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Saw the mass surveillance van drive past me and ive been checking that spot for six months I bought this M3 off Bruce Had you chance for a in person look, I saw you on the harbor bridge going south a few months back, i was in the centre lanes you were on the clip ons but you wouldn't look over at me!

No ...well... appart form that night i raced an unmarked patrol car and did 150 in a 50. Hey man i won and he still wouldnt let me off, how unfair was that!

Aint that the truth...

I spotted ........ Myself !! 61 station rd Penrose

Sheesh seriously expensive Ford, but its got the race cred. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-768189631.htm

Easy to pop appart and clean potentiometer sweeper with some IPA. Make it go betta :-)

I bought one like this on TM (not off this guy), and its been really good. Done lots of ali and stainless very good. There are a mulitue of this type of AC/DC Tig MMA plasma units called "200P" - all the same thing made in china in different cases, and there are other models too from the same manufacturer just different specs. It works really well i lke having the pre post flow, foot switch, pulse mode to get those "stack of dimes" looking welds. I ve bought a supergas argon bottle, dont go disposable bottles. http://ezitoolswelding.co.nz/products/tig-200p-acdc/ The thing ive never had before is the plasma torch.... Mother of TROY thats fun!! its like owning a light saber!! Ohhh the hours ive spent hack sawing steel in the vice.. eeee ooor eee ooor eee ooor [change hands] eee ooor eee ooor.... now its whisssssssssst, clunk, done.

Nope, no pull out chip in the 3.2 need to hook up a laptop.

or just drill the head take the pan off and get the stub out with vice grips.

You got hex or torx drive bit set? Find the one thats a little but too big for your crater and smack it in with a hammer, then give it a crack.

Ok thank you , ive rigged up version 9.2 with my old OEM oil separator/catch can/back up tin can and more pipes than a church organ so will so how she blows this weekend ..... mind you oil splashing on the track at lap 7 might by a cunning plan come the handicap race....hmmmm

Good ideas team! Yes a ali drink bottle could work. I like the beer can one as I would get my thirst quenched at the same time!! I had my car scrutineered last time and was told that my home made 1L tin catch can was not acceptable and to "buy a proper one".( it is a 2 stroke oil tin). Gee, no pleasing some folk huh. Next meeting is Super Tourers in taupo so no doubt if checked they will roll their eyes and point fingers at anything home made.

its only the big open dual laners like waikato express way and northern toll rd, which are great bits of road. Plus make it illegal to do less than 110klm in the right lane!! .. AKA the BMW lane.

2L would be great, any condition, cheap is good.

... ill send a pic, and i pinky promise it was done in place.

You want to try to weld your flexi or replace it? When i got my car it had no leak but after a while it started to chuff, when we looked on the hoist previous owner had welded a previous crack as well as run a line of weld across all the flexi ribs to stop it flexing so probably made it worse. The OEM flexi is thin so patching it may not last long esp if your engine mounts are poked as the welded flexi wont expand and contract as it should.

Talk to Peter and/or Grayham Ball, (they are on here too) P & S Automotive. 7 Trugood Dr, East Tamaki 09-272 2951 Grayham welded the flexi below in place after exhaust shop shook their head and said it couldn't be done in place. Its done a season of racing now and my DD - sweet as. They both built and race E36 race cars in the series and take care of a lot of the series race cars so highly recommended. Flexi, http://www.autobend.co.nz/Files/Flexi.pdf See: SB51100 too cold and dark for photos but will get it tomorrow.

HI i had the same thing on my car. Dont try taking the manifold out its a major PITA, need to take steering shaft out and A/C. Mig weld in a short flexi with pipes in place. I got flexi from Autobend and P&S Autos to weld - Mint job Grayham is a legend... I can send photos. #1 reason that the flexi is gone is your engine mounts are poked. LHS will be stuffed sitting 5mm lower due to heat from manifold twisting flexi. Can send photos of that too...

youll soon see with the timing light if its advancing when it should, pull off and stcik you finger on it see if there is vac. have you downloaded the E30 haynes manual? got some good steps there.

Could be your advance/retard on the dizzy stuck, centrifugal advance springs or vacuum advance rubber lines shot.

What the.... Roundel nothing to do with a spinning propeller, iz been fooled all dis time. Can anyone confirm, Jon? Article: The BMW Roundel, one of the world's most recognized and revered commercial symbols,celebrates its 90th anniversary this month.In July 1917 Franz Josef Popp registered thename Bayerische Motoren Werke, thus distancingthe new company from the Rapp Motorenwerke.This was a necessary move if the new companywas to find new clients and prosper. The name wasregistered but as yet there was no new logo…It was on 5 October 1917 that the BMW trademarkwas registered with the Imperial Trade MarkRoll under No. 221388. It featured the circular design of the Rapp logo but with the letters BMWat the top of the outer ring. The inner featuredquadrants in the Bavarian Free State colours ofblue and white - but in the opposed order - as itwas illegal to use national symbols in a commercialtrademark. The design was not in any way connectedwith aircraft engines or propellers. The idea thatthe blue and white had anything to do with spinningpropellers comes from a 1929 advertisement,which featured aircraft with the image of theRoundel in the rotating propellers. This advertisementcame at the beginning of the GreatDepression, which coincided with BMW acquiringthe license to build Pratt & Whitney radial aircraftengines. The advertising department used theRoundel and BMW heritage in an attempt toBMW Roundel Celebrates 90 YearsA Roundel Myth is Dispelledincrease sales of the new radial motors.The idea of the spinning propellers was givengreater credence in an article by WilhelmFarrenkopf in a BMW journal of 1942. This alsofeatured an image of an aircraft with a spinningRoundel. These were powerful images and thelegend of the spinning propeller was born.The logo was registered on 5 October but itwas in limited use prior to this date. On 1 October1917 Franz Josef Popp was given a certificate confirminghis appointment as General Manager and itwas adorned with the now familiar BMW Roundel.The basic structure of the Roundel hasremained the same over 90 years but there havebeen subtle changes. In the original design the letteringand outline was in gold, but by the time thefirst BMW motorcycle - the R 32 - was released in1923 it had changed slightly. The letters were stillin gold but the font was bolder and letters closertogether. This was the style that was submitted tothe German Register of Trade Marks in 1933,and the international register of trademarks in1934. This did not however stop various versionsbeing used.One of the early BMW advertisements usingthe logo was in 1918 with the 'Falling Roundels',this was a positioning advertisement that wasdesigned to establish the brand and give anindication to its current and future products.Subsequent advertisements, posters andeven cars and motorcycles also featured manystyles of Roundel. The proportions changed, theshade of blue used, and the lettering could be ingold, white or silver with serif or sans-serif fonts indifferent sizes. There appears to be no reason forthis variance except for product designers andmarketing and communication staff using personalchoice depending on application.Through the 1950s there was a more concertedeffort to standardize the Roundel. The use ofwhite lettering was now standard and when usedon cars and motorcycles it was silver. By the1960s the serif font was replaced by sans-serif,and this was used on all motorcycles by 1966.There was a subsequent change to a slightlybolder font and this has remained as the standardRoundel. There was flirtation with a 'MotorsportRoundel' in the early 1970s and '80s which had thestandard logo surrounded by the BMW Motorsportcolours. In 1997 BMW moved to having theRoundel depicted in 3-D when used in the printedform. This gives the Roundel a new bolder anddynamic look.The BMW Roundel is now ranked in the topten of the world's most recognized commerciallogos and is an iconic symbol in its own right. Theoriginal design, in its simplicity and symbolismhas stood the test of time.

Well done, ive done most of the same things on mine reading your post is like deja vu man...

Lots of lookers, and heaps taking photos of the GTR, and a few keen guys that were interested in scholarship racing for them selfeves or sons. So a good turn out considering most people attending aren't looking at racing.

Sneaky peek of the race stand....