A race bmw 316, m10, s14, m20, turbo, na, its been the lot!

[team_zi]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Its mentioned in the rule book from the MSA, illegal for any UK MSA sanctioned event.
Road use or track days etc, not a problem.

[FOSSIE]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

in the uk your not allowed to use anything other than steel wheel nuts

Is this a racing rule or C&U? I'd better bin these titanium ones then!

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

yes, two reasons, its not an advantage/handicap to very light/heavy drivers,

second reason is weighing cars with drivers is far faster, parc ferme is usually crowded and the scruits have to get all the car over the weigh bridge before the end of the next race which could leave them as little is 10 mins to weight anything upto 40 cars

[Roadsport]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

The cars are weighted with the driver?

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Well hey everything counts!
Is the beemer close to minimum weight?

nothing like it, im about 130kgs over it!, i could probably save 50kg with a careful build of a new car, going to split rims would save a bit. theres at least 15kg to come off me just need to cut down on the

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

i'm supprised the anti roll bars aren't bigger still for racing use though to be fair

race cars generally have very little suspension movement and stiff springs so roll bars are not that stiff by comparison, more used to fine tune,

road cars need comparatively stiff roll bars to control body roll, if car manufactures used stiff springs the ride quality would be unacceptable

your'll be shaving your legs next

already do my head and my................

[caprimentle]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

after all this weight gaining couldnt put the steel ones back so knocked up alloy replacements saved all of about 18 grams in weight lol!

thats the spirit, every little helps, your'll be shaving your legs next and driving without socks on under your shoes

like the brake upgrade , i'm supprised the anti roll bars aren't bigger still for racing use though to be fair

[Roadsport]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Well hey everything counts!
Is the beemer close to minimum weight?

[Graham]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

well i just changed the prop coupling, to do so centre prop mount needs dropped, that has steel spacers to space it away from the body, after all this weight gaining couldnt put the steel ones back so knocked up alloy replacements saved all of about 18 grams in weight lol!

[Roadsport]

Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!

Oh. Well no need to ponder that then. I still can though.