first breath

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:07 am

Our bmw e30 325is, (yes the old black bmw) had its first breath since the engine swap.She misses a bit on one cylinder, but she ran today, started up with a little coaxing from my wrx, and breathed its first breath today. Good things may await, like a autocross or two this year, and maybe more next year from the Guthrie team.

Which means only one thing.. We need more e30 autocross cars!

JohnByers · **Posted:** Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:12 am

Pete Guthrie wrote:

Which means only one thing.. We need more e30 autocross cars!

Should have been there last Sun then, there were two running...

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:59 pm

my father installed a different water pump on her today.. because the two years cars, are different water pump outlets.. aggrivating but no biggie.. whatever.. we are getting closer to getting it ready for autocross. We may have Performance Chassis do the tires that we want, or maybe we will do it.. I dont know yet.. But I do know we are getting ever closer to being ready, we just have to iron out the miss in the engine.. and do tires,

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

JohnByers wrote:

Pete Guthrie wrote:

Which means only one thing.. We need more e30 autocross cars!

Should have been there last Sun then, there were two running...

How much DOES a wrecker cost, anyway? (oops, mixing E30 stories.... will leave this for Bernie or Colin to answer)

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:56 am

I don't get it??????Explain Art.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:35 pm

bring the dorifto dogs car.. should be fun..anyway.. remounted the radiator today.. maybe tomorrow i will buy some injector cleaner, we also thought about maybe getting new plugs for the motor.. to iron out the miss, tomorrow we will put the fan on and run it some.. maybe running it will circulate the coolant and the fuel and clean her out.

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Bernie Baake wrote:

I don't get it??????Explain Art.

I was snidely referring to the E30 that hit a wrecker during the NASA event Saturday.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:06 pm

wwwwwwwhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:43 am

In that case you'll have to ask NASA what VIR is going to charge for the wrecker. Or perhaps the E-30 driver who now has a wrecked E30 and a wrecker to pay for?? Luckily VIR has a policy of placing another vehicle between their personel and racing surface when their on track doing hot pulls....should have used a surplus abrams tank rather than their spare wrecker....

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

I was talking with Colin O'Connell as we were watching the owner of the wrecked E30 drain fuel out of the car. Colin said that the driver of another (less damaged or undamaged) E30 had been blamed for instigating the wreck and was going to be liable for the damage to the wrecker.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:52 pm

It now runs on all 6.. Moves on its own, has a little valve noise we hope to cure, but is ready to go. We will go as soon as the tires are mounted right. I may get outside help, since 50 series tires are a bear to mount.

Anyone coming out to cars and coffee? I am going because testing for TKD is just down the street at the convention center.

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