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its like my two loves in one, E21's and V8's

I know the feeling to beat a GTP, as well as my E21 318i i also drive a 5.8L 351 clevland XD ute... I like bringing other drivers to tears hehe

You should come over for a trip to Adelaide Adelaide could finally see an E21 cruise

hi,
well, DAMN!!
Lhe car. I too am a sleeper man, i bet that ford owner is looking at BMWs at the moment!

A question, how did the calipers fit to the BMW stub axles? Machined? standard bearings?? Have you boiled the original calipers yet?!
I too will upgrade, just havent begun, just cross-referencing info...

Imelted my calipers in the fist week of getting the car!, Mind you, i did average 98mph for ..... a while
ta

awaysideways, the calipers are mounted on a 10mm laser cut plate that I designed. The plate moves the calipers for the larger radius and allows for the different offset of the WRX discs. They work great and I haven't cooked them yet. Do you want photos.
Regards.
Matt.

THanks, id like to see your designs, thanks
Do the WRX use the same bearing as BMW to mount the disc?...Or did you deesign a way of succeeding in that?!

I too am currently in WA...

I used the BMW hub and bearing.
The WRX disc rotor is drilled to 4 in 100 stud pattern as the WRX is 5 in 100 and a few mm is turned out of the WRX hub centre to suit the BMW hub.
Regards
Matt.

thnx for this, i have been searching for a way of braking later into corners, and being able to stop when i reach the destination !!

The engine looks awesome!
i have been researching into which engine im going to use, at the moment it looks like the gen111 will be the most power for engine weight...
But the old holden 304 is a light and small iron engine
Did you have to modify the firewall/ tunnel for your conversion? i hope you dont mind me asking...
id love to catch up some time and talk E12

it looks great- the engine looks a really neat fit!

on the braking front... you could also bolt up the 4 pot volvo calipers with those disks if you feel you need more stopping power!

good stuff!

alwaysideways I PM you with my phone #, you are welcome to call as you said you are in Perth. Firewall and tunnel didn't need any changes.

Luke what model volvo are those calipers from and do they bolt staight up ie offset and bolt spacing.
Any tips for better rear stopping power as mine does not lockup easily.

Cheers
Matt.

hi.
the calipers are of two models in their volvo range, one with twin inlets and one single. the bolt holes line up but the offset from center is too far, so prople elongate the holes to bring them 'in' to the diameter of the original rotor. They may require minimal spacing..

Also, a couple of fellas here have mentioned that the volvo caliper, being cast iron, when thrashed do take a long time to build up the heat but when hot, stay hot...
me, ill try them because they are 4-pot!

Is the engine heavy? have you considered a strut brace/ big swaybar?

why not get some wrx 4 pot callipers, or some nissan silvia/200sx or skyline 4 pots? or some used brembos would be nice, for a bit more.
i got my willwood 4 pots new on special and it wasnt too much more than it would have cost me for decade-old nissan callipers. they are unbelievably light too.

Here are the brake photos.

Now this is a car i would dream of driving as my daily driver!

It looked great, handles great and goes like stink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again 340i.
'just made the trip worth while..
Now if i can only make one of mine do that!!!

Great work indid.I would ask you a favour if it isnt a problem for you.If you could send me the design or a skech of the plate you have done so I can laser cut it.If you could scan iz and send it to my e-mail even beter.My mail is jop29@net.hr.
Thank you in advance...Craga.

Matt , ur car is a work of art and am liking the v8 , so for $20000 u have done the business. Also looking sexy in white, and that was before white was so popular. love the fact that u think out the box. unique.
Marc