"Lothar" the track slag!

[ffelan]

Here is a few pics of how its going.....

one day it will be finished... hopefully for 22nd when its booked on track at anglesey...

[bmwe30mtech]

Pics not working for me!

Paul

[Geeman]

me neither... bummer.

[ffelan]

try now?

changed hosts..

[bmwe30mtech]

Looks like great fun. I realy want to build me a track car one day.

Keep us posted.

[ffelan]

this is kinda of a prototype...

once we have learned e30's with this car we will do it properly prob with an M3....

[stevetigger]

Can you take a convertible on the track?? Like on track days??

[m3ben05]

I think you need to have a cage fitted to convertible's, could be wrong though

[ffelan]

you can.. my e30 is not convertible... but have been on track in tuscans and 911 with top off....

[ffelan]

no cage fitted to either of mine in the past....

the E30 is my first rollcage.

[JCB]

whats the steering wheel ?? looks like it has quiet a deep "dish" to it...this would presumably have the effect of bringing the wheel a bit closer to the driver. i am thinking of the same as i am a little "vertially challenged" !!

[jonbuoy]

Very nice geese, good luck with it

[Exobee]

re the wheel, I can't recall I think it's a 90mm dish...we are both about 5'11'' / a bit more on hot days, it's actually not too bad to use when your in the buckets, the old boat house wheel was very odd once it was down on the suspension and tightend up, now it feels far more pointy, even on the original rack.

It's a lot of fun to drive, but for me it's the first RWD car, driven vans which are not really the same beast, except when empty and wet roads ;). So for me it's a big learning curve; hence it's caged for me really

Confidence...

I'm confident of having a lot of happy times in it, and perhaps the odd scary one

[JCB]

thanks - think i will order a new wheel from Demon Thieves later this week. I am only 5'3" and getting the distance right for the pedals and reach for the wheel is always difficult. My road cars have adjustable reach / rake which is a bonus.

the car looks good - will look out for you at tracks. got any booked yet ??
my car is fairly easy to spot as it is lime green/yellow !!! see the pics at www.greenbmw.co.uk . i am off to silvertsone GP circuit with it on feb 10th (got it for Ԛ£99 - bargain !!!...fully booked now though !)

[M3GTR]

Looking good! I see it has the Kumho sunstrip... are you coming out to play in the Kumho series?

[ffelan]

re trackdays we will be at anglesey for the cars "debut" on 22nd Jan.

re Kumho - i would love to - dont really have the budget but maybe for 07 if we build a second car to meed the regs.... (not that I know what they are....)

plan to get my Nat B this year and get a few sigs from sprints and maybe a hill climb or two

[chaosss]

Looks good mate. Nice clean interior as well. Have you sprayed after removing all the deadening?

[ffelan]

the interior is just painted white.. more so we can see when drop nuts bolts than anything else.. will need redoing tbh as the paint reacted but looks good from a distance...

its the way it drives that matters...

[buffly]

Dont want to be a nosey git, but what make is the cage, and where did it come from? I am in north wales and my closest motorsports place is Demon Tweeks... Ever dealt with them?

[ffelan]

it came from DT and is omp.