Update on my track car build

[Weeman]

Almost there.............

[northloop]

Just another 300 small jobs to do

[Weeman]

Those are the funs ones though when its just finishing the little things, its usually the ones that you see the difference with too. I'm having a go at that interior painting this weekend, looking forward to seeing it all tidy and even. ordered some footrests for me and the passenger, cheapos like Oakies, after that I'm almost there

[Alex]

a proper track car it looks

[agreen]

what size is that air duct ? is it a good fit how is it secured is there a feed pip on the back of it matey

do you have a link as to where you have got the duct fom cheers

[handpaper]

I note that you're keeping the On-Board Computer, with its handy built in timer function
Just don't look at the average fuel consumption mine was 13 mpg in the 325i, not pushing at all!

[northloop]

The air feed came from larkspeed I think. Have a look on their web site

Onboard confuser is staying as you pointed out james


Gearbox went back in last night

R888's arrived yesterday

Brake fluid bled and changed for 5.1

Discs and pads should arrive today

Induction kit fitted yesterday.

We are geting there

[northloop]

Wheels off waiting for new brakes to arrive




New brake lines


wheels off for refurb


Short shift and brake bias in place

[agreen]

Wheels of waiting for new brakes to arrive

i love this picture

[handpaper]

This heavy round metal thing:



is called a 'Vibration Damper'. Remove it and throw it away.
And shame on you for not having done so sooner

[northloop]

Info passed on to Uncle Benz. Thank you James

[hammoj28]

Looks awesome!! Gonna be great fun.

[northloop]

Another day at UB's to work on the beemer.

Gareth and Jimmy were preoccupied with taken the engine out of Gareths customers nemisis S3, so I decided to change my brakes.

They started out looking like this

These were going on

As usual the guys couldn't leave me to muck it up on my own they had to keep picking fault and giving me a hard time :whistle: I was sent to stand in the corner for a while


The S3 engine was out


I said I thought the crank issue would polish out. Back I went



Nick arrived to work on the golf


New pipework fitted to perfection


Nick let me have a run out in it. The seat position was far from ideal. I could hardly reach the clutch pedal let alone push the throttle to the stops. I likened the experience to poking a black mamba with a stick. Great car, great power, but hard to keep on the road even with the LSD
When the car came back I had bent a circlip on the short shift and the new piping had almost pulled itself off. Guess what


New brakes in place


Dirty engine with induction kit fitted. Will shield it when time allows.

My little pony bonnet pin - everybody say aaaargh


Drivers plastic window with slider fitted. Jimmy and chad watching in the background.

Gareth setting about the front inpact protection equipment. The part on the left is what's left, the heavy bit on the right discarded.



New tyres ready for fitment next week when the wheels come back from their refurb and powder coating.

A few electrical areas still to be finished, drivers flooring, bumpers back from paint and fitted. Then it's a good service, numerous minor issues and a wash and scrub up ready for Bedford. It's looking like the old girl will actually make it, although it wont be road legal by then.... Yeeehaaa

[Jhonno]

Looks like you spent most of the day examining the dirt on your shoes..

Car is looking good

[agreen]

looks ggggrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaatttt

[schuey]

Have you put green stuff on there?

[jimcameron]

Have you put green stuff on there?

No, he's done yellows. Don't do greens.

[northloop]

Green stuff. You're having a laugh .......... I wouldnt put them on a skateboard let alone a car

[schuey]

Misleading EBC boxes! (reds are the way forward!)

[agreen]

(reds are the way forward!)

sure are

i now have ebc red's and a high spec billet big brake kit and grooved big discs

[northloop]

Yellows are more of an endurance pad. I have done around 125 laps of the ring in my 860KG 205 on one set. They are still the car now racking up laps

[northloop]

Getting there .......

[GingerTim]

This thing is gonna make my 325 look very silly on the track i think!!!!

[Timbopbmw]

loving the black bbs's ,!

[northloop]

This thing is gonna make my 325 look very silly on the track i think!!!!

How it looks is one thing, how it goes is another........ It wont have moved more than 200 yards in 18 months by the time it gets there

[chrisr29]

This thing is gonna make my 325 look very silly on the track i think!!!!

Why worry about how it looks?

As long as you're out there having fun that's what matters.

[UweM3]

are you happy going to the ring with the plastic windows? They will need some sort of approval sign, otherwise you may be in trouble.

[northloop]

They will be fine.....trust me


Just had a picture sent to me with the wheels on the car, ohhh it looks lovely

[northloop]

Wheels and tyres fitted

[bobafett]

TANGO !

[325eye]

Once the stock bumpers are on that really will look fantastic!

What about BMW centre caps, are you adding those?

[Weeman]

Nooooooooooo centre caps aint hardcore enough, No centre caps For the Win!!!

[madaboutthe30]

Hey Northloop, the car looks awesome. Have you thought about removing the black plastic trims off the doors??

[northloop]

The black trim is staying on the doors. I like it that way. The last couple of pics dont show the colour scheme very well. The black bonnet and boot for instance.

The bumpers are being painted at the moment. they will be orange with black infills. Looking forward to seeing them on the car although I think it will change the look quite a bit

As Weeman said no centre caps

[agreen]

is that a track m3 spoiler (martin hollands) (m3grp ) and m3 one ? does it overlap the normall e30 boot ? got any pics of it close up mate thanks

cheers