Front brake ducts.

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Post Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:13 pm

Anyone got any links to where I can buy these from? I am not interested in expensive Carbon ones either :mad:
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Post Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:29 pm

My set up is, funnels in the valance, flex hose, and custom made bracket connected using the threaded holes in the struts that used to hold the backing plates in place

Mosely sell some e30 items but think they are M3 only, if not DT/RD do various generic ones you could hose in the fogs

or alternatively use the standard BMW ones?
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Post Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:37 pm

jimmy c interesting ! any pics

ii have just posted four four of these for my is to make 2 big ones hopefully to get more air to the brakes once the foggys removed this will be ok i trust
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Post Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:09 am

I still have my originals somehow, I thought they were prone to dropping out, might consider dropping the fogs and adding extra, but I rarely do more than two laps B2B on the ring so fades never really an issue
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Post Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:30 pm

I removed the standard ones with the help of a cone on a track day..Also took the fog lights out and just fitted some mesh - I think I need to make one funnel on each side with pipes to the brakes with the aid of some bracketing.. See pic below of current arrangement..
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Also nearside main beam headlight is going to get some tubing directly to the air intake..See how that goes
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Post Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:36 am

I have one of these on order for my cold air feed. My friend had one the other day and we dummy fitted it to my car. It looked car and should be functional so the credit card took another hammering.

http://www.larkspeed.com/index.pl?p=134CAF76BLK&a=i
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Post Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:22 pm

What size did you choose?
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Post Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:31 pm

just had a look, merlin motorsport do the ducts that you could fit onto your bumper, there in there catalogue at £13.75 ea. dont know the web site, they do ducting as well. hope this is of some help.
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Post Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:43 pm

Cheers - just building up my xmas list for the misses :cool:
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Post Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:23 pm

I'm thinking of getting some of these for my next track day, only snag is they are from the US which might be a problem if you're in a rush ?

I think there's plenty enough air comming from the stock ducts if it's directed to where it's needed most ?

I might remove my fogs and get the blanking covers, mind it won't save much weight.

http://www.factory3performance.com/shop ... asp?id=237
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Post Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:30 pm

I have dropped the fogs, modifed standard ducts so that I can use two on each side.
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Post Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:49 pm

Lloydie38 wrote:Also nearside main beam headlight is going to get some tubing directly to the air intake..See how that goes
Justa note for those of us on the mainland. Missing the left main beam light is an MOT failure, as i found out this week. Probably best not make any mods permanent on the air intake.
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Post Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:02 pm

agent006 wrote:
Lloydie38 wrote:Also nearside main beam headlight is going to get some tubing directly to the air intake..See how that goes
Justa note for those of us on the mainland. Missing the left main beam light is an MOT failure, as i found out this week. Probably best not make any mods permanent on the air intake.
Keep this a secret but, here on the good old Isle of Man you pass your MOT once and erm...that's it :twisted: My car went to it's test a totally mint and standard 325i.. it's slightly different now but all mods have been told to the insurance company...
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Post Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:58 pm

Lloydie38 wrote:Keep this a secret but, here on the good old Isle of Man you pass your MOT once and erm...that's it :twisted:
In Jersey it is even better! You do not have MOT at all. Only Police can angle your car to pass DVS test (local MOT) and the car needs to be in really bad condition.
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Post Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:24 pm

agreen wrote:jimmy c interesting ! any pics

ii have just posted four four of these for my is to make 2 big ones hopefully to get more air to the brakes once the foggys removed this will be ok i trust
c'mon jimmy lets see the blinging pics!! 8)
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Post Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:26 pm

cars come on a bit since last update, but not been touched much recently due to PBMW stuff :(

Hope to get some more done at the weekend so will do then :)
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Post Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:29 pm

Good man,i know your busy. Its worth it 08 is going to be awesome.thanks for all your hard work mate