Picked this up for a great price. It had one bad ignition coil but otherwise, it is a good runner. Sadly I still haven't had my replacement coil delivered yet due to the holidays.
http://youtu.be/nKcuW7ynZWw
No new pictures. Just one video of an autocross at school. 50 degree weather + rain + 500 treadwear all-seasons = FUN.
No new pictures. Just one video of an autocross at school. 50 degree weather + rain + 500 treadwear all-seasons = FUN.
Been autocrossing it lately. Took it apart this weekend to replace vacuum hoses and a plastic coolant pipe. Ended up sending out the injectors to be rebuilt and putting the car up on stands for the next week.
At times, I do wish I sprung for the FRS when the chance was given to me. However, it is really nice to have a cheap, old BMW that I don't have to worry about ruining when I take it to college. I've had my 318 for 9 months now and I haven't even though about washing it yet.
I have a Corsair TX750 PSU. I will be more than fine with powering up my system.
I have the former C2D E6300. I thought it was 1.83GHz but may have remembered wrong since it is so long ago. It is an old CPU for sure.
I run short watercooled loop right on my rig. Swiftech MCR220 radiator (2x120) and a Swiftech Apogee GTZ. I don't see past 35*C ever with my current setup.
I have the former C2D E6300. I thought it was 1.83GHz but may have remembered wrong since it is so long ago. It is an old CPU for sure.
I run short watercooled loop right on my rig. Swiftech MCR220 radiator (2x120) and a Swiftech Apogee GTZ. I don't see past 35*C ever with my current setup.
My CPU is 1.83 GHZ stock. It is now at 2.8 GHz. I don't know how much more voltage I can add until I blow it up!
Yep, I'll check on my CPU once I go back home from college.
I do have a 64-bit OS. I can probably steal 1GB of ram from my family's spare desktop too and see how it fares with that. I will have to downclock to 667 mHZ though if I do run 5 GB RAM.
Ebay prices for Q6600's are around $50 too. Doesn't seem like a bad upgrade if I really need it. I'm not big into computers anymore, as seen by my ancient hardware, so I don't really want to build a new rig or dump money into my aging one. I mainly just use my laptops for web surfing and school work.
I do have a 64-bit OS. I can probably steal 1GB of ram from my family's spare desktop too and see how it fares with that. I will have to downclock to 667 mHZ though if I do run 5 GB RAM.
Ebay prices for Q6600's are around $50 too. Doesn't seem like a bad upgrade if I really need it. I'm not big into computers anymore, as seen by my ancient hardware, so I don't really want to build a new rig or dump money into my aging one. I mainly just use my laptops for web surfing and school work.
Microsoft Security Essentials. Nothing runs in the background really. I just use it for LFS.
I could drop in a couple more GBs of RAM. It's cheap anyway.
I use an ancient Asus P5W DH Deluxe. I'll check out some new CPUs. I thought 2.8GHz was enough, but I guess not.
I could drop in a couple more GBs of RAM. It's cheap anyway.
I use an ancient Asus P5W DH Deluxe. I'll check out some new CPUs. I thought 2.8GHz was enough, but I guess not.
1680x1050 on a 20" monitor.
Does my desktop have what it takes?
Current specs of my desktop:
E6300 (LGA775) @ 2.8 GHz
4GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM
160GB 7200 RPM HD
5870HD 4GB
Win7 Home Premium
All LFS settings max'd out.
I use wireless internet as my modem is 2 floors up in the house.
When I get to big multiplayer servers and am around 20 cars, my FPS drops into the high 20's. It makes it very hard to race.
I know my desktop is archaic but I was still hoping that it would play LFS. What needs to be upgraded. It mainly does web surfing and LFS/iRacing.
E6300 (LGA775) @ 2.8 GHz
4GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM
160GB 7200 RPM HD
5870HD 4GB
Win7 Home Premium
All LFS settings max'd out.
I use wireless internet as my modem is 2 floors up in the house.
When I get to big multiplayer servers and am around 20 cars, my FPS drops into the high 20's. It makes it very hard to race.
I know my desktop is archaic but I was still hoping that it would play LFS. What needs to be upgraded. It mainly does web surfing and LFS/iRacing.
I went for the waterproof one. I love it but it is big. The water resistant feature is good as I can always rinse off whatever college beverage gets spilled on it.
$15k a semester, 2 semesters each school year. And that is with my scholarship. It would be double that if I didn't have a scholarship!
Sold it to my cousin. This car is much easier to live with being a college student. However, I'm still fixing little things wrong with it so I can't take it to school yet.
S52 would be fun, especially since it is pretty light. I do want to autox this thing though, so money will be poured into fixing it up and good suspension first.
What forum have you been reading up on?
I got the M44 in mine. The US only got the M42 or M44.
Coming from an E39 M5, it is a very humble car. I do like it, but I am getting sick of working on it out in the cold. I keep finding more things wrong with it that I don't have time to fix, or it is too cold for me to be working on it.
Once I come back from school this summer, the work resumes. Vacuum and fuel hoses, PCV, power steering hoses, cooling hoses, brakes and some rust prevention. Will need to get an alignment check to see if I need subframe and RTAB bushings.
http://youtu.be/3iTxHXR6hRU
Just me playing around in the snow with my 318ti. I had to take the video at night since the town would have plowed it by the morning.
Just me playing around in the snow with my 318ti. I had to take the video at night since the town would have plowed it by the morning.
How the eff did you guys find all of that? Little freaky.
Got the Subaru Impreza back. Missed out on all the snow though. I hope we get more but it doesn't look like it as we're going into February.
Moved from an autotragic BMW X5 into a 5-speed Subaru Impreza. However, I haven't had it for nearly 2 weeks as Subaru is chasing a droning sound on it. They replaced the transmission already but haven't released the car back to me as they don't think it is fixed. Blech...
Subaru 008 by MINIz guy, on Flickr
Subaru 008 by MINIz guy, on Flickr
Third day off of school because of the recent Halloween snowstorm. I'm finally regaining my sanity after all the fire calls on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Hopefully the school gets power soon; I'm sick of being off of school with nothing to do.
I remember this thread...
Still going on the same P-6831FX. I think I'm going Apple once college starts, though.
Still going on the same P-6831FX. I think I'm going Apple once college starts, though.
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