1987 1uz e30 (the Sake Bomb.)

[d.p.n.s]

told the wife I was going out to the garage to look for my ipod.

 

got the rear stop light mounted aswell as the bonnet and bonnet pins.

tight fit but it closes

 

......didn't find my ipod

 

[Vintage Grumble]

Do you like the x's and ^'s I drew on the pulleys, lols.

[d.p.n.s]

Do you like the x's and ^'s I drew on the pulleys, lols.

hell yeah very help full

[d.p.n.s]

cut and removed all the stuff from the throttle body and welded up holes.

 

hard to believe but this is all the shit not need on a 1uz tb

 

[d.p.n.s]

ive been thinking about the front strut brace and all the one I see for sale just wont work with the v8.

there are a few that are close but ive moved it so far back that they just wont work.

 

 

soooo what I was thinking is a plate on the firewall with a bar from each strut gong back to it and then a bar between the bars.

kinda like this.

note the motor in this pic is just sitting in there it now sits a lot closer to the firewall. but you get the idea
 

[bubblegoose]

getting towers tied into the cage not an option?

[d.p.n.s]

the cage comes from the A pillars. to the outside of the strut towers. but would be all it needs?

[NVMPAJ]

cut and removed all the stuff from the throttle body and welded up holes.

 

hard to believe but this is all the shit not need on a 1uz tb

Will removing this give you some unwanted fault codes ?

[d.p.n.s]

Will removing this give you some unwanted fault codes ?

no as I had cut all that shit from the loom before I started sorting out the codes.

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[d.p.n.s]

and the code I got for removing that shit was 47.

 

and heres the fix

 

and thanks to one of the lads on lextream thats code 47 fixed
if you do ever get code 47 (its from cutting out all the traction controll wires) all you have to do is
1 earth pin 31 on the 34 pin plug
2 bridge both pin 1 and pin 12 on the 22pin plug togther.
and that will sort that out.
 

[Truenotch]

ive been thinking about the front strut brace and all the one I see for sale just wont work with the v8.

there are a few that are close but ive moved it so far back that they just wont work.

 

 

soooo what I was thinking is a plate on the firewall with a bar from each strut gong back to it and then a bar between the bars.

kinda like this.

note the motor in this pic is just sitting in there it now sits a lot closer to the firewall. but you get the idea

 

 

I don't think that will do a whole heap anyway? These things are super solid in the strut/engine bay area compared to an 80's Jappa. 

 

The works cars tied back into the dash bar like this: 

[Truenotch]

[d.p.n.s]

yeah so maybe with the front struts being tied into the cage all should be sweet

[My name is Russell]

Have seen a few fancy caged cars crash and the crumple stopping at strut tower that had cage bars going to them. They seem like a good idea to me. Safety and performance

[d.p.n.s]

yeah same the only reason I was going to make a strut brace is I didn't know if this was enough (see below where mine ties to the strut top)

 

[e30-323ti]

I don't think that will do a whole heap anyway? These things are super solid in the strut/engine bay area compared to an 80's Jappa. 

 

The works cars tied back into the dash bar like this: 

 

 

 

The E30's are actually quite 'weak sauce' when it comes to chassis strength in the front end.

 

Quite often in road going cars you will see cracks around the battery tray/firewall on the d/side and the wheel well on the p/side.

Also where the chassis rails join the firewall.

 

What you can't see in those Grp A & DTM cages is the mass of bars they put in the front end.

There are the bars you can see, triangulating to the dash bar.

Also from the towers to the bottom of the A-pillars, and from the intake side tower (top) to the bottom of the opposite A pillar (across the back of the engine/over the gearbox - in the pic below).

And, from the dashbar/A-pillar joint down to the front sub-frame mounts in the chassis rails.

 

 

And then they went bezzerk for the E36 STW/BTCC chassis:

[d.p.n.s]

so would you say a strut brace will help?

[e30-323ti]

Just added a cpl of E36 pics above.

 

When I did my cage I wanted to add those same bars you sketched in, triangulating the towers but going through to the dash bar, but had no more coin.

I think that would be a better solution than a 'strut brace'

 

Are you thinking of doing something removable?

[Truenotch]

Interesting. I always assumed the battery tray was a piece of chassis, I'm obviously mistaken  . 
 

 

 

 

This tells a story though! 

[d.p.n.s]

Just added a cpl of E36 pics above.

 

When I did my cage I wanted to add those same bars you sketched in, triangulating the towers but going through to the dash bar, but had no more coin.

I think that would be a better solution than a 'strut brace'

 

Are you thinking of doing something removable?

yes im after something I can remove.... might just go ahead and start making some parts.