Zach's new car

Zach

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Now that we finally have some pics i'll give you all the specs.

1999 328 motorsport
colour; stahlbuen blue. spelling will be wrong on that hahaha.
full leather interior which is rare outside the M3 here in Europe with a dark wood grain to go with the cream leather.

manual not an autotragic. thank god!
eibach springs on bilstien sport shocks all round, powerflex bushes in the front(must still do the rear) and brembo discs and EBC yellow stuff pads take care of the stopping.

no sunroof, better for the track;)
lastly two sets of wheels, the msport wheels that are currently on and a set of bbs rc041/42 which I am busy refurbing over the winter here.

things fixed since purchase, brake circuit sensor was faulty was I swapped that out. the float sensor in the radiator kept miss reading so I got a new one only to find the plug to be broken. replacement plug sourced in a scrap yard so that's down. some interior trim was broken, fixed via scrappy again. corrosion in the light fittings was also a head ache. had to sand all the fittings.

needs a servicein about 2000 miles but it's to cold now to go out side and do it haha.

future plans include. lsd with shorter ratio, m50 manifold swap with a big bore throttle, a remap. 330 brakes, lots of suspension bits and if all goes to plan i'll have her ready for the ring in about 6 months. lol its only a 7 hour drive from where I am now.

that's it. will add to this build thread in time.
 

Gizmo

Banned
Sell the M3 wheels and get those style 29's refurbished and fitted, they only weigh 8.8kg each.

Give us some interior pics too.

Is that a Yak in the background?


Im rocking my style 29's on the touring for a little while...

 

Zach

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Yes its a yak;) went flying and had to do some photos at the airfield. Well I'm going to refurb the wheels myself. One is primed already just needs a spray and I need bolts. Fuxking 80 pounds for bolts alone. The plan is to sell the msport wheels as I don't like them. Was thinking of get a set of contours or style 5s but style 5 wheels are hard to find. How hard do you think it is to retro fit an oem alarm. Alarms are rare on these cars here. I put the oem radio back in as well but it stopped working a day later hahaha
 

Gizmo

Banned
I think style 29 looks better than style 5, can't you find reps like you had on the sedan?. Is that style 29 a narrow and wide set?

dude, I know your diy, get them refurbished professionally!
 

Zach

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Yup narrow and wide set. Can get reps but it's very common here. Want to stay oem. Did a nice drive to oxford over the weekend. Wanted to do a photo shoot at this posh hotel we stayed at but got drunk instead haha.

I noticed a blip in the throttle once or twice under a hard push to up to about 100miles. Think I have an air leak somewhere. I've cleaned the amf so it must be a leak right?
 

Zach

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Kind of but it's only happened twice. Was also thinking fuel pump. I can drive for ages and then get to a stop and the idle will dip and rise to normal constantly. Then I pull off and it's fine.
 

Zach

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So a quick update. Here are long over due pics of the interior. I'll add pics of my travels later this week. got four exams come month end so things are hectic.
 

Gizmo

Banned
Need more pics of your hot car next equally hot planes. Interior looks great considering the rate at which dove interior wears. Keep the pics coming Mr muppet!
 

Zach

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I'll put some pics of planes up soon in the thread. Check my FB I've got some awesome pics from my airfield.

So I need to know what colour my interior is. You said Dove is this correct? Also I'm not sure about the wood. I'm guessing walnut but the handbrake is a different wood and its cracked:/ not my doing either.

Thigs happening this weekend include my x brace finally going on. I nicked it off a Z3, wanted to pull the sterring rack but didn't have time. Also might do fetch an M3 exhaust for it but no headers:(

Then M50 manifold if I can find one. 6 pot engines are really rare in scrap yards never mind b25 motors.
The M54/M50nv cam swap might also happen in the near future hehe


Oh and that pic is old. She sports M3 clocks now.
 
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