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It went BOOOOOOMMM nakanakakakkakakaka. As its rods flew out today. They are currently looking for another motor.

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Well sorry guys. Bit of Ring failure didn't let us start. Is a real shame as we had some serious pace. Bit from James. To finish first, first you must finish. We started the weekend showing great potential in what the car could be capable of, the only problem was that the #1 cylinder kept dropping 10psi after every session, by this morning it was down to 150psi, much below the other 5. The drop in compression wasn't slowing us, it was the fact it was pumping the oil into the catch can and overflowing due to blow by. We decided to call it quits while the motor is still in running condition and rebuild it before the Hampton Downs round. With a bit of luck all that will be needed are some new rings and gaskets. A big thanks to Kayne Barrie, your advise was invaluable and its only because of you I now have a fully functional braking system, let's hope you are doing the Hampton Downs round so we can use it against you when we have a fully functional motor A big thanks to our sponsors Bimmersport.co.nz for the cool livery, we got heaps of comments about how good the car looked. A big thanks to Gull Motorsport, sure we didn't finish, but damn the car was pulling hard on Force 10, I would have never have thought the E30 would be able to out drag a Porsche GT3 before. Lastly a little blurb to let it all out. I am pretty gutted that cylinder 1 has decided to have issues, we were flying in the night session with old semi slicks, passing pretty much everything with ease, I even out dragged a few Porsche GT3's before passing a Juno round the outside at turn 1 (at 210km/h) in the dark. The next morning Kayne helped us sort the brake bias and then we fitted new michelin slicks, damn, without even doing a flying lap I managed to do a 1:14 flat, it was only when I came over the hill to do my flying lap's that I got the "oh sh*t this car has a lot of grip" moment when I managed to swerve around 2 cars coming over the hill without lifting at all from the hairpin onwards. The car would have done 12's easy and the fact we only had to pit once (others are 3-5 times) for fuel meant that we were effectively doing 2 seconds faster per lap relative to the other cars (a 1:10 effectively). I can't wait to see how the car goes at Hampton! And a little vid from our Night qualifier. Damn Porches and E92 M3's getting in the way Pretty much what you see in the Vid is what I could see. That Green light along the back straight was bloody annoying. Stupid Train signal!

My E60 came with Run Flats. The old owner drove from Hokitika to Chch all throughout the week. They were ditched for a full size wheel pretty early on. So now I have a full size wheel in my boot and no run flats. I got an electric hydraulic jack and a wheel brace. But still have a good amount of space taken up. The BMW mobility kit is recommended if you are just driving around town.

I hope to avoid this buy only driving the E34 on the track. Somehow I still feel it will make its way through someones fence. Keep your pets around the back of the house. It shouldn't make it that far.

If you want to play with a clutch by an old 3 series. B5 is an Autobahn Stormer. Drving around in an E55 AMG with the big supercharger there is no way you could have a manual and be able to drive it in a manor that is A: Respectable B: Not going backwards through peoples houses towing their fence and pets with you. I can imagine the B5 would be very similar.

So true. The Mrs carries a set of coil packs in the boot of her 200sx at all times. They like to melt.

Kayne Barrie from Kayne Barrie motorsport will have all the parts you need. He rebuilds all the BMW E30 series cars 240 boxes. Is based up in Silverdale. Kayne - 0274 975 330

There is already one of these in NZ based in Auckland. Have seen it at BMW Mt Wellington HQ a number of times.

Got quoted nearly a thousand from a local stitch shop. Looks like I will go with the cobywheels guys. I emailed them and they are happy with me sending them an Ebay wheel to swap out. So I will just buy a sh*t one for $100USD and have it covered. Now to see what wheels fit the E34 that I can do this to.

Hey People, Does anyone know where I can take my E60 steering wheel to get restored? Has slight wear on it I want to get fixed. Prefer somewhere in Auckland that can do a close to OEM quality job. Otherwise I will just buy another frame from the US for around $300. I was thinking of doing this also. http://cobywheel.com/

Yup no issues here either. Sent from my GT-P5100 using Tapatalk

Netflix blocks everyone outside of the US anyway. I followed this guide and used unblock.us http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/11/how-to-stream-netflix-and-hulu-in-australia-and-other-stuff-geoblockers-dont-want-known/ If there is an NZ ISP that is shaping links to VPN's they will be doing so illegally. As it should be a secure private connection. Only Torrents and P2P can be throttled.

THB. Sell everything and buy this. http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/49446-e30-race-car/ All ready to go. Can run as road car and even join the BMW series.

I will have to check. Been watching mostly downloads and youtube over the last week.

You could do a cheap lower power turbo setup, but it would still be over 4K easily. Leave bottom End Stock. Leave Head stock bar the rockers ($700 through Dan Slater) Do not bother with other brands. Tried them all. These are a must. One back fire and you will break one. MLS Head Gasket ($400-$500) - I have one I can sell you brand new. I have to go to a much stronger one to handle 650hp. Turbo Manifold $1000 if you can get someone to build a mild steal one prob less. Turbo - Holset HX30/35 (See Crunchy Murch for one of these) Then you still need Fuel Pumps Surge Tank Wastegate Intercooler Oil Cooler Braded Lines Intercooler piping ECU & Tuning Diff to handle the power Drive Shaft Exhaust

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Rockers are an issue when playing with the head. The are the M30's biggest weak point. You also need to be careful which ones you upgrade too. Many are no stronger but will advertise as such.

Turn the drive shaft. Count how many times the axle turns for one revolution.

Have to disagree with the E60 being detached compaired to the E39. My E39 540 felt much heavier than my E60. The gear shifting and steering was slow and had no feeling. The active steering in the E60 is actually quite good. The gearbox is much more responsive. And my E60 is a diesel. The M5's might be a different story though.

There is another Puke day on the 31st. James and I will be there testing the Endurance E30. Come on down and see a seriously quick E30.

You don't need to get rid of that weight in the series though Jon. I am not exactly light weight. And I still have a huge amount of lead in the car to get her up to 1175 with me in it. The 4 door actually has better weight distribution apparently. Will take more notice next time I am watching the scales.

Also raising the rear end of the car slightly till you find a balance. The factory bump stops being put back in made a big difference for me and many others.

It was an E30 Series car with a full cage through to the front and rear struts. No amount of adjustment would result in any benefit from the strut bar on the track. It was costing me up to a second at Taupo. That's a life time in an E30. Careful when going to a harder bush in a road car. You will end up with much more road noise in cabin. (I am sure you don't have to worry about this Michael )

Strut brace on my E30 series car made it understeer badly. Gave it away to someone.