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hawkwind wrote:dont suppose you got any close ups of car number 16 have you?

Dave doesn't miss anybody!

http://www.track-side.com/html/bh_mead.html

You need to know what tyres you'll be using before deciding on springs/dampers.

slowlysideways wrote:that puts me down to 1042kg with 20litres of fuel

1 litre = 1 kilo, so about the 1022kg mark with minimal fuel.

'fraid not

1 litre of unleaded is approx 0.75kg

slowlysideways wrote:whoa! pretty impressive @ 55secs!

That wasn't a PBMW car. Best on the day was 57.1s

Remember, we're on sticky tyres, which is worth a few seconds a lap over road tyres.

Personally, I'd be looking for a M42 16V engine. Easy to fit, decent power-to-weight ratio and you won't ruin the handling by sticking extra cylinders up the front.

But I'm biased becasue 6-pots are the enemy

Nope. Next race is 23rd April at Mallory Park.

Thanks hawkwind

The season's off to a great start!

I think the legal limit for an unbraked trailer is 750kg. Which is why you sometimes see a Fiat Ciquento behind a campervan - it's the only (sensible) car light enough.

Just found some info here:
http://www.ukmotorhomes.net/towing.shtml

The speed limits make it look like a death wish!

i use a towing dolly so much easier and cheaper But probably illegal as they're not "braked". When I'm at home I don't have room to hitch up the trailer before loading the car. But you need rear stands for this! I winch the jockey wheel up high until the ramp angle is small enough so that the car d...

You may want all that metal in the door if you have a shunt.

The standard door cards are actually very light.

You might consider polycarb instead of glass?

hoshy,

Now might be the time to visit
http://forums.seloc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=36
and ask further questions in there.

You'll find a bigger audience of Production BMW drivers who have all been through this before... well, apart from the driving ban perhaps.

hoshy, they're actually quite nice in the wet. Especially the 318 as it's better balanced. Not many spins as you can hold quite a big "angle of dangle" :) As you say, the Milltek (now Production BMW Championship) is a great place to start. If you want to start tinkering with the engine etc then you ...

How do you guys gee on in the class E kumho? You can do quite well in the wet. This is from a very wet qualifying at Pembrey: http://www.msttiming.com/singlesession.asp?table=53221qu1bmw&round=pembrey.gif Much bigger gaps in the dry, though. This is from a dry race at Oulton: http://www.msttiming.c...

The tyres are confirmed at Ãƒ”šÃ‚£49 each, good eh? :) On engine work, there are strict limits for head skimming and overboring - it's all in the regs. Engines are power tested at each race meeting so any "naughtiness" will quickly be discovered. I put together a spreadsheet of parts needed to build...

Only just noticed this. I'll put my hand up. I also write the regs! The Toyos are more like Ãƒ”šÃ‚£55 each this year :) I'd budget on 8 tyres per season but we don't know excactly how the Toyos will wear. I managed 5 podiums, 1 pole and 1 fastest lap this year... in a 318... which is for sale winkeye

It's a popular and well subscribed championship. The front running cars are *VERY* quick so you need to expect to be lapped once or twice per race which has an effect on the value for money you get from your entry fees. Your best bet for finding out how competitive your Civic would be is on this for...

At that time of year I'd be more worried about snow!

I think its a easy track, mostly right hand bends, and when i was there last only the inner track is used. Andrew Given that it's an anti-clockwise circuit you ought to find more left handers! :) Also echo what Dave says, I actually ended up 1 foot *in* the barrier on the exit of the chicane. http:...

There are Pagids and there are Pagids! I imagine Jonathan is talking about their RS pads as opposed to the fast road stuff. You can't get Pagid RS-14 (blue) for the E30 but RS-19 or the new RSS-29 (yellow) are available. These are an endurance pad and some Milltek cars run them as they'll last a who...

What size steering wheel do you have? Increase the size to decrease effort. Many Milltek cars have PAS racks with the hydraulics disabled. Personally, I've found that it improved steering feel an awful lot and didn't increase steering effort too much when driving, even on sticky Kumhos. It's only a ...

That address is new... they used to be in Soham.

I have a spare Cobra subframe (Ãƒ”šÃ‚£25).

Mike, the Milltek regs prohibit the use of aluminium top mounts I'm afraid.

See 5.8.2.ii

You could also look at the BARC-SE Track and Race Car saloon car championship, especially if you want to keep your car road legal. They have a class where you must keep all the interior trim etc.

My car stands me at about Ãƒ”šÃ‚£4k to prep and then Ãƒ”šÃ‚£1k per season on maintainance/upgrades and Ãƒ”šÃ‚£1500-2000 on entry fees.

I'd be surprised if anyone was much more than 25% over that figure and the majority are probably 25% under!

Yup, you can have one off a 318i. Any body style. Manual or auto.

It's for my race car :p

Just need to know if they'll fit... anyone?

As per subject really... does anyone know if 5-series springs will fit on the front strut platforms?

Cheers!

When i did mine a couple of months age,the nut on the track rod end just wanted to turn(wouldn't hold),little heat with some propane and the bugger came of no probs Another solution to the spinning balljoint nut is to get a small trolley jack under the balljoint so it has some load on it. It's wort...

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