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Leave it with me for a couple of days and I should at least have some drawings. I still have the set sat here on the desk if you're interested in them. With the next outing Silverstone I gave the car a quick once over after Spa. The N/S diff output seal was weeping slightly, so pulled it apart...

Outside from the top of Eau Rouge... Rare NSX sighting actually going well on track...

I've left the 320i badge on the boot.... had someone come up to me in the morning asking how a 320 had just gone past his 328!

So put nearly 200+ hours into re-shelling the car, practically every night after work, some long weekends... just to get it finished in time for Spa. I ended up having to get the alignment done on the Saturday morning we were leaving, and drive straight to Dover. Onto the ferry and a steady...

On the new engine I keep VANOS engaged until 5800rpm but it may be different for your build...

Yeah he said he was having it, asked could he borrow my engine crane but never heard anything since, assuming he got sorted lol

I will send you a PM shortly James

So the rotten shell went at the weekend... Made a lot of progress on the new shell. It was a complete car, so both front and rear subframes/running gear were scrapped, along with the engine and interior. I've already got it sat on my running gear, suspension, and the rest of it. Replaced the...

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.