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Had a couple of hours spare this afternoon to finish off the door cards. Started life as sheets of black 3mm polycarbonate sheet.. Rough sort of shape I was looking for, then taped into position and mounting locations worked out.. Cue some M6 rivnuts.. Decided on...

Well the reason is.... I couldn't be bothered just yet heh. Going to do the whole lot in one go when I get time!

I had loads (a lot of people on here had sheets off me) when I had the Mk1, just got left overs remaining at the moment. I will probably be getting more, its industrial stuff, made at a place up in Chorley. Next time I pass I will probably pick some up as its useful to have so just let me know...

Got round to sorting a couple of bits over the last few days, first up was the engine mount. I've got another front subframe that I need to weld some plates to so I can swap to solid mounts at some point, I will also probably change the rack at the same time too but thats in the future - I just...

Should make for some unsuspected looks when you put your foot down, cool project!

Yeh thats the one.

Few of us over there, couple of Mk1s, my BM and Jamie so far. Drop me a text if you end up heading over (more than likely be p*ssing down no doubt!)

Looks good, insurance for new drivers seemed to shoot up after I passed in 2006, wasn't even a 3rd of that on a 2005 1.2 Clio at the time! No doubt it will be a good experience anyhow, should be a good project too. Will keep an eye on the thread :clap:

Good writeup, some moneys worth at Sinsheim isn't there? Been to Sliders and Blau before, both great places. Great pictures too!

Headed over to Silverstone this weekend to see how the 6 Hours compared. Obviously not a patch on the proper event at Le Mans but seeing the cars/teams again was good, especially with Toyota doing very well. Being in the BRDC building made it worthwhile with perfect pit straight viewing and...

Re-uploaded just for you... lol.

Federal 595 RS-R, Toyo R888s, Toyo R1-R, Yoko A048, Michelin Pilot Sport Cups, Kumho V70A

Yeah, could have done pending it fitting over the rear brake setup as I'm pretty sure the offsets on the wider wheels are slightly different. I'm looking at changing to a 5 series anyway and I'l be sure to get a full size wheel to fit under the floor, there is easily enough room for it on mine...

Yeah, we thought about that. Rears on the E46 are 255/35 and the fronts are 225/40, im not sure if the front wheels offset is correct to miss the brakes though! Tried a number of things to bodge it for the day but nothing was suitable really. The holes are offset on the rubber, so a straight...

Unfortunately thats what I used to think too, lol. Indeed I've had R888s, A048s and Pilot Sport Cups. All road legal but all last a long while after the wear markers, I've ran r888s bald + further in the past. Not something I want to be replacing just to be able to drive it on the road...

Its not so much just tax and insurance, you have to have a set of road tyres, MOT, and the rest. Not to mention if you f*ck it up on a track day its the getting it home (been there and done that many times before I started trailering!) I suppose you could have it on the road and still take it on...

Yeah but not got round to putting all the bits together for it yet. Got a bit from Blyton at the weekend as you'l see below.. Cool - may give you a call this week... Well it was an early start on Saturday.. Got over to Blyton Park in plenty of time, signed on, briefing, etc...

Its a good idea and I would expect decent interest from a number of clubs... but I think you'd struggle with numbers being 90db. Standard 328i was 91-92db

Unless you have a 195/50 on the other side to match its technically illegal anyway

You should stop at the Sinsheim Auto Tecknik Museum on your way to Stuttgart, its quite close and worth the effort.. Practically everything with an engine from F1 cars to Concorde... http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en

Everything ive ever put on Pistonheads has been free for me... thats 4 cars and all those parts!

Depends on the car I guess... I listed lots on Pistonheads classifieds (free) and the caged shell on eBay. I eventually sold the shell via pistonheads though! All other parts were easily sold on here... wheels and tyres on eBay. You'l get messers wherever you try, plenty on here as we all know...

Previously ran DS2500s on the Clio for years, then changed to RC6 on there and paired with Slicks they were the best brakes I had ever used. So with this I decided to go straight for them again - cant say I've had 'proper' use out of them as of yet but the feel is great.

I dont think so, its more of an M5* series thing. The 3.0 and 3.2 are different, considering they have ITBs as standard.

Depends where you go for it. Hunt round a scrap yard and most people don't know what they are worth, seen people have them for £20-30 before. Although, some people try and flog them on forums for £100-150. I'l be doing the scrap yard route.

2006 - 1.2 Mk2 2008 - 172'd Mk1 2011 - SR20'd E30 2012 - E46 320d & E36 328i Various other Mk1s, E30 Tourings, VW Passat & more in between mind!

Basically the M50 manifold has larger runners, increased flow, especially when combined with the larger throttle body. Very common mod, if mapped gains from 20-30hp peak can be seen. M3 3.2 exhaust manifolds are straight bolt on to the block, being tubular over cast, giving a bit more if on...

Nothing major this year, just plan to use it - handful of days planned over the next few months. Next job over the coming weeks is probably going to be ripping the ABS pump out and my manual valve putting in ideally, but il have more of an idea how it is bias wise on these wheels/tyres after...

If looked after they can be perfectly reliable, but once you start changing parts, turbos, increasing the boost, etc - the reliability just goes down and down. The idea behind me getting another 'toy' was to have something ready to use, half decent amount of power and something that I know wont...

Ha, I would have left them if the thing was mounted level, but once I had cut the brackets off I decided to just lob the tips off too at the same time! Much prefer straight tips though, lol. Yeah, I looked around for RWD cars that could be used pretty much 'as is' for a while.. MX5s - Not...