Their lack of specs doesn’t bother me. If I really need to know it’s pretty easy to measure and figure out. The cars perform well with them, which is good enough for me. Ordered a G6X3, also picked up Comp 921 Dual Valve Spring kit w/titanium retainers, Melling upgraded oil pump, kaetech c5r timing chain, and ati crank damper. Dropped the heads at Innovative to have the rebuilt while I’m back in NJ. All the parts I need should be ready to go so I can assemble the block when I come back to NY in mid December.
Test fitting the splash plate and quicktime bell housing. I ended up going with the quicktime as it was SFI rated and I’d rather prefer my legs to be intact if I ever have the misfortune of an exploding clutch/flywheel.
Tore the LS3 down and wrapped it up (it got bagged after this). Basically everything is off of it except for the stock cam/timing chain, as I’ll wait till the new stuff arrives to swap them out.
I also have this 2010 Camaro TR6060 6 Speed manual which I have no need for…
Comes with slave, sensors, oem clutch/flywheel. 7k miles on it, in great shape. $2000 obo
Hoping to have the motor assembled mid next month right about when the motor mounts and long tubes get released for production (Vorshlag LS/E46 stuff).
Hahaha, I’ll be honest, I don’t care about the powertrain… ok that’s total bullshit but I’m just excited to be able to drive again. Other than two brief days plagued with issues I haven’t driven since Oct. 2009. Really miss it.
Started learning solidworks (long overdue) and working on the bracket for the extra pair of calipers on the rear axle.
What machine was that made on? We have a bfb 3000 at work and it never has that great of a resolution. I’m guessing its just the post processor though.
Test fit the plastic prototype bracket for the e46 m3/wildwood caliper hydraulic ebrake. I decided to beef it up a bit and eliminate it going completely around the hub as most guys don’t want to do wheel bearings to install these. Changed the design again and should have a new one here to test fit in a few days. Once that is done I’ll make them up for e36 m3, e36 ti, e36 m coupe, e46 base and whatever else is easy to adapt it to. (I say those because I have those trailing arms either here or available to me).
Put the front suspension back together today so it can roll again. I need to find someone to build a jig (for multiples) and the tubular control arms I’ve come up with for me (suggestions?).
Another few photos of “small” stuff. I can’t do a ton of driveline related stuff as the bottom end of the LS3 is at my dad’s, the heads are at Innovative, and the motor mounts haven’t been released yet. Basically I’m just taking care of the smaller “drift car” specific stuff right now. Revised Ebrake caliper mount bolted up:
No hub removal, no issues with it scraping the upper control arm, etc. Going to start having these made for e46 m3’s and e36 m3’s before Christmas. Still need to look at other platforms.
Previously I was looking for solutions for control arms and ball joints on the Z. I ended up picking up some of these spherical screw in circle track ball joints. They are perfect for the new tubular M3 control arms, so I’ve drawn up new shanks for the housings with the correct taper and length for the BMW stuff. They also cross between e30, e36, and e46 (all models) so they should serve as a nice replacement for guys looking to get away from the cast arms. Along with that I should have outer tie rods with rod ends and custom shanks with the correct taper done in the next couple weeks. Basically just making everything from scratch that I wish I had been available for these cars.
Front lower control arm prototype with ball joint and tie rod shanks, and the final revision on the hydraulic ebrake caliper mount. A rod end on the rear will give a greater range of adjust-ability for caster, while replaceable spherical ball joints at the crossmember and knuckle should make these a nice alternative to just replacing the oem arm everytime they wear out (which for a lot of guys is once a season). Not to mention being lighter, stronger, and allowing more steering angle.
That’s the goal, oem e46 arms are $750 + shipping for a pair, e36 are ~$500 shipped. The control arms are cross platform, so they SHOULD work for e30/e36/e46. Need to do some testing, but the only thing required to make them work on earlier platforms should be camber plates to correct the larger offset of e46 arms.
Hydraulic ebrake setup bolted on… now to make a big brake kit because the hydro is bigger than the oem rear brakes lol. Have a few small changes left to make on this, test fit it to an e36 and it’ll be in production before the year is out I think.
