Show Us Your Motors!

adam cool dude · 19 Feb 2017 at 20:13

Clarkey said:
Aged a damn sight better than mk4 escorts and Rover 213s though, right...

Depends. Mk4 Escorts have that retro appeal due to the boxyness. There are lots of 90's cars that I thought were fantastic at the time but stuck in a half way house between retro and modern.

Will · 19 Feb 2017 at 22:49

Frozennova said:
323 with a 1.8 should be quite easy to do a turbo conversion as they are the same BP4W engine as an MX5

Thought the 323 1.8 was the strange small v6 lump rather than the BP engine?

Jumper118 · 19 Feb 2017 at 22:59

Frozennova said:
323 with a 1.8 should be quite easy to do a turbo conversion as they are the same BP4W engine as an MX5

Mine is a 2.0l v6 not a 1.8.

Akagi · 20 Feb 2017 at 01:28

Will said:
Thought the 323 1.8 was the strange small v6 lump rather than the BP engine?

The 1.8 V6 was in the MX3

Jumper118 · 20 Feb 2017 at 11:08

I have seen on YouTube people have done 2.5 v6 swap from the 626 to the 323.

Gibbo · 20 Feb 2017 at 12:54

One day the sun might come out!

Akagi · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:26

That last picture is just pure sex. :cool:

grudas · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:35

with it's new shoes on.

wheels cleaner than the car lol.

Akagi · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:41

When are you slamming it yo?

grudas · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:49

it sits nice as is tbh

but since the spring snapped yesterday, eibach kit is on order... so that'll lower it a tiny bit. 20mm front I think and 10-15 rear.

Akagi · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:52

Sounds good to me.

Love the new wheels and the colour of them too. Didn't think I would.

Gibbo · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:53

grudas said:
with it's new shoes on.

wheels cleaner than the car lol.

That is very nice!

wedrum · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:57

preferred the old wheels on the z4
although i have never seen a proper pic from you with them on the car

Akagi · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:59

Thats a good point actually. That is a good picture Grud, something up?

grudas · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:22

Acme said:
Sounds good to me.

Love the new wheels and the colour of them too. Didn't think I would.

I'm happy with them! I wanted this "fat" stance on it, I like how z4m's look so was chasing something similar! the finish is not perfect but I did the refurb in a day so it'll do for now!

wedrum said:
preferred the old wheels on the z4
although i have never seen a proper pic from you with them on the car

I like the CSL's but the car doesn't drive well on them, the suspension config + 19's don't work well! with this config it feels like a new car, I was actually surprised just how much better it drives/handles.

with the CSL's

Gibbo said:
That is very nice!

thank you!

wedrum · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:30

fair enough bud
still looks a great car

Gibbo · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:37

grudas said:
I'm happy with them! I wanted this "fat" stance on it, I like how z4m's look so was chasing something similar! the finish is not perfect but I did the refurb in a day so it'll do for now!

I like the CSL's but the car doesn't drive well on them, the suspension config + 19's don't work well! with this config it feels like a new car, I was actually surprised just how much better it drives/handles.

with the CSL's

thank you!

Not surprised it drives better now!

Those 19's have like no tyre at all it must have being bloody harsh and literally jumping on the road with those rubber bands for tyres?

Was my mine fear of going to 20's but is also why I still made sure the car had plenty of tyre by not dropping to a 30 profile tyre.

grudas · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:54

Gibbo said:
Not surprised it drives better now!

Those 19's have like no tyre at all it must have being bloody harsh and literally jumping on the road with those rubber bands for tyres?

Was my mine fear of going to 20's but is also why I still made sure the car had plenty of tyre by not dropping to a 30 profile tyre.

profile was 30/35 r/f

it was all over the place! a lot of z4 owners have 19's so I wonder if it's a combo of 19's + tyres as a few have mentioned different tyres fixing the issues. The 19's have falken fk453s on which could be the problem, not willing to find out really. That set is going to be sold sooner or later and if I do get another it'll be 18's. I think 18's look good on the car with decent fitment.

Gibbo · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:57

grudas said:
profile was 30/35 r/f

it was all over the place! a lot of z4 owners have 19's so I wonder if it's a combo of 19's + tyres as a few have mentioned different tyres fixing the issues. The 19's have falken fk453s on which could be the problem, not willing to find out really. That set is going to be sold sooner or later and if I do get another it'll be 18's. I think 18's look good on the car with decent fitment.

Smaller wheel with bigger tyre always rides better and most of the time handles better too.

I could have gone 285/30/20 and 305/30/20 on the Mustang, but it would be too harsh and too much road noise, hence going 285/35/20 and 295/35/20 much better comfort level and more compliant handling generally on crappier roads. On a race track low profile is good due to less tyre flex so more direct handling.

grudas · 20 Feb 2017 at 15:07

Gibbo said:
Smaller wheel with bigger tyre always rides better and most of the time handles better too.

I could have gone 285/30/20 and 305/30/20 on the Mustang, but it would be too harsh and too much road noise, hence going 285/35/20 and 295/35/20 much better comfort level and more compliant handling generally on crappier roads. On a race track low profile is good due to less tyre flex so more direct handling.

yeah, if it was a track car I'd go for stiffer everything but on any b-road or even london road low profile tyres were a pain. Right now I think I got the right balance, the current setup is the stock size other than wider track on the rear but that's about it. IMO for a road car a balance of comfort/stiffness is what you need. With previous setup it was too bouncy to really push it and enjoy it as I never felt fully in control.