Hi everybody!
Me and two friends of mine started a team called Magnus Racing a few years ago, now it's time to make it more official.
We lived in the same city in Finland and we still have our garages down there. Everyone has their own car to build, aim is to go faster without looking bad.
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This thread is for my BMW E30 built to streetlegal TimeAttack racer.
Everything started from this, orginal BMW 320i 1987:
In few months I had bought and done a lot of stuff and car looked like this:
18" wheels http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … asa007.jpg
D2 coilovers and 325i disc brakes http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … aan011.jpg
Headers http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … C03164.jpg
Typ188 differential http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … ivusta.jpg
Powerflex bushes http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … saa006.jpg
Sparco seat and Momo wheel http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … taa002.jpg
By that time I had made all the chassis work to make it rust free, good subject to start a bigger project.
BMW was hold in the garage for few years and I only scraped some stuff together:
M30 engine http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … rsu007.jpg
E36 M3 spindles http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … uva141.jpg
Had a cheap coilover kit http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … s09009.jpg
E34 M5 rear axle http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … G_4774.jpg
Recent years I've done more or less, at least I've tried 
First fitting for the engine http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … G_4937.jpg
Something was missing http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … G_5396.jpg
Looking better http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … G_6414.jpg
Twin charging components http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 000622.jpg
E46 steering rack http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 000849.jpg
6-speed ZF http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 000975.jpg
Test wheels http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 3ff646.jpg
Roll cage work in progress http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … a3afad.jpg
Battle of axles E30 vs. E34 http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 501abc.jpg
Pedalbox fitted http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … e0e5dc.jpg
Seat and steering wheel re-located http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 05feeb.jpg
All pictures can be found from photobucket:
http://s187.photobucket.com/user/mice32 … ry/?page=1
Highlights from garaget.org:
http://www.garaget.org/?car=291564
Our team facebook page:
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Thanks for watching, more updates coming soon!
Också fattar och skriver lite svenska, men allt i Facebook ska skrivas på engelska! 
Senast redigerat av Miuge (1 februari 2018)
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Got BBS RF wheel centres today, they're from 8x17" ET40 wheel:
Fitted them to my friend's car which has 325mm discs with Wilwood Superlite calipers, needed 15mm spacer to fit.
I'm planning to buy same discs (E46 M3) and Cayenne/Touareg 6-piston calipers in front. There won't be too much space:
Also made little room to rear seat area so I can make the new shock towers.
From this:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 1ce5f7.jpg
To this:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 6a4d8c.jpg
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Tack! 
I had to make more room for the rear axle as it didn't fit as high as I wanted, next step is to modify body beams if that's not enough.
Otherwise there would be problems with trailing arm and output shaft angles with desired drive height.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 55d59a.jpg
New plate allowing even more lift of the axle if needed, now there's about 4cm space above the carrier:
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Today postman brought this quick release/snap off hub for steering wheel, it would have been very hard to climb in and out of the car when the rollcage is finished with the door X-brace.
Now I'm waiting my custom K-Sport coilover kit, it's based on the Circuit -model, but customized at the factory to my needs.
Front coilovers are E36 M3 type and rears E34 type which are a lot shorter than E36 or E30 shock.
They should arrive soon.. 
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Coilover order came today, thanks for K-Sport Finland for an easy and fast transaction!
Looking good 
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 93b91b.jpg
I need to design topmounts to the front with 4-bolt fastening, which allows me to make caster adjustment into the chassis. Also rear end topmounts need a little bit of modifying, thinking of spherical bearing instead of solid mounting.
Now I got all the parts to finish the rollcage, lot's of work on the way!
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Started with the front end last weekend, now it starts to take form.
This was the beginning, only showing approximate location of the top:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 1746c7.jpg
Took this picture today, other half almost ready:
And another:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 86b427.jpg
Placing of the roll cage tube:
Also made a 3D model of the front top mount, just needs to be machined:
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Started with the rear end, but ended up to cut a lot metal off.. Pics coming soon.
Designing the shock tower:
Finally found the brake calipers in affordable price. Porsche Cayenne Brembos 6- and 4-piston calipers:
And E46 M3 front discs:
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Time for a little update.
Worked with the rear end a couple of days, lots of cutting and welding new structure.
Axle is now 5cm higher than orginal mounts would allow, that should be enough. Only little sheet metal work to do.
Looking empty, again:
Almost there:
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Massive brakes? Guess does the caliper fit with the E36 king pin? Nope, needs "a little" modification too 
Compared to 1,5liter bottle:
Ingen som vill kommentera? Bra eller anus?
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Dom är ju ganska manliga
Here comes the update part:
Not much progress with the car last days due to working all day, but I have to try this week. And next week we'll go to Gatebil Mantorp, as usual
But, I've done little modeling and measuring in my 'billet steel rocker arm' project. Bought a new orginal rocker arm and got it measured at job.
Maybe we'll get something like this:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 8bc6be.jpg
Also bought a new fuel cell, 60liter JAZ, which will be placed just about down there:
Check out our facebook page, there should be some updates of BMW E21 project soon
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Wasn't satisfied of the rear seat area design I made earlier, so I made it again and it became much better I think. Looks a bit more orginal and more simple:
Some slot to be welded:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 79b933.jpg
Also got shock towers and half of the inner wheel archs done:
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Not much happened this summer, but today I continued with the rollcage.. Also rear shock towers are finished.
Fitting the pipes:
Dropped the cage for welding:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 75837f.jpg
More coming soon, keep in touch!
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Some welding.. What do you think? Not much experience, but I think it's good enough:
Decided to put a pair of extra pipes to the cage:
Next week should be more productive, I dream of finishing the rollcage, we'll see
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Ta-daa!
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 91e8c7.jpg
Also bought a nice differential and propeller shaft, which are durable enough, at least I hope so..
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Today I made the first version of engine mounts, I also attached gearbox behind the engine with a few bolts to be sure it fits. I had to shorten oilpan's sump a little bit to get whole package in a good position.
Engine in it's place:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 2fce69.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 018f3b.jpg
Earlier this week me and my friend fixed the engine mount attachments from the block with a special welding stick, wasn't the easiest thing to weld:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 266a38.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 415806.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … d64f07.jpg
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Ran out of argon this week so I've done some sheetmetal work to the rear end with MAG.
Cut:
Paste:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 85b1de.jpg
Should be roomy enough, wheel shouldn't ever reach that point when the shock absorber is mounted.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 35d063.jpg
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Drivetrain almost acquired, only need to find suitable output shafts and of course there's a little bit of fitting.
TYP230 differential, 3.62 ratio:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 404738.jpg
E60 M5 driveshaft compared to E30 320i driveshaft:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 4bb579.jpg
Did a place for the fuel cell:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 3bc97f.jpg
Also front inner wheel arcs almost done:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 788ea3.jpg
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Long time no see, time for a little update.
I've been working with the front end for a couple of days and this is what it looks like:
Route for engine bay hot air exit marked with the red arrows:
From the other side, you can see the mounting points for removable strut brace.
Then the rear axle needs a little work too... 
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 13a945.jpg
I've ordered a water-to-air intercooler kit, the intercooler will sit right in front of the engine and the radiator in the trunk.
Picture of the kit, except I chose a bigger intercooler 400x310x115mm:
Added a few pictures earlier of my 3D works to Facebook page:
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Today's quick update:
Made this removable strut brace from 30mm pipe and it's fastened with four M12 bolts. Didn't weld it completely yet if I have to modify it later, hope not. 
Griffin radiator 26x19" to keep temperatures normal:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … c3e255.jpg
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BMW 320i "Street-TimeAttack" (1987)
Hello folks, got some new pictures of the project and it will soon look like a car I think 
Lot's of sheet metal work done and the hardest part might be over now.
Fitted outer fenders:
Welded some sheet metal:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 43cb17.jpg
Here's the engine bay ventilation solution:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … cdf183.jpg
Almost done:
Water-to-air intercooler set also came one day:
This is where I'll put the intercooler:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … 957785.jpg
And the IC radiator goes down there:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x281 … a91685.jpg
That's all for this time, I'll try to keep the same rate through the winter despite of cold weather.
Doesn't anybody have anything to say? Även på svenska om det är svårt på engelska 
Jag har samma tråd på PPF forum och det är lika tyst...
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