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Its a new addition, only been on 4 a couple of weeks, I couldnt drive it over 100km/h for the first week cause my bonnet wouldnt close, now had ove 200 down the front staight at ruapuna! I wouldnt be without it, its got soo much torque, on wet/damp days its hard not to drive it sideways constantly, a heap of fun.Dyno tune at 320rwhp, a change of pully will increase it easily but dont want to risk any engine damage as it is my daily driver.

Below is a spec list of my car and Mods, along with a couple of photos. 1996 BMW E36 M Spec Coupe in Black Engine: Lexus 1uz-fe, K & N air filter and custom alloy cold air box, Hand made Custom Headers, high flow exhaust, Microtech computer. Oil cooler, Harrop HTV1900 supercharger running 10psi, bullet large injectors, 750HP bosch fuel pump, custom dyno tune. Driveline: Custom Strengthened Toyota R154 5 Speed, custom strengthened Driveshaft/ Quaife Helical LSD, Dallow High HP performance Clutch. Brakes: AP Racing 4 Pot Calipers and Rotors, custom bells, Pagid road/race pads Suspension: Adjustable coil over shocks, adjustable camber plates, heavy grade springs, professionally lowered. Wheels Tyres: 19 inch DTM Penta alloy wheels, Yokohama 235/35R 19 tyres, 17 inch BMW AC scnitzer race wheels with TOYO R888 tyres, now with some slicks. Exterior: Factory body kit,msport front lip, rear spoiler, M6 Mirrors, Lemans stripes Driven: Daily driver plus fantastic track car. Build time: 3 years Future developments: Quarter roll cage, FIA approved race seats and harnesses. I had to do a Bonnet modification to allow for the 6 to 10mm needed for the supercharger pully, bonnet wouldn't quite close. Let me know what you think, your comments would be appreciated guys

A little xtra bonnet modification helped with the times, very subtle but necessary, whats sam peddling these days, hows Automotive axis going?

Just scored a set of slicks for the next time out, good condition, ex hamilton 400! my other tyres I was running on were 888's (Ex Atta, cheers man, many hours of awesome fun!) on there last legs with a bit of oversteer, so should have some improved lap times, as long as its not too cold!

Yea only way to go I reckon, have to get a few more of the christchurch boys out there. Anyone interested?

My first try at a bit of real racing(sort of), 2 cars line up side by side, flag drops, tyre squeel and away you go. A great experience had by all, mine being the only car to drive to the track and drive home again, everything else came on a trailer with roll cages, race tyres, numbers etc. It was a bit daunting! we were split into 3 groups Open roof bigger horsepower fast cars (my group), incl. corolla dx 320rwhp (pictured) smaller cars like starlets etc We had 2 races of 3 x laps each on 4 different tracks, plenty of variety and a great learning curve for braking and cornering. At the end of the day we had a result for each group and overall, I came out 1st in class and 5th overall, absolutely stoked, and with a personal best time of 1.42 for the main GP cicuit. A couple of photos of my car in action. Jas

HB Atta,hope your enjoying that V8 in the rain.

lowererd on coil over adjustables, cobra springs in the rear, 19" DTM Penta Alloys, I dont think it can go any lower only millimetres to spare in the rear with the 19's.

Lowererd on cobra springs, munroe reflex shocks rear camber plate hard/soft height adjustable coil overs front.(not sure what brand, bought off a bimmersport member about 2 and a half years ago) Running 19x9.5 DTM's rear, 19x8 DTM's front on yokohama 235 35 19s all round.

welcome to the world of v8 grunt. well done. sam has done an awesome job.

man what an awesome day. great pics man, will be definately ordering some, maybe pic 1 would be first choice. ha ha

Your leaving us! I would buy this in a heartbeat if i had the money, I know how much time ,energy ,and $$$ it takes to build someting like this. It is a credit to you. Imaginge two 1uzfe powered bmw's in the garage.Mmm Maybe I could talk to the bank manager?

Some new additions to my V8 BMW Factory front splitter Short shifter(and I mean short) Cold air intake and ducting Better looks, drivability and perfomance. Jas.

cheers man, i was looking out for your best action shot!

so is the new calender out? where do I view it?

DTM Penta Mesh are an awesome wheel, have had mine for about 2 yrs now and they cetainly turn heads, the dish on them is huge!

Well done man sounds awesome, that 50-100kmh was very impressive, track day will be very interesting

Keen for a Sunday shoot after 4pm (working again), does this suit Mark, Atta, anyone else.

have resent photos can you please confirm you have them. Jason

Did you get the photos of mine. black e36. Sent mon 12th at 4.36pm Jason

Man there are some hot cars here,I wonder if this is a contender?

Bet your excited sammy, good luck for today with cert. cant wait to see this thing on the road.

Thanks for the comments guys, yea great combination for an everyday driver and the track, always fun to drive, your e36 coupe project with v8 and 6 speed sounds awesome, cant wait to see that.

lexus v8 same as riley's

Finally got a video of my car out at ruapuna, the first half lap is a warm up then the fun begins. LSD , AP racing brakes and r888's made a huge difference. Can be viewed at. Thanks to Atta for the use of his camera holder. Enjoy.