I need to practice my RTs for the ProSOlo...

where is Capital?

If it isn't raining on Friday, yeah.

where is Capital?

Its in Crofton, MD.

Glenn.. lets hope the weather cooperates... I think also in an effort to save my clutch.. Ill prolly just launch regularly and then lallygag to the finish :)

I think also in an effort to save my clutch.. Ill prolly just launch regularly and then lallygag to the finish :)

Sweet! A preemptive excuse in case you pull a crappy 1/4 mi time!!! You're learning, Eric!!!

Finally! I've been waiting for another beater meet. :buttrock

:D

---Eric

Its in Crofton, MD.

Glenn.. lets hope the weather cooperates... I think also in an effort to save my clutch.. Ill prolly just launch regularly and then lallygag to the finish :)

:( that is a little too far for me

Finally! I've been waiting for another beater meet. :buttrock

:D

---Eric

Eric, every meet you go to is a beater meet. :D

coincidentally, i'm hitting the drag strip tonight too. i'm hoping the g-tech is right. ;)

btw, check that front diff mount bolt OFTEN. it will loosen up, then pow. that thing was a nightmare for us before we put in the turner solid mounts. you may even want to take it out and get a new one. then cut a slot on the end of the threads for a flathead bit to go into. it sure beats having to deal with the easy out if and when that cursed thing breaks.

coincidentally, i'm hitting the drag strip tonight too. i'm hoping the g-tech is right. ;)

btw, check that front diff mount bolt OFTEN. it will loosen up, then pow. that thing was a nightmare for us before we put in the turner solid mounts. you may even want to take it out and get a new one. then cut a slot on the end of the threads for a flathead bit to go into. it sure beats having to deal with the easy out if and when that cursed thing breaks.


umm.. now youre worrying me.... this mount bolt.. its just the bolt that holds the Diff? got a pic?

Eric, every meet you go to is a beater meet. :D

huh huh huh! "beatermeat"

huh huh huh! "beatermeat"

Can't you ever post anything serious?? :rolleyes: :mad: :mad:

huh huh huh! "beatermeat"
Geez Glenn, Way to ruin a perfectly good thread. :rolleyes: Please try to stay on topic.

---Eric

umm.. now youre worrying me.... this mount bolt.. its just the bolt that holds the Diff? got a pic?

lol no pictures on me here, but the ones we have involve a lot of middle fingers, general anger and lots of shots in the middle of cuss words. look under car right in front of the subframe. you'll see a silver bolt head next to the driveshaft coupling which goes through a bushing in the subframe and into the diff housing.

the stock rubber bushings allow movement which can bend and shear that bolt.

it's a chronic problem with e36.

here's turner's solution:
http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=DELRIN%20DIFF%20E36

here's active autowerke's solution in the works. you can see a bent bolt in this one and the placement of the bolt.
http://www.activeautowerke.com/drivetrain/e36dfb.cfm

but don't worry eric, we had to run once with a totally ripped front bushing and i've learned how to really pussy foot it out of the line and only lose a tenth or so in the 60 foot, so i won't be hard launching yer car. :)

Can't you ever post anything serious?? :rolleyes: :mad: :mad:

:sh1a:


Geez Glenn, Way to ruin a perfectly good thread. Please try to stay on topic.

:violinist

:sh1a:




:violinist

:offtopic

---Eric

pussy

:eek:

:eek:

:la:

here's active autowerke's solution in the works. you can see a bent bolt in this one and the placement of the bolt.
http://www.activeautowerke.com/drivetrain/e36dfb.cfm

I'm a gonna make me one of those with about $50 worth of steel. :rolleyes:

Oh, and I have a new diff bolt just sitting there waiting for me to have time to install it, and re-weld the sway bar re-enforcement thingys. :D

Oh, and fcuk drag racing! It's for loosers.

so they arent calling for rain anymore... who's in?

hehehe......."in"

I'm a gonna make me one of those with about $50 worth of steel. :rolleyes:

word. i'm not really clear on how that thing really helps anyway. turner mounts worked great for me last night at the strip. hoosiers didn't really work so well tho... best 60ft was 2.2. :(

hehehe......."in"

"in" Barbados

word. i'm not really clear on how that thing really helps anyway. turner mounts worked great for me last night at the strip. hoosiers didn't really work so well tho... best 60ft was 2.2. :(

edit: The bushing is in the carrier IIRC, and not in the diff. So basically the bracket eliminates the bushing. The bolt touches the solid mounted bracket and the solid diff bolt hole. I would think the only way this is better is that you do not have to drop the carrier to install the Turner solid bushing, so maybe larbor is less for those who can't do it.

ill have to run Hoosiers anyways just to get feel for the launch....

megatron, do you lower your rear pressures for ProSolo?

edit: The bushing is in the carrier IIRC, and not in the diff. So basically the bracket eliminates the bushing. The bolt touches the solid mounted bracket and the solid diff bolt hole. I would think the only way this is better is that you do not have to drop the carrier to install the Turner solid bushing, so maybe larbor is less for those who can't do it.

yah the bushing is in the carrier, but even with the bolt going through that plate, there's still the rubber bushing in between it and the diff housing. that whole rig doesn't make sense to me... but maybe aa has it figured out.. i dunno.

i actualy got it in and out without dropping the subframe.

to get it out, i did the ol rtab trick. actually, i went medival on its ass with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. i heated a chisel with a mapp torch and cut rubber bushing apart with that. went through it like butter. wore a lil gas mask for this that i use when i work on composites stuff. then i stuck the hacksaw in and relief cut the metal of the bushing and it fell right out.

to get it in i made a rig out of all thread some jam nuts, some washers, and home depot load distribution plate for a deck. i put the load plate flat against the back of the subframe and ran the all thread through the bushing and the plate, then just wrenched it on, rtab style.


ill have to run Hoosiers anyways just to get feel for the launch....

megatron, do you lower your rear pressures for ProSolo?

did you get the hoosiers already? lemme know so i can pay ya. hey, save those god runs... :D the 2nd and 3rd heat cycle from sticker are worth a quarter second or more with the a3s03.

as for pressures, at pros we run them at full national tour pressures. 35 back 40 front. we could still pull 2.1, 2.0 60s with that, and the launch isn't THAT important. whereas in quarter mile where a tenth at the short is like two tenths on the et, in pro solo a tenth at the short is basically just that, at least on the courses, i've seen so far (not many at 2)

oh on the "secret weapon" i think i'll just bring it on the plane. it's a quick enough install. :D

did you get the hoosiers already? lemme know so i can pay ya. hey, save those god runs... :D the 2nd and 3rd heat cycle from sticker are worth a quarter second or more with the a3s03.. :D


I have them but I havent mounted them yet. I was going to burn off what was left of my old Hoosiers at the track friday :)

-Eric

haha yah i hear yah. i didn't want to swap them at the track so i drove the car to work and to the track yesterday on some old hoosiers too. :D :D people at work looked at me funny.

haha yah i hear yah. i didn't want to swap them at the track so i drove the car to work and to the track yesterday on some old hoosiers too. :D :D people looked at me funny.

Now that Im too scared to do... cant drive Hoosiers around here on the street ... too many nails and random crap on the roads.....

I might go depending on weather and when I get out of work. What time are you planning on getting there?

Pete

im planning on leaving Alexandria at about.... 4-430 and head straight there

Damn, Eric -- I'd love to join you. And, god knows, I need to work on my 1/4 mile technique. Unfortunately, leaving tomorrow PM to pick up Charlie at college. BTW, got the Racelogic installed last weekend. Will be real interesting to see how it works. Have a good time!

Neil

Damn, Eric -- I'd love to join you. And, god knows, I need to work on my 1/4 mile technique. Unfortunately, leaving tomorrow PM to pick up Charlie at college. BTW, got the Racelogic installed last weekend. Will be real interesting to see how it works. Have a good time!

Neil

Neil,

Being the helpful person that I am, will run your car for you at the drag strip.

No need to thank me! :)

I'll need directions to your house to pick up the MCoupe.

so who is going? Ive already got the jack, snap on and SSRs in the car....

Weather's going to be crappy tonight, Eric...don't think I'm going.

looks fine to me..... ?

I dunno if Im gonna go there alone.. but damn.. I already packed up the car.

looks fine to me..... ?

I dunno if Im gonna go there alone.. but damn.. I already packed up the car.

doesn't matter now...gotta drive ruth to a baby shower tonight. :(

o alright.... I'll pass for tonight too then... :(

gotta drive ruth to a baby shower tonight. :(

That is secret code for "gotta go to a DTMPower meet at Starbucks tonight".

hmm.. maybe I should put the Hoosiers on afterall and drive to Starbucks....

Let's just find an industrial park and go there late tonight. Bring 2 ways so that we can have a lookout just in case the "Man" wants to bust up our flow.

hmm.. maybe I should put the Hoosiers on afterall and drive to Starbucks....

Maybe you should drive my tires to my house, so I can not fail inspection this time!

Maybe you should drive my tires to my house, so I can not fail inspection this time!

Ive got em... you can pick them up anytime next week.. just schedule w/ me