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Being on the road without WOF or Rego improves your situational awareness, encourages you to stay within the posted speed limit and drive in a careful and considerate manner. Of course, not everyone knows that's how it works... Cheers...

After a lengthy lay-off I can say Im back and ready to keep building. Reasons for lay-off; 1. Let 3rd child grow up a bit more (kids come first) 2. Built another car in the mean time (its a VW dont hate ok) 3. VW virtually finished (its the daily so it was prioritised over the rest of them) - Now FBO inc. larger 550hp turbo, big fuel system, Tein Monosports, swaybars, brakes all round etc etc 4. Lots of drone fishing, A coulpe Golf pix but then onto 1M Clone... So 1M Clone? Where did I get to? Single turbo thoughts, strip interior mostly out, half cage installed (MANZ approved), had a ST ex manifold made up, extra high heat ceramic coating via HPC to , turbine housing, CHRA and a silver coating to comp husing. Needed to make up downpipe, wastegate needs to be plumbed into DP, oil & water lines need some work. I have an inverting TIG at home, which now sits proudly in the dining room as the welding station. Keep back kids. Ive made it out of 1.8mm thick 3" SS304 using 1.6mm rod and tack welded for now which will tap into the 2.5" twin exhaust. Now its longside the engine mount I can prob either keep going in 3" or widen to 3.5" then a merge into the dual 2.5". Sundays are usually the day for car work these days Now that Ive worked out syncing from Google drive to the PC and phone life is easier to post, apologies for the delay Crucial learnings about project cars, dont let layoffs defeat you, put a cover over it and be patient, the time will come again when the time is right

M4 GT3 just landed...........

Hi mate. Dont want to distract too much from this build thread but you can bone up on safety items via Motorsport NZ website, starting with this link. Head to section 4.6 and go from there. There will be other stuff to consider such as seat, belts, and other safety apparel, all referenced in this link. https://manual.motorsport.org.nz/index.php/knowledgebase/36-2-01a-schedule-a-1/ Cheers, John

Cheers for all that, I've not taken the intake manifold off but with the borecam I've now followed the route you've outlined in red arrows and can confirm there is coolant all the way along the channels along bank 1-4 right to the back of the engine where it drips down. I'll find a replacement Y fitting, hopefully a brass one, and see how it goes. Cheers, Chris W, Chch.

If it's at an authorised BMW workshop then you may need to pay for a full hour of labour, but with that you'll get a description of the fault readout (no you can't get a copy), and a list of remedial parts that may or may not need replacing.

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Little follow up. - Wheel is back on with new tyre. Randomly the price was $346….my number plate is DQZ346! - Bank 2 o2 sensor is in, what a PITA. Glad that’s a 160,000km service interval item! - installed new white LED fog bulbs. Before: After:

Jesus, you'll argue about anything, won't you? Do what you gonna do OP. I'd be keen to see how well a leather repair kit works if you do try it.