Jamez

Noticed this in Taka today, looks nice.

yup

-Block and head were cleaned and both were deemed flat. -The MLS leaked badly on 2 cylinders (IIRC 3 and 5) -ARP bolts were used and have been reused on the latest build. It never had a cold air box before but it did have an iron pipe that fed off the engine bay. Changing the material to plastic and feeding off the headlight fixed this. I also put a bit of heat resistant cloth on the front of the intake plenum so that air blowing off the radiator doesn't hit it directly. Now the air in the trumpets is only ~4 degrees hotter than air temp.

Took it for a spin yesterday..... Normally when I do mod's, most of the gain is in my head but not this time. It has a very different exhaust and intake note, oh the intake noise In terms of performance it way more punch out of the corners and is getting 300-500rpm extra at each breaking point with 90% throttle (throttle cable wasn't giving full throttle but I have since adjusted this out) Also adding the drain pipe between the inlet manifold and the headlight has dropped intake temps from ~50 degrees to just 30. Cant wait to drive it with anger

spotted these two on the way back to Auckland. Its so hard to drive and take photo's

Forgot to mention, Noel did a great job that didn't cost the earth, Can't recommend him enough

no idea, its something raceFX decided they would do. tbh after the first rebuild it always felt down on power, I suspect the drop in compression due to a thicker gasket was the reason.

A lot has happend since the last update, I blew the headgasket so the engine got rebuilt and we went with a genuine head gasket over the think MLS type it had previously. We also got some under-drive pulleys and replaced the water pump Then Gavin worked some magic on the dyno and gained ~13rwhp peak hp and around 10-20rwhp through the middle of the power curve. There are also good gains for torque. It was found the timing was way to advanced and it wasn't getting enough fuel - this was probably the reason its blown 2 head gaskets for no good reason. Its also running a lot colder than it used to. Cant wait to get out on to the track

I will be changing the date to the 24th of July, I'll update all the threads ect when I get home tonight.

I'm organizing another Trackday at Hampton Downs 24th July 2011 (Sunday). It will be a casual day at the track with the initial road speed session for the newbies (promise i'll go slow this time ), followed by fast and slow car sessions in the morning with an open pit after lunch. Price is $135 if you prepay or $150 on the day. Transponder timing available if enough people show some interest. Will be a good warm up for the bimmersport Taupo trackday email me on [email protected] if you want to take part. Have created a shopping cart on my website, bank deposit or cash on the day only http://trackhack.co.nz/index.php/shop

I really like the new direction BMW designers are heading...... If only I could afford one

hahaha I bet he chats up all the ladies at school.

Must have been going too quick

bid war, im out.

Yeah, its drives like a POS and I heard it has $4400 in fines owing, better stay away from it guys

$1500? Gotta buy it first tho

I have a $2500 auto bid, maybe a bit more. What about you? Id only be buying it for the Tech2, koni's, bilsteins, short shifter and the remus. Don't really want the car, would be back on the market in a week if I got it (without all the above)

Everyone leave it for me, I need the tech2 to finish off the cab and the rest of the bits for my M325i

Nice one Jack, 4 seconds is a huge improvement. Does that mean your now doing a 1:32?

^ Pics or it didn't happen

Here is a pic of josh's e30 on the way down, spent the morning on the skid pan and got really bored, went round as a passenger in Ollies car and wow 4WD is a completely different feel to RWD. edit - 10 points to the first person who spots the illegal part in this photo

Why didn't I think of this!

anyone got some/know someone with some semi slicks/slicks in 14"/15"/16" I can borrow/buy for the day? Only need two but will take 4 if I can.

Maybe anyone want to give me a lift down? Also keen to borrow a long EF or EFS lens so I can take some pics.

swap ya for the borbets you missed out on?