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Because then I can race in all classic meetings. Plus it's easier and cheaper than teh S50. Plus I have all the m20 go fast bits. Individual TBs may be on hold - it would be in the region of 4 - 6k to set up!

Cheers for teh link!

So all bets are off - I couldn't keep a car 7 months. Anyway it's for sale - I've got my E39 back as my parents are going overseas so I bought it. Reserve is 8k. Link to AUCTION Some dirty pics of the car - have modded it a bit. But looks all good.

We will have to rule out any track days - they are too hard to organise (with only a month out)

It is one of the mid-winder specials. You can get it from finalgear.com Edit: And some good news - judging from the news on Finalgear - it looks like they have nearly shot a complete new season for Top Gear.

Nice car - Welcome aboard

Hi All - Bimmersport turns 4 at the end of August! Flick me some suggestions on what we should do (for a meet). I leave you with this parting screenshot

I hurt my finger and of ALL the things that pissed me off I couldn't get the gearlever out hah. As for most powerful M20 - N/A perhaps. My goal is to be at least as quick as Warren Glasford (which will require some driving practice more than raw power!)

Yeah it's old school - nothing like those supercharged S14s aye.

180 odd hp isn't enough really. It lasted well for last years racing and I did good times and had fun. I decided I needed to go faster though - so my near new M20 has been sold to another open class car and I'm doing an M20 build (something I vowed I would never do). So on the weekend I ripped out the engine. Gus started this trend - so all project threads MUST begin with a dragon (think Starsky & Hutch style) in the engine bay. Stripped down the old motor - took my link wiring loom and holden injectors off. Bits everywhere - after using some of these bits for a year I have noted; - The Ireland engineering race clutch is very good. - BnT cheap as chips presssure plates work well enough. - Make sure that top coolant hose is nowhere near the fan. - Ireland engineering urethane engine mounts still look as good as new. My Mark Herbert headers (which gave me poo-loads more power) still look pretty good and nicely made. Am going to get them coated in something to preserve them. NO IDEA how they got them on the car while the motor was in the car - the steering rack goes inbetween the tubes. [Yes the writing on the wiring loom is my n00b notes so I remember where it all goes] So the plan is. Nice short intake manifold with 6 x TBs. Link ECU (current). My badass exhaust manifold (current). 3.1 ltr crank with 1mm Osized forged pistons. Comp ration 10:1 - 308 degree cam. Lightened everything. Built just nicely and tuned by Gavin Bellars @ Hi Velocity. I am hoping for over 250+ rwhp. The car is also going to go on a diet and hopefully I can find some glass panels - but that can wait till later. First race is in early September so it's a pretty tight time deadline. I'll keep this thread updated.

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Sounds like the go - will let you know how it goes.

TelstraClear business plan - advertised fast as your line goes down with capped 768 upload. I'm actually bang on my target speed - amazing.

SH16 owns. Who is tuning the motronic ECU for you?

Cheers for the comments. Will post results once the population sample is at least 500 (getting close). Everything trends nicely at this stage except for income.

in the roll over. Badass burnout though

For The Win

Ftw

I'll need lights and buzzers.

Loud buzzers get your attention quicker when you have dropped heaps of money on your new motor hah.

I'd like to build one for my race car - any of you electrical dudes out there know how to make one? I'm guessing - Use the existing oil pressure sender - work out what range it has (ohms) and what corresponds to what pressure. Some transistory type thing that flicks a voltage to a budget tone generator and speaker thingee when it sees a certain resistance signal. orrr.. buy one off the shelf from somewhere.

Why fark around bidding under 1000 - sorted out the bidding for you. Bonus if I win

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