Spunkmeyer Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 So some of you guys picked up on a couple of threads showing off my new track car. Thought I briefly run a separate thread for updates. So it started with a pretty poor piece of judgement on my part. Long story short but the first car blew up on the way home! This was a dark blue compact with a 2.8, dodgy seller wasn't going to refund me so managed an exchange to this one above for free. (Incidentally found the first one on eBay again from another seller so some other guy fell for it again and got stung) So on purchase this is a 2001 Bmw E36 Compact with 2.5 5spd conversion (from 1.6) with E36 M3 front bumper, some nice skirts and a rocket bunny lip extension. Wiper delete (just been pulled off). In a fetching shade of baby blue. STD interior except for a lovely OMP wheel in alcantara blue first issue was intermittent overheating again, so after investigation went with a new water pump and thermostat and housing but that didn't solve the issue so it was a blown head gasket. So ok I'm in for a penny in for a few hundred pounds - a replacement engine from a well looked after auto and a small fortune later I had a reliable car - 12hrs later it's at Oulton park! The white wheels had a weld so got some OEM wheels and got rid of the stupid bonnet scoop. Overhauled the brakes with braided lines, bike fluid, yellow stuff pads and then Fitted some towing eyes and I'm razzing it round like a Bignum wannabe (with a supra sticker hidden in the cabin) https://vimeo.com/187856620 Loved every minute of it! Novice group with less than 10 cars on track and all the tarmac to play with for the whole day. Car did well felt little roll but it's already on coilovers so good enough Plans ECU remap for 2.5 Buckets and Belts Strip down the interior and lightweight door cards Fabricate a heat shield for the air filter New engine mounts And on and on and on Planning Corborough (South Staffs) end Oct and want to join up with some of your guys for Nov Oulton Park and then also the garage doing the work CheadleAutoWorx have a BMW track event 04Dec I think too. Looking at plenty of upgrades next yr will post up. Trying to learn some basic DIY as I go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I have booked Oulton Park for 25th November, in the Kitcar Plan to get the suspension sorted by then, as it is currently lethal. Hope to see you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Enormous attendance on that date! I'm only a noob ha ha lol gotta be 50-70 cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Looks like a great car to start you off, hopefully pretty cheap to run too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Must admit it's nice to pick up bits for £10s not £100s on these so many around. Shame of it is I could buy a whole tracked compact for less £1k and pilfer everything of it including a cage! But can I be arsed and have another car on the drive.. still dam site cheaper than buying everything separately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Enormous attendance on that date! I'm only a noob ha ha lol gotta be 50-70 cars? Just looked, and it is full now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 I'm heading down to Curborough this Sunday, cars in for upgrade to the ECU, new discs/pads on the rear and a heat shield for the air intake. Will be stripping the rear end out inside. But not enough pennies for bucket seats just yet. Hopefully will notice a difference with the old skool replacement chip and lighter car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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