shockwave -yeah, but those are also crappy wheels. they are 8" wide with a zero offset, you have to run a TINY tire, and they probably rub like a bitch even with the fenders rolled
I was under the impression that they had higher offsets, being fwd
Yeah there cheap wheels but they look good. I think he said he didn’t have any rubbing issues which a lot of people found surprising.
i don’t think anything gives me a raging boner like borbet type a’s.
I really like the Borbet T
Not a bad price, either.
I’ll update tonight, i have made some decent progress…
:tup: on the Borbet T’s, they are hott. Hurry up on the progress pics, looking sweet so far.
Nice machine work :tup:. Nothing feels better then taking a big cutter to an expensive part. Well, maybe using a torch to cut something off.
I don’t really like any of the wheels tunershop has. I already had the borbet B’s in 16x7.5 and 16x9. I like the Keskin kt-1’s but they have them in 16x7.5 (id like more dish) and 16x9 (too much dish) and 17x8 (perfect width but I don’t want 17s anymore. too harsh of a ride).
I might just end up going 5 lug. better brakes, and more wheel choices
hopefully in time for the Glen
btw- newman;
Every year at Watkins Glen they feature a car. This year they are featuring BMW. I am going to bring my touring there, and I’ve talked to a shitload of bimmer guys who are bringing their e30s.
if you still have this beast by then, you should bring it. 2nd weekend in September, usually
Alright, heres the update for the past few days…
Thursday: Begin assembling transfer case.
Friday: Complete transfer case and reassemble transmission. The total savings was a substantial amount of room and about 30lbs of ROTATING mass.
Here are pics of the completed transmission.
Saturday I began trying to solve the next major hurdle… The brakes. I tried a few things, looked at various brake boosters and master cylinders… What i found to be the most space efficient was a civic master cylinder and booster. I feel confident that this setup will be fine for the street. The car weighs less than a civic EX in full trim, and had plenty of stopping power on layzie’s turbo hatch. (In fact, it’s layzie’s old unit :bowdown:). While this setup isn’t exactly track-able, it will do for now. I didn’t want to blow hundreds of dollars on a tilton setup just yet, because I don’t even know the fate of the car, as yet… but I digress.
Without modifying the civic brake booster at all, I probably could have fit it in place, but the clearance would have been tight. The bolt pattern on the civic unit is a wide rectangle. (3.5 inches wide X 2 inches tall). In order to get the mounting studs to clear the clutch pedal bracketry, I would have to cheat the master cylinder almost an inch TOWARD the motor. Also, the studs on the driver’s side of the car would be floating in midair, as they passed through the center hole of the old unit. That’s no good.
however, if I rotated the booster 90 degrees, the bolt pattern became a tall rectangle (2 wide X 3.5 tall). In this configuration, both of the above problems were solved. The new bolt holes required in the firewall landed on sheetmetal (albeit, not a lot) and not only was i able to “re-center” the booster, but was now able to cheat it about an inch AWAY from the motor. Holla.
The next step was to drill the new holes, and clearance the firewall for the snout of the booster. I’m a bit ashamed at how this turned out… I measured twice, carefully drilled the firewall, then tried to fit the booster. What I failed to notice was the clearance for the brake pedal mounting bracket interfered with the studs on the booster, so the whole assembly needed to be shifted around slightly. I was a bit frustrated at this pint, and probably should have called it a day, but i attacked the firewall with a die grinder until it fit.
Pic = YUCK!
Sunday:
Well, now that we had fit the booster at 90 degrees, it was now necessary to rotate the master cylinder BACK 90 degrees. Since the booster is a sealed unit with a rubber diaphragm, welding and/or drilling it was out of the question. My answer to this problem was again the machine shop. Using some 3/8 6061, I fabbed up these brackets in about 3 hours. They allow the master to be mounted at exactly 90 degrees from it’s original position.
Still a bit embarrassed about my shitty firewall job, i fabbed up this closeoff plate out of 11GA 304SS. The picture is deceiving, but all the edges are perfectly square and all the holes are clean.
Of course, even without the plate, when everything is installed, you can barely see any of the “hack job”, but it’s there for my personal peace of mind. As for structural integrity, the brake pedal support, which you cannot see, provides all of the support for the booster assembly. The firewall, even in stock form, provides very little support.
Monday:
The last step, since the booster (and thus, the actuation shaft) moved OUTBOARD 1", the pedal needed to be modified. I don’t have a before picture, but perfectly enough, the OEM pedal actually had a 1" extension INBOARD. I simply cut this off and welded it back on @ 0" extension.
After i bolted everything back together, i tested for smooth feel and travel. Success!
We spent the time afterwards relaxing, chilling out and just talking about our feelings.
I also performed some preliminary radiator and intercooler fitment analysis…
The entertainment of the night was watching Gary (deviousTSi) manhandle his 1G DSM with 4 seized brakes into the shop. It was manly as fuck.
haha… nice.
Cant wait to see it finished.
Oh no you don’t - why?
Other than that, pimp shit playa :tup: The MC brackets look great.
because the initial intent of the car was to build to sell, but i’m liking it more and more…
Either that, or starting to realize there is a very small market for a swap like this, especially into a not so clean shell.
X…
Once the car is done, it will be in a very VERY clean shell. The shell is actually in very good shape. Anyone who has seen the car in person will verify this.
Keep it for a few months and decide then. I’d hate to see this car get finished and then thrown up on the auction block.
Mr. Newman I am now FULLY convinced that you are as crazy as me, I’m just shipping one of the spare RB26 pans to Quaife USA to get a prototype LSD unit fitted. Hopefully it’ll be back in time for Don to fit it to the new motor and whack the whole lot back in the Skyline??
But just you wait and see what we have planned for the oily old 69 right hand drive Barracuda…
nice progress.
I forget who said it, but the e30 = the new civic.
Drive the piss out of the car for a couple of months… marketing it all the while.
IOW: Post it up on bimmer forums, nismo forums, honda tech, w/e. Spend some time on a video (loud spooling burnouts & drifting with a lil Disturbed) that’ll make the rounds on streetfire, youtube, or the like. Then, take it to Nopi nats (or similar) and pop a FS: sign on it.
:meh:
I am he, it’s all going togther now with a pair of GT2871/R’s , which should liven the old heap up a bit. And actually I have a couple of complete RB30’s sitting on the floor of my garage taking up valuable space- if anyone’s interested email me, I tried the ebay - no takers…
The Old Cuda is getting a latest series Nextel cup NASCAR motor and a couple of big turbos, should be a riot on leaf springs and drag radials
^^^^^ So you are the one with the PIMP R32 that was at Hybrid a while back…if so can I drive it in an empty parking lot for 30 seconds just to say I drove one…