Doigal

[doigal]

Hey guys!

My name is Lachlan, an aussie from melbourne! I'm doing engineering at a local university, and love photography as a bit of a hobby.

Heres just a few details about the car and my plans for it:

Engine
Stock m40b18

Driveline
Stock Manual 5 speed

Suspension
Eibach Pro Springs
Bilstin Shocks
Whiteline Tower Brace
Noltec Adjustable camber mounts (Front)
Noltec concentric control arm bushes
Ireland Engineering Rear Shock Mounts

Exterior
Genuine Mtech 2 Rear wing
Passenger Hi-Beam removed

Interior
LED interior lights replacing standard ones
Power window retrofit

Stereo
Clarion Head Unit (Radio and CD player)
Audison LRx 2.500 2 channel amp (2x200WRMS)
Fronts:   Hertz 8" Mid Bass
Hertz 5" Mid Range
Hertz 1" TweeterHertz Passive 3way crossover
No Rear stage (removed)
Sony PSone 6" LCD Screen
Ipod Link and Charger
Wiring for computer in boot

Plans
e36 318is Engine Transplant
Dowling Atlanta Supercharger (i am more likly to be dead of old age though)
3.73 LSD diff
Upgrade of rear suspension (Diff mount, Subframe and trailing arm bushes)
Front Sway bar
OBC retrofit
Lighted Mirror Retrofit
Colour code bumpers front and rear
Front mount Camera
Rear mount camera
Auto switch to rear camera for reverse
Mini Digital Dash
Put Computer back in with proper shutdown controls and 12vdc power (underseat with case from mp3car.com)
Bigger screen (touch screen, VGA)

Lastly, a few pics...

[Choking Hazard]

Yowza!  I love that wida angle- great motion....  It jumped off the screen onto my desk!  Left skid marks even.

[StreetSpec_iS]

hey lachlan.

aaaah DECA, we need to get back there. that was some good stuff.

[dude8383]

welcome to the forum man! lets see some interior pics!!

[doigal]

aaaah DECA, we need to get back there. that was some good stuff.

Best send off to an old set of tires one could give!

There arnt any interior shots - its not a very clean car on the inside!

[mrjezza]

The day before I changed a set of tires last I was at a mates place and we decided to be fools and do some burnouts on his street.  I lost a complete circle of rubber about 1/3 the width of the tire on the outside of the tire.  The fabric was exposed and on the way home I stopped 2-3 times because whenever I picked up speed I heard a noise coming from the tire.  Eventually I saw that a thread had come loose and must have been touching the inside of the arch when it extended to full length at speed but when I slowed down it wasn't spinning fast enough to reach and so I didn't hear the noise.

At the time it seemed like a pretty cool thing to happen.  Actually I still think its kinda cool

Moral of the story is do burnouts closer to the tire shop.

[StreetSpec_iS]

no, moral of the story is take spares to the burnout spot.

[D. Clay]

Alright, what is DECA? The English, Americans, and Australians are a common people separated by the same language - or something like that.
That's a really good action shot. Are those tire marks from previous attempts to get it just right or part of the distortion. How about that nick on the corner of the bumper - tell me it's from knocking the photographer down until he got it right!
I'm a big fan of Australian movies. All time faves are The Road Warrior, Strictly Ballroom, Muriel's Wedding, The Castle, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Cosi.

[StreetSpec_iS]

^ awesome ... you should watch some of our 'gangster' movies. Two Hands (Heath Ledger's first big thing), Dirty Deeds, The Hard Word etc etc. Risk is another decent flick. Prob my fave Aussie movie is 'The Man From Hong Kong'. Try and get a hold of that, its corny(like most old kung-fu), but its a classic. It is said to have inspired Quentin Tarantino.

Oh, and DECA is Driver Education Centre of Aus. a local national club lachlan and i are members of had an autocross/track day there last year. was a blast.