dunnojack wrote:oh ok. i was hoping that the 6th gear was different than the overdrive on the 5 speed... wanted to have a better ratio for daily driving haha.
so what suspension are you guys using? brakes? i'd throw a widebody on mine if i had the funds...
Yes, that would be perfect for daily use. The 6-speed cars have a tougher ratio in the rear though, so they get the best out of two worlds, a closer gearbox in the first 5 gears, and the overdrive on the 6´th in combination with a lower ratio in the diff, this means lower revs on the freeway.
You could swap the gears in your final drive, and get the better results, based on what you have today, I could help you find some suitable gears.
Suspension today is a custom buildt Bilstein Coilover chassis, its based on figures from the E24 635 CSi Group A racer that won some fights in Europe during the 1980´s. Its works ok but not more, the cost in europe was equal to 5000 USD for this a few years ago, and unfortunately we have to try something else during next season, those wide tires and the differences in the tracks we visit makes a non-adjustable chassis a bad choise.
Brakes are 6 pot calipers in front with 330mm discs, rear we use 4 pot calipers with 303mm discs.
I also run the company XYZ SWEDEN (
www.xyz-sweden.com) and just finished develop a fully adjustable coiloverkit for the E28 for about 1200 USD, its then complete with camber adjustable top mounts and a 30 way shock stiffness adjustment. As far as i know, this is a rare product, and it took some beating until the manufacturer agreed to produce for us, the model is being seen as "outdated" unfortunately...
Regarding wide body kits, they are hard to get there and it takes some craftmanship to get them fitted properly and good looking, I wont ever do that operation again, even though I do have the molds for this one.
) mint condition.
..i'm glad you keep going on its repair.
