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Bit of progress, dash vents painted: Sump gasket and engine mount inserts : Not great, not terrible underneath the valve cover. 2 soft lifters on the exhaust side, have ordered 12 lifters to replace. Intake side seems ok which is good, no need to buy more tools to remove those c&nty valvetronic springs..

Got a persistent tick coming from the exhaust cam side that no amount of italian tune-upping and fresh oil (replaced sump gasket) will fix. Anyone willing to loan out their n52 timing tool kit for some beers/cash?

Good deal, is this a good drop for the 130i on the track ?

Yeah had a look. No joy.

Anyone have an old idrive screen unit they want to get rid of? Doesn’t have to be working, I only need the front part of the lcd casing in good condition, which attaches to the motor drive mechanism to resurrect my one again.

Anyone in Auckland have the N52 timing and valvetronic return spring remover tools I could borrow ?

The new bottle Castrol 10w-60 is still M car approved. Looks and smells the same too lol.

Maybe Turners, I bought it off TM from an ex Turners trader.

Bought this last Friday for a good price. Being a track addict these days I was keen to get in to something RWD. The Good… -All paint except rear bumper and hatch lid is original -New RE003’s 225/45/17 on all corners. I think the fronts should be 205/50/17 with these wheels? -BMWP 6 pot Front Callipers -Last owner had it 9 years. Presumably has had annual oil changes every 10-12k -Valve cover gasket recently done, waterpump and tstat look new. -Clutch feels bitey Not so good… -Oil pan gasket. No surprises. -Lifter tick seems persistent, even after bleeding procedure and open road driving -Usual old car wear and tear, the most annoying being the loose rearview mirror (previous installation error and loose retaining prong holding it to windshield) -Shocks feel tired -Needs new brakes all round No dme codes but I reset the adaptations and chucked some 98 in. Goes better now. Plan for now is to tidy it up, add some track focused mods and see how I go!

In terms of goodies just a ticky top end and in desperate need of a clean up and service. Has new RE003’s on it. Hopefully will visit Hampton Downs with in about a month.

Yep I bought it.

Fuel pump and filter.

Club is always a full day, national is mostly half-day, with the odd full day available. https://www.tracktime.co.nz/ also do full days on National, i'm doing the next one on Wed 4th Sep.

Yep. National is usually run around 9-10 times a year. They do the odd full day too.

I did the club circuit just to be able to do the National. Club is a bit too slow and boring. Nothing to be nervous about on National, just start in the slow group and get some seat time. 🙂

I was on the National getting hassled by all the race cars in my sh1tbox P11. Saw your car at around 8am, want sure who the owner was and was in a bit of a rush for a 🚽 😅 Next national is in November which is ages away. b13e28fb-c036-4bae-a491-29538f0b1c68.mov

Saw the 337 on Sunday at HD. Looking minter!

Buy with confidence, James changes the oil in his cars probably more than his undies and never takes them to redline.

Bugger it’s not a manuel.

Best to get an N47 powered car that’s had the timing chain job done already.

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I have the Hartge back boxes.

Pull the lower rear seat base up and see if there’s signs of original black paint there.

points to evidence of some gorilla using a BFH in the past to try and separate the Balljoint.

Looking at options for getting a 200kg engine on a pallet sent to me from Napier. Any recommendations on a company to use?