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	Posted Saturday, Nov 4th 9:44pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 35	Almost finished my brake upgrade
	Posted Saturday, Nov 4th 9:47pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 36
	Posted Saturday, Nov 4th 9:48pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 37
	Posted Saturday, Nov 4th 10:00pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 31	amazing! lookin damn good i want installed pics! how big do those discs measure? what porsche are they off and how hard was the conversion? 5 lug would be nice!
	Posted Saturday, Nov 4th 10:39pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 38	On the front 302mm x 28mm On the back 294mm x 19mm. The calipers comes from Porsche 944 turbo. The conversion not difficult. On the front e12 hub and custom ring between the hub and the disk On back redilled 5x120 hub and custom ring between the hub and the disk
	Posted Saturday, Nov 4th 11:49pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 198	Nice work, keep it coming!
	Posted Sunday, Nov 5th 9:48pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 70	Cooly! What about front brake calipers? Are they from Porsche also? Brake discs from Porsche too?
	Posted Monday, Nov 6th 8:54am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 39	All calipers from Porsche. The discs come from e34 and e46 bmw.
	Posted Tuesday, Nov 7th 1:09am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 413	Hi Very good work, do you have any pictures of the caliper mounting detials Jason
	Posted Monday, Nov 13th 7:52am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 88	a Porsche upgrade seems to have a little more cache' than a volvo upgrade... Probably cost a little more cash ay? Seriously... nice looking work. Do update us on mounted photos and how they work.
	Posted Friday, Nov 17th 9:53pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 1	hello, my name is Tobias and I'm from germany. This is my low cost big brake Upgrade The caliper fit Plug&Play no adapters need Front: 282x25 (e24) and Opel Omega A caliper Back: 272x19 (e24) from 633Cs @Zolika_e21 do you need adapter to mount the porsche caliper?
	Posted Saturday, Nov 18th 8:32pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 40	@Tobias Yes I need adapeter to mount the caliper. It will be ready in two weeks. What hubs are you using in the back?
	Posted Sunday, Nov 19th 12:22am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 2	I used custom made hubs for the back, buts i heard that the back hubs from the 323i e36 compact fit but I dont test it...
	Posted Sunday, Nov 19th 9:59am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 41	I tried to use hubs from the 323i e36. Its fit but the offset is not good. Do you have pictures of the mounting of the calipers?
	Posted Sunday, Nov 19th 10:29pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 3	I have only a picture of the back, but I will take a pic of the front soon... here is the back
	Posted Tuesday, Nov 21st 9:20am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 42	Are you using Opel Omega A caliper in the front?
	Posted Tuesday, Nov 21st 10:06am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 4	Yes the front Caliper is from a Opel Omega A
	Posted Tuesday, Nov 21st 8:16pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 43	really nice work! What main brake cylinder do you use?
	Posted Tuesday, Nov 21st 10:59pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 5	thanks man.. First I wanted to use the Porsche Caliper aswell (996), but at the moment its to expensive for me (student..) but maybe I will upgrade the front later... I use the e23 master brake zylinder (22,2mm) it seems to be big enough so Im quit satisfied
	Posted Sunday, Feb 11th 1:09pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 10	Updates?
	Posted Sunday, Feb 11th 1:19pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 46
	Posted Sunday, Feb 11th 3:23pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 1309	^^Looks Great. I wish someone could develop a wildwood front kit with machined adaptors. Did you make those:
	Posted Sunday, Feb 11th 3:31pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 255	Nice to see big ass washers are still in demand!
	Posted Sunday, Feb 11th 8:43pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 94	So, is there any summary about varios 5 bolt hubs, that realy fits E21?
	Posted Monday, Feb 12th 10:37am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 69	thats awesome wished i had big anchors lik them
	Posted Tuesday, Feb 13th 6:12am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 47	so my summary for 5 lugs: Front - e12 hubs - E34 disk 302mm x 28mm - custom ring between the hub and the disk - custom adapters for the calipers - custom hubs - E46 disk 294mm x 19mm. - custom ring between the hub and the disk - custom adapters for the calipers I just cant wait my 3.0 24valve engine start up
	Posted Tuesday, Feb 13th 1:17pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 558	Well done Zolika... looks great- we all can't wait for your 3.0L 24 valve to fire up!
	Posted Tuesday, Feb 13th 8:42pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 441	Hi Lee at massive brakes does bolt on e21 kits http://www.massivebrakes.com/kits.html Jason
	Posted Tuesday, Feb 13th 10:35pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 259	Jason_323i wrote: Hi Lee at massive brakes does bolt on e21 kits Wow are those prices still correct? if they are i know where im spending my next £500.
	Posted Friday, Mar 2nd 2:59pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 6	@Zolika are you using the original 330i gearbox? If that is the gearbox you use, what diff do you take, because the 3.45 would be a bit to short? Tobias
	Posted Friday, Mar 2nd 11:59pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 48	Well I am using e21 Overdrive gearbox with 3.45 diff. I know it will not too long ratio but enough to 250 km/h
	Posted Saturday, Mar 3rd 10:00am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 7	2 questions about this: -I thought this gearbox wouldnt fit the m54 engine? -Are you shure that this smal gearbox can handelt that much of torque?
	Posted Saturday, Mar 3rd 8:51pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 49	The original e21 5speed gearbox fit for M54. Only I have to exchange flywheel from M54 to M20. I am pretty sure it will handle that power. We totaly rebuild the gearbox. I have also a E12 with M5 Engine makes almost 400Hp with the original 5 speed gearbox. It is working without any problem almost 4 years ago
	Posted Saturday, Mar 3rd 9:42pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 8	that are good news, I really dont know that it fit... but about the power all people I aks told me that the 245 Getrag from the e21 323i cant handle more than 250Nm (so do you use stonger internals maybe from the 260 Getrag?)
	Posted Saturday, Mar 3rd 11:39pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 50	No it is the original Getrag 245. I think it will work, but we will see after the first run in the summer. We will use a programable engine management system, so now we thinkig to put a turbocharger on the engine. We already bulding this car 1.5 years ago, so couple of months more doesnt make difference.
	Posted Sunday, Mar 4th 1:18am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 9	sounds really interesting, cant wait to see more of this car... but the m54 is not god for turbocharging, better use a m50 iron block ... or softturbo with a very low boost pressure but with turbo you would defently need a stronger gearbox and maybe a stronger Differential, depending on the boost
	Posted Monday, Mar 5th 4:09pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 51	Well I didnt agree with you. I think anykind of engine can be turbocharged, maybe it makes more preparation. That is really true we have to make more progress on the gearbox and differential http://www.da-motorsport.com/projeler/panos330tci/index.htm
	Posted Monday, Mar 5th 5:06pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 10	of course you can turbocharge every engine even the m3 engine with a compression radio of than 11:1 is turbochargeable. But the questions is how much boost pressure and how reliable the engie became. Belive it or not every professional tuner uses the m50 iron block for turbocharging the m52/m54 aluminium block is not the best choice for that... at the Da-Motorsport Kit you can read something i dont like for example the take the original compression ration bost it with 0,5bar (which is the maximum you can go with the m54 block and that cr) and they recommend only 96 Octane petrol. The increases the knocking risk, because bmw recommend 98 Octane for the original engine... That can have 2 consequences: 1 the engine isent reliable long term 2 it wastes a plenty of petrol And than i read some silly things when the compare supercharger with turbocharger for explame that te turbocharger spools faster Belive me if you are willing to go for turbo you will have more fun by using the iron block
	Posted Thursday, Mar 15th 8:16pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 52	We put the M54b30 engine in the car.
	Posted Sunday, Apr 8th 4:01pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 53	Finally we are ready with the brake and suspension upgrade
	Posted Sunday, Apr 8th 10:20pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 535	OMG... everything looks so clean and shiney, even the frame! I just retreated from my engine bay and the rust spots on my white paint makes my car look like a freckled scotsman just came from a tar bath...
	Posted Wednesday, Jan 21st 10:56am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
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	Posted Thursday, Jan 22nd 12:52am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
Post nr. 1368	Nice work.

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