What did you do to your car today?

[mohaughn]

I stared at it for a bit trying to figure out if I could realistically get another 200 pounds out of it. Had the car dyno'd a few weeks ago and reclassed in NASA TT based on horsepower/weight. I can get it down to 2350# competition weight and stay in a competitive class, TTE.. Woohoo! Much better than taking points for weight reduction and ending up in TTD and getting spanked by turbo miatas..

[jca]

familytruckster,

Please let us know what kind of difference the sport sway bars make in the feel and performance of your car. Has anyone else done this mod? Thanks.

[airborneSGT]

Filled up with super gas and not that E10 crap that was all over Germany. Most of my German friends did not like E10.

[stefan323ti]

Yes, this is E10 crap is real sh*t...

[airborneSGT]

I filled up twice with E10...only because it was the only thing on the post where I work.

Just like in America it was never a good idea to take food and make it into fuel.

[stefan323ti]

Got the armrest back from my saddler.



Will be installed when I get the car back from the German TÜV (technical inspection every two years) today

[jae_rex]

I finally got a set of OEM BMW floormats. 20x better than the Pep Boy's specials.

[spidertri]

Changed the oil and rebuilt a couple of E30 axles with new boots and redline grease. I just need to finish up the 3.73 and then it can go in.

[familytruckster]

Originally Posted by jca

familytruckster,

Please let us know what kind of difference the sport sway bars make in the feel and performance of your car. Has anyone else done this mod? Thanks.

Quicker steering response, car feels much more "taut" Oversteer is easier. Ride degraded a little bit. I got used to it pretty quick, isn't horrible on my 150 mile commute on the crap roads in DC.

Over rough high speed turns the car feels much more stable, the car doesn't rock like it used to. My other mods are H&R sport springs, Tokico Blues, Polyflex F&R control arm bushings. All other suspension replaced except swaybar to frame bushings-those are old stock ones. Stock wheels...

[jca]

Thanks for the information. Sounds like you get a lot bang for the buck.

[jca]

I forgot to mention that I did the under the hood wiring for the installation of a set of OEM fog lights. The wiring diagram in the knowledge base section of this site was a big help. The only thing I would mention is that there is a pre-cut opening through the firewall on the passenger side up at the level where the carpet runs out. Take the battery and battery box out and opening is easy to spot. I'm using a nice, lighted switch from Radio Shack, rather that the OEM switch which looks like it would be difficult to install. Also, I won't bother with wiring to the fog light indicator light in the guage cluster, another hassle.

[gapl1953]

I changed the thermostat, had no heat. Works fine now.

[vsonix]

I washed it, again...

...because I just remembered there was a local BMW meet happening and the weather was nice. I headed up there kinda late so I missed quite a lot of the fun but still got the chance for a photo op:



you can just about make out the 318ti.org sticker!

[jca]

Beautiful cars and scenery, too. Where was the picture taken?

[vsonix]

yeah, I love how I managed to squeeze the ti in the middle of all those much faster cars lol

the pic was taken up on Dartmoor which is a nature reserve in the south west of England. Location roughly between Princetown and (ha!) Crapstone .

It's quite unusual to get that much skyline without seeing electricity pylons in this country! Also relatively unusual for it not to be raining lol.

I only took a couple of pics as I'd got there late and so quite a few of the cars had split up to find different spots for photo opportunities but at one point there was about 35 BMWs in convoy

I posted a couple more pics here