Cage is in the shed

[Weeman]

Cage had been sat waiting to go in for a month or two now, finally gave the car to the welder last week, and its finished and ready.

Not without a few problems, firstly the sunroof fot in the way, I didn't want the pain of taking it out, so the cage struggled to get past it, this resulted in the cage no longer being a bolt in, and being welded in, to save the extra cm or so, the bolt in plate gave.

Next was the harness issue, I'd requested a bar across the rear cross, to mount them too, the welder outfits disabled cars as a career, and came up with a ingenious solution, although generally its not reccomened, he's fixed a steel bar across the rear bulkhead, and its eyelets are welded in place and the whole thing secured with no less than about 10 high strength bolts, He assures me it wont budge, and looking at the way he's engineered it i have to agree.

He charged me 125 euros for the lot, I gave him 150 in surprise, good old mates rates lol :lol:

 

[Weeman]

 

[B16DOE]

nice is calling out for 325 sport kit

 

[Tom]

quality.

billie stickers look good

PMSL @ sport kit.

 

[Weeman]

I thought of you as i put em on yesterday bents, seeing as it was you that stole them, LOL

 

[Andy.]

Looks like great fun.

Is the rear bulkhead solid enough to keep its shape IF there was an impact?

 

[Tom]

yeah, easily.

 

[Weeman]

Tis a fair question Andy, one which i put to the guy that installed it, but looking at the way he's engineered that, I'd say it'll be strong enough, wouldn't like to test the theory though lol.

 

[Nigel]

I love the way your car looks. I hate old shape beemers, but yours just looks right!

Did losing the bolted connections mean the sunroof still works?

Which can you lap the ring in quicker, golf or bmw?

 

[Weeman]

pmsl, Nope the handle wont come out, but to quote Thomas Benton "we'll sort something out there" so I feel a TBR modification coming on

 

[Clart]

looks good my friend. wing wah?

 

[Weeman]

schweeeeeet, I have Wing wah withdrawls allready, need my fix of you and the missus and deep fried chinese food ASAP.

 

[Clart]

MY car sold btw, i now have old knacker V6 power

 

[Weeman]

Mint geez, so whats your new chariot??

 

[jon_r]

I'm getting deja-vu this morning.

 

[Weeman]

lol

good job your not on e30zone then Richardson

 

[Clart]

Mint geez, so whats your new chariot??

my old man's Laguna V6 RTi

its been to the moon and back though so i'm not keeping it

 

[Weeman]

They have weak amounts of top end though LOL

 

[Clart]

I'll probly sell it for a few hundred when i've found something decent. Could be your DRT #2

 

[Weeman]

Would be mint, check this

http://faimg1.forum-auto.com/mesimages/263658/laguna2.jpg

 

[ben_p]

pmsl, Nope the handle wont come out, but to quote Thomas Benton "we'll sort something out there" so I feel a TBR modification coming on

can only recomend TBR,

did a fantastic job of my dash

 

[ben_p]

looks good btw, wonder if it will be any quicker with it fitted?

whats 0-60 on them? or 0-100km?

 

[Weeman]

late 8 ish 9 secs I think, top whack of about 125, not uber quick, but feck me it handles ace, and is great fun, wont win any drag races though lol

 

[ben_p]

Cool, RWD is awsome too.

I can't wait until March, bit worried about my DB limit and the whole "we are banning track cars unless there TUV"

But I suppose most of it is just the usual bullshit

 

[Leeshez]

Nice

 

[Weeman]

Dont act like a tit in the carpark, and while queing to get on track and the TUV guys may not bother you, turn up in a 300 hp subaru, and rev it up with your anti lag exhaust and they pay you special attention. TBH, if mine doesn't get on then I'll say thanks for all the fish, and just use it for track days in future lol

 

[jon_r]

Cool, RWD is awsome too.

I can't wait until March, bit worried about my DB limit and the whole "we are banning track cars unless there TUV"

But I suppose most of it is just the usual bulls**t

Its not, but shhhhhh and it won't happen. We're all going March 1st, so will let you know what happens!

 

[ben_p]

cool.

"what do you mean! its just a standard clio!"

 

[Andy.]

Dont act like a tit in the carpark, and while queing to get on track and the TUV guys may not bother you, turn up in a 300 hp subaru, and rev it up with your anti lag exhaust and they pay you special attention. TBH, if mine doesn't get on then I'll say thanks for all the fish, and just use it for track days in future lol

Have you ever driven around Zaandvoort? There are some pretty good rates at 20 Euros per 20 minute session.

Was seriously looking at doing one soon but my tyres are getting low anyway and I dont want to shell out for new ones just yet.

 

[Weeman]

not driven it, been there a few times for the A1 GP and the dutch supercar stuff, great track, keep meaning to do a track day their, not done any in the bmw yet (except the ring) as I wanted to have the cage in place. Fancy doing Zandvoort, zolder and Assen when I get the time, and Spa is a must sometime this year I think. Also considering bringing it over to Yorkshire and doing croft as its 10 mins up the road from mothers house.