Consummated!

#1

I finally got to drive the car! After all the work and the wondering whether I was doing the right thing by putting the time and $ into the car, I rolled to the grid at Rockingham on Saturday morning and all I could think about were all the bolts I had turned and the parts I had replaced, and wonder how a 200,000+ mile engine would perform on a car I had never driven over 40 mph.

The car performed flawlessly! I put 100+ miles on it this weekend and nothing
broke! The engine ran great (no oil usage), the car felt stable at speed, through the turns and under braking. I was shocked at how little pedal pressure it took to stop the car as compared to my Z3. You have to literally leg-press the brake pedal in the Z3, but the e30 requires so little pedal pressure - very nice! I am 100% comfortable in the car - my seating position is perfect. It was also nice getting a lot of positive feedback from other drivers at the track on
how nice the car turned out.

All that is left before a log book inspection is kill switch and fire supression. Then comp school at VIR in Feb.

Steven

#2

I’ll attest to that Steve. And thanks for all the good instruction this past weekend. How’s your knee?

#3

Steven,
Glad to hear you are happy with the car and it ran without any problems. I know exactly what you are saying about being worried about all of the nuts and bolts on the car. Its all I could think about before my first time out in my car. I could help but wonder if I missed torqueing that one crucial nut. Hope to see you at the PCA event at VIR in December.

#4

The knee is fine Robert - thanks for asking. A word of advice to everyone - don’t try to step from the back of the truck to the trailer with wet shoes! There will be non-skid on my trailer everywhere I might possible step in the very near future. I’d advise everyone else to do the same.

It’s a miracle that my weekend did not end up with a trip to the hospital!

Steven

#5

Steven:

Thanks for the good report.

Yes, these little cars really are a lot of fun and I’m glad yours turned out well.

Carter