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12-04-2010, 02:36 AM
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#181
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Burlington
Posts: 232
Car: '98 328is
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Man we are going to rock crawl so fast in that thing!
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12-04-2010, 01:40 PM
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#182
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North of T.O.
Posts: 55
Car: 328is
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Who's building your cage? Take a look at my cage pics......you might like the door bars.
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12-04-2010, 04:24 PM
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#183
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Stance is Gay.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ancaster
Posts: 3,310
Car: '06 325i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by exbmwtech
Who's building your cage? Take a look at my cage pics......you might like the door bars.
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Yup your door bars look good.
The cage is being done by RCS in Hamilton. They build the cages for some drift cars in DMCC and built the two Solstices that run in CCTCC.
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12-05-2010, 12:43 PM
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#184
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E30 M20
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,119
Car: 1987 325i
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Why not tie into the front and rear towers?
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12-05-2010, 07:54 PM
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#185
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TAKE IT TO THE TRACK
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Scarborough
Posts: 1,803
Car: F30, E30
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^^x2 and also consider a diff tie in.^^
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12-05-2010, 08:00 PM
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#186
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Port Perry
Posts: 7,115
Car: God's Chariot
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Gotta consider the rules in different series as some may not allow those mods in specific BMW Club Racing classes...
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12-06-2010, 01:18 PM
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#187
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E30 M20
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,119
Car: 1987 325i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by craz azn
Gotta consider the rules in different series as some may not allow those mods in specific BMW Club Racing classes...
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Why limit yourself to BMW Club Race classes?
I think that any BMW Mod class allows a real cage, so does any CASC class and NASA, if you want to do some US races. Plus it's safer and you get a much stiffer chassis.
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12-06-2010, 02:43 PM
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#188
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Port Perry
Posts: 7,115
Car: God's Chariot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gleb
Why limit yourself to BMW Club Race classes?
I think that any BMW Mod class allows a real cage, so does any CASC class and NASA, if you want to do some US races. Plus it's safer and you get a much stiffer chassis.
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AFAIK, Prepared class rules don't allow cages tied to the shock towers. And a lot of the top running Prepared cars are actually faster than some Mod class cars... Just leaving the door open for options is a good idea. Makes car resale much easier too 
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12-06-2010, 04:16 PM
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#189
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Stance is Gay.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ancaster
Posts: 3,310
Car: '06 325i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by craz azn
AFAIK, Prepared class rules don't allow cages tied to the shock towers. And a lot of the top running Prepared cars are actually faster than some Mod class cars... Just leaving the door open for options is a good idea. Makes car resale much easier too |
Yeah this is the main idea. If I ever decide to sell the car, the only market for E36's seems to be in the states. The car won't be "built" enough for any class over Prepared. So it's getting a Prepared spec cage just in case it goes up for sale, then I don't have a hard time selling an oddball setup.
Reading the new Club Race rules, it's looked like they you to run the Prepared cage to the shock towers? Is this a typo, did I read it wrong?
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12-06-2010, 05:53 PM
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#190
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Oshawa
Posts: 4,335
Car: 91 318is,93 325is...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doogee
Yeah this is the main idea. If I ever decide to sell the car, the only market for E36's seems to be in the states. The car won't be "built" enough for any class over Prepared. So it's getting a Prepared spec cage just in case it goes up for sale, then I don't have a hard time selling an oddball setup.
Reading the new Club Race rules, it's looked like they you to run the Prepared cage to the shock towers? Is this a typo, did I read it wrong?
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Track car cost and resale would not be used in the same thought!
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12-06-2010, 08:26 PM
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#191
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Stance is Gay.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ancaster
Posts: 3,310
Car: '06 325i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richie_s999
Track car cost and resale would not be used in the same thought!
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Lucky for me this entire build is costing little over $5000 
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12-07-2010, 05:58 AM
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#192
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Stance is Gay.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ancaster
Posts: 3,310
Car: '06 325i
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Decided on a different route for bushings.
Switching out the Powerflex subframe bushings for solid aluminum mounts.
Changing Delrin RTABs for Turner Motorsport spherical mounts.
Installing spherical mounts for the Inner/upper control arm.
Got quite a good deal on all these with new subframe studs and bolts. Saved around $200. Woot!
Need to sell the other bushings. Pm me if interested:
E36 Powerflex Subframe Mounts (Black high durometer. Much stiffer than purple. No km's. Just installed once)
TcKline Delrin Rear Trailing Arm "Bushings"
Last edited by doogee; 12-07-2010 at 06:03 AM.
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12-07-2010, 09:25 AM
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#193
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Oshawa
Posts: 4,335
Car: 91 318is,93 325is...
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if I haddn't just put the purple ones in a few months ago I would have picked them up
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12-07-2010, 05:14 PM
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#194
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Formerly Flav_cool
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 4,354
Car: '98 328is + '94 325i
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Hahaha, how do you just decide to switch things up like that like it's no work to do it. It cost me around $800 to do my rear subframe bushings back in the day! 
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12-07-2010, 09:12 PM
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#195
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Stance is Gay.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ancaster
Posts: 3,310
Car: '06 325i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Flyview
Hahaha, how do you just decide to switch things up like that like it's no work to do it. It cost me around $800 to do my rear subframe bushings back in the day! |
Yeah I'm not happy that I have to pull the rear end again and change all that crap again....but it's going to be well worth it in the end.
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