All hands on deck.. pete (psyko) did my welding and I got on with the mechanical
Replacement handbrake cables ,shoes, springs, pipe fiited all working and one side fully bolted up
Track/fast road 2013 built and tracked
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Cracked on with the drivers side today and also made a spanner so I can get adjustment on the rear beam, camber/toe adjustment
Bastard bolt-
The 'warrior' spanner 17mm ground to a 18mm then slimmed down
Lack of parts led me to stop untill bmw get my parts in
I also fitted the ashley exhaust... im going to shorten the exhaust hole on the rear valence so it fits nice and neat
Bastard bolt-
The 'warrior' spanner 17mm ground to a 18mm then slimmed down
Lack of parts led me to stop untill bmw get my parts in
I also fitted the ashley exhaust... im going to shorten the exhaust hole on the rear valence so it fits nice and neat
Delverys!
New dished wheel
Lightweight wheel nuts
D1 short shifter with weighted knob
EBC red stuff pads
Door pulls
And all the last bits to get the mechanical and brakes finished
Also my lexen plastic windows have arived courtesy of templar performance soooo light
New dished wheel
Lightweight wheel nuts
D1 short shifter with weighted knob
EBC red stuff pads
Door pulls
And all the last bits to get the mechanical and brakes finished
Also my lexen plastic windows have arived courtesy of templar performance soooo light
So today ive got the drivers side rear end all on and both arches 2k painted in anthracite gloss. Weve also cut the front panel out to fit the rad in with the fan... nightmare... and fitted the exhaust system.. which due to poor workmanship... it doesnt fit. Its not bent low enough to fit under the fuel tank :/ back serching for a decent lightweight system...
Another busy day,
With thanks to pete we got lots done
Painted the innerwing
Refitted the majority of the engine parts... only acouple of bits to do
Ive binned the viscose fan and fitted a electric fan with had caused a issue.. the pully on the front of the engine wouldnt let the unit fit so weve mounted the fan on the front and also flipped the fan blades so it blows the correct way.. upon refitting it we had issues were it wouldnt fit because of the front panel.. so we took a section out of the front panel and used some edging strip to tidy it up... ill be spraying the front panel next weekend.
New bonnet.. well old but new to me
Calipers and disks on route to blast and coat.
With thanks to pete we got lots done
Painted the innerwing
Refitted the majority of the engine parts... only acouple of bits to do
Ive binned the viscose fan and fitted a electric fan with had caused a issue.. the pully on the front of the engine wouldnt let the unit fit so weve mounted the fan on the front and also flipped the fan blades so it blows the correct way.. upon refitting it we had issues were it wouldnt fit because of the front panel.. so we took a section out of the front panel and used some edging strip to tidy it up... ill be spraying the front panel next weekend.
New bonnet.. well old but new to me
Calipers and disks on route to blast and coat.
Just received these pictures back from pete (psyko) hes formed some spring cups for my rear trailing arms to seat the modified spring in, basicly because of the weight saving the car is sitting higher with a 60mm spring than standard... and not wanting to run coilovers I wanted to run (I know its frowned upon) cut springs safley on the rear to get the correct ride height im heat forming the spring so the spring sits flat at the bottom... so here they are.. excuse the old spring that was just to measure up ect
My genuine ASHLEY black series exhaust system has turned up... its a single 2.5" pipe front to back which has thrown another issue... my down pipe is twin pipe... so ive got back on the dog and bone and ordered the race fown pipe.. and mani...what a nightmare
Unfortunately ashley emailed to say the down pipe and mani will be 7 weeks.... this pushes my car over D day... I need it done and on the road for mid may as im of to nurburgring. So I dug out my welder and knocked up a adaptor pipe to join my 2.5 single pipe ashley system to the twin pipe down pipe... ive not used the welder in a long time and its a gasless thing so not great... not pretty but it does the job-
Adaptor pipe - ill stick some uht paint on tomorrow.
Strut fitted
I also found this... more worryingly ive been doing track days at upto 145ish in it... the track rod end bolt was just sloted over!!!
Adaptor pipe - ill stick some uht paint on tomorrow.
Strut fitted
I also found this... more worryingly ive been doing track days at upto 145ish in it... the track rod end bolt was just sloted over!!!
Another update for those following.
Uht painted the custom exhaust reducer and got the system fitted snug
Also fitted a plate into where the spare wheel well 'was'. And made a hanger for the exhaust on it
Got the disk on but not the calipe.... I may need new calipers...
D day is looming... I have 4 weeks to get it complete... thats the pain... every little niggle thats left get it running... and mot.... the 5th week is nurburgring weekend.... so thats 8 days working on it (i work away in the week)
Uht painted the custom exhaust reducer and got the system fitted snug
Also fitted a plate into where the spare wheel well 'was'. And made a hanger for the exhaust on it
Got the disk on but not the calipe.... I may need new calipers...
D day is looming... I have 4 weeks to get it complete... thats the pain... every little niggle thats left get it running... and mot.... the 5th week is nurburgring weekend.... so thats 8 days working on it (i work away in the week)
Updatings:
Today ive set about on the bodywork. I was ment to get it to the unit yeaturday but unfortunatly the keys are lost... there found now so itl be going tomorrow at some stage.
I Repaired any dents found and 800 rubbed the body, also the exhaust sits in a different location now and is also a single pipe instead of twin 3.5" which meant I had to shape a piece of sheet steel to shape and weld it in place. I also straightened and filled the rear valance which was battered then stone chipped the sills and rear valance
Tommorrow ill be 2k priming all the repaired areas
Today ive set about on the bodywork. I was ment to get it to the unit yeaturday but unfortunatly the keys are lost... there found now so itl be going tomorrow at some stage.
I Repaired any dents found and 800 rubbed the body, also the exhaust sits in a different location now and is also a single pipe instead of twin 3.5" which meant I had to shape a piece of sheet steel to shape and weld it in place. I also straightened and filled the rear valance which was battered then stone chipped the sills and rear valance
Tommorrow ill be 2k priming all the repaired areas
Got my wheels on and afew little wireing jobs done this weekend
Also my carbon boot needed a touch of colour I hated having a black boot before so ive high built the top of it, the plan is to paint the top body colour have a lip spoiler and leave the back edge carbon
Also my carbon boot needed a touch of colour I hated having a black boot before so ive high built the top of it, the plan is to paint the top body colour have a lip spoiler and leave the back edge carbon