Gus

awesome, thanks!

Having seen directly how education affects those coming overseas, all those with NCEA who think you can get by regardless of how much work you put in are seriously f**ked. The grades are not so important, its the work ethic that you get, and NCEA encourages bugger all of it. The biggest lesson I have learnt is that there really is no replacement for hard work...the sooner that is learnt the better

well since we are talking Flywheel figures its mainly speculation.... as for the Turbo, I would put drivetrain loss around 15-20% max...25% is generally accepted for 4WD cars. so 180kw ATW x 1.2 = 216 and in HP = 289 plus for weight...having weighed my old M325i with bucket seats in, + full body kit + a heavier engine @ 1180kg, I cant imagine the turbo being heavier than that. So maybe more around the 245 hp tonne mark? Andy, please correct maths if the 180kW is incorrect, did Gavin not get that after tuning?

haha....have you ever been to the dealer for pads?? they are $50 for a set of fronts...and with good (stock) discs and newish pads, you wont get brake fade on the track. multiple laps of puke were fine with me with my faster than stock M325i. and my stock brakes. do some research.

I like how these look...there are heaps of shitty ones over here...yours looks nice!

Just come back to NZ, go to the dealer and buy a set of genuine BMW pads. they are much better quality I imagine. use your chassis number to find em

only if there are vice grips and a hacksaw involved. possibly a hammer and a pipe wrench too

Will, UK is going alright..in a great job currently so cant complain! No wheels unfortunately....swapped my car for Andy's turbo so thats sitting at home. E30 M3 not too likely unfortunately unless I stay for another couple of years. E36 M3s are cheap though! G

The Corvette ZR1 is such a tough car!

fantastic to hear Will, great to have you back!

only way on a bike is to be super aggressive (if you can) and assume every single motorist is a retard

gotta love those crap german translations

i am right!

anyone else following this? interesting results..front page news of most English speaking newspapers if you haven't seen it yet Surprise result from Huckabee (must of been Chuck) and great for Obama to have a big lead on H dawg. Will be interesting to see how it pans out!

well, they kinda should!

nice movie....german men with moustaches building engines = as it should be

i am not sure what you mean, do you mean the pressure plate bolts? if you mean them (the ones that bolt the pressure plate to the flywheel) make sure you get new ones...you can get em from a bolt shop/engineering supplies (i use wairau engineering on vega pl off constellation in Auckland) as it costs bugger all and saves them rounding off (which is a massive pain in the ass)

very nice! is that stock? v nice 1/4 too

thats rough pics or ban. what happened?

how about my current issues? there are some goodies recently

welcome it is a 2.8. first thing should be converting to 5speed (assuming you can find a suitable box and other parts needed). making sure the suspension is in order etc. one option for power is the intake manifold from the 2.5L M50 engine (you have the M52b28 engine) which gives more top end power another is a decent exhaust manifold. 3 pedals on the forum has some experience with this

everybody

dude don't listen to people on the net, leave it on if you like it and we need someone to give sh*t to

you need to get out more.

it looks like a white squiggle, in the wrong place, and you havent been to the ring