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Generally depends on the profile too, and tyre itself (if it has sidewall protection etc). We run 205/50 on an 8J rim and its completely square, yet we need 215 to make a 45 look square.

They are only the same price R888 used to be, before all the hype and Toyo realising people will pay whatever the price just to have an R888. Lots of reports of cracking across the tread, bad batches, etc, but over 11/12 tyres used on track days only I've yet to have an issue. They offer good...

Been here for a few weeks, just not had time to sort it out in the run up to Cadwell last weekend.

I've got your wheels in my garage. Will sort something out with you at the weekend!

I got them from mytyres.co.uk, last time I checked they were £63 on there, but it seems they are not stocking that size at the moment!

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Yeah, I've got no plans for the next day as of yet so not in a major rush. Its going for some welding/rust repair on the battery tray and a few other areas this weekend, so once thats out of the way I can hopefully concentrate on sorting the engine once and for all!

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) In all honesty dude hes useless. I've had issues with him in the past which I won't go into - its more so he tries to take on more than he can work to I think. Chris at CRM has an M50 in sort of bits, which isn't too far from me, but I ideally want him to agree to...

Didn't realise you had a 172. Good work with doing the work yourself, especially the cambelt. Keeping it standard-ish?

Great tyre for the money, obviously some people will say otherwise as they just love to brand wh*re R888s etc. I paid £59 each for 205/45/16 last year (225 R888 are £140ea) done 3 full days on them and they are not even half worn yet, perform well for longer when hot too IMO.

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Couple more pictures from the weekend. The hunt for another M50 block continues.

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Well I've never had a 'track spec' 172 as such. Had the Mk1 with 172 engine and running gear, and I'd say this is quicker than the Mk1, much better to drive also. The Mk1 used to outpace a normal 172 quite easily.

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) With the forecast looking great for Cadwell, loaded all the spares and fluids, filled with fuel and got over there early with the usual bunch. After a quick check over, tyre pressures set, we got out on track. In summary, I didn't have to touch the car all day...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) So in the weeks coming up to Cadwell, I needed to get a few other bits sorted, aside from messing about with engine blocks. Replaced the oil/filter first off. Then I noticed a bit of a whine from the PAS pump under load, so wanted to swap it out for the M3 one I had...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) So the past 4 days have been sorting bits and pieces out ready for Cadwell on Saturday. I wanted to change the rear N/S driveshaft as I thought it was noisy, but after closer inspection, the bearing had gone again!! I went and got a bearing the next day, pulled...

The braid would probably just frey. Ideally you need a weld on fitting to do it properly, which then gives you a thread to screw on to. Otherwise just use rubber hose throughout IMO

For a 'proper' job, you'd get a weld on boss in AN10/JIC -10, and get it TIG'd on. Then you could just screw on to it - a lot of people do this with rocker covers etc, not on F4R's mind. Its a tough one as the push on fitting is already there, and not much option to use any different

JIC and AN are essentially the same thing. As long as your using the same taper angle (37deg) between the fittings it will work fine. My oil lines and take off are AN10, yet the cooler is JIC.

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) It will get sorted, just whenever I find the right block. Not 100% sure how thats going to happen yet, but we'll see. Just lucky the current engine is still working OK so no real big issue! Never the less I got a full day in on it today, sorted out a lot of small...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Well that's the engine build put on hold now. Just got the M50 block back from the machine shop and the bores are too worn to use again... So all its good for is scrap! It was refaced then put on for honing. Where the top ring finishes on the piston the bore is...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) If I wasn't in a rush for it to be built up I would have probably waited for one to come up closer - but really it would have cost another £60-70 for a pallet to be couriered. It cost less than that in fuel.. Dropped the block off early this morning at a local...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Probably not much different cost wise for a 200kg pallet. Plus I needed it to be a bare block by today, I'd be waiting a week for it to be put on a pallet, picked up and delivered..

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) So after much deliberation, and the realisation I would kick myself if there were any head gasket problems in the future with the repaired threads, I decided to try and find a steel block to use. M50B25 engines are identical bar the material used for the block, and...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) We'll see Jamie, I've got a few plans in progress!

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) I'm at a loose end at the moment mate.. Drop me a PM if you don't mind?

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) M50 is identical mountings. The US cars used the same iron blocks from factory. The heads are the same casting also. I could get another M52... But what's to say it won't happen again when I torque the head down? This block was all good when I removed the head...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Same block and reasons for not using an m3 engine in the first place are earlier in the thread :) Hmmm, yeah I have no doubt they would work, its just doing them correctly and the messing about getting the right ones from overseas that's putting me off at the...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) The only realistic solution I'd be happy with is a steel block from an M50B25. The M52 head and internals will drop right on and won't have any daft issues like this. I've just about had it with f*cking around with silly problems now! Repairing the thread is all...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Yep, commonly used all over the US boards, BUT you have to have their tools to put them in properly. The main UK distributer is Wurth, which are very expensive. Some on eBay too but they don't sell the correct insert (M10x1.5x24.5) for the BMW block, only Wurth do...

Re: E36 Track Day Hack (v2) Hit a big problem now, which I shall explain below :banghead: Finished the bottom end by fitting the deflector and oil pump. Next were a couple of new chain guides, then the main chain (as this cannot be accessed once the lower timing cover is on)...

DanielJames just had my spare set of 328 hubs too, doh!