Mark's 316 M52/2.8 + Cat cams & Jenvey ITB's

m3gaz · Post by **m3gaz** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:18 pm

The Tangerine Queen is BACK!

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:52 am

M3gaz, pmed you about the interior mate!

J

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:43 am

Track-day was awesome.

Managed to stay on black stuff. My car never missed a beat all day. Hopefully, I'll have some photos soon.

No PAS & quick-rack was a bit of a work out for my arms but absolutely love the way the steering feels!

Best laps were with the instructor egging me on.

Best £40 worth of fun you can get. Knackered now so going to bed. Will write up tomoro and upload incar video if it came out OK?

Hope to do the Siverstone event in early October. Anyone else up for it?

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:37 am

Its back!!! i bet she feels a lot better now? worth the wait?

im not green eyed at all..

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:01 pm

That must have been excellent!! i reckon we should all get together and experiance this track event you had, and am sure it must have been fun!!!

J

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:56 pm

There's another event at the same venue in a few weeks - £49

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:16 am

All the 3's

340i · Post by **340i** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:55 am

RetroBeemer wrote:K-mac adjustable top mounts, quick rack and ''wonder bar''

how much for the quick rack and what is a wonder bar??

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:28 am

Jason323 had some racks made but the ''wonder bar'' is a modification that is easy to do. I think Alpina did it first? It's a bar that bolts on between the front ARB mounts and braces the front end. It helps rid the e21 of the shimmy it's known for. I'll try and take a photo later.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:19 am

This is the bar I now have fitted.

I'll get a photo of it on the car later.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:04 pm

Here you can see where it bolts on and runs across front of chassis and acts as a brace.

This link explains in detail.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... ?t=1193684

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:44 pm

Looks easy enough to make. Do you have any diagrams with measurements etc.?

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:11 pm

Have you got one of these?

http://www.angelfire.com/de3/bimmertoyz/alpina.html

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:51 pm

does it actually make any diference though?
can you feel a change

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:41 pm

It stops the shimmy e21's often get at around 50 to 55 mph. I combined mine with other mods so I can't say exactly how much is down to the wonder bar.

You only have to look at what it does to realise that there is bound to be some benefit from bracing that part of the chassis. It's such a cheap & easy mod to make too. I can't see Alpina bothering with it if it didn't help matters either.