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

[Graham]

Re: a very powerfull and troublesome bmw 316

no progress on the car yesterday, was thinking this morning that really i should forget all about gearboxes and pay of my credit card instead, a sensable if not a very exiting prospect.

it rained a fair bit yesterday, which slowed the builders, still at least they got one wall up as for when they wil do the next instalment though



standing next to it that wall looks like a lot more than 20 foot long, although im kind of already thinking the garage could of gone a bit longer still, although with a total length of 38 feet its taking up nearly half the garden now

[Dave]

Re: a very powerfull and troublesome bmw 316

i've been talking gearboxes with various people, mines fine,

i should forget all about gearboxes and pay of my credit card instead,

Makes sense

Going to be a nice sized shed Graham

[Graham]

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garage has gained another wall now and i have put/welded the supporting steel work for the rear door in place

[tom burgess]

Re: a very powerfull and troublesome bmw 316

its looking smaller all the time Graham

[Graham]

Re: a very powerfull and troublesome bmw 316

still no more progress on the car, but the garage now has its roof timbers and i made it a door and frame from steel and bricked up the apex, so it now just needs rendering outside and the rest of the roof and i can start using it

[david_white]

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Getting there

Look forward to seeing some of the new plans for the racecar taking shape popcorn:

[Graham]

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it took me all day but its now got a roof, i used 9 sheets of 8x4 ply, and had to cut them all because the builder hasnt managed a to get a single right angle in the building

if you look hard you can just see my RS outside my back door



i've now covered the roof with a couple of huge tarpulins to keep the rain out until the builder can felt it, which might be a while as he's only working on it one day a week and has yet to finish rendering the outside walls,

still now it has a roof, i just need to throw some paint around inside it, run some electrics and start on the race car

speaking of which, compomotive phoned yesterday, my wheels are ready thats less than 2 weeks sice ordering , for the moment i have only ordered 2 rear wheels as i want to try and sqeeze the same size 10x18 all the way round the car, the reason is that wide 17+18 inch wheels take up so much space im going to struggle to take them all with me, allowing for spare wheels i need to take fewer if the car uses the same wheels both ends

[Graham]

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another busy day yesterday, walls painted, floor sealed and painted, and i've started on the electrics, unlike the origonal part of the garage which is very short on sockets and everything is run off extension leads and the lighting somewhat hit or miss i will put plenty of sockets and lights in and wired so they are indepndantly switchable

[Graham]

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another busy day, i moved the rear up and over garage door ( the garage has doors both ends so you can drive straight through it) to its new home in the extension wired the lights and started on the sockets, couldnt resist moving the lathe and mill to there new homes


and the first of my new wheels arrived , by god they are big it doesnt look like its possible they will fit the car


thats a 10x18 with an somewhat odd ET of 1 so i hope its going to fit pray:

[Dave]

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the garage has doors both ends so you can drive straight through it

I suggested that to Yodi.
Nice garage Graham, you can't beat plenty of space and light.
I've got it on my wish list.

[david_white]

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and the first of my new wheels arrived , by god they are big it doesnt look like its possible they will fit the car


thats a 10x18 with an somewhat odd ET of 1 so i hope its going to fit pray:

I was looking at these the other day and noticed that they started with an offset of 1, why don't they start with zero

Can't wait to see it on the car, be great if you can get 4 that size on there, its the same size as they run on all the quick skylines, I should know I saw about 50 of them last night (guess where we were!)
They had 265 series tyres on there's i think, is that what you've got in mind?

Garage looks great now btw

[longboy]

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Nice garage graham. Am so jelous of having a lathe an miller in the garage.
Would love a bridgeport and colchester 2000 in mine or a couple of cnc toolroom machines.

[Graham]

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They had 265 series tyres on there's i think, is that what you've got in mind?

250/640/18 is whats planned at the moment on the advise from dunlop but a 265 should also fit just fine if the need should arise.

[Graham]

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I suggested that to Yodi.
Nice garage Graham, you can't beat plenty of space and light.
I've got it on my wish list.

cheers dave, as the front part of the garage is full width of the garden a door at both ends is really handy, it means i can put cars and trailers in the garden if needed, it makes my trailer more secure too when not in use, as it cant get nicked off the drive, cos its in the garden and you would have to shift a whole fleet of motors to get to it as well as break into and out of the garage again.

if i try i can get 4 cars in it now, maybe i should be into mini's instead because i could get about 10 of them in there

[Graham]

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garage isnt finished yet but i've now got most of the fleet in it



race car is in the new extension with all my tools


the front is now just storage, gregs alfa is under the green sheet in the far corner, and as you can see the 635 and RS are keeping my bike company, trailers still in the garden, passat lives across the garge door blocking it and the AA van being the only thing i park in the street, unless im using the passat then its across the door

now back to the race car this is one of the 10x18's on the front, this wheel give more brake caliper clearance than my 17 inch rims, so i can use it without a spacer i need on the 17's which helps offset the extra width, the trailing edge of the arch needs minor mods but it goes without drastic bodywork mods




ive only got about 22 degrees of steering lock before the tyre fouls on the inner arch, i cant really do anything about that so 15point turns will be order of the day in the paddock and i need to limit the steering racks travel, but im well pleased it fits as it makes life much simpler in wheel and tyre terms