9 Weeks to Build a E30 318IS Track Car - Nurburgring 12th April 09

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So day off work today... straight to the garage!

Sort of steps backwards and steps forward was the story of the day.  Car's back on axle stands and the exhausts off.  Popped up to Merlin Motorsport and bought a Jettex 400mm oval mid silencer and a 450mm round silencer.... oh and a couple of jubillee clips for the cold air inlet.

Back to the garage and exhaust off and angle grinder out finally got the new boxes tacked in and adjusted some angles that weren't quite right the first time.  Changed the joint between front and rear to a sleave joint.  Once the exhaust's on the car this will be tacked then taken back off for welding.  There will be no joints that aren't welded other than downpipe to system.  Should sort the awful exhaust noise and lack of back pressure (fingers crossed!).  String welded up the joints in front and rear halves with the usual beautiful welds and comments to one of out mates of "just filling the canyon's inbetween phil's precision cut bits of tube"... lol

Got to pick up downpipe gasket tomorrow from the ever helpful Wellsway BMW (who seem to have every e30 318is part going) and then get her on for final fit.

Next job's the MAF bracket and then reseating the leaky waterpump followed by:

Bleed coolant system again! woohoooo
Fit harness eye bolts and harness
Replace ICV
Replace brake discs, pads and lines
Tracking
Run up and see if she runs right!!

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Wowsers... so I been busy!

Having major fuelling problems... grrr here's the thread I started on that:
http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8254

On the good news side she's running!  And drivable.

String of BreedPerformance made me funky strut brace, powdered in bling and a cold air box for the inlet:











Interior shot:



Exhaust guard:





You forget how long they are!






Just got to get to the bottom of this running lean issue (or i know i'll blow it up),  replace a track rod end get her tracked then we're off.....

ON SATURDAY NIGHT!

[visionracingdevelopments]

Will have to see it when ya get back

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So good news tonight!  The new adjustable FPR seems to have done the job and given me correct AFRs

So now it's a quick trip to BMW tomorrow for a code reading session (given up on trying to get mine to work), replace a bu**ered track rod end, tracking then service Stu's 350z.

The 3rd gen RX7 is now running, rumour has it the 1st gen is running too, thr 944 now has an MOT and the m42 seems good to go!

My word sounds like an adventure

[e30guydownunder]

how you go on the weekend? i managed to claw my car together for quite a successful debut!

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Absolutely stonking weekend... 18 absolute flat out laps of the Nurburgring (six being mine), 1200 miles there and back and the car was completely flawless.

There's just a million things I could type about the weekend but best to go watch the vids... including String's 9.43 lap!!  WITH AN OFF!

http://www.youtube.com/user/vitamingrin1