An E30 for the haters.......

[Boarderx192]

This was a build that 12/06/06. It was just finished last week. Full build is documented here: http://onyxsyndicate.com/newma....html

MODLIST:

Chassis:
• 1987 BMW 325IS (manual)
•Seam Welded
•Vito Antonicelli 10 Point Cage
•Every suspension member powdercoated

Body:
•Ireland Engineering Fender flares
•OEM Mtech1 Valences and Sideskirts, shaved lines
•Euro Bumpers, Dechromed
•EurostopUSA CF Hood
•EurostopUSA MTech1 CF wing
•Shaved Side Moldings
•Shaved Fuel Door
•Shaved Sunroof
•Custom baby puke paint
•Newman Engine Mount
•Newman Transmission Mount
•Custom Tunnel/closeoff
•CF firewall closeoff
•Custom 5052AL Front Splitter
•Smoked Euro Smileys
•Euro Grills

Engine:
•R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R RB26DETT
•87mm bore/3 angle valve job
•Wiseco 87mm Pistons
•Eagle Rods
•HPE Crank collar
•ARP head studs
•ARP Flywheel Bolts
•ARP Exhaust manifold studs
•EPP valve guides
•Ferrea Dual valve springs
•Ferrea Valve spring locators
•Ferrea Retainers
•Ferrea Locks
•ACL Calico coated main and rod race bearings
•Garrett GT35R .82 A/R
•Spitfire Coilpacks
•New OEM Water Pump
•New OEM Oil Pump
•Trust Timing Belt
•Powdercoated valve covers
•OEM gasket kit
•Cometic MLS Head gasket
•Polished alternator
•ATI 1000HP Race Damper
•Custom valve shims
•GTC Racing CF spark plug cover
•Lokar black throttle cable
•Steph's Baffled Oil catch can
•Trust metal intake gaskets

Transmission:
•Modified RB26DETT Transmission
•Nismo Flywheel
•EXEDY 3 puck clutch
•Drive Shaft Shop Driveshaft
•E30 M3 LSD 4.11

Fuel:
•Bosch -044 800HP fuel pump
•Seimens 870cc injectors, flow calibrated to w/in .5% of each other
•Summit 8 Gallon Fuel Cell
•Custom Fuel Cell hold down straps
•Custom Fuel Rail
•Braided -8AN Fuel inlet line
•Braided -8AN Fuel feed line
•Braided -8AN Fuel return line
•Aeromotive Rising rate regulator
•Summit Inline fuel Filter
•Custom filter and pump mounting brackets
•Summit fuel level sending unit

Exhaust:
•Newman 304SS heavy wall manifold
•Newman 304SS exhaust, dual vband, dual flex section
•Tial 38mm wastegate
•Custom Manifold Bracing
•Moroso exhaust check valve
•Vibrant E-Vac crankcase scavenging setup

Induction:
•Newman 2.5" 304SS IC Plumbing
•PWR 24X11X3 IC core semi-custom endtanks
•Tial 50MM BOV

Cooling:
•MOXIES/Newman Radiator
•Newman catch can
•Newman Surge tank
•Flex-a-lite 12" Electric fan

Electrical/Management:
•VIPEC Speed Density Engine Management
•AEM UEGO controller
•AEM Serial Gauge
•Racetech Dash2 w/ AEM serial interface
•HKS Turbo Timer
•New Engine Harness
•Kwikwire Chassis harness
•(4) Greddy warning gauges (Boost, EGT, Oil, Fuel)
•JVC Head unit
•Blaupunkt T-Line 5.25" Rear Speakers
•Powerbass 6.5" Front speakers in costom enclosures
•XTC Speaker baffles
•DTM 35W 6000K HIDS hi & lo
•LED Parking lights/License plate lights

Suspension:
•Ireland Engineering road race springs
•Ireland Engineering poly trailing arm bushings
•Ireland Engineering Poly Subframe mounts
•Ireland Engineering 22/25mm swaybars
•Ireland Engineering Camber/rear toe kit
•Bilstein HD Dampers
•New OEM wheel bearings
•New OEM F&R strut mounts

Wheels:
•Work VS-XX wheels (17X10, 17X8.5) Custom Offset
•Falken Azenis RT-615 275/40/17, 235/40/17
•Vorshlag 90mm wheel studs

Interior:
•Status Ring Seats
•Takata Harnesses
•Sparco 300mm steering wheel
•NRG Quick release hub
•Rhinoliner interior and trunk
•Performance-Trim CF door panels
•Performance-Trim CF rear panels
•Custom instrument mounting panels
•Custom window winder cranks
•Custom Hello Kitty shift knob
•Yashio Factory shift knob
•Cruise Shift knob
•NFG Shift knob
•Jewknob Shift knob
•Custom GTR shift knob
•HK Horn button
•Custom CF dash closeoff
•Custom striped carpet
•E30GTR and XXX custom pedals
•Massive dead pedal

Brakes:
•Wilwood billet forged superlite narrow body, differential bore 6 piston calipers (front)
•Wilwood superlite 4 piston caliper (rear)
•Wilwood 13X1.1 GT48 rotor (front)
•Wilwood 11.75X1.25 HD rotor (rear)
•Cutsom machined rotor hats and brackets
•Massive rear hat, ebrake ring and bracket
•Wilwood Q pads
•New OEM ebrake setup (backing plate, springs, adjusters, cables, pads, actuator, pin)
•Wilwood Prop valve (installed next to driver’s seat)
•Custom Fit Integra GSR 10" Brake Booster
•Polished Integra GSR 1" Master cylinder
•-4AN stainless brake hardlines
•-4AN stainless braided brake hoses


Modified by Boarderx192 at 12:06 PM 4-14-2010

[Harpoon]

Aside from being ugly, I think it's cool. I wonder how much power that RB is putting down?

[rsj0714]

holy crap

[Knock Sensor]

Cool car. Not the most cohesive as far as looks, but overall pretty good.

[digiddy]

[redsoxreturns]

Quote, originally posted by VDUBber91 »

Aside from being ugly

it's godawful.

[patrikman]

Do not want.

[Smindustries]

Cool. The cage needs some work in the form of gussets and NASCAR-bars, but it's a nice project.

[djsheijkdfj]

For some reason I was fully expecting to see an Arby's and then there it was.

[TheDarkEnergist]

Quote, originally posted by Boarderx192 »

pics and link

Dude's hair gives some honest insight into the types of vehicles he builds.

Craftsmanship -
Engine -
Color -
Haircut -
Tacked on flares -
Hack job FMIC -

Without a real 'reason' or 'concept' behind it, I can't say I like it. I appreciate and, I'll be honest, admire the work, but s'not for me.

[matches]

Weird color. I like the rest.

[danny_16v]

wow... I'm guessing it's fast

[sandiegan]

That is totally nuts. Aesthetics be damned,

[axe]

[.LSinLV.]

phoenix yellow????

[rsclyrt]

"Good intentions pave the road to hell"

[dieselraver]

isn't the guy who built it on TCL? i've seen this car posted by someone who either was him or knows him

[mavric_ac]

F'in love it!

Whats wrong with tacked on flares anyways? They serve a purpose.

[VarianceVQ]

That is the worst combination of colors I have ever seen on and in a car.

[UNBANNED_GERBIL]

Fugly

[SAPJetta]

Do I hate it? Pretty much.

Would it be fun to drive? Most likely

[monkeytronic]

Strip the hella naff, y0! baby poo brown paint down to the metal, let it rust, and slap on a roof rack. Hilarity should ensue.

[ClockworkChad]

i remember seeing that build in its earlier stages.

with all the custom fab work he did, he really blew it with the tacked on fenders and color, and color matching....

honestly if that thing was just rattle canned black it would look a ton better, and thats a 50 dollar paint solution.

[VadGTI]

Quote, originally posted by dieselraver »

isn't the guy who built it on TCL? i've seen this car posted by someone who either was him or knows him

Yeah, I think so... He has an Elise as well and posted something about the Elise last week.

I think a nice gunmetal (anything dark, really (blue/purple/green/etc.) with some simpler wheels (5/6-spoke?) would have been perfect. As it stands, it's badass but the color and wheels just don't flow as well as they could have.

Something like this would work much better than those Works.

[BluMagic]

has a lot of potential to look good.

Those VS-XX look horrible on older car designs though. I don't even like them on S13s

swap is sick though. and some laminex on the headlights would look good to i think

[greychinchilla]

Is it how I would have done it? No.

Is it badass? Yes, very much so.

Tacked on flares =

[saranynsandiego]

lul at herro kitty horn

[butterface]

<---------------------- Proud hater.

[OldsPowered]

Hell. Yeah.

[AutoEuphoria]

There are so many things in/on that car that are SO close to being cool...just too many wrong steps (at least for my personal taste) to consider it a good job. The GTR on the BMW badge (just think it's a little tacky), the Hello-Kitty on the steering wheel, pink in the engine bay, unpainted fender flares...all just little touches that took it a little too far over the edge for my taste.

I'm sure the owner is more than happy with it, so to him

[Matt@EuroJerks]

His elise is cooler.

[BuPsychBass]

I can't believe how long this thing took to make. I just finished reading through the whole write-up (yeah.... not gonna be productive at work at all apparently), and learned that I am sure as hell never going to do a project like this. I have a new appreciation for the level of dedication it requires to undertake a project like this. And while there are certainly aspects of the car that I am not the biggest fan of, I won't mention any of them.

After all, who am I to criticize this man's work when I know full well that I don't have what it takes to create it's equal.

Well done.

[AutoEuphoria]

I do like the rubber band holding the window crank in place, though...good touch

Still though, WAY better than I could ever do.

[Time for a GTI]

have GOT to do something with that intercooler.

other than that I don't think it looks too bad. different at least.

[DannRyan]

This is my buddy Newman's build. I've been following this build with from the start. I'm sure he probably finds a lot of pride in how ugly everyone thinks it is. He thought it was a ridiculous project from the start, and he never takes anything too seriously. Regardless the guy is a genius and does some pretty cool builds with his cars. He's also in the process of doing the first 5X114.5 swap onto the Elise.