BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (DTM style control arms)

[Nisse Järnet]

Gonna be wicked!

[m20turbokarlsson]

Sjukt Bygge!

[Miuge]

Tack så mycket

Last week we took our gas turbine bike to Finnish motorcycle exhibition and we got the OpenClass 2nd price Not bad for a first-timer?
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This week I continued building my car, naturally... Passenger side needed an air duct too, which became as good as the other side. Here you can see the boxed subframe reinforcements:


A-pillars got reinforcements too with dimpled holes:

[Miuge]

Few aluminium bits I made recently, these should keep feet still and reduce the heat radiated from the gearbox or exhaust:


Passenger side (updated):

[xelerator]

Impressive.

Really nice work

[erikjakan]

Really nice work!

[Miuge]

Thanks again!

Here's monday update.
Finally I got all the seat mounts welded and made a bracket for a hand brake, it's time for paint soon!


Driver fits and driving position is somewhat cozy and roomy, I like:

[Miuge]

Time for the dashboard. I modified the orginal model a little bit, photoshopped how it should look like when finished and today I started to create the mold.

Sketch:


Model covered with aluminium tape and wax:


Gelcoat layer:


Fiberglass:


And couple of foam reinforcements:


Tomorrow the moment of truth

[TreLingon]

Nice work

[Miuge]

Thank you!

Getting there.. I'm pretty happy with the mold as it's my first big fiberglass project Just a little bit sanding and filler into the worst spots. Also started to make foam models for the insets:

[Miuge]

Dashboard project continues..

I finished the mold yesterday, surface wasn't perfect but good enough as the final product goes to flocking:


Then a thick layer of gelcoat into the mold:


One layer of chopped type fiberglass and one layer of braid type as reinforcement:

[Miuge]

Getting there.. Gelcoat had melted the paint which made the surface look strange But the result otherwise is decent, little bit of sanding and grinding.. Weight was 3kg.

[erikjakan]

Nice

[Miuge]

I hope the next products will be better, got a few tips and experience from this

Yesterday I got E30, E36 and E36 M3,2 spindles side by side for measuring. Gathered some useful data..

[Miuge]

Almost every part in this picture is already fitted, but the list of the other tasks seems endless... By the end of spring I want to drop it on it's wheels with finished bodykit!

[Miuge]

Horizontal tube for the seatbelts:


IC radiator air duct, didn't have patience to make a mold so I stacked the fiberglass over the foam model:

[Miuge]

Woohoo, it fits