A race bmw 316, m10, s14, m20, turbo, na, its been the lot!

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

right im back well sort of,

im not going to start a new thread, just carry on with the old one on the basis different car same dna!

first off thanks to nigel innes for selling it to me financially it wasnt my best move, it came to me for engine work, but instead of giving nigel a nice big bill for fixing it i gave him even more money to buy it, oh well, the price a paid was very fair and even though i m going to spend a bit on it, i couldnt begun to put the 2002 together for the same money, so for the moment thats just waiting, its in a warm and dry workshop so its not coming to any harm.

anyway here it is a one time 316 now m20 powered, its got decent suspension front brakes and uprated 4.1 lsd and multipoint cage so its a very good starting point





the engine has had some work already, block honed, those pistons are fordged JE, which ive machined a bit to drop the compression to offset the 84mm m52 crank in it, so its now 85x84 so 2860cc.
as i have only raced with m10 and s14 engines im really interested to see how the m20 shapes up, yes i can see its a foot longer than the other engines and theres a fair bit ahead of the axle line, and all the "experts" say it wont handle but they said that when we swapped Andy pipes x/f for a pinto and were wrong!

[mario r h santos]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Now that's some good news!

Keep us posted!

Cheers,

Mário Santos.

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

wow its now 4 years since i last raced the e30.
although my head has been full of business, and scrutineering lately i miss racing so much. i have actually renewed my licence.

ive thought long and hard about the 2002 beemer, but i know how i want to build that and dont want to compromise the spec just to get out on track, so it looks like theres another e30 waiting in the wings for me to do a few races next year

[alper]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

wow..

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

yes, but 99% of it lives on in other cars, quite a few bits ended up going down under.

when i have 30K to spare i'll by myself another one!

[400motor]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

great thread, pity about splitting it

[Mark-e21]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Enjoyed reading through the thread. Great race at Brands too! I had the same thing in my old e21, except I was the one who couldn't get past and it was a Manta not a Mini keeping me back.

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

You didn't read his other posts! There is no coming season as graham has broken the car up and sold most/if not all of the car to put towards his planned future business venture unfortunately!

yep, although i have recycled a little of the money from breaking the race car into a new, older car a bmw 2002, whilst i had a terrific time racing the E30 i was never quite as at one with it as i was its predecessor a 2002tii, a car i used to drift without actually realising i was drifting, after a race it wasnt unusual for people to comment on me drifting it, although i wasnt often aware that was what i was actually doing!

my memory not being quite what it was this threads coming handy already as reference material for some aspects of teh new car.

when ive made a million i'll revive it properly with another e30 project, for now watch this space http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=329587

[IainRS17T]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Oh, shame...
No, I've been beavering away soley on this for a good few evenings now after being away from TS for sometime...
Well I hope the new business takes off Graham. If you apply yourself to that, like you have with your race car, you won't fail
Iain

[dangerousdave]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

You didn't read his other posts! There is no coming season as graham has broken the car up and sold most/if not all of the car to put towards his planned future business venture unfortunately!

[IainRS17T]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Wow, that's it. I've done it..
51 pages of sheer enthusiasm, will power, know how, and inspiration from one man.
It's taken me 5 evenings, but it was worth every minute.
I'm sure I'm not the only one richer for reading your posts Graham.
Thanks for taking the time to write about your experiences on and off the race track. I've learned alot!
My fave bit - alternator off the diff output flange with out a doubt!
Best wishes for the coming season.
Cheers
Iain

PS, Now for David's Sierra!

[david_white]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Would love to see your take on an E46, sure there are loads out there racing already but I bet you could bring a whole load of new ideas to the party.

[alladdin]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

i wont quote it all what more could you ask for

[Toymex]

A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

I look forward to seeing you back on circuit Graham
Fair play for wanting to do endurance racing , trying to keep it on the island for 15mins nearly kills me

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

thanks son you bought a tear to my eye.

if i had pots of money i'd have another E30, an m3, and probably a pair of m10 powered 02's, a 2.0 and a big arse 2.7

the immediate future holds nothing but work, oh and a trip to the isle of man on the Tl1000, but

my vision is to do some endurance racing oh and perhaps the odd sprint race to beat the turbo cars with an e46 m3,

the real trick there will be trying to get it down to the weight of the e30 them things weigh a ton and half, literally