How many gallons is the fuel cell, looks kinda small in the spare tire area.
Seems like this car is gonna be pretty sick… I wanna build an e30 down the road when I get the money to, but GREEN??? I dunno if I agree with that color, not what I think of when I think BMW…just personal preference though
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but GREEN??? I dunno if I agree with that color, not what I think of when I think BMW…just personal preference though
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I think thats the point. Its a sick color and unique.
off-topic…Newman I see you all the time behind me on French Rd…I am assuming your on way to Hybrid
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off-topic…Newman I see you all the time behind me on French Rd…I am assuming your on way to Hybrid
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haha, that was you?
i was behind a debadged 97+ with pillar gauges the other day… I thought it was EJJ
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haha, that was you?
i was behind a debadged 97+ with pillar gauges the other day… I thought it was EJJ
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nope me…EJJ sold his car but i see you a couple times a week…u look so short in your car
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nope me…EJJ sold his car but i see you a couple times a week…u look so short in your car
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haha, everyone does. the aftermarket seats are like 4" lower than stock.
newman…are you still looking for a painter?
i might be willing to do the job…at least after i finish mine. you can use my car as reference after i finish it to see if it’s up to your standards. pm me, let me know what your schedule is like, maybe we can do some business
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If you read the rest of the article, the author says:
“Heat wraps are great, just do not use them ON the header. Use them on a device or component on your vehicle that you are trying to protect from header heat.”
Its a fucking layer of insulation. It doesn’t care where the heat is coming from, its just there to decrease the amount of heat transferred.
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If you only consider heat transfer, you’re right. You could just wrap what you want to keep cool. However, you have to consider the entire vehicle when choosing the best design.
Yes it is just thermal insulation, which means you could wrap what you want to keep cool or you could wrap the exhaust manifold and keep the whole engine bay cool. Also, why would you wrap something like a brake booster that could break that you may need to access when you could just wrap a steel tube?
Plus you have the added benefit of keeping the exhaust gases a bit hotter which aids header scavenging in a non-turbo car and maintains a higher pressure ratio across the turbo in a boosted car.
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Also, why would you wrap something like a brake booster that could break that you may need to access when you could just wrap a steel tube?
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because excessive heat cracks the welds on tubular manifolds
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If you only consider heat transfer, you’re right. You could just wrap what you want to keep cool. However, you have to consider the entire vehicle when choosing the best design.
Yes it is just thermal insulation, which means you could wrap what you want to keep cool or you could wrap the exhaust manifold and keep the whole engine bay cool. Also, why would you wrap something like a brake booster that could break that you may need to access when you could just wrap a steel tube?
Plus you have the added benefit of keeping the exhaust gases a bit hotter which aids header scavenging in a non-turbo car and maintains a higher pressure ratio across the turbo in a boosted car.
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I agree with you. I posted that because some people think that heat wrap is only designed to keep heat in.
I’m all about the Swain-tech coatings on the manifold/downpipe. My car will be getting the same treatment within the next few weeks.
And for those that are bitching about the white ceramic coating being ugly, you could always spray some high temp paint over it.
i dont know if this was asked or not already but im going to search through 30 pages.
are you keeping the AWD transmission or no
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haha, everyone does. the aftermarket seats are like 4" lower than stock.
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sweet then i would look normal sitting in it
Trans, yes, AWD, no.
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i dont know if this was asked or not already but im going to search through 30 pages.
are you keeping the AWD transmission or no
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sigh.
And on the subject of transmissions -Mr, Newman I might have a lead on some close ratio gear sets for that old 5 speed Skyine trans, an old mate of mine used to work for Hewland in England making allsorts of clever tranny’s, I will email in the morning once I get some news…
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I agree with you. I posted that because some people think that heat wrap is only designed to keep heat in.
I’m all about the Swain-tech coatings on the manifold/downpipe. My car will be getting the same treatment within the next few weeks.
And for those that are bitching about the white ceramic coating being ugly, you could always spray some high temp paint over it.
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Gotcha. Cool. :tup:
Mounted the IC today, boy is it sturdy. Mounted in 3 locations. Two on the top sides, one on the bottom middle. Simply welded brackets to the frame and trimmed down existing brackets welded to the IC from when it was on the 240. You can see the brackets in this picture. Unfortunately, I had to trim a LOT of the bumper mounting brackets… In fact, almost all of them, so now i have to develop a new bumper mounting system, but i think i have a fairly decent way of doing that… it’s just going to take some ingenuity.
The IC also sits very far forward because the radiator needs to reside behind the IC and in front of the stock radiator supports. I used 2X4s on edge (actually 3.5 inches) to simulate the radiator (3" end tanks + 1/2" of clearance). This leaves only about 1/2" of bumper material in front of the IC in spots, so i may need to reinforce that…
Here are the mounting brackets. They are painted black. There is an angle that goes back at the bottom, and two formed steel brackets on the right and left.
This Aluminum piece had already been welded to the IC, so i made use of it. The hole was off center slightly, but oh well. It bolts to an angle that is welded off the bottom of the radiator support. In this image, you can see the space between the IC and the frame is about 3.5" and will be home to the radiator.
Another shot of where the radiator will sit. Chances are, I will have to run a remote reservoir with a cap on that (like a subaru), because the radiator sits too low in the chassis. I may also be able to have the filler neck welded to the radiator on some sort of elbow, to get it out from under the uper radiator support.
Here she is mounted in the car. It’s not crooked at all, the picture is just taken oddly…
All buttoned up for the evening. It looks like the IC sits WAYYYYYY forward, but what you need to keep in mind is that there is about 3-4" of bumper that goes in front of that… Though i think my bumper tucking idea has been significantly decreased…
does that hang below the stock bumper?