OLLIE

it's worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and yes because of the race series there are a few people willing to pay a bit for them because they are not as easy to get hold of as they used to be

easy to install, just need to thread it from one side to the other, bolt the mounts in, then using a jack - bolt the links on to the trailing arms. courier to chch - hmmm $20?

I might organise a day at puke with a driver from either formula toyota or NZ V8's, will let you know.

if you find a place that sells plain black and plain white girls tops in appropriate sizes, let me know and i'll get a batch made up.

vacuum forming is the only viable option, material choice would be key. Phone the plastic repair company 09-444 5553 and have a chat to them about the viability of doing this, there will be a lot of reinforcements to do around the mounting points etc.. I still am certain that composites are the way to go if you are going to go through the hassle anyway. Stronger, lighter, easier to make a good mould and easier to reinforce.

it will be finished in a month

What now? it's 5 weeks to the 1st race and there is still 7/10 phases left ... Phase 4 - Head Rebuild and refit, Phase 5 - Refit of engine ancillaries including belts, leads & cooling system Phase 6 - Refit all the suspension and the new 4.1 diff Phase 7 - Interior - Painting the Interior, tidying wiring looms, refitting the dash and fitting the seat, harnesses, gauges & kill switches Phase 8 - Exterior - The car gets it's make up put on - Vinyl graphics, re-attaching exterior parts - headlights, grills, spoiler Phase 9 - Full service - bleed brakes and clutch, change diff, engine & gearbox oil, fit new battery phase 10 - Intake and exhaust + dyno tuning And finally there will be a tie up the little loose ends phase. stay tuned, i'll keep you posted. any help to get the car ready by the first round is appreciated.

Intermission Wintery Crapness I had to take intermission, the weather not only prevented me from getting the head off the engine, it also gave me the flu so i was out of hardcore action for a few weeks. So i tinkered about with silly things in my cosy little workshop. the car braved the elements (it has no windows by the way) while little work was done in the tidy, spacious workshop what work was done exactly? all red tail lights M3 style red needles Sanding of the rear spoiler Creation of the gauge cluster, it goes in the middle air con vents in the dash (stay tuned for the finished product)

Phase 3 Brakes the next step was to re-con the brakes, I started with the rear brakes, once again they were very rusty and they got the same treatment as the suspension parts, this time obviously i used temperature resistant brake caliper paint. I chose satin black (septone) but i still think red would have made me stop faster. here are the rear brakes completely disassembled on my washing machine, the photos were taken after the rust had been converted (most of it) as you can see i was in for a task honing and polishing the cylinder and pistons, the chrome on the pistons was pretty good so i just gave them a polish, i ordered the seal and boot kits from BNT and using brake fluid as lubricant i reassembled the caliper assemblies. stainless steel braided hoses rears fronts In this series braking is a vital part and a good setup could mean the difference between 2nd and 1st, after much research and decision making the guys at BNT and I came up with the best solution for pads and rotors and here they are (the rest of the info, i might keep to myself for now) front rotors and pads rear rotors and pads are stock (no photo sorry)

Phase 2 Suspension Now that I had the car back I pulled all the suspension out, including the sub frame and the diff. Unfortunately i didn't take photos of this as it was just me doing it in my lunch break. All i can say is that the underside of the car was very dirty and the suspension components were very rusty. these 2 pics should give you an idea. it helps a lot to have a rattle gun at hand! Like i said I had a lot of rust and sh*t to deal with ...so i spent a lot of time making friends with my angle grinder, using a wire brush i cleaned up the parts and removed loose rust The next step was to use rust converter (septone again is good) then clean the surface ready for painting. I decided to paint the big parts like the subframe with underbody rust proofing. It is a thick bitumen based product and i thought it would be ideal for sealing out the rust, i just used a brush to paint it on. and these are the results (no before and after shots sorry, my camera man was all trigger happy with the angle grinder) subframe - still with old bushes in trailing arms - with new urethane bushes in (orange stuff is grease not rust) I got new control arms from Steve at Wairau Suspension to remove any possibility of play in the ball joints and I cleaned and painted up the bush lollipops ready for the urethane offset bushes I also got new FAG front bearings from the guys at Auckland Bearing Distributors I got quite carried away with the painting and made sure every last bit was rust free and had a fresh coat of paint. I just have the front struts to do but I haven't quite got around to doing them yet. bonus photos of Gus burning out the trailing arm bushes (see how rusty the suckers were!)

ok so now I had pretty much stripped everything from the interior and the car was ready to go and get a skeleton built into it (roll cage). So i phoned up a tow truck and sent it round to Chris at cage FX to work his magic on it while the car was with Chris i went round and took out the bulky air-con heater unit, and put in a non AC unit instead. (thank you Will again) I did this because it made it easier to fit the dash bar in and also loses about 5kg of weight and frees up a fair bit of space too. It was a long time coming because Chris is a busy man but after 6 weeks I finally got the car back and was impressed with the workmanship. We decided to put in a pretty comprehensive 8 point cage, for increased safety and rigidity. We sent off the homologation and logbook forms and a week later the car was officially a track worthy race car so to speak (on paper) Phase 1 was complete and we could now move onto more technical stuff ... you may be thinking "aren't you going to paint it"? of course, it would have been painted immediately however I removed all the suspension and half the engine and it was stuck on axle stands in my drive, where it would sit for another 5 weeks while i concentrated on phase 2 - suspension & underbody.

First step was to do a bit of shopping on trademe to find the right candidate to be the next bimmersport race car. After test driving a few Gus and I decided that this ruby red South African Built E30 was the one. Pre-facelift, 2 door, no sun roof, good paint job, the right engine and gearbox ... it was a good starting point. Phase 1 Stripping & Caging Gus drove it back to my place on the shore from the dealer down in pukekohe, where the next day I started stripping the interior. took out the seats, dash, carpet, headliner, doorcards, and well basically removed everything. it appears the car had been leaking through the drivers door Using a heat gun and a scraper i spent a few hours removing all the sound deadening inside the car, i removed the final residue with septone wax and grease remover from super cheap, i recommend septone products. Stripping the car made a nice big pile of stuff in my driveway, and I filled up much of a green wheelie bin with sound deadening material and other bits and bobs. Next we had to remove the long range tank from the boot, thanks to Will who supplied the bits needed to convert to a normal set-up. no doubt he will put the long range set-up to good use.

haha didn't you do something stupid/funny that day too? don't think i have a pic of that though

Includes mounts and bushes $60 I didn't have one in my car for some time and when i eventually put one in for a track day, I wish i'd done it sooner, they really help to balance the car through corners and reduce understeer! this one is surplus to my requirements and is therefore for sale. email: [email protected] or ph:027 544 8699

I have a pair of trailing arms from a pre f'l E30 up for sale. They are the drum brake ones and include the half shafts and handbrake cables. make an offer

I have an M20 auto box from a pre-facelift E30 up for sale, no problems with it, drained out the fluid and it was clean as, obviously been well serviced. It is the sports economy version with the multi pin sensor plug. gearbox and torque converter only. asking price $250 ph: 027 544 8699 email: [email protected]

Scavenger hunt type rally, good idea

LAN party? ... just kidding we could do a working bee to get the bimmersport race cars finished in time? .... kidding again we'll have something confirmed the end of July (for each region) for now keep making suggestions.

stupid damn gear lever thing!

Go here speedtest.net and test your speeds, post them up here and share your views. just vent a bit of steam, the online herald article fueled my fire my speeds are 1344 KB upload and 450 KB download a year ago I switch to a 4MB plan with xtra we never got over 3.5 MB but since then the speed has decreased as more people sign up and put load on the exchanges, it is appalling that my speed has been cut down to less than a 3rd of what i pay for. Who is responsible for this atrocity?! someone must be made accountable for this discerning issue! everyday i hear adverts for broadband and for online video etc.. it really annoys me because hardly anyone in this country can view video websites properly because of our slow speeds and latency and it's made worse the more people join up. what is being done to solve this problem we have? NZ is miles behind the rest of the world! I need answers, the public need answers and we need to see results. Also if Telecom comes out with a solution and charges horendous prices for it i will perhaps murder somebody, should i be prosecuted for murdering somebody, or can i just say is was a marketing tool to market my anti telecom movement, because that would be ok then right? Anyhow in summary, lines need to be upgraded, internet speeds need to be regulated at no less than 10MB everywhere, the cost should be less and all past CEO's of telecom should be fined $10 million each and forced to use only dial up for the rest of their lives. Thank you for hearing me blabber on. Ollie

nonetheless still after market. Amusing that you find it amusing.

those are upper shock mounts (rear) they could be shot, jump up and down so to speak on the back of the car and watch them, see if they have excessive play and knock. easy DIY job if you know how to use basic tools.

and vibrate!

Hello and Welcome, thank you for the invite to show our cars on your site, a good idea. what do you drive? Bimmersport is signed up as a club on there so if people want to show their cars on there, feel free to park them in the bimmersport club garage.

haha it sounds promising, wonder what that noob would be like without stability control on...