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So the car didn't make Pukekohe - but it started at 4 in the morning on Saturday! Sounds teh badass.

Big thanks to Gavin and Ollie for doing retardedly late nights.

Got the car on the dyno yesterday afternoon to begin the tuning - but of course the throttle position sensor buggered out and gave imaginary readings. Very useful. Await new TPS before tuning and running in can begin. Will definately be at Taupo.

Some pics: [Crappy phone cam]

post-1521-1201553032_thumb.jpg <- So nice to see motor back in car. It even started first time.

post-1521-1201553099_thumb.jpg <- On the dyno realising the TPS is dead.

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Looking good Andy, very interested in the results

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Soooo???? What happened? :o

Car went really really fast, then the crankshaft broke.

Awesome.

Waiting on news from ireland engineering. Suspect crank was cracked in shipping.

Cheers for all your help though Steve-o - the diff stayed in sweet hah.

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can't wait to hear results...where was it cracked? is it out yet?

gonna be a hard warranty push!

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That realy sucks dude.

Hope it didnt do much damage to the rest of the engine?? How the hell can it break from shipping? Youd have to be so rough with it.

Good luck with the warranty. :(

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Almost 5 months Andrew, where's it at?

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Hey Andrew, who made your engine mounts? I can see them in that pic of your car on the hoist the yellow ones??

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they are indeed - nice having the peace of mind!

Andy, update us!!

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www.bmw2002.com

I'd guess US$20 shipping, and once Jeff Ireland gets around to shipping them they usually take about 1 week to get here.

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www.bmw2002.com

I'd guess US$20 shipping, and once Jeff Ireland gets around to shipping them they usually take about 1 week to get here.

So $20 + Shipping you mean? Thats $20 a mount right? I need equivelant to my standard mounts but about 20mm higher i think autolign can make custom mounts here in nz too..

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No have a look at the site - US$45 each, plus shipping (my guess - US$20).

Suspension Tech in East Tamaki, Auckland makes mounts I think. Won't be cheap though:

http://www.stech.co.nz/

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If this helps my urethane IE Motor/Trans mounts have just arrived. Took 7 days from the placing of the order to it arriving on my doorstep.

Shipping was USD44. Don't forget IE's Admin charges for International orders - USD25.

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I'm backkkkk...

Need to get in touch with Gavin Bellars and see what we will do with this car.

Am weighing up my options. IF the flywheel has broken (which is a possibility, I don't know yet) then I will be back and go racing. If the crankshaft has broken then I may give it up for a while longer. At least another season.

Haven't been around much as I've lost faith in BMWs for a while and spending huge amounts of money on a car isn't something I can do anymore, so have to do it carefully.

At least I have an E36 daily now - the sentra is gone.

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Righto - car is finally getting worked on this weekend. Will let you know the outcome. Hopefully I will make the manfield round.

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Righto - car is finally getting worked on this weekend. Will let you know the outcome. Hopefully I will make the manfield round.

So have you found out if the flywheel broke or if it was the camshaft? Or is that what you find out this weekend

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About bloody time....... :P

Be great to see you back on the track Andrew.

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An empty garage means...

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The car is getting looked at today. I forgot how badass it looked.

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Will update tonight with a progress report.

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I'd forgotten what it looked like,Posted Image

Good luck with whatever you find, let us know.

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