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Cheers ... try now

So yeah .. couldn't wait so Ray decided to take it round the block and give it a blat. Vids for the boys.

Best thing you can go for for bang vs buck is a something with a new school i5 processor, fast frontside bus and a 256GB SSD drive and 8GB mem with windows 7 64bit. Am running this and it hauls ass. For extra space I have a 4TB storage array over eSata connected to a docking station which holds all the big stuff.

good stuff, looking forward to its progress!

Get one

niiice! ... tire selection is critical if youre going for the look. Nice score.

Fu*ked the altenator on the 540, gotta get a new one. Ray to the rescue again. Thanks for sorting out a loaner car.

ooOOoo .. how many more k ? I might be into doing something like this.

Roof rust be gone It was pretty bad if some of you remember ... decided it was more than time to get something done about it. Rocking the RXs for the time being while I put it back together

Still got to accomodate the change. I personally hate the m3 mount point and did away with it all together on my struts. Bolting to control arms with rose joints are what the cool kids are doing now.

Front sway bar link mount points.

End of the day, other people are insured and if your not .. you have to pay. lesson gets learnt the hard way. Its when people who cause accidents ask for the person who is insured not to contact the police or insurance company because theyre not insured... errr people can get **** with that s**t.

Well after a few nights of working it all out. We now have a e46 m3 with s62b50 starting an fired. All stock DME, EWS and getting most sensors online. Should have the rest done shortly. Ray, Brendon and myself and our little accomplishment. Now the serious stuff begins. Getting the e46 M3 DSC working with a e39 m5 DME For now we are happy people. Enjoy

All credit to Sam

Dont give my secret away! haha

Someone in the family please buy this.

They work. It does how ever transfer the heat down to the next thing EG the exhaust system. But there is more surface area to dispate the heat. alternates http://www.elitepowdercoating.co.nz/index.php/coatings http://www.procoat.co.nz/cermakrome.htm

Photos / Story care of Ari Gold "Red people mover pulled out to do a u-turn across great south road, got collected by the yellow truck, which in turn collected a flatbed tow truck unloading an Astra . The guy unloading was inside the Astra on top of the flatbed and both trucks got shunted 50m down the road gouging out heaps of road and collected a few Audi’s along the way, before coming to rest in the Porsche used car lot, and the Astra flew off the back of the flatbed through the Porsche sign and landed on top of a 911 Turbo. The people mover got slammed down great south road, mounted the curb and took out one of our customers cars before crossing the road and taking out our white X3."

BMW club do a good one every march. Otherwise hampton track days are good. Always best to go with someone whos gone before on your first few times.

Cool story enjoy

Im highly disappointed... Cars great though. Whos stripping one out for the race series this season ?

+1 That way if you want to continue to upgrade it, you can.

I did the same as you .. poured a lot of $$$ into a e46 330 only to realise I didn't want to thrash it as it was my daily driver. A few learnings from building a hardcore road car / track day car. You'll want something simple to fix / service Weight is everything if you want something that will set good times (poodling around the track gets old after a few track days and youll want to go faster) Your brake package needs to be good performance / cheapish parts. LSD Suspension is key for good fun Tires, move to slicks or dot approved. Using road tires and gets expensive and old fast. Get some second wheels for you slicks, easy to pile up in the car the night before. For your exhaust, you can have the best of both worlds. I installed a full freeflow loud system however, run a removible center muffler for road legal noises. When running a stripped interior, get yourself a race shell you can bolt in. Theyre nice and light and help a lot with confidence instead of sliding around the road seats. Lots of other small things, but getting yourself something your going to enjoy on the road just as much as the track is key. Allows you to use it on the track day 'off season'.

Id totally get them if the offset was higher ...

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