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... and pictars of the carnage?
mitch5 wrote:I was reading through here looking for some suspension info but came across a picture of a 4 point harness installed without seeing a rollbar. I couldnt totally see how you had it mounted but i assume its the floor. From my knowledge thats a big no-no for safety as youll compress your spine in an accident, i would just run your stock belt until you can get a rollbar. I believe 30 degrees down behind your shoulders is the max allowed for a safe harness setup.
I’ve seen A LOT of people drive with 4 point harbess without roll bar. I’ve told some of them the same story and universally they all just roll their eyes. Nobody seems to care much. I don’t know how dangerous it actually is, but I’m going to install 4 point harness in my car before next track day. I’m tired of sliding all over the seat.mitch5 wrote:I was reading through here looking for some suspension info but came across a picture of a 4 point harness installed without seeing a rollbar. I couldnt totally see how you had it mounted but i assume its the floor. From my knowledge thats a big no-no for safety as youll compress your spine in an accident, i would just run your stock belt until you can get a rollbar. I believe 30 degrees down behind your shoulders is the max allowed for a safe harness setup.
I have a 3 pt belt and a bucket seat that just made the most sense. Personally I find 4 pts on stock seats stupid, however if someone wants to run them I couldn't care less. I have seen people in Japan doing some really stupid stuff on 4 pt mounted to the floor. Is it smart no, but some 4 pts have that designed into them. So there is give in an accident and stuff https://www.bimmerworld.com/Safety-Race ... pwQAvD_BwE. However people run 6pts with only a harness bar, and no rollover protection.mitch5 wrote:Those people are simply ignorant if they ignore the advice. Heres a good link listing other reasons its a bad idea to have a harness without a cage. http://www.wildweasel.ca/HowTo/Auto/RacingHarness.aspx
If your sliding around that much then install a proper bucket seat and run your factory belt. A 4 point harness with a comfort e28 seat would be a bad idea.
i bought a used recaro pole position and it would be pretty hard to slide out of it
Any tech i have seen at any autox, drift ect will require a stock restraint system(seat belt) unless you have a properly installed harness, a floor mount is not proper and therefore should really never be allowed on any track. So my bet would be if you see someone running at the track it is because the tech sucks.
Another point to make is that most states require you to use the factory seat belt for your car be street legal, so if you were in a bad accident and the factory belt system was removed then insurance would findout most likely be able to deny you for coverage in some way.
I have a 3 pt belt and a bucket seat that just made the most sense. Personally I find 4 pts on stock seats stupid, however if someone wants to run them I couldn't care less. I have seen people in Japan doing some really stupid stuff on 4 pt mounted to the floor. Is it smart no, but some 4 pts have that designed into them. So there is give in an accident and stuff https://www.bimmerworld.com/Safety-Race ... pwQAvD_BwE. However people run 6pts with only a harness bar, and no rollover protection.mitch5 wrote:Those people are simply ignorant if they ignore the advice. Heres a good link listing other reasons its a bad idea to have a harness without a cage. http://www.wildweasel.ca/HowTo/Auto/RacingHarness.aspx
If your sliding around that much then install a proper bucket seat and run your factory belt. A 4 point harness with a comfort e28 seat would be a bad idea.
i bought a used recaro pole position and it would be pretty hard to slide out of it
Any tech i have seen at any autox, drift ect will require a stock restraint system(seat belt) unless you have a properly installed harness, a floor mount is not proper and therefore should really never be allowed on any track. So my bet would be if you see someone running at the track it is because the tech sucks.
Another point to make is that most states require you to use the factory seat belt for your car be street legal, so if you were in a bad accident and the factory belt system was removed then insurance would findout most likely be able to deny you for coverage in some way.
I have a 3 pt belt and a bucket seat that just made the most sense. Personally I find 4 pts on stock seats stupid, however if someone wants to run them I couldn't care less. I have seen people in Japan doing some really stupid stuff on 4 pt mounted to the floor. Is it smart no, but some 4 pts have that designed into them. So there is give in an accident and stuff https://www.bimmerworld.com/Safety-Race ... pwQAvD_BwE. However people run 6pts with only a harness bar, and no rollover protection.mitch5 wrote:Those people are simply ignorant if they ignore the advice. Heres a good link listing other reasons its a bad idea to have a harness without a cage. http://www.wildweasel.ca/HowTo/Auto/RacingHarness.aspx
If your sliding around that much then install a proper bucket seat and run your factory belt. A 4 point harness with a comfort e28 seat would be a bad idea.
i bought a used recaro pole position and it would be pretty hard to slide out of it
Any tech i have seen at any autox, drift ect will require a stock restraint system(seat belt) unless you have a properly installed harness, a floor mount is not proper and therefore should really never be allowed on any track. So my bet would be if you see someone running at the track it is because the tech sucks.
Another point to make is that most states require you to use the factory seat belt for your car be street legal, so if you were in a bad accident and the factory belt system was removed then insurance would findout most likely be able to deny you for coverage in some way.
I have seen a Sparco seat hold up the roof in a 911 rollover, so yeah I'm vulnerable. I see your point. Hopefully I'll be over to lean forward if the situation unfortunately happens to me. I should be able to submarine out of my seat too in a rollover or in a crash. Usually you lean forward in a crash as well, so that might give me some headroom, I also am quite short and have quite more then a fist between my roof and helmet. The saftest is stock seat with 3pt or full rollbar with seat, harnesses and hans. Idk I might die, I guess.adam_poll wrote:How is a fixed back racing bucket considered safe without a proper roll bar or cage but a 4 point ASM harness not? That seat isn't going to give in a crash like a stock seat would as it is designed to not fail and keep you out of the roll cage in an accident leaving you just as vulnerable without the cage (car rolls, roof buckles, you don't move because the seat wont give and the stock 3 point has locked, snap goes the neck).
Can’t be done. It’s one of the reasons why I don’t like to drive my E28. Dogleg + stock b34 is lame combo.LeiseyJr wrote: I don't know how you can rev a stock m30b34 to 6600rpm and not feel like a dick. .
Add a Shrick 284. My fathers 10:1 pulls all the way to redline, but he has b35 valves.Tiit wrote:Can’t be done. It’s one of the reasons why I don’t like to drive my E28. Dogleg + stock b34 is lame combo.LeiseyJr wrote: I don't know how you can rev a stock m30b34 to 6600rpm and not feel like a dick. .
I like this line, I dropped the M30B34 from my Dad's E28 that he ordered when I was born into my 525i and there is something special about that.LeiseyJr wrote:The motor that carried me around when I was 2 will give me some miles and some more good memories.
I've seen cheap coolant level sensors not thread into the overflow correctly and be both the cause of the leak as well as the cause of a flaky measurement.LeiseyJr wrote:This 061 has just changed the engine, it feels alive and how it used to. I really do enjoy driving it again.
Two nagging issues currently, it might be burning coolant. I see no smoke in exhaust nor do I see a expanding coolant hoses. I am not seeing a leak, maybe I need to look harder. It could be the shit URO coolant level sensor just being annoying. I also don't think its the cap. I've emptied the overflow bottle, and filled it way more then it should last night. Some should burp into the reservoir, but if light comes on a week. This might necessitate the need to get the other engine swapped in faster if I conclude the head gasket on this engine is bad.
We'll see what happens though.
Interesting, yeah this one has never thread in right. Not seeing any leaks around it, but never been pleased with the way its tightened. I have a "delete plug" for the sensor, probably pop it in there for now because that one does tighten until I get a actual brand sensor.athayer187 wrote:I've seen cheap coolant level sensors not thread into the overflow correctly and be both the cause of the leak as well as the cause of a flaky measurement.LeiseyJr wrote:This 061 has just changed the engine, it feels alive and how it used to. I really do enjoy driving it again.
Two nagging issues currently, it might be burning coolant. I see no smoke in exhaust nor do I see a expanding coolant hoses. I am not seeing a leak, maybe I need to look harder. It could be the shit URO coolant level sensor just being annoying. I also don't think its the cap. I've emptied the overflow bottle, and filled it way more then it should last night. Some should burp into the reservoir, but if light comes on a week. This might necessitate the need to get the other engine swapped in faster if I conclude the head gasket on this engine is bad.
We'll see what happens though.
My symptom was after a longer session on track, the threads would slip enough to let the expansion tank "burp" and leak once but cause higher than normal temperatures. Once I replaced with a tested good BMW sender, I never had the problem again.LeiseyJr wrote:Interesting, yeah this one has never thread in right. Not seeing any leaks around it, but never been pleased with the way its tightened. I have a "delete plug" for the sensor, probably pop it in there for now because that one does tighten until I get a actual brand sensor.athayer187 wrote:I've seen cheap coolant level sensors not thread into the overflow correctly and be both the cause of the leak as well as the cause of a flaky measurement.LeiseyJr wrote:This 061 has just changed the engine, it feels alive and how it used to. I really do enjoy driving it again.
Two nagging issues currently, it might be burning coolant. I see no smoke in exhaust nor do I see a expanding coolant hoses. I am not seeing a leak, maybe I need to look harder. It could be the shit URO coolant level sensor just being annoying. I also don't think its the cap. I've emptied the overflow bottle, and filled it way more then it should last night. Some should burp into the reservoir, but if light comes on a week. This might necessitate the need to get the other engine swapped in faster if I conclude the head gasket on this engine is bad.
We'll see what happens though.
Right now its just water pretty much, I'll get a BMW sender and green coolant go from there.athayer187 wrote:My symptom was after a longer session on track, the threads would slip enough to let the expansion tank "burp" and leak once but cause higher than normal temperatures. Once I replaced with a tested good BMW sender, I never had the problem again.LeiseyJr wrote:Interesting, yeah this one has never thread in right. Not seeing any leaks around it, but never been pleased with the way its tightened. I have a "delete plug" for the sensor, probably pop it in there for now because that one does tighten until I get a actual brand sensor.athayer187 wrote:I've seen cheap coolant level sensors not thread into the overflow correctly and be both the cause of the leak as well as the cause of a flaky measurement.LeiseyJr wrote:This 061 has just changed the engine, it feels alive and how it used to. I really do enjoy driving it again.
Two nagging issues currently, it might be burning coolant. I see no smoke in exhaust nor do I see a expanding coolant hoses. I am not seeing a leak, maybe I need to look harder. It could be the shit URO coolant level sensor just being annoying. I also don't think its the cap. I've emptied the overflow bottle, and filled it way more then it should last night. Some should burp into the reservoir, but if light comes on a week. This might necessitate the need to get the other engine swapped in faster if I conclude the head gasket on this engine is bad.
We'll see what happens though.
Are you running coolant, or just water? It's a lot harder to find with just water.
I put in BMW coolant and water wetter. Overfilled the living shit out of it, bad idea Gatorade catch can bottle is almost overfilled. However. This morning on the drive in, light came on. I got to the parking lot, checked it. There was still a decent amount of coolant in there. So it's the sensor or the flaky wiring giving me a hard time.Hit Man X wrote:Green coolant? Gross.
Beats no coolant I suppose.