a bit. The tubing's all sealed and air is force fed right to the centre of each front disc. I haven't had any problems with fade yet!





A friend is nuts about detailing, so we took 2 porter cable machines and polished it with Zaino products for a day. This is how it came out:









And that pretty much brings us to the next stage of the project. I'll post this for now.. Thanks for looking :) ]]> Project Cars Newera http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47430 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47429&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:23:27 GMT Up for sale is my genuine Evo III splitter system. The kit comes complete all necessary hardware. This was installed on my M3 cabrio project and I... Up for sale is my genuine Evo III splitter system. The kit comes complete all necessary hardware. This was installed on my M3 cabrio project and I decided to uninstall it and go for more OEM look.
The lip itself is not OEM. I have it made from a high quality ABS plastic because the OEM lip is such a bad quality and brittle. I will also include the OEM lip at o extra charge. It was broken and I fixed it.

I will come up with the asking price soon since it's been a while since I don't remember how much I purchased it for. All I remember was that it was not cheap!

I will check with the dealer and see how much the new one cost and will discount the price accordingly. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have.
Thanks




]]> Parts Vazbro http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47429 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47428&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:49:49 GMT I've done a few searches for pictures of a clean under chassis and have been unsuccessful. Any help is appreciated. ]]> General E30 M3 Discussion rdkc01 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47428 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47427&goto=newpost Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:34:33 GMT I need a driveshaft. How much shipped to Littlestown, PA 17340. Thanks, Jason I need a driveshaft. How much shipped to Littlestown, PA 17340.

Thanks,
Jason ]]> Parts jasonpickett http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47427 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47426&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:23:29 GMT I would have problems fitting the following rims with ET you write? : Front 16x8 et 14, Rear 16x9 ET 19,. thankyou in advance I would have problems fitting the following rims with ET you write? : Front 16x8 et 14, Rear 16x9 ET 19,.
thankyou in advance ]]> General E30 M3 Discussion lucam3evo2 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47426 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47425&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:07:49 GMT Got a valve job and after bolting the head onto the block I found that all cylinders have 4% to 6% leak down at 100 psi. Intake valves show little... Got a valve job and after bolting the head onto the block I found that all cylinders have 4% to 6% leak down at 100 psi. Intake valves show little leakage, some of the exhaust valve seats leak just a wee bit, and getting some noise from the dipstick. So combined it's 4-6%. This is on a newly assembled engine that has not been fired.

I've been told that 4-6 on a new engine is acceptable and once the engine is "run-in" the valve seats will tighten up.

Opinions ? ]]> General E30 M3 Discussion PhiloM5 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47425 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47423&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:40:25 GMT I found this plug right as you see it (sitting under the coolant expansion tank), but I have no idea of what connects to it! Could please someone... I found this plug right as you see it (sitting under the coolant expansion tank), but I have no idea of what connects to it! Could please someone tell me what should be connected to it?






]]> General E30 M3 Discussion LGCabrera http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47423 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47422&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:08:59 GMT OK, so in painting my M3 here at the shop; I picked up my sunroof and DAMN its heavy… weight it, almost 13 LBS! Doesn’t sound like much right? That’s... OK, so in painting my M3 here at the shop; I picked up my sunroof and DAMN its heavy… weight it, almost 13 LBS! Doesn’t sound like much right? That’s about the same weight as a bowling ball strapped to the worst point on your car, i was both sad to see this, but thrilled that if we push and develop our carbon sunroof for the E30, it will actually offer a performance improvement.

I always wanted a carbon sunroof (and now I want one more than ever), but I didn’t want a non-functioning skin; that’s for race cars and would defeat the point of my street car because the E30 has a great sunroof.

So with that: Who would be in for a functioning CF sunroof? List price when we relase them in the coming months is expected to be in the $600 range, currently the chinese manufacture who makes them (and there nothing i would wnat on my own car) sells them for around this. Our retail is not only in the ball park, but the quality will be exquisite.

for those who prepay we will do our best to make the GB price will be less than $500, we need 6 people…
Serious Interest as in “I would buy this in a month or two for that price”…


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Can anyone tell me - how to connect harness of s50b32 to e30 m3's ?
Any diagrams ?
Also - EWS2 - there is no luck to bypass it, only put it on - can someone send a wire pinout for it ?
Thanks !!! ]]> Engine Swap Cars andrew_e30 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47421 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47420&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:05:04 GMT ...just kidding - great buyer, paid quickly and communicated well. Thumbs up! Hunter ...just kidding - great buyer, paid quickly and communicated well.


Thumbs up!

Hunter ]]> Seller feedback snyder.hunter http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47420 http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47419&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:02:35 GMT Looking to buy a working DME for a stock S14. Anyone have one for sale? Thanks Looking to buy a working DME for a stock S14. Anyone have one for sale?

Thanks ]]> Parts gemusan http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47419