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

[Graham]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

i've bought sone nylon and made some new bushes for the trailing arms, as they are to all intents and purposes solid, i thought i might have issues refitting the arms, especially with my beam mods, thankfully there werent any issues, infact the n/s arm (the only one i've refitted so far) went in a treat easier than with std or poly bushes, interestingly it moves with less sticktion than the old bushes.


for some time i've been looking for a pulley to fit between the diff and driveshaft, but havent been able to find anything suitable, but what i did have was a largeinch thick triangluar lump of billet alloy, an off cut i pulled out of a scrap bin somewhere, after roughly hacking it into a hexagon, i nailed it to a lump of wood, driled a whole in it and spent the next couple of hours at the lathe




here we go one finished pulley, from a charging perspective it could of done with being bigger, but im not bothered the car wil be equiped with a working generator and as such wil satify ther rules, even if it proabebly wont actually charge if im pulling anything less than 7k in 3rd


i cant wait to, have the inevitable conversation where a scruit looks at my engine and asks me where my alternator, then thinks im taking the piss when i say their looking at the wrong end of the car!

[team_zi]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

I found that the Lifeline electronics box didn't work unless it had a Duracell battery inside it. Other batteries didn't even make the LED's light up!

[stephen bahr]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

I found that the Lifeline electronics box didn't work unless it had a Duracell battery inside it. Other batteries didn't even make the LED's light up!

LED's being incredibly low powered, to me would suggest a bad connection or an excessive amount of ohms in the circuit.

[team_zi]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

That switch was a bargain Graham. The equivalent off the RSWWW.COM site is here (for reference)

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=0401670

The PCB and circuitry is never worth £100, but I guess they have big overheads to cover. And we were daft enough to buy them in the first place 8-)

[Graham]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

ok a little progress, i've bolted my seat the belts and fuel tank back in,
replaced the bent trailing arm fitting a new wheel bearing to it at the same time and replumbed and bleed the rear brakes,

ive remade the front part of the exhaust system, i didnt realise that when i remade the rear section in 2.5 inch to replace the previous 2.25 version that the rear section is now bigger than the front! the front bit being inbetween 2.25 and 2.5 ich, so the new front section is a bit bigger and straghter and without a silencer



and finished off the alternator installation

[Schobo]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

Good work! I really like the position of the alternator

[david_white]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

Looks good Graham, be interesting to see how 'out of harms way' the alternator looks with the car on the deck.

Whats left to do now??

[Graham]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

a slight sidetrack, i've bought another car!




its a base model non sunroof 316, ultimately its going to be the new shell for my car, but meanst while it wil provide a few spares

having lowered the front end a bit more i was once again in trouble with tyre/arch clearance, and have long since used up any clearance availiable by beating the arch upwards, so cutting a section of wing out and replacing it with a similar one from the new shell, ive effectively x packed the front wings, arguuable i should do the rears to match, but theres no actual need and times short so for now the rears stay as is

[Pushrod King]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

Good work but if it was mine I think I'd smooth/blend in the front of the boxes Graham otherwise the saying aerodynamics of a brick really do come to mind.

[david_white]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

Good work but if it was mine I think I'd smooth/blend in the front of the boxes Graham otherwise the saying aerodynamics of a brick really do come to mind.

Just what i was thinking, but will still look mean once painted up

See what they look like all painted and then if you're happy do the rears later on to match

[Graham]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

Just what i was thinking, but will still look mean once painted up

See what they look like all painted and then if you're happy do the rears later on to match

all for the next shell.....

[Graham]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

all for the next shell.....

for now its a bit of a race against time, i only have 3 days off between now and the seasons start

[Graham]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

managed a bit more progress, swapping the baking tray for the scoop which was on the otherside of the bonnet will allow the bonnet to sit lower, the hole left by moving the scoop has been filled with a replica cossy bonnet vent i had spare


i've fibre glassed the front bumper/spoiler back together AGAIN! i had to make a whole corner from scratch, it should look presentable from a distance, to be honest i didnt try to make it really nice its been smashed up so many times it would need a whole day on it, i've also made it a new mounting system from a plank of wood a couple of coach bolts and some squirty foam,


finally the wings have had some filler. they arnt great, the folds and lines in the metal arnt straight enough, but like the spoiler i didnt want to spend a day on each one, in any case they should look ok from a distance which will do.

[Graham]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

no time or space to shift the cars and trailer, so to paint the panels i simply put a trap over the car and used it as a stand to put the panels on,



at this point it occurs to me my garage looks rather like dave roberts shed,
unfortunatly the results are nothing like as good as dave gets, mainly cos i only had a couple of hours to prepare prime and paint the painels,
the finish is pretty poor, when i remember i used to do accident repairs and resprays professionally its absolutely dreadfull, but they will look ok when the cars on track, the top quality paintwork shall have to wait for the new shell.



i've bought some new willwood 4 pots, there just like the old ones but have bigger pistons, the idea being to gain more bite froom the brakes pedal travel wil go up a bit, but i'd prefer a pedal thats a got a bit more give and feel, fingers crossed i dont have to start swaping master cylinders also!



bit of a hitch with the new calipers, they are 12mm wider than the old ones so i've had to make new spacers for the brackets


got the front winggs on and fitted a nice new unbroken front grill, which ive robbed off the new shell

.

its deffo looking like daves shed in here!!!!!1

[Pushrod King]

Re: A racing bmw 316, 240bhp Atmo M10

Good work Graham,you're getting on better than I am with mine! Rolling road on friday and the engine is in bits awaiting piston rings,there's no prop (sent if off to get balanced) as it's not back yet and I need to rewire the left hand side of the engine bay for the alternator.