E30Drifter

Sounds good to me! thanks for the info.

Just accepted a job and will be moving to Auckland in the 1st week of October. Now thrashing to get the car rebuilt ready to ship. Not going to miss this heat and humidity either, even with the AC on in my workshop its still 37oc and somewhat slowing my progress, :0) Are there any meets planned in Auckland in late October?

I tried with the M44 a few years back. built a full motor, rods, pistons, massive valved head with custom Cat cams. threw a ton of money down for something that was doomed from the beginning. At the time I had no choice as I wanted to race and the regulations meant I could only use that engine. But the guys above are right, save the cash, save the heartbreak and go for the 6Pot power. the only other way is to turbo a M44 but its just not worth the hassle.

Thanks for the info Hybrid, fortunately I'm not planning on road registration, this one is strictly for competitions. MSNZ have been very helpful with the info to acquire its logbook. hopefully it will pass their inspection. I'm already suffering from product overload just looking at all the different suppliers in NZ, its extremely hard to build any type of car here as we have to ship all parts fro overseas, and fabricating parts here is a nightmare, no cnc shops, no skilled labour! its good in a way because it forced me to become a lot more hands on than I would ever have in the past. And thanks god for the information available on the net! Thanks mate, yes I cannot wait to get there! I was over last Christmas and loved every minute.

Thanks mate! Yeah that's what i'm worried about. Is there anything that's particularly hard to find in NZ?? Ha ha. TBH I have very few as the car spends more time being repaired from damage than it does drifting! Here's a rather shoddy vid filmed by a friend at my fist comp I entered in it. the burnout is at the end! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpAAMhdzjIw&list=UUri8gnkVzKWJQMOVUF6UwUQ&index=1 I will make excuses for the poor driving and that's the fact I had no power steering! its a lot of engine to be lugging around on a manual rack. Is anyone else drifting an E30's in NZ?

Hi Everyone. Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm moving to Auckland in a couple of months time and i'm hoping to bring my long term project with me. I do not know anyone in NZ so its all a bit scary! but i'm also trying to get a heads up on parts availability so if I need to I can chuck some extra bits in the container with the car. The car uses. Z3 1.9 trailing arms and driveshafts. E46 or Z3M steering racks Large case LSd's Here's a pic just before I used it for a competition in Dubai. I'm a hobby mechanic so go easy!