Shaun14

Hey Mate, 

Still available? 

Any work been done on it ? 

Price + Location? 

Cheers 

Managed to track down a manual conversion for the m40 and have had the box rebuilt. Bought an m44 header too. Now I just need to find a good low kms engine conversion and COP bracket. 

Hey Mate, Are these still available? Cheers 

Hi Mate, When was this last running? Any Idea what shipping to AKL would cost? Any issues with it (Vanos etc) ? Cheers 

Another small update, the fuel cell has been mounted as well as the dash and seat. The Carbon roof has now been bonded on and the windows have been test fitted. 

Bit more progress today, Paul painted the chassis and started fitting some of the carbon bits as well as the steering column.

This photo shows the driving position:

Carbon roof is fitting nicely: 

On 11/7/2018 at 4:54 PM, richard said:

nice build looking forward to seeing it on the track.

Question...

how much/high did you come up the guard and cut off on your rear arches...

Hi Richard, 

I'm not sure sorry mate - didn't measure it. 

Hi All, 

I have two cars (an E46 race car and an E30 road car) that I am wanting to get painted in the next few months. 
Both cars will be stripped down (E46 is just a shell and E30 will have all lights, trim, bumpers, glass, interior etc... removed) and both cars will be getting a complete colour change and have very straight bodys. The plan at this stage is to paint the E46 Alpine White 2 and the E30 Lime Rock Grey. I'm looking for recommendations and rough costs for car painters in the Auckland region - Happy to do some of the prep work my self to save costs but I understand some body shops don't like this. 

Thanks in advance. 

Little bit of progress made recently - Paul has had the car up on the rotisserie and has stripped the underside, the rear guards have been 'radiused' to accept the wide body rear fenders and the air jack mounts have been installed. Next on the list is to mount the fuel cell, engine and gearbox before painting the floor.

1 hour ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Awesome build Shaun!! Can't wait to see it finished and racing.

do you know where your old WTCC car ended up, haven't seen itn around for a long time?

Thanks Jon! Me too! 

I sold it to Andrew Mackenzie and now its owned by Aaron Black in Dunedin  

On 10/19/2018 at 8:35 PM, zero said:

Thanks for that.

And I guess the weight difference is minor?

The sedans are a little lighter my WTCC car was around 1080KG from memory 

On 10/19/2018 at 8:11 PM, M3_Power said:

Sedan is more rigid better for racing

Good to see you here Shaun!! Peter told me about this the other day!!!

Thanks Tom! 

You should come by and check it out some time! 

Hows the CSL going? 

We're going to run the same wide body and splitter as the WTCC car as well as centre lock hubs and 270 slicks so Paul hung the fender on the car and test fitted a wheel he had lying around with spacers to emulate the centre lock adaptors - It looks like it should be a perfect fit once we align the car and add some camber. Paul also started to fabricate some of the carbon panels we are going to be using starting with the roof. In other news I managed to pick up a 6 speed sequential Quaife gearbox as well as a M3 subframe and diff which is currently being built by Kayne Barrie Motorsport. 

The car came back from the cage builder a few days ago and is looking great. I still had the FIA Homologation papers from my WTCC car so managed to replicate the cage exactly (we added in some rear subframe bracing due to the HP/TQ we will be running and the fact that this is a weak point in the E46). We also managed to test fit the seat, pedal box, carbon dash and steering column - I'm 6'2" and should be sitting in line with the B pillar. 

Once the car got to Paul's place he started to really tear into it and cut out every inch of sheet metal that we don't need as well as prepare the car for air  jacks, fuel cell and cage.  

I bought a 318i and started to strip the interior, remove sound deadening and prepare it to go to Paul (the car builder) to begin the cassis prep and cage. 

Hi all, 

Im currently building an E46 to race in the North Island endurance series and thought it may be a good idea to document it here. 
My plan is to build a 'replica' of a WTCC car I had a few years ago but with the engine, gearbox and brakes from a V8 Super Tourer creating an unholy love child of two of my old race cars. 

I'm hoping to have the car weighing around 1,200KG and putting down about 650HP - for reference a standard Super Tourer is around 1,440KG and 550HP.  

Below are a few pictures of both my WTCC car and Super Tourer as well as a rendering of what the final car could look like (Excuse the poor quality). 

Hey Mate, A bit out of my budget but let me know if you decide to part it out! Would be keen on engine, ecu, loom + Gearbox. Cheers, Shaun 

Hi All,

WTB a few E46 M3 parts - Steering rack + Full rear subframe, trailing arms, diff, axles etc...

Also look at buying a whole wreaked/dereg car

PFA

Cheers

Hey Dude! Air cleaner still available? Cheers, Shaun 

Hi Brent, 

How much for the Diff and steering rack? 

Cheers,
S

10 hours ago, dirtydoogle said:

I have an m44 header I could sell.

 

Hey Mate, 

That would be great - Let me know if you do decide to sell it. 

Cheers

Hi Guys, 

Thanks for the info! 
Sounds like I'm on the hunt for a manual conversion and a donor car! 

14 hours ago, turbolizard said:

 Exhaust I used an M44 header and had no clearance issues around the steering (manual steering for me).  This will be easier to find than M42is manifold and looks like it might work better too (not tested).

My engine has ITBs off an MR2, with wasted spark ignition and a Link computer.  I made a custom wiring harness for the Link  by hacking up an old M40 e30 harness to tie into the car as plug and play (I wanted to be able to put the old engine back).  If you need help with the pin-outs for the C101 etc I have that info somewhere.  It was pretty easy but time consuming.

If i could give some advice it is make absolutely sure you invest the time to do the wiring to a really decent standard so you don't have to chase hard to find faults in the future.  My car has been raced like this for three years and I have had no issues at all.  I have raced cars and boats and proper wiring is critical for reliability (and sanity).

The M44 header sounds like a great option. 

Sounds like a beasty little motor! 

I'll definitely take my my time on the wiring - electrical gremlins have left me on the side of the track more than a few times!

2 hours ago, alisterh said:

If you haven't already seen my thread have a look, It should cover most of the general stuff. I would try and find an M40 manual conversion first it will make it much easier, then just find and m42 from an auto.

I used the 318is manifold as I knew it would fit 100% like OEM, I have also heard that that the M44 will fit but I have never seen photos of it installed.

This is the guide I used for COP http://bmwz3diys.weebly.com/coil-on-plug-conversion.html, I may also have a spare COP bracket for cheap.

Your stock diff will work but RPMs will be higher, the ratio you need will depend on the gearbox you go with, a 4.1 is  good with a E30 m40 gearbox. AFM to MAF is not going to happen unless you go aftermarket ECU. Most M40 flywheels are already single mass and will install without modification.

I would look for a crashed car from turners or manheim. Even running a driving 318ti's are worth bugger all.

 

 

Thanks for the link it will definitely come in handy! Sounds like M40s with ticky tappets are not uncommon. 

If you do have a COP bracket for sale that would be great!
I'll stick with the AFM in that case but good to know about the M40 flywheel! 

I'm keeping an eye on the auction sites - hopefully something pops up! 

Cheers,
Shaun 

Hi All, 

This will be a strictly street car/bit of fun. My racing calendar is looking pretty full for this season! 

I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC to draw these up - It's great for vector Illustrations but is quite expensive and takes a bit to learn. 

I love both the B&H livery and all the art cars (the Warhol M1 would be my pic!) but I think seeing that the body/paint are in such good nick sticking with the blue base may be the easiest option!  

Cheers. 

Hi all,

I’ve recently acquired a Lapisblau (navy blue) E30 as a bit of a project. I’m looking to sign write it with a (preferably period correct) livery and would like opinions on what everyone thinks looks best! Cheers!

P.S I’m leaning towards the M1 Pro-car inspired Hugo Boss Livery.

Cheers,
Shaun.