Cement 782 Report post Posted December 1, 2022 Bit of an interesting one today ... got the car onto a set of corner scales to see how it looks. This was with minimal gas in the tank, maybe 1/8th and no driver. With me sitting in there it was quite well balanced left to right at the front which is cool. So its a 52/48 split front to rear ... full tank of gas (lets say +40kg) makes it 49.4% rear give or take. Would be really interesting to see some numbers from a 330 and M3 in RHD to compare !! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1519 Report post Posted December 1, 2022 Pretty good. I thinking about doing mine last week but would have to ring around here to find out who can do it. Did you do it via a wheel alignment type business? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted December 1, 2022 8 minutes ago, Eagle said: Did you do it via a wheel alignment type business? Nope, this was at Race Lab where I got all my AN fittings and hose from ... would be surprised if many alignment places have the gear ? Would be more race car setup / suspension places like Autolign. I have a friend in the race car business in Hamiltron who might know. Will see if I have his number and flick him a message 👍 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1519 Report post Posted December 1, 2022 Id assume a shop that does racecar alignments would have one, sort of what i was thinking when typing that. Yeah that would be good if he could do a reading. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted December 11, 2022 No certification re-check tomorrow unfortunately due to the certifier getting Covid and pushing everything back a week. That has been a blessing in disguise as I've had time to not rush things. I never mentioned that after flashing the standard Uprev ROM to the ECU I was unable to get past 70 km/h ... I thought that was very strange as my code to send the speed to the ECU was not functional (did not show speed in my OBD dongle). Upon investigation today it turned out it was in fact working !! Just calculating incorrectly. So have corrected that and now have an accurate speed signal to the ECU which is great as some of the tables reference speed. Did a little data logging from the Arduino and from Uprev just to ensure they lined up when actually driving and have had great success. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted December 19, 2022 Ta daaaaaaaaaa ... WoF booked for tomorrow then rego and then ... sheeeeeit, not sure what then !?!! I guess I can actually drive the thing ... like a real car ?! How odd 🤯 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted December 19, 2022 Checked the 80-120 acceleration measurement is working, the display is just hanging out in the glovebox for now. Will look to right align the metrics and change colour based on value or something later I think ... loads of tinkering one can do in that space !! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted December 20, 2022 And we now have WoF and rego 🤠 Hopefully I get a windscreen sun visor for Christmas and some window tints hah. Where shall I legally drive to first ?!? 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 2477 Report post Posted December 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, Cement said: And we now have WoF and rego 🤠 Hopefully I get a windscreen sun visor for Christmas and some window tints hah. Where shall I legally drive to first ?!? This is a great run - go earlyish on a Sunday (7-730) and should barely see a soul: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bp+Connect+Bombay+216+Mill+Road,+Bombay+2675/-37.3095384,174.950796/Glen+Murray/Naike/Huntly+Power+Station+Te+Ohaki+Road,+Huntly/@-37.3704054,174.9049307,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m27!4m26!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d0d4d40d679478b:0xb34a9b0d875289a9!2m2!1d174.9813202!2d-37.193165!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d12b4d944d2d029:0x500ef6143a2c9f0!2m2!1d174.9651017!2d-37.4437363!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6d4ab1dc1497dd:0x500ef6143a2cb10!2m2!1d174.9556069!2d-37.5146918!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6d3886891ca36b:0x9d6d803fb86339e8!2m2!1d175.1515218!2d-37.5445082!3e0 Basically Bombay to Huntly via Highway 22 backroads, then turn around and come back the way you came. Bombay BP > Tuakau > Pukekawa > Glen Murray > Naike > Huntly Power Station 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1519 Report post Posted December 20, 2022 19 hours ago, Cement said: Checked the 80-120 acceleration measurement is working, the display is just hanging out in the glovebox for now. Will look to right align the metrics and change colour based on value or something later I think ... loads of tinkering one can do in that space !! Got a draggy for an early xmas present so i give you some specs in the near future. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted December 20, 2022 Awesome @Eagle I'd be super keen to hear ... i was super close to getting one in their Black Friday sales recently !! Thanks for the route @Sammo, once we get past the Christmas and new year period and I can hopefully / finally relax a little I'd love to take a spin (with tool box in boot) Been thinking I should catch up with you as the resident super beautiful interior consultant to set some direction also hah ... reminded every time i look over at my sagging window trim and rear panel fabric flapping around since an old workmate jumped in the back the other week. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LsBeema 418 Report post Posted January 9, 2023 On 12/1/2022 at 9:55 PM, Cement said: Bit of an interesting one today ... got the car onto a set of corner scales to see how it looks. This was with minimal gas in the tank, maybe 1/8th and no driver. With me sitting in there it was quite well balanced left to right at the front which is cool. So its a 52/48 split front to rear ... full tank of gas (lets say +40kg) makes it 49.4% rear give or take. Would be really interesting to see some numbers from a 330 and M3 in RHD to compare !! That was with me in, 84kgs, and below half tank gas. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LsBeema 418 Report post Posted January 9, 2023 On 12/19/2022 at 3:34 PM, Cement said: Ta daaaaaaaaaa ... WoF booked for tomorrow then rego and then ... sheeeeeit, not sure what then !?!! I guess I can actually drive the thing ... like a real car ?! How odd 🤯 Ayyyy Congrats brruu!!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted January 9, 2023 11 hours ago, LsBeema said: That was with me in, 84kgs, and below half tank gas. Dang that's so close, might have to ask for the calibration certificate 🤣 Be interesting to see what the front rear split is hmm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LsBeema 418 Report post Posted January 14, 2023 When are we going for a drive around Auckland...? My ones heating up recently. It took me 3 months for sort out the expansion tank delete. Just no time ay😞 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted January 21, 2023 On 1/15/2023 at 7:14 AM, LsBeema said: When are we going for a drive around Auckland...? My ones heating up recently. It took me 3 months for sort out the expansion tank delete. Just no time ay😞 I'm waiting for some kind of meet up ... hopefully on a cloudy day as the no aircon life is tough Been working on the tuning lately, lots of learning and some doing ... got out for a good run tonight to Silverdale and around. First time finding the rev limiter at 7650 uphill on an onramp in 2nd for data logging. Looks like I'm out of injectors which is surprising !! Although it was running quite rich hmm. First real run into open loop territory. Did some 0-50's also which were a lot of fun with no modern traction control etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1519 Report post Posted January 21, 2023 Here are my results from Draggy. Mostly did a few runs of each and was pretty consistent. 21 degrees outside, half tank of 95, spare wheel and my launching skills are average\scared of breaking the clutch. 0-60 - 2.85. 0-100 (1st>2nd) - 6.5s. 80-120s - 4.47s (2nd>3rd gear) 5.09s (3rd gear) 100-200 (5th gear just under 3k) 19.63s. 1\4 mile - 14.8s Seems in spec from what ive seen online given all the variables at play and older engine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted January 21, 2023 Still jealous of the Draggy !! I'll have to change my code for 0-60 for comparison, but then i might need to pop a gear change in there hah I quite enjoyed trying to launch it, few tyre roasting experiences 🚭 Just realised i never did a 80-120 using 2nd gear to start !! Classic, will have to give it a go. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1519 Report post Posted January 22, 2023 Haha yeah no doubt you need a some traction aids. I dont trust the self adjusting clutch so im a bit paranoid launching it hard or excessively, i forgot to turn TC fully off on my first run and smelt it, but still did a 6.6s surprisingly. Once i redo the subframe and install the E36 M3 clutch setup i may do another launch set and call it a day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted February 8, 2023 I'm branching off into another time consuming side hustle to get a fancy screen replacing my 5x gauges ... started a separate thread to cover that one which can be found here: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted March 6, 2023 Ahhhh yes another side hustle project is gathering steam ... looking to do a sunroof delete consisting of a carbon roof 😬 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted March 23, 2023 Something else that's been on the list to get sorted ... steering wheel with controls on it for a future head unit (really want the Blaupunkt Frankfurt) and the cruise buttons for my ECU map changing (will need some K line to resistance ladder magic I think !?). So I got a wheel from Ebay and to add a little spice I got a Mewant genuine leather cover for it also. I think this will be the very first cosmetic thing done to the car !! 🤪 Keeping it pretty simple, perforated and solid leather with a grey centre marker. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted March 30, 2023 Pretty happy with the steering wheel overall, great product I have to say !! Only issues were my own making ... the top section is 2 stitches out of alignment front to back 😫 Where I started on the left came out mint however never checked the alignment until I got to the centre mark, which is now on the piss haha. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MD13 459 Report post Posted April 21, 2023 Is this badged as a 337i? Think I just saw you driving sedately around Albany lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 782 Report post Posted April 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, MD13 said: Is this badged as a 337i? Think I just saw you driving sedately around Albany lol. Hah yuuuur was on the Friday noodle run Where did you see me ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
