I sat in her and dreamed of the twisty turnies. Post pics of said daughter. Someone had to do it.
Pulled pre-pump and sending unit from tanks and found nasty varnish rust surprise! Scrubbed carpet in my backyard and dried in sun, after removing entire interior yesterday. Will be working on re-furbishing my center console in front of the tv this evening.....
Looked at it, took a picture. Made webered M10 noises with my mouth and then cried a little.
"The most important thing is balance." - KT
After abandoning my car for a few days because of a no start issue (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1470901).
The cars back at my parents, beginning to work on a push start ignition.
Tom
SE Connecticut
1982 323i Baur, 1977 320i (carbed),
1978 320i (parts)
1991 325ix 5 speed, 1989 325ix (winter),
1989 325ic (summer)
1973 2002 Malaga (with frosting)
1975 Mercedes W115 300D (The Departed)
the late 1979 323i Euro (project, Now Departed)
Visit my blog: Baurspotting
http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/
BWR PWR!
OK, but don't be a perv about it. Yeah they are both mine and I love em. They each destroyed those cars. I don't let them drive the one I have now...
Present company excluded, of course!
Back on topic, I put a quart of oil in it. Doesn't seem to be burning it, and no puddles underneath. Scratching my formerly blond head...
Last edited by cheap320i; 06-07-2010 at 11:23 PM.
Yesterday I finally pulled mine out of winter storage in my 53 foot box trailer. Lots of work to be done this summer!
I opened up the garage door & looked at it today. Drove it a bunch this last weekend. Had a shit day at work today & tomorrow is supposed to be nice weather, so I'll probably drive it tomorrow & take some aggressions out on my tires (read: break something).
Removed the intake manifold, exhaust manifold, injectors and the radiator. I will be pulling the engine for a rebuild this weekend. Anyone know where I can find syncros for less than $60 each?
Stopped by the tire dude's and made an appointment for alignment following the installation of my new Bilsteins, Eibach springs, upper bearing mounts, tower braces, all the little bits...WEDNESDAYYYYYY! I've been gathering all of this stuff together, along with repair welds, since January and now I have only one more day to wait. Can hardly sleep now.
Removed the starter for the 2nd time in 9 months.The rebuilt place- just popped in a new brass bushing as the original fell out.. it was a bear to r&r the starter the first time.
Should have it back on the road this week...first few posting here Thanks for all the GREAT reads here on my 83 - 320i...next project is to increasing the cooling here in SoCal as my car will pin the themp gage while shitting in traffic
Last edited by 0396; 06-08-2010 at 01:14 AM.
Spent the morning driving the twisties in the hills (Skyline/Germantown/Thompson) to settle in the lowering springs per Hal's suggestion. Was fun but couldn't bring myself to really push it because of a) fear of surprise bicyclists on the road - found some early on and was somewhat sketched out thereafter and b) steering & handling are very different now and I never quite got used to it. I've never really understood what is meant by oversteer/understeer, but I can certainly say that now, it steers INTO turns more than I expect. So is that oversteer? Oh and fixed taillight.
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Tom
SE Connecticut
1982 323i Baur, 1977 320i (carbed),
1978 320i (parts)
1991 325ix 5 speed, 1989 325ix (winter),
1989 325ic (summer)
1973 2002 Malaga (with frosting)
1975 Mercedes W115 300D (The Departed)
the late 1979 323i Euro (project, Now Departed)
Visit my blog: Baurspotting
http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/
BWR PWR!
It may be a tiny bit lower now. To explain oversteer and understeer to you, I would use a specific corner example, I like using a single corner, right or left, insignificant, but lets say since yall be driving on the right side of the road, we'll talk about a sweeping left 3 corner (5 being 90° square and 1 being gentle bend).
If you're coming from the right hand lane and you clip the apex of the left hand corner, the tail comes out towards the right side of the corner and you end up facing the inside of the inner edge of the corner, thats oversteer, at this point you will be steering to the right to keep the car from rotating inwards and then eventually depending on speed and driver skill, backwards.
Understeer is when you come from the right hand lane move towards the apex, and either before or after the apex the front end refuses to grip and you end up sliding towards the outer edge of the right hand lane, the only solution to this is to reduce speed and put more weight back on the front end, but again, recovery is entirely based on speed and driving skill.
"Sideways" is usually referring to oversteer. Front wheel drives understeer since the amount of grip in the front tyres is limited as power and braking is done on the same pair of tyres. I like to think of it in percentages, rear spread out those percentages so only cornering braking and steering is done with the front wheels and rears are cornering and putting power down.
4 wheel slide, or 4 wheel drift refers to a point of extreme traction loss where all 4 wheels are in skidding state, this can be controlled, but usually only by the most talented drivers with the most responsive machines.
What you're referring to is turn in, which is basically the way of describing how the car and more specifically the front end reacts to a change in direction. It can also can be a way to describe the level of understeer or oversteer on turn in.
You are experiencing less understeer and more tyre contact on the road as a result of a tiny degree of camber and lower roll centre (the weight is lower, think of skyscraper vs house)
In E21's from the factory, they understeer on turnin, people panic, lift off the throttle, weight comes off the rear, it goes into snap oversteer and people die.
Upgraded suspension makes a huge difference, especially did for me in stage 1 of suspension mods. Stage 2 has proven to be even more beneficial for handling.
Is that good?
ps: just found this [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversteer[/ame]
I was going to say something witty with regards to that, but I wasn't sure how to react.
Last edited by FranzE21; 06-08-2010 at 08:26 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
"The most important thing is balance." - KT
I got in the F-250 to go to work and drove by the E21 parked in it's spot....
Need to take it for a drive tonight
Came home for lunch and drove the E21 back to work. Did a big 540 in the back lot when leaving for home........... :-)
I a bite of a show off. Wait how old am I again???
Last edited by OLD MAN; 06-09-2010 at 06:51 AM.
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I looked at it...
Lowered the drivers side rear about 3 turns.
Last edited by Toyotech; 06-08-2010 at 11:39 AM.
Tom
SE Connecticut
1982 323i Baur, 1977 320i (carbed),
1978 320i (parts)
1991 325ix 5 speed, 1989 325ix (winter),
1989 325ic (summer)
1973 2002 Malaga (with frosting)
1975 Mercedes W115 300D (The Departed)
the late 1979 323i Euro (project, Now Departed)
Visit my blog: Baurspotting
http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/
BWR PWR!
"Oversteer is when your tail hits the wall, understeer is when your nose hits the wall. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall & torque is how far you move the wall."
Haha that's gold!
Last edited by TarmacE21; 06-08-2010 at 01:54 PM.
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