MY first ride as an AA Supercharged E36!!!!

[bemmerondubs]

Well as the topic says today i officially got my car back from the shop. I had an AA supercharger and rear camber arms installed and words cant express the feeling i get when i let off the gas and ricers hear the car bloww of and almost fall out of their cars in awe... the car is absolutlly beautifull the kit works amazing and i honestly couldnt be happier with it...however i noticed that when i stop on a loight or something my oil temp. begins to raise past the middle line untill i start moving and than within seconds it drops back to where it is supposed to be. Is this a common problem with FI cars or is this do to something wrong with the installation...my mechanic informed me that i need to change my exhasut and upgrade to 3 inch piping. I have an AA gen 3 exhaust but other than that its all stock and he receommended that i ditch the AA and get something else. Could the oil temperature be due to the undersized piping or is this a normal thing with FI cars??? Your input is greatlly appreaciated

[Dado]

glad to hear you are enjoying the car. I would just like to recommend one thing, I would get rid of those camber arms. They are weak and can snap in half and it's not nice when they do because it will take you for a wild ride. Trust me, it happened to me. What oil temps are you getting?

[Midnight Shark]

that's becoz you beat the crap outta your car Dado, or maybe it's just the drifting that took a toll??

Dado, I just installed a set of the AA RCCA. Those arms have to be STRONGER than the crap arms that came on our car STOCK, NO?

And since they are 3 pieces each, as long s the joint connected to the rearend housing stays put, changing the rod or ball joint end is a piece of cake.
What did you put in your car for arms, after your breakage fiasco that was better than the AA's and certainly the stock?

[Dado]

Originally Posted by Midnight Shark

that's becoz you beat the crap outta your car Dado, or maybe it's just the drifting that took a toll??

I am not the first that snaps one of these. If you are going to be driving the car around I guess it does the job. If you do plan on taking it to the track and pushing the limit I would just think about it. I got mine snapping on video. I really wasn't pushing it that much.

I will repeat, I got the whole thing on video

so what are you using now? the stock ones? And they work better?

[bemmerondubs]

Holy crap dado dude thats a crazy picture man... is that cuz u drive the car hard or cause its just an unreliable part?.. I dnt necisarilly drive to hard as most ppl especially on turns so do u think for dailly driving it would hold up? and btw the i corrected the problem with the oil temperature... I apologize cuz it was actually water temperature but the problem has been taken care of... my mechanic checked it out and i i had a bad hose on the car.... So its being reapired at the moment and i should have the car back in a few hours and im gonne let him drive it around since he has a turbo M3 he should be able to know more or less what it should run like....And lastlly im gonan see if i can post a couple pics of last night there was a meet in tropical park miami fl and i got to meet a bunch of new ppl and got to show off the car a little too so ill put up a couple pics for u guys too see...It was awsome my car drew quit a crowd

[Sendittoryan]

Originally Posted by Dado

I will repeat, I got the whole thing on video

Psssshhh you can't brag about it, and then not post it!....

Probably one of those clips going in the vid, eh?

[///3oris]

I've heard of lots of people snap the AA RCCA's... be careful, Marco. Personally, I bought a set of Rogue replicas... very tough.

Keep in mind that the stock ones may not LOOK as weak, but they'll BEND before the snap.

Also, the people that have snapped them didn't do the drifting abuse that Dado does.

Boris

[GOTUBCH]

I have heard numerous complaints about the rear arms snapping. One gut said he had just backed out of a friends drive way and they snapped I would stay away from those as well.

[Phoenix2005]

Originally Posted by Dado

I am not the first that snaps one of these. If you are going to be driving the car around I guess it does the job. If you do plan on taking it to the track and pushing the limit I would just think about it. I got mine snapping on video. I really wasn't pushing it that much.

I will repeat, I got the whole thing on video

Hi Dado.

I didn't realize your a drifter. A young friend of mine started a website called drifting.com. You guys may already know about it. Just an FYI. Check it out.

It would be great to see a drifting section here on DTM. Or do we already have one?

Osh

Dang, I will keep my eyes open on those RCCA. I bent the stockers on my last f&&%%ing dyno. I thought i was doing good getting the AA units.
Time will tell.

[Dado]

senditorian I will post that video later this week.

Boris is correct the stock do bend but turner motorsport sells a reinforcement kit for it.

I replaced my camber arms with the ones from turner motorsport and they look a lot stronger. www.roadracetech.com also makes some good ones.

Osh I been to that site several times, it's a very good site. I will post some videos of me drifting later on.

I am actually drifting this Sunday but won't be in the bmw. Will be driving this car.

[///3oris]

Originally Posted by Marc1119

Dang, I will keep my eyes open on those RCCA. I bent the stockers on my last f&&%%ing dyno. I thought i was doing good getting the AA units.
Time will tell.

Yup, as I told you when we met, my stockers got bent at the dyno as well . I haven't had a chance to install these RCCA's, but looks like I'll be getting a 2.93 LSD, so I'll put in the RCCA's and the diff reinforcement in when I do the diff--hate to do the same job 3x.

Take care,

Boris

P.S. Did you get my PM from almost a week ago?

[Sendittoryan]

Whaaaat? In the 240? We have to see footage of that also.