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I see PlayDay on Track have hired the skidpan out James. Does that mean the pit garages are finished mate? Do you know how much they are to hire?

Any progress with the car James?

^^ Did you jack the car up first?

^^ Drive the 540i?

I think the chassis stiffening solution is a roll cage Josh!

How'd it go today fellas? Can't wait for the 12th to roll around.

Nice one Ian. Josh, Brendan, Willie and James can make it too I think some of the VASK guys and GTR crowd will be there too.

As posted above, there's a fair few of us aiming for the Saturday 12th March now.

What he said. Best build thread here hands down (except lacking in photos) If I had the money an S54 powered E30 M3 would be my ulitmate track car. Well done to all involved.

So it looks like Hampton Downs have changed the date listed on their website. http://www.hamptondowns.com/pages/56/Event%20Calendar So at the moment (unless they decide to change it again) they've moved the listed date from Saturday 19th of February, back one day to Friday 18th of February. Great for anyone who is unemployed, not so good for people who work.............. Really handy for me as I've booked and paid for flights back to Auckland for that weekend I'm thinking that the Open Day on Saturday 12th March looks like the one I'll be aiming for (again, provided they don't start making a habit of changing the listed dates)

Rightio lads, Small update, slowly working towards fixing the over oiling issues. New oil catch can is done, holds a lightweight odyssey battery which is new also. The can has a sight glass on the side and a small tap on the bottom to drain the oil (which we'll eventually remove the tap and run a return feed straight to the sump so it will just gravity drain. We're not quite at the removing the engine stage yet so we can't access the sump to weld return oil feeds from the catch can and the breather plug on the back of the block. We may just tap into the oil feed return line from the turbo to self drain the oil catch can for now. In the pipeline is - Cam baffles - Oil restrictors - Drain on the back of the head http://www.spoolimports.com/content/SPOOLR...OilDrainKit.asp

I've logged a fair few hours in a Helicopter (R22), but no fixed wing experience sorry.

Air ratchet at any tyre shop will be the winner, saves munching the nut/collar with a stilson/pipe wrench

^ I'd say your dreaming mate.

Are you selling this beastie after all this hard work Jack?

You won't look back mate, night and day compared with road tyres and semi slicks. Although they take their toll on other parts of the car :/

As per the title, myself and a few others James, Josh, Brendan, Willie etc will be heading out for this. Just trying to generate some interest here Public Open Day - DRIVE YOUR OWN CAR * Start Date: Sat 12th March * Finish Date: 12th March * Time: 9am - 4pm * Organiser: Hampton Downs Taken from the Hampton Downs website http://www.hamptondowns.com/pages/56/Event%20Calendar

Josh's Wilwood stuff is far better than the E36 M3 brakes ever were anyhow. Not sure why you guys think that he has braking issues if he wants to use ducting, it's another factor that's knocked of the list. I'd move the outlet of the ducting to the centre of the disc though Josh, as it looks like it favours the inside of the disc and can lead to problems. (it might have been covered in the posts since, in a hurry and didn't read them all)

Here's a video of me driving (badly) at Hampton Downs, constructive criticism welcomed Can someone show me how to embed this in my post so the preview shows rather than the link?

It wasn't Hoffman

*Thread dig* I know but was just watching a few of these and thought that some newer members might appreciate. them. Love the Viper vs Porsche one.......

^ Cheers Darren. Some big APs are on the list but not quite within reach yet. Oil pressure seems to remain fairly consistent which is a good thing, the sump has been enlarged ~9L and has a Tomei baffle. We're aiming to put the oil restrictiors in and also run an oil return off the back of the block. We're also hoping to weld a fitting onto the sump so the catch can can just drain back into the sump at its own free will.

Bit of an update fellas as to where we currently stand with the car. The cage and interior are painted in a mat grey which is the same colour as the factory engine bay Had the car out to Hampton Downs 3 times this year (2nd, 7th and 12th Jan), brakes are terrible and the new N35s Endless pads seem to been having a good go at the stock discs which are starting to crack (see pics) Dodgy 3" brake ducting in place (temporary) Brake bias adjuster in place, can be moved about but this seems easily reachable when strapped in Steering wheel in place, we've retained the factory adjustments which is good (up and down, in and out) Drivers and passengers floor mats fixed in place with rivnuts Passengers floor mat, fire extinguisher and window breaker in place Helmet box mounted Door cards are on (temporary as we want some carbon or fibreglass doors) We tried the car with no electric windows but got so hot we had to cut a hole in the door card to poke the switch through Looking inside Engine bay currently Ranga Cusco 2L Oil catch can (seems to fill up after about 15km of hard track driving, quite boring to drain all the time) Gauge panel mockup 3 trackdays old stock brake discs with Endless N35s pads (already starting to craze) At Hampton Downs draining the oil catch can....................again :? Racing! (Willie driving) As it sits this morning until the next outing at Hampton Downs Saturday February 19th (Open day)

Looks really good mate, has Racefx been straightening it up?

Yea as Heath has said, Cardwells in Albany http://www.cardwells.co.nz/ or Namsport in Penrose http://www.namsport.co.nz/ They would sell the best brands in my opinion. Revolution Racegear is also good.