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Correct - this was done with dry baking soda, very fine grain. This will not damage the aluminium. Do it with the pistons/rods seperated, then rinse with clean water. The water dissolves the baking soda - so everything has to be dry beforehand.

It was already 'quicker' than E36 M3's round track fortunately, the torque somewhat helps! The M3s can rev much higher, which is great, but with the right final drive ratio a lower powered car can easily keep up (even 328s). The 3.0 M3 only made 280hp/230lbft... and I still cannot believe people...

Mapping complete. New engine is solid, no leaks or issues. Previous engine did 262hp/259lbft, revving to 6500rpm. Today it made 290hp/265lbft, still making power at 7300rpm, but don't want to take it past that really, the bottom end was never designed for it. Can't wait to get it out on track now!

So the engine build was finished, various other parts fitted such as new crank seals, water pump, etc. Before fitting I sorted my current 2.5" exhaust - I wanted to run the centre silencer at the back, which was the bigger one, and ditch the smaller silencer. I'm still not sure if 2.5" is going...

The current 265hp/260lbft engine is still in the car, and I wanted to keep that complete, as it has no issues and will make a good spare if all else fails. In light of this, I dropped on lucky with an extremely cheap M54B30 engine, which gave me another set of crank/pistons/rods. I already had a...

Cadwell Park earlier in the month was great, the car was faultless and the weather turned out well after it raining the night before... Early afternoon I let my mate drive the car, coming from a background of MX5s and S14s he really enjoyed it... Then around a week later a box turned up...

Ok so I'm running the standard E36 M3 discs - 315mm x 28mm. Porsche 996 Front Calipers (Machined 12mm from the mounting bosses), Adaptor Brackets and Carbone Lorraine Pads. These are on E36 M3 hubs. I retained my M10x1 brake lines/using a banjo bolt which fit fine. These fit with room to spare...

Il grab some proper pictures now they have been used but they align perfect... Eventually got both sides identical after a bit more machine work (one hub casting must be slightly different to the other). Inner of the pad is perfect with the inner disc radius, outer is as above. Used them in...

Had a few issues with pad fitment on the drivers side caliper, due to inconsistency with the hub casting/position, but nothing a small bit of machine work could not sort. Pads now fit perfectly, bled the system through with fresh fluid and all operating fine. Cadwell Park tomorrow.... interested...

They are Cannon Neptune series. Available from RS components and in different pin combinations. Pins have to be purchased separately. This is a 48pin signal contact version: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/industrial-automation-circular-connectors/2735360/

Cheers. The red one is 225hp or so, only a 2.8 vs the 3.0 in mine. The previous owner of it has a build thread on here. Same running gear, wheels, tyres, brakes, suspension etc. Just lacks out of the corners due to having a longer diff ratio and less power/torque as you'd expect. Quite a bit...

LCI pretty damn rare then. Yeah went for diesel with the miles I cover, and for towing the E36. Effortless sofa-like wafting along with the torque.

Lovely. Were these pre-LCI only? I'm running a (mapped) 530d LCI Touring at the moment and its great in every way as a daily.... V8 can only be better though...

There has been plenty of ups and downs, yet still keeps giving every time its out on track. I don't think it's going to get boring any time soon like the Mk1 eventually did... (which was started nearly 8 years ago!) If anyone is thinking of some cheap RWD fun to do track days in.... an...

Nothing much has changed since Anglesey... After spending some time in Japan during March/April and then work either side I've not had much time to check over the car. One of the first cars spotted: Never saw another, although there was plenty of decent metal... A large group of us...

Yeah, pushed the cross brace up against the sump (which would have gone if the brace wasnt been there).. think the overall impact killed the sensor

Yeah, quite a few of them were, outside Church was quite bad too. The circuit looked a bit tatty to be honest in comparison to MSV, looks to have been no up keep in a few places around kerbs and huge drop offs, etc

Had a few close calls on the same corner through the day... that was by far the worst, bending the cross brace and killing the wideband sensor lol

Quite a few of the cars left mid afternoon, leaving a pretty much empty track for the remainder of the day, including many clear laps... Lap of Anglesey Coastal BMW E36 Will also be needing two replacement tyres before the next outing.. After a quick check over the day after it seems a...

Had the car out at Anglesey on Saturday - perfect conditions, lots of lapping and a good few sessions with other cars... E36 vs S2000 Anglesey Coastal 27th February 2016 E36 3.0L vs E36 2.8L Anglesey Coastal 27th February 2016 The day wasn't without its issues though, I had a spin at Turn 1...

Cheers. Literally not touched the car since Snetterton last year - so today it got a quick check over and a clean. Last minute day at Anglesey next weekend to stretch its legs... hopefully all will be well.

I was originally on a M3 3.0 LSD (3.15 Ratio), Medium Case (188mm) I've rebuilt it with a 3.46 ratio (tops out about 140mph in 5th, but much better mid range), a pair of new clutches and new bearings mid way through last year. Many people swap to the 3.2 large case (3.23), but then you are...

So the week before Snetterton I swapped the slide pin bushes on each caliper - these are just rubber from factory, and tend to make the pedal go softer the hotter they get (as the caliper flexes). New spring clips/retainers combat this somewhat, as they stop it flexing as much - although the...

Cool - No doubt carrying more speed onto the straight at Spa, around 115mph after Eau Rouge, so only another 20mph to go (uphill mind). Luckily I didn't go for a 3.6x ratio diff as I think that would have ended up being far too short for UK circuits. The 3.46 seems to be the perfect all rounder...

Possibly, never really looked at what speeds people usually get down there - the limiter is 225kmh/139mph in 5th, just about hit that on the straight at Spa

Yeah, only been over that way once before, night before and after, luckily its a Saturday so it shouldn't be too much of a rush

Yeah, very lol. Taking a risk and heading to Snetterton in mid December to see the year out, few bits to do before then. Hopefully get lucky and have a dry spell!

Nah, it would be fun but I don't really want to considering the amount of wear it puts on everything else (as happened with the Mk1s). The Mk1s were cheap enough to maintain, but with the double balljoint setup at the back of the E36 (nearly 100 quid to replace all four), and cost of bearings...

I've turned the few milliseconds of fuel on over-run off now.... we turned it on a long time back to try and solve some 'drop to idle' issues when you clutch down, but forgot it was still on. It puts out a bit of oil when lifting off at high RPM and I think it was just igniting that, as its...