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Just thought I'd give this topic a kick to say that if anyone is thinking about ordering a kit from K-conversions, give my topic on Driftworks a quick read. I was suckered in by his seemingly good reputation when he used to tune engines here in the UK, his 100% feedback on his ebay accounts and how ...

All good eggs, superb to deal with!

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The coolant bottle is over on the drivers side of the car (pre-facelift), and as far as I'm aware this is the original engine. It never used to come on, but one day after driving home from the garage it came on. After that it was very tempramental, it used to come on on the drive to a track day but ...

The coolant light is on permanently in my car (1987 325). I've checked the header tank sensor, but theres no wire plugged into it! I've searched high and low but can't find the wire to plug into the sensor - so is the coolant light coming on for any reason (i.e. is there a problem!?), or is it purel...

Cheers guys, you've kind of confirmed what I thought, think I'm probably going to leave it on the car - will try and do the number 11 test later!

Heres a video of it in action, you can see the inside wheel spinning up, bit its not spinning completely:

I advertised an LSD for sale as worn, but I've chatted to a few people and now I'm questioning whether or not it is. The previous owner bought the LSD off a zone member, I chatted to him today and he said it was in great condition, and I'm sure I've not used it enough to have worn it out already. Ba...

MJG's matt black E28 is possibly the rudest car I've ever seen, he'd shoved an M30 335 in there too - it looked and sounded absolutely evil. I think its dead now, he was going to reshell it but I think hes having finance/driving license issues, which is a real shame because what I've seen of him dri...

Love his M535, the perfect balance of drift slag, daily driver, with a just a hint of tramp - excellent!

We're trying to organise a TD weekend sometime in July, an all day practice on the Sunday, then camping and piss up, then 2 tier competition on the Monday..

Cheers for all the kind words guys, I've just seen a video of me in my final runs, and the car looks glacial compared to everyone else, and is understeering half the time and spinning up its inside wheel while I was "drifting". I really had to fight the car, I think it was a combination of my stinky...

Very sexy, is it matt blacked? Are you competing this year too? After that, I'm hooked, but I can't afford to do the Norfolk/Chepstow rounds, can only really do the Teeside ones (its a nightmare being in Scotland!). The Jap thing is a bit ridiculous to be honest, out of about 40-50 cars, 3 were non ...

Entered my first ever motorsport event on Saturday, in the amateur class of the Eurodrift championship at Teeside. I finished 7th out of 15, and considering I was the only non jap, non turbo car in my class (next slowest car was a 220 brake Cefiro with a 2 way diff!), I don't think I did too badly, ...

Is it a big black alfa 3.0? or a big ol' chrome 7 series that i see in the vid along with your lovely e30? I do have to say i've watched a few of those before, and i love it. Personally i think the guy in the cossie just ruins it with the excessive "winding" . Mind you i suppose you just get addict...

Did some drifting at Crail on Sunday with the boys from www.trampdrift.com, and got some video footage. Its my first attempt at editing, so go easy :) 640x480 (73 mb): http://download.yousendit.com/7DBCF39E3B23B2C2 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AADIFKfrV9w You'll have to excuse the Ford an...

I have an E30 that I use for drifting, I had it out on Sunday and I think the LSD could be dying from the way it behaves (understeer, slide dying before I expect/want it to) and looking at the video (a fair bit more smoke from the inside wheel). I'm competing in it this weekend, but after that I'm t...

Drove the car home from having all its new shiny bits put on the other day, and the coolant light came on on the check panel. However the temperature wasn't affected at all, and when I got it home to check, the coolant level is fine. However, on closer inspection I noticed there was nothing plugged ...

Really? Arse! Anyone else using spacers to get these on, as they seem to be quite a common wheel....

Been offered a set of these to part exchange for my MiM 2900s (which I couldn't get to fit up front). Just wondering, do the 1900s need any spacers and/or modifcations (grinding TRE/caliper) to fit on a 325?

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Lovely stuff, thanks very much guys!

Righto, brilliant - so should the hole be nearer the top or the bottom then, or does it not really make a difference?

On the Zone's advice, I bought a Z3M diff bush to replace the standard one, I've just had a call from the mechanic who is fitting it expressing concerns about how it is slightly oval shaped and the hole is off centre, he says that it'll be a struggle fit it, and if he does get it on hes worried it w...

Any progress on this? I'm interested in a quick rack, but the fact that this thread has been open for well over a year now doesn't really fill me with confidence...

I've always had a few idling issues with the car, it seemed to be quite tempramental - high idle of about 1k to begin with, then up to 1200-1300 once warm, and sometimes doing that thing where it revs up and down between 800 and 1300 rpm. Anyway, tonight I installed a BBTB and while I was at it, che...

I'm thinking about jacking in my Momo Race wheel to get a Suede sparco dished number - would you be interested in it? Probably looking for Ã‚£85 without the boss, they're Ã‚£146 new from Demon Thieves: http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=ROAD&pcode=MOMM11108162912 Its in sup...

Cheers Simon, Colway seem to be the ditchfinder champs round here - it just upsets me as after yesterday's shennanigans they have full tread on the outside but almost half gone on the inside - I want to get my money's worth! I'm currently running 15x7 ET 25s on the back, it'll either be those 15" BB...

Right then, going to get some new suspension components to put on my track/drift car, as one of the front shocks has gone, I've got H&R ARBs on order and I can't seem to find any record of any of the bushes being replaced, so seems like a good idea to get it all done in a one-er. The car is lowered ...

The first time I've had the car out in anger since last October, and the first time I've had a chance to use my disgustingly sexy hydraulic handbrake, it was at Ingilston show ground just outside Edinburgh... Piccies: http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p230/TwoSheds76/CIMG3007-1.jpg http://i129.phot...

Was told by the guy who sold me it that it weighed approximately 980 kgs when it was on the weighbridge, but I have no idea whether thats right or not. Its been very thoroughly stripped (sunroof, bonnet hinges, sound deadening etc.) and it never had any toys (no PAS, no electric windows etc.) to beg...

Erk, very clever stuff but thats well beyond me. Think I'll stick eccentric bushes on the back (and maybe the adjusted top mounts) and ignore the front for now, possibly save up for a camber plate...

Cheers

Right, the saga continues - got some delightful new hubcentric 15mm spacers from ebay, got them on, wheels cleared the caliper by miles and rotated fine, so took it out for a test drive, got 1/2 a mile with no probs but then there was disgusting metal on metal grinding noise so stopped, ran back to ...

I'm about to put an order in to the stealers for a few bits and bobs, and I'm tempted to sort out my bushes all round, as looking at the service history I'm not sure ever been done! Basically, the car is my drift/track car, its lowered 60mm front and rear, with adjustable Avo shocks on their stiffes...

Brilliant, will phone the stealers today and get some on order. My poor bank balance!

I've got a set of the ARBs on order, just wondering if its worth replacing or upgrading the drop links while I'm at it? Not sure I can really afford it at the moment, but if I'm going to do something, I want to do it right...

They're stamped "Mim 2900" and "Made in Italy" - obviously thats no guarantee of them being genuine, but I've no reason to believe otherwise.

Having said that, I've never seen another set and can't find any info on them...

Bump, anyone got any thoughts on my question? Will 15x7j ET25 wheels be pushed too far into the arches with 15mm spacers? (am I right in thinking that'll make the offset ET10?)

I'm very confused!

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