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Thanks sounds great accelerating past

now the new brake setup is already vintage as it was sitting on the shelves 2 years


I burned them good


brake pad thickness, great success





mini cooper S R53 brake discs vs. 323 e21 discs


1mm clearance to the caliper If someone is


much better, now I think the brakes are what I need them to be

about the upgrade, I found it on the interwebs...only difference I did was that I put in the bolts for the calipers and tightened the calipers to the bolts with nuts (not vice versa as the tutorial said)...easier my way

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/show ... st14675744

Now there's a proper upgrade!

the car is still unchanged and running BUT

I have a problem, the rear suspension is too soft, what to do? H&R springs and B6 bilstein are on the rear axle but when I'm shifting hard the car moves too much on the rear. I already broke 3 axle joints...

which springs are harder than the H&R? any other idea how to stiffen the rear? everything is on poly bushes and I have the 323 stabilisator.

Not sure if these two are related, but on the other hand H&R's aren't too extreme... still road springs so you can go stiffer with custom springs, but I'm not sure tgat will solve your issue. May be your shifting?

Italian alps, here we come...last test run 300km before the big week (3000+km over the alps).

You will have a blast over there.. fantastic region .. enjoy the e21 in that beautiful scenery

Enjoy! and take a lots of pictures

+1! Enjoy and spoil us with some beautiful pics again please!

day 1 :



at least 150km of rain...E21 on the wet surface is the same as having the parkinsons and making bombs...not healthy. For the Obersee pass I got a dry road so I could threaten some motorcycle racers on the way up. But...if you are going there, you have to admire the nature part also...





















day 2, tomorrow !

Cool! Roadtrip!!!

What an amazing area to visit, we've been there several times as well and you never get bored with the combination of roads and scenery! Keep us posted, even though some places (many?) look very familiar!

Jeroen, I have to join your trip sometime from my side of the hills



day 2 (after yesterdays 600km, it was time to move the legs). Right across our hotel was the Ratsching ski lift...so I didnt have to drive nor walk up the mountain (strange).

Ofcourse right after the breakfast and lunch, I had 10 km to the Jaufen Pass - Passo di monte Giovo (2094m), so I was driving that road 2x per day (from both sides), and the lady was in the spa that time...


last day I had a speedrun from the other side so people were literary standing on the tables on the pass and were looking what was tearing up the road


the daily cow portion (I'm from a city - if that isn't obvious)





























day 3, as soon as I find the time to sort the photos...

day 3 :

planned route


Sunny morning on the near Jaufen Pass









don't think of missing the curve, it's kinda deadly



So we went to see the famous church in the Lago Resia...well, it was dry because they are fixing something So I checked the webcam on Stelvio (overloaded parking) and I also seen a lot of campers and tourists on the way there so I decided not to drive 20 km/h up the Stelvio and visit it next time.


On the way back to the hotel I seen on the classic A0 not digital map a place called Val Senales (again over 2000m), road clear, tank full...race mode on







As it is in my tradition, race on the hill and sightseeing down the hill


and another for the animal planet, found some dry bread in the car...perfect for the lamas

Beautifull!!!