Eddie

I wouldn't worry about the dyno hp reading as a gain is a gain. On the dyno I use the only m42/m44 I seen over 100hp atw have been manual ones. The US forums say a good one is around the 115hp mark but I have never seen it.

Maintenance time already ??

Freebies !!!

Car looks good! Awesome to see your getting your kid involved at such an early age. Im impressed

Some of the panels could do with a tidy up, but I thought if he sticks with it we'll get plenty of chances to repaint them haha

+1!

There's something oddly satisfying about seeing an E36 coupe banging through a corner sideways with gravel tyres on Is that your little fella co-driving?

Thats him

My 12year old Daniel drove his first event today at Taupo

I haven't updated this tread for a while .

The car is up and running

update

roll-cage finished and painted

Yes I have used sr20 pistons. Not the engine in the picture, I just put on the itb's because I got sick of the supercharger whine.

Stripping the car. Getting ready for the rollcage

Car stripped

Took the car to the SNZ trackday at Taupo on the weekend.

It seem to go Ok, the springs are a bit soft for the track but that was ok as I had some road tyres on it anyway.

Its got an oil leak from around the bell housing, I think it may be from the flywheel bolts

I got the car going today with a replacement ecu. Its got basic tune so far.

The brakes are a bit touchy, very easy to lock up

I feel your pain, just deloomed our whole car.

Where did you get the battery from and what was it worth?

Cory's about $70+gst

Four pots mounted (yes its upside down, I can't find the other one)

Close but they fit inside a 15" wheel

Coming along well.

You may find those 7kg rear springs a bit soft (in relation to the front).

'Generally' E36 rear springs are 20% higher rate than the fronts when installed in the stock (inboard) location due to the high motion ratio.

You could be right there. I just went a a bit softer for hillclimbs and club events were the surface is not always flat.

Can always change if need be.

I hate wires

I think its a bit low for my liking, may have to lift it up a little

Some new bits turned up today so they got installed tonight

8kg front 7kg rear

Brought a smaller battery

battery mounted

Also I removed the supercharger to get the car wof and reg today

I have made some reinforcement plates and welded them in

Installed a fire extinguisher

and some door panels

very cool

yes

diff and subframe out

I was thinking I could be missing some zero's

A bit of an update.

Not to much progress

Took the car for a wof, Failed on drivers seat belt , rear seat belt, no horn button, no door panels and strangely enough the supercharger.

Seat belts fixed, horn works, door panels are getting made out of fiberglass, and I'm going to unbolt the supercharger to get a wof.

Some XYZ suspension has been ordered, And a friend at BNT is going to sort me out some better brake pads.

I have made some panels for behind the bumper to help duct the air into the radiator a little better, as the car had nothing at all

Mounted a isolating switch, starter button, and some extra switches to help control the extra power