[Trak Ratt]

Originally Posted by smdubovsky

Trade secret boy-o

We have Koni(TCK) DA's that were revalved by bimmerworld to handle stiffer springs. Think we're running 850F/1100R now. Camber plates in front. Remainder is 100% stock in the front other than that (sways, FCA, lolipop bushings, brakes, etc.) We have a full monoball rear but still stock sways & brakes. Add a big rear wing, front splitter, hoosiers and huge cojones and you can be setting track records

The springs/shocks/struts could be for sale. We've been discussing going to MCSs...

Noooo, don't give away the secrets!!! Besides I meant the Lemons build

[smdubovsky]

Originally Posted by Trak Ratt

Besides I meant the Lemons build

http://www.salazar-racing.com/lemons/

Lemons in an E30: machine your own plastic bushings where necessary (WAY cheaper than replacing worn out OEM ones.) Find heavier 5 or 7 series springs and cut a bunch of coils off to get ride height about right AND make them even stiffer. Knock out camber plate studs, rotate plate 180deg for max camber and drill holes for bolts. Rebuild brakes, install race pads, and front brake ducts. Proceed to kick ass... You may need to weld the diff.

[Trak Ratt]

Originally Posted by smdubovsky

http://www.salazar-racing.com/lemons/

Lemons in an E30: machine your own plastic bushings where necessary (WAY cheaper than replacing worn out OEM ones.) Find heavier 5 or 7 series springs and cut a bunch of coils off to get ride height about right AND make them even stiffer. Knock out camber plate studs, rotate plate 180deg for max camber and drill holes for bolts. Rebuild brakes, install race pads, and front brake ducts. Proceed to kick ass... You may need to weld the diff.

[ausgeflippt951]

Thanks guys, have a new-used pair of stock rears on order for cheap ($80). I'm sure that I could probably find them for cheaper if I perused the local junkyards but I just don't have the time.

This is a 2005 E46 with 85k miles that's been driven very blandly for its entire life (until last weekend!). While it does get driven in the winter, it also sees regular washes. I've never broken a spring before (I suppose I still haven't, considering it was ALL ANISA'S FAULT) and I'm still a little bemused. I've absolutely thrashed cars with 4x more miles on stock suspension and have never broken a spring before (now, other suspension components on the other hand...).


I think we're just going to do it ourselves; thanks for the confirmation that it really is a NBD procedure.

As for whether we're going to continue to track the car, we've actually decided to buy a Boxster. We need another DD and I don't want to start modifying the BMW to make it more track-worthy.

[cmartin]

As cheap as $27/ea from Rockauto

[John Clay]

Shouldn't you be making babies? A Boxster ain't gonna work.

[ausgeflippt951]

Originally Posted by cmartin

As cheap as $27/ea from Rockauto

I saw that too, but they're coming from the UK so shipping was $60.

Originally Posted by John Clay

Shouldn't you be making babies? A Boxster ain't gonna work.

Not anytime soon if I have anything to say about it...besides, that's what the truck is for (if it lasts that long...).

[tdatk]

Both my rear springs were broke @70k miles on the M3

[magnetic1]

Man, people usually cant GIVE away their stock suspension. When this happened on mine it was a street 160k mile car. Ended up paying a dude $50 for his entire 28k mile stock suspension.

smdubs is right though: TCK DA for sale for the right price so we can get into MCS. That would prolly happen faster if the guy who is thinking about buying my racecar actually comes through and does it. Then the yellow car would end up getting "ballerized" fairly quickly, though I doubt Stephen would be paying half for all that, lol. Unless I end up renting at full price...