Nice V8 project

340i · Post by **340i** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:22 am

Traction: "AA"

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:58 am

im not convinced that your rear tyres are bid enough

340i · Post by **340i** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:49 am

austin25uk wrote:im not convinced that your rear tyres are bid enough

yeah i know aye, these are just to get me by till i find some 19x13's for the back.

340i · Post by **340i** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:46 am

Update: Hunting for stance. Its proving quite a task getting some decent stance on the big wheels. I think it can be done though!

Here is the situation as I see it.

1. Lowered massively, on 17's. I cut the guard and tapped the inner guard up to meet it, and was going to get it welded there and be done.

2. As we all know, lowering an e21 induces massive amounts of rear camber. Looks cool, but is not tyre friendly if they're wide and low profile.

3. One solution to this is to raise the subframe. I'm in the process of doing this now, although the previous photo is with it already raised, and there is a lot of camber still.

Raising the subrame results in the outer joints not having much room (I'll be shaving some material off where the arm actually would contact with the chassis)

I also had to make a bit of room for the driveshaft...
(yeah, i got a bit carried away there...

)

The inner joint will be raised (im not a fan of the adjustable bolts, and its cheaper to just weld a plate on with holes in a different spot).

now we still have the problem of arms that 'point down', which is not ideal. I havent figured a solution to this yet (an affordable one, anyway), but there must be a way to fix that.

4. Next I needed to make some room for the bigger tyres and also bring material out to meet the flares (which aren't wide enough in the rear for these tyres)

5. starting to look ok

6. and the front needed a bit of clearancing too. im going to cut this area out. it doesnt need to look perfect, because the flare will cover it all up anyway.

and thats all for today

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:23 am

Good work mate. I'm still not a great fan of 17's on an e21 myself but look forward to the finished result.

340i · Post by **340i** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:43 am

RetroBeemer wrote:Good work mate. I'm still not a great fan of 17's on an e21 myself but look forward to the finished result.

yeah, part of me wishes I'd just gone with some nice wide 15's for this build, but I wanted big disks so I could run a pedalbox and no booster. the price you pay for a shaved engine bay i guess!

also, its been in the build for so long, my tastes have changed quite a bit. there are plenty of things I would do differently now if I could.

340i · Post by **340i** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:54 am

lookie what arrived today...

ac/dennis · Post by **ac/dennis** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:05 am

Damn, I had those pins on my jacket back in the days

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:12 am

make an awesome pipe bomb! and boy what a way to die

340i · Post by **340i** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:13 am

austin25uk wrote:make an awesome pipe bomb! and boy what a way to die

death by bling?!

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:25 pm

dare i ask how many millions of pounds thay cost you?

and do you get a special socket for doing them up so you dont screw up the coating?

ac/dennis · Post by **ac/dennis** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:46 pm

340i wrote:
austin25uk wrote:make an awesome pipe bomb! and boy what a way to die
death by bling?!

LMAOBBQ!

340i · Post by **340i** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:13 am

austin25uk wrote:dare i ask how many millions of pounds thay cost you?

and do you get a special socket for doing them up so you dont screw up the coating?

yeah they cost a bit aye. They were expensive, then I got a call when they arrived in nz to tell me i had to pay customs duty and 12.5% gst on top of it

i read online that the trick is to use gladwrap/cling film over the bolt when tightening it up, so the gold doesnt scratch off. I bought 4 extra bolts, so figure those are the testers...

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:02 am

your gonna get sooooooo fed up of split rim bolts by the time u have fitted all those bad boys

340i · Post by **340i** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:58 pm

yeah it was bad enough pulling them apart. fingers crossed i dont get any blood on the wheel centres, i think its going to be a dangerous undertaking!