E21 "323i" from Finland

Tate · Post by **Tate** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:58 pm

And few upgrades what I have thought for summer 2009:

- lightweight flywheel
- quick rack (2,7turns lock to lock)
- rollbar/rollcage.
- Toyo R888 tires

Not all of them, because I´m student

It all depends on money of course...

Cisse · Post by **Cisse** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:08 am

My fault, I assumed it was mere SPAX racing suspension, not adjustable

And if you do trackdays with this, I totally understand the Sparco's.

Before last time with my original seats I had the same problem, found myself almost sitting on the handbrake

on sharp left drifts, ended up with a damaged right leg trying to block myself by counterforcing on the midconsole...

[edit] Toyo R888 tires rule for track!

Tate · Post by **Tate** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:50 pm

I ordered new parts: lightweight flywheel and Whiteline front roll-bar.

I also made a small video. You can download it from this link: http://www.vihree.net/vihree.wmv (save as)

Tate · Post by **Tate** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:50 am

Update:

Summer started nice. I changed new oils (Valvoline 10W-60), installed Whiteline front roll-bar, new tires Toyo Proxies R888, Sparco Corsa seats.

I just have to say that my car is now almost perfect to hande and drive. There is enough power in the engine for me and the seats give a lot more feeling.

I also visited in race track for the first time in this summer. And hell yeah, the car is so perfect in race track also!! I drive same laptimes as stock E36 M3! My car is so fast in corners...

There is still some body roll in cornering, but its fantastic to drive! I still have to get a better rear roll-bar.

Few pictures:

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:41 am

Looks lovely! Rear body roll looks pretty minimal anyway so might not need the other ARB?

Lucky · Post by **Lucky** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:30 pm

lovely car! same colour as mine.. (although mine is a lot less finished) looks really tight.. wheels / ride height look the part too.. and I need that interior! awesome.. keep up the good work

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:28 pm

Tate wrote:

Is my car still in my workshop? Need to check

nige21 · Post by **nige21** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:46 am

Car looks awesome on track! Is that a factory bmw colour?

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:07 pm

All I can say is wow! That is a beautiful car!

Nice to see how my future wheels will look too

M15KYY · Post by **M15KYY** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:34 pm

simply stunning motor!! love the yellow head lights!! what wheels are they then?

Tate · Post by **Tate** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:51 am

Thanks! Wheels are 15" BBS RA. That is indeed a factory colour called "Pustagrün" if I remember right.

If everything goes well, I will transform my engine to be 2.8l next summer and of course.. with K-Jetronic

I already have the main parts to modify it: m52b28 crankshaft, 130mm rods and m20b25 pistons.

Tate · Post by **Tate** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:19 pm

Updated my website if you are intrested: www.vihree.net

Tate · Post by **Tate** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:17 pm

Let's see what happens, I bought: Megasquirt + sensors + direct ignition system + PLX wideband lambda for this car.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:48 am

ohhhhhh mega squirt, do a nice right up. when you planning on installing

Tate · Post by **Tate** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:57 pm

I havent had the time to do the modifications to the engine. I had a change to measure power of my car in the dyno in our school. Dyno was recently calibrated so the result is very accurate. Dyno results are: 184hp and 220Nm. We had some problems in the dyno with intake temperature as the temperature was very high 32 celsius degrees. I did quick math and it would be about 190hp with 20 celsius intake temperature. I have to be very satisfied to the results.

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