Straight nuttyness… I’m sure some of you may have seen this video of Chief Instructor of the Nurburgring Driving Academy Andreas “Andy” Gülden doing a wet lap in an open wheel car. If you have not, well, sit back, turn up your speakers, and prepare to be impressed with some amazing car control skills as [...]

decided to do a quick repair of the large dents in the hood over the weekend. while playing with bondo, i was curious to see how the e30 would look without the emblem. now to shave the back… p.s. ignore the very temporary rattle can job. the car will be going crimson soon, but I’m [...]

Let’s face it. These cars are getting old. The newest e30 is going to be 20 this year. Imagine how many pushes of the clutch the e30 pedal boxes have seen during its life. Yea. That’s a lot. The metal that makes up the pedal box on an e30 isn’t exactly the thickest metal out [...]

Zinc dialkyldithiophosphates. Also known as ZDDP. If any of you are familiar with flat tappet engines (most domestic/muscle cars, if not all are going to be of this design), these four letters may be familiar to you. In case you’re asking wtf ZDDP is, well, its a compound invented by the Castrol group and, in [...]

Is your e30 idling ‘funny’? Perhaps your RPMs are fluctuating, where before they would be at a steady 750-850 RPMs? Does your e30 burn more fuel than it did before? More than likely, you’re experiencing a vacuum leak. There are tons of ways to diagnose it. One method (which starts off with a disclaimer of: [...]

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So, the name of the shop, Jap Factory, is kinda offensive to me. Not sure why, but it just is… perhaps it’s because the beast of an ‘e30′ they created is, well, quite vulgar. Bad name not withstanding, our friends over in the far away land of Latvia have created something amazing. Check the link [...]

New to the e30 game? Here’s a not-so-all-inclusive list of things you’ll want to address right away or ASAP: 1. The right coolant: Some owners put any kind of coolant in the motors… well, you need something that is safe for aluminum heads. Anything else will cause corrosion… so will just having straight water (not [...]

SoCale30.com was repping it hard at the BIG SoCal Euro meet at Qualcomm stadium this past weekend. It was great seeing all the O.G.’s along with some fresh faces and cars. It was interesting to see certain cars with new owners. Some were modded so much that you wouldn’t recgonize it… others, well, why fix [...]

Got loud noises coming from the front of your car (low humming sound)? Does your steering wheel shake violently when youre driving on the freeway? Does the car pull to one side or shimmy a bit when you’re driving in a straight line? When your wheels are off the ground (e.g. car up on jackstands), [...]