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More arrivals Group N Oil Restrictor for S50B30, else head gets too much oil which cant drain fast enough OEM X brace to stiffen the front and provide extra sump protection

yip, they were good when i used them 2 years ago.

On targa there is heaps to hit!! This is a hack drawing on the extra bars. Remember they are T45 so a little lighter than normal steel

yes, but subject to tyre availability. You are supposed to run Federals and their tyre does come in this size. My preference would be Dunlop 03G thou, but from a quick look they only do a 45 profile tyre. A bit more research is required. It'll certainly be a square setup with the same size all around.

Just ordered 4x ARC-8's to get me going, 17x8.5" ET40 Anthracite Perfect fit for E36 with BBK's

Ordered this cage form 'Custom Cages' in UK today, with local fabricator Dan Slater installing. Made from T45. Will be adding extra bars thou.

these arrived. Wont fit until i've done a dyno heath check.

Arrived

I'm 99% sure i'm gonna order the same. Will dyno before and also after, and it will be interesting to see the 'real' wheel kw changes.

Have you dyno'ed it to check how its actually performing ?

Cool, about to bring some in myself and wanted to check there wasnt a local supplier ...

where are you getting the Apex from ?

Sorry, missed this one. I've done a fair bit of research here including qualifiyng things with MANZ direct. Long story short, we'll have custom cages certify it under their FIA cert, and MANZ will cross register it for NZ off that. It might seem a bit strange what i'm doing by buying a kit from the UK and then installing it in NZ, but the UK kit has a couple of key benefits. Firstly, its made of T45 Steel. This is lighter that normal CDS steel, but not subject to fracture like Moly does. Secondly the kit is very well designed and the fit is very tight to the body shell. Its quite cost effective to buy and less labour time required to install as its pre bent, however you then have to add freight. As an FYI, this is what another cage provider Saftey Cages talks about inregard to steel options: "CDS Carbon Steel Otherwise known as Cold Drawn Seamless Carbon Steel, this material is used to manufacture all of our standard motorsport and 4x4 roll cages due to its conformity to FIA material specifications and because it offers two essential characteristics: good elongation and receptiveness to welding. Compared to T45, CDS it is a very cost effective material. T45 Initially used only for aerospace applications, T45 has been used in the manufacturing of Safety Devices’ roll cages for quite some time. The advantage of T45 is that it has a tensile strength approximately twice that of the standard Cold Drawn Seamless tube (CDS). Due to T45’s high tensile strength, we can manufacture the roll cage using tubing of the same diameter but of a thinner gauge (wall thickness). As a guide, this equates to a weight saving of approximately 0.5 kg per metre of tubing or 10 - 15% of the total roll cage weight when compared to CDS. However, this does come at a cost: a roll cage manufactured in T45 is significantly more expensive than its CDS equivalent and is therefore only really required by competitors at the higher end of the motorsport spectrum. ERW mild steel Electrically Resistance Welded (ERW) mild steel does not have an adequate tensile strength to comply with article 253 section 8.3 of the FIA regulations relating to material specifications, and is only used for non-structural applications such as roof racks where a durable product is required. Cr (Chrome Molybdenum) steel Although popular with some roll cage manufacturers, we do not use Cr in any of our tubular products because its quality consistency is problematic and energy absorption far less effective than T45."

Ordered the front brake kit: http://www.essexparts.com/shop/complete-brake-systems/competition-brake-systems/essex-competition-brake-system-bmw-m3-e36-bundle.html Its a 4 pot AP racing kit (Not fast road, above that) with proper floating 325x32 AP racing rotors. Have also ordered 2x extra rotors as spares. Its a proper racing caliper with: No dust boots to melt, piston springs to reduce pedal knock back, annodized and not painted calipers to eliminate paint fade, custom size to accept extra think 32mm rotors, full floating rotors (not direct bolt).

Is this broken or has it just slipped off?

I think that's a very good idea for Phase II. It probably helps you expand the options available for the rear brake rotor and caliper too. I guess you can then ditch the integrated drum brake for handbrake in the same time.

Just ordered a E36 M3 3.0 Group N Oil restrictor, genuine from BMW as opposed to the ebay copies. Wasn't much more. For those that dont know: "The restrictor is a standard M3GT/M3R part m(part # 1112 1 415 562), with constant high revs on a race track, the oil gets pumped up into the cam box faster than it can drain to the sump, when completely full, the excess oil goes into cyclone separator, and then is drawn into plenum, then into combustion chambers"

More stuff just turned up from the US of A

What do you have on the back of yours? I'm hearing conflicting things on the rear setup. I'm currently thinking to stick with the OEM setup (matched pad compound to front) to start with and do some 4 pots later. ie gotta stop spending money at some stage! PS. the essex kit is obviously designed for the OEM pedal box etc. However, its piston sizing does move a 'small' about of bias to the rear.

Update. Have ordered the Essex racing kit. Did a but more research and it only confirmed my thoughts. Also purchased 2x spare rotors. Have started with their bundled C300 AP Endurance pad, but will probably revert to the Pagid Rs29 as that's always worked for me. Will report again once its on the car and confirm how it works in real life racing conditions. Something I did find out is that the Calliper is a custom order from AP and supports the extra thick 32mm rotor, unlike the standard AP 'motorsport' E36 kit which is a 28mm rotor. Don't get confused with the AP E36 Fast road kits, that's another step down again.

Strip started. Too late to go back now!

thanks for the Group Buy, i had not seen it. Will looksee. Quick release, yes one of the splines is double thick, so only one one on. Re rotors. Interesting. Only one of mine had it. I removed it anyway!! I told jerry clayton spares and they were to report it to BMW. No response so far.

WTD: e36 m3 evo sump and pump Pm me

Context: For my competition targa car build. I understand that the fitment of the E36 M3 'EVO' oil sump and pickups is a recommended fit to the Pre-Evo S50B30 engine and is a straight bolt up? Correct? And would this include the actual oil pump or just the sump and pickups?. Also any recommend sources for this in NZ? I assume: > 2nd hand for for the sump and pickups is ok. > New is recommended for the oil pump if that needs changing???