325i Sport - Track Car

[LondonTom]

Finally got my new wheels fitted - had to convert to studs. Also dropped the suspension a little.

Flew through the MOT recently too.

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Tidy all black wheels look so much better.

[LondonTom]

Tidy all black wheels look so much better.

Cheers mate - think you parked next to me at Retro Rides:

[LondonTom]

[DUBGT]

Tom, the car looks great. Despite feeling slow I don't suppose you have any performance figures with the car in it's current state. I'd be interested to know how the standard motor performs with all the weight taken out...

James.

[LondonTom]

Tom, the car looks great. Despite feeling slow I don't suppose you have any performance figures with the car in it's current state. I'd be interested to know how the standard motor performs with all the weight taken out...

James.

Hi James,

I haven't got any performance figures so to speak, but run a mk6 golf gti as my daily which is about neck and neck in a straight line with the e30.

I will be changing the m20 over the winter though.

[LondonTom]

Out for a quick airing this afternoon...

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This looked bang on next to mine this year at rr15 again a‘a

[LondonTom]

A few shots from Friday - had a great time but I was so far behind everyone else in terms of power. Will hopefully have a video up later today too.

[LondonTom]

M52 is in and running! Will get some pictures when back at the lock up in a few weeks.

Got to say a massive thanks to DanThe - top quality parts and advice, cheers Dan.

[LondonTom]

Recently out at Combe - really pleased with how well the car performed with the new engine and the purple tag rack has made a huge difference!!



I'd just got passed the Impreza incase you were wondering!

[Pinchy_Larou]

Looks the business

[DanThe]

Good to see cars being used properly

[monoon]

Hi, lovely car you got there,
What wheels studs are you using and where did you get them?

Cheers Mo

[LondonTom]

Cheers Chaps

Hi, lovely car you got there,
What wheels studs are you using and where did you get them?

Cheers Mo

I got them from drift works and used GT50 nuts too. Cost about 70/80 quid from memory.

[monoon]

Many thanks for the reply

Cheers Mo

[pierce]

Car looks great!

Are the comps 15" or 16"

If 16", what tyres are you running?

Cheers

[LondonTom]

Car looks great!

Are the comps 15" or 16"

If 16", what tyres are you running?

Cheers

Thanks Pierce, they're 15's mate.

[LondonTom]

Here's a few shots from Bedford last month - mixed conditions and was very wet in the morning. The car performed well up until a water hose split.

Back at Bedford on the 28th and Brands on the 1st.

[LondonTom]

Unfortunately one of the securing pins broke within the pinion for the steering rack and the steering locked on whilst going round a corner. It happened late morning so that was my day over. Fortunately though it was on one of the slowest parts of the track and the car is still in one piece.

Here's the culprit:

[steve_k]

looks like you got off "lightly"

could've been a dam sight worse though.

[LondonTom]

Got the car fixed and out again last night at Brands.



Slippery to start off, however there was a dry(ish) line towards the end of the session and had a good play with this Escort Cosworth and Van, which was apparently running a 1jz.

[LondonTom]

Cracking day on Saturday at Bedford. Cooked my front pads though so a quick trip to a local motor factors to get some replacements at Lunchtime to get back out - OE quality pagids aren't quite as good as ds3000's!

The car felt a little under powered so put it on the diagnostics yesterday and it needs a new camshaft sensor so will do the crankshaft sensor at the same time.

A few photos from the day:









Had a puncture right at the end of the day, so popped back on my road wheels which only have T1R's and not as much grip as the AO48's.

Only bits of footage that came out were when my mate was driving - who's also the one with the high pitched laugh / scream:

[LondonTom]

I recently had the car put on a hub dyno after changing the crank and camshaft sensors - I was chuffed with the results, making mid 220's for both bhp and lbft.

I haven't been back out on track of late but hope to get in one more day before the end of the year, especially as I've just picked up some toyo r888r's.

Most recent venture out with the car was Retro Rides Gathering which was a cracking day and good to meet some other zoners too.











It is a tech 2 sport after all...

[rix313]

I'd quite like to take mine along to something like this. Need to fix it first