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    White 4 door E30, Tech2 with Alpina wheels. Plate OI something... Saw it along Hurstmere Road this morning while having breakfast. Looked up and made eye contact I didn't wave because that would have been weird for everyone.

    Damn nice car though looked awesome, even my mum said it was cool..

    Noticed this in Taka today, looks nice.

  3. Posted · Edited by Jamez · Report reply

    Was there any prep done to the block or head before installing the MLS? Where abouts did it leak? Did you use standard head bolts or ARP's?

    I am curious as I am worried that my MLS will leak.

    -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.

    Thats quite a temp decrease for such a short distance!

    Can't be bothered looking back so what was the previous set-up?

    You never made a cold air box?

    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.

  4. Posted · Edited by Jamez · Report reply

    Took it for a spin yesterday..... B)

    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 :wub:

    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 ^_^

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    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.

  8. Posted · Edited by Jamez · Report reply

    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 :)

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  10. Posted · Edited by hybrid · Report reply

    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 James@trackhack.co.nz 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

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