Edwin's E30 S50B32 HPDE Car

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 05:08:39 PM

chasis has approx 175K on the clock. the car already came with

'95 euro e36 m3 motor (approx 70k miles)
zf 5 speed tranny
brake cooling ducts feeding into the center of the rotors
Bilstein shocks
Vorshlag camber plates
Sparco front strut bar
Ireland swaybar
a/c heater core delete
custom cat-less exhaust with e36 m3 eisenmann muffler
K&N intake
SPAL electric fan
Z3 shifter kit

my initial plan was to strip out the whole interior, remove the sunroof, and install a custom welded roll cage. someone had expressed interest in my car, so i decided to keep it somewhat street friendly for now.

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 05:09:36 PM

to make it an official HPDE car, the first mod came from the DMV

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 05:15:55 PM

received an aftermarket evo3 spoiler with flap from germany the same day i took delivery of the car. very high quality, but no oem of course. just couldn't cough out $1400 for oem piece (the oem flap is not even CF)

got it back from the paint shop the night before the first track day. so had to install it half way through the track day

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 05:21:55 PM

Nitto NT01, my first r comp...on 17" kosei e36 spec...so i have to run 18mm spacers. coming from tracking street tires, these r comps got awfully good grip

the car doesn't have traction control and yet still felt very planted and grabbing on every corner

Hopofthese · Sat, May-16-2009, 06:57:26 PM

Love the car and the color. How does it feel with the Euro motor. Any In car footage?

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 07:40:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hopofthese

Love the car and the color. How does it feel with the Euro motor. Any In car footage?

thanks!

it's a beast! it has about the same power to weight ratio as my s/c e46. except the e30 has stock 2.93 diff, so it "felt" slow accelerating out of a corner. i had a 3.73 LSD diff, but it was way too aggressive. i'm in a search for a 3.25 LSD diff.

no footage so far. i've only took it to track once. i discovered i had a PS hose leak and SS brake line leak on the track, so it wasn't that good of a run anyway. my new roll bar should be here soon then i can paint it and install it and fit it with IO camera mount

0-60Motorsports · Sat, May-16-2009, 07:41:31 PM

Dude that car looks awesome! I am looking for one as we speak but im gona keep it stock

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 07:54:12 PM

with that much power on such light car, more powerful brakes are needed. problem is most bbk makers (brembo, stoptech, ap, etc) only make front kit for the e30. i wanted bolt-on kit for all 4 corners, and didnt' want to scavenge parts from other cars for the rear. so i got Lee's Massive Brake kit (www.massivebrakes.com). Lee has his shop build the custom caliper brackets and rotor hat, and uses wilwood rotor and caliper.

also fitted with vorshlag 90mm competition wheel studs

front: 6pot SL6R caliper 300mm x 32mm slotted rotors
rear: 4pot SL4R caliper 300mm x 32mm slotted rotors

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 07:55:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0-60Motorsports

Dude that car looks awesome! I am looking for one as we speak but im gona keep it stock

cool. what color you getting?

edwin814 · Sat, May-16-2009, 08:06:40 PM

just finished this latest mod yesterday...somewhat. i replaced recaro srd (came with the car) with recaro profi spg (bought from forum member ninekrpm, thanks again, buddy!). so i ended up buy the whole seat mounting kit from VAC motorsports.

i order the kit with floor mount, side mount and sliders, but the kit came without the sliders

they are going to send the sliders next week, but i just can't wait any longer. so i decided to install the seats without sliders for now, and take them apart once the sliders are here.

from this:

to this:

also installed NRG quick release hub, thin version. was gonna get the black one, but ordered the blue one by mistake

but it's all good, i suppose.

Sat, May-16-2009, 05:08:39 PM	#1
edwin814 ARM Powered Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,736 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	Edwin's E30 S50B32 HPDE Car chasis has approx 175K on the clock. the car already came with '95 euro e36 m3 motor (approx 70k miles) zf 5 speed tranny brake cooling ducts feeding into the center of the rotors Bilstein shocks Vorshlag camber plates Sparco front strut bar Ireland swaybar a/c heater core delete custom cat-less exhaust with e36 m3 eisenmann muffler K&N intake SPAL electric fan Z3 shifter kit my initial plan was to strip out the whole interior, remove the sunroof, and install a custom welded roll cage. someone had expressed interest in my car, so i decided to keep it somewhat street friendly for now. __________________ 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS (Gone) 1968 Porsche 912 2011 Porsche GT3 RS (Gone) 2006 Interlago blue OEM CSL Dinan S3-R M3 (Gone) 1988 E30 Henna M3 S50B32 (Gone) 2006 Ducati Burnt Yellow SportClassic Sport1000 Last edited by edwin814; Mon, Mar-18-2013 at 08:05:55 PM.

Sat, May-16-2009, 05:09:36 PM	#2
edwin814 ARM Powered Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,736 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	to make it an official HPDE car, the first mod came from the DMV __________________ 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS (Gone) 1968 Porsche 912 2011 Porsche GT3 RS (Gone) 2006 Interlago blue OEM CSL Dinan S3-R M3 (Gone) 1988 E30 Henna M3 S50B32 (Gone) 2006 Ducati Burnt Yellow SportClassic Sport1000

Sat, May-16-2009, 05:15:55 PM	#3
edwin814 ARM Powered Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,736 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	received an aftermarket evo3 spoiler with flap from germany the same day i took delivery of the car. very high quality, but no oem of course. just couldn't cough out $1400 for oem piece (the oem flap is not even CF) got it back from the paint shop the night before the first track day. so had to install it half way through the track day __________________ 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS (Gone) 1968 Porsche 912 2011 Porsche GT3 RS (Gone) 2006 Interlago blue OEM CSL Dinan S3-R M3 (Gone) 1988 E30 Henna M3 S50B32 (Gone) 2006 Ducati Burnt Yellow SportClassic Sport1000

Sat, May-16-2009, 05:21:55 PM	#4
edwin814 ARM Powered Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,736 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	Nitto NT01, my first r comp...on 17" kosei e36 spec...so i have to run 18mm spacers. coming from tracking street tires, these r comps got awfully good grip the car doesn't have traction control and yet still felt very planted and grabbing on every corner __________________ 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS (Gone) 1968 Porsche 912 2011 Porsche GT3 RS (Gone) 2006 Interlago blue OEM CSL Dinan S3-R M3 (Gone) 1988 E30 Henna M3 S50B32 (Gone) 2006 Ducati Burnt Yellow SportClassic Sport1000

Sat, May-16-2009, 06:57:26 PM	#5
Hopofthese Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,388 Reputation: 0 Location: Brooklyn	Love the car and the color. How does it feel with the Euro motor. Any In car footage? __________________ S.O.H.

Sat, May-16-2009, 07:41:31 PM	#7
0-60Motorsports Established 1998.... Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,502 In the garage: '12 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF '04 BMW M3 Reputation: 0 Location: Al Manama, Bahrain	Dude that car looks awesome! I am looking for one as we speak but im gona keep it stock __________________ EURO 04 M3 Mods: GC DA's / Eibach Sways / PF RTABs / RE RCAs / INTRAVEE II / ///MFEST Badges / M5 SMG Knob / VCSL: Bumper + Race Lip, CF Trunk, CF Diffusor / DIETZ TV in Motion / SuperSprint: Stepped Headers, Cat Deletes, Res X-pipe, Sport Muffler / Z8 Starter Button / Lamin-X / STM Paddles / OEM CSL: Steering, Interior, Intake, CF Roof / Terra MSS54HP CSL Clone + TTFS Tune / BBS CH's, LIGHTWERKZ / ST40's / DINAN RSB / RE Race Brace / BW Oil Cooler / 3.91 gears / Radium OCC

Sat, May-16-2009, 07:54:12 PM	#8
edwin814 ARM Powered Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,736 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	with that much power on such light car, more powerful brakes are needed. problem is most bbk makers (brembo, stoptech, ap, etc) only make front kit for the e30. i wanted bolt-on kit for all 4 corners, and didnt' want to scavenge parts from other cars for the rear. so i got Lee's Massive Brake kit (www.massivebrakes.com). Lee has his shop build the custom caliper brackets and rotor hat, and uses wilwood rotor and caliper. also fitted with vorshlag 90mm competition wheel studs front: 6pot SL6R caliper 300mm x 32mm slotted rotors rear: 4pot SL4R caliper 300mm x 32mm slotted rotors __________________ 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS (Gone) 1968 Porsche 912 2011 Porsche GT3 RS (Gone) 2006 Interlago blue OEM CSL Dinan S3-R M3 (Gone) 1988 E30 Henna M3 S50B32 (Gone) 2006 Ducati Burnt Yellow SportClassic Sport1000 Last edited by edwin814; Sun, May-17-2009 at 06:17:26 AM.

Sat, May-16-2009, 08:06:40 PM	#10
edwin814 ARM Powered Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,736 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	just finished this latest mod yesterday...somewhat. i replaced recaro srd (came with the car) with recaro profi spg (bought from forum member ninekrpm, thanks again, buddy!). so i ended up buy the whole seat mounting kit from VAC motorsports. i order the kit with floor mount, side mount and sliders, but the kit came without the sliders they are going to send the sliders next week, but i just can't wait any longer. so i decided to install the seats without sliders for now, and take them apart once the sliders are here. from this: to this: also installed NRG quick release hub, thin version. was gonna get the black one, but ordered the blue one by mistake but it's all good, i suppose. __________________ 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS (Gone) 1968 Porsche 912 2011 Porsche GT3 RS (Gone) 2006 Interlago blue OEM CSL Dinan S3-R M3 (Gone) 1988 E30 Henna M3 S50B32 (Gone) 2006 Ducati Burnt Yellow SportClassic Sport1000

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