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215m3 
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Joined: 10-May-2003
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 Posted: 06-October-2004 at 11:32 |
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Brakes looking good Roops!!
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John W
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Joined: 01-November-2002
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Posted: 06-October-2004 at 18:24 |
Roops,
I am well impressed.
You gotta love AP. Just totally cool. And I'd love to play with your shifter.....OOOOO-ERRRR!!
You need to ditch those old leather seats as a matter of urgency. Surely lightening the car must be this winter's job? Get REAL Recaro shells in, and then I will be impressed. 
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lancelotII
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Posted: 07-October-2004 at 05:21 |
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Your right JW. Seats will be going, and I hope to remove the carpets to get some of the weight out, but I want to replace the carpets with some sort of tailored/trimmed mats, after having painted the floor. I don't want the stolen recovered look more the Porsche CS look !!!
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shoestring7
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Posted: 07-October-2004 at 05:30 |
Roops,
Please let me know if you do find a supplier of lightweight mats, I'm also going the ClubSport route. BTW have you tried Southbound? They do a lot of trim and carpet work in the P-car world, and have a good reputation.
SS7
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John W
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Posted: 07-October-2004 at 09:11 |
 lancelotII wrote:
Your right JW. Seats will be going, and I hope to remove the carpets to get some of the weight out, but I want to replace the carpets with some sort of tailored/trimmed mats, after having painted the floor. I don't want the stolen recovered look more the Porsche CS look !!! |
Sounds good Roops. I think it is really imprtant to detail the cabin well when you strip it. I think the cage and floor should have a really nice paint finish. Instead of mats, have you seen those steel plates with grippy finish? Rally cars have them. They are about the same size and shape as a mat. Just food for thought.
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lancelotII
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Posted: 07-October-2004 at 10:49 |
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Nice bit of chequer plate, I think thats what your thinking of. But your right I want it to be neat and tidy.
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John W
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Posted: 07-October-2004 at 13:58 |
lancelotII wrote:
Nice bit of chequer plate, I think thats what your thinking of. But your right I want it to be neat and tidy. |
Aye, that's the stuff. I dead technical minded, me.
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DAWIEM3
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Joined: 17-February-2004
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Posted: 07-October-2004 at 16:45 |
Hello Roops,
Did you do anything to the rears as well ???
I see we are all up to Oulton on the 23rd so am keen to see how she goes. Your shifter if similar to mine will be awesome, positive shift feel but will tend to vibrate a bit.
Are you sure you want to put your car through a diet, as it is still a wicked car, have you thought of the one for the road and another for the track route.
Lets hope its dry and Jon behaves, and moves over instead of being a rolling police block.
See you all there on the 23rd.
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E30 M3 Road car ( Now in Hongkong )
E30 M3 Track Car
S14 2.0L 2002 in progress
E30 C2 2.7 Alpina
E36 M3 3.2 EVO
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lancelotII
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Posted: 08-October-2004 at 05:05 |
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Dave, I left the rears for the moment. However, it does have an adjustable bias valve fitted now, so i can modulate front to rear pressure.
I have thought about the diet, but I can't ever see how you can really enjoy an e30 M3 on the road, so I am happy to carefully lighten the car without going mad.
Will see you on the 23rd.
Rgds
Roops
ps Do you have a good method for flushing the cooling system
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DAWIEM3
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Posted: 08-October-2004 at 12:19 |
Roops,
History shows I normally take the engines apart before the coolant needs changing, and hence all the parts get pressure washed before assembly. The problem is the thermostat, it stops you flushing it out, unless you fit one without the restrictor in place for flushing and connect the hose pipe into the nipple at the back of the head. Remove the top rad hose and circulate fresh water for how long you want.
Any one else with ideas.
Regards,
Dave.
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E30 M3 Road car ( Now in Hongkong )
E30 M3 Track Car
S14 2.0L 2002 in progress
E30 C2 2.7 Alpina
E36 M3 3.2 EVO
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stevesingo
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Posted: 08-October-2004 at 12:44 |
DAWIEM3 wrote:
Any one else with ideas.
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By draining the coolant from the lowest point on the system you will rid the system of about 75% of the old coolant.
I then refill the car with fresh water and run the car up to tempreture (allow the fan to cut in a few times or drive for 10 mins). This will dilute the old coolant and when cool enough (Can you hold the radiator hose for 2mins?) drain it again. You could repeat this as many times as you want to satisfy yourself that you have none of the old coolant left. Then you can refill with new coolant.
There will always be some coolant remaining in the engine after draining so to ensure the correct concentration half the full cooling system capacity add that amount of anti-freeze and then top up with water.
Steve
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jon90
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Posted: 08-October-2004 at 15:20 |
Dave,
Who said south african`s don`t have a sense of humour 
Unfortunately my car has no tax,mot and the insurance is due on the 26th Oct.
Jon
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Houlbt
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Joined: 01-March-2003
Location: London-Westminster & Cheshire
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Posted: 09-October-2004 at 05:51 |
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Haven't we been busy.... impressive work there Roops... I can see I'll have to be asking you all the details and then getting the credit card dusted off ;)
It's been a while......
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John W
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Posted: 09-October-2004 at 06:36 |
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Do it, Tom.
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DAWIEM3
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Posted: 09-October-2004 at 15:54 |
Welcome back Tom.
I take it you have been let out on good behaviour then.
Jon, sorry you not going to be there mate, now you have ruined all the fun.
Oh yes, Brakes, seems a good setup Roops, have you upgraded the master cyclinder as well to the larger one or left the standard one in place.
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E30 M3 Road car ( Now in Hongkong )
E30 M3 Track Car
S14 2.0L 2002 in progress
E30 C2 2.7 Alpina
E36 M3 3.2 EVO
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lancelotII
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Posted: 10-October-2004 at 11:02 |
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Dave, Std master cylinder is still in place.
Thanks for the tips on coolant flushing, must get it done this week.
Good to hear from you Tom.
Rgds
Roops
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Houlbt
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Posted: 11-October-2004 at 03:53 |
lol thanks boys... I'm not married yet regardless of the rumours the Bexley-gossips might be proliferating.
Been settling into a new job and saving a bit of cash following a house pruchase in Jan. I'm selling the E36-M3 (it's going in the trader this week or next) that was in PBMW last month and using the cash to sort the girlfriend out with a Mini Cooper Cab for which I've got a decent delivery date (before xmas)
The E30 is coming out of storage, it needs a good service, MOT... sadly don't think this will happen before Oulton in a couple of weeks though. The 17" BBS are for sale... best offer secures so spread the word and I'm going to be running the car on type-r's permanently in future. The carbon airbox/mbe_ecu is waiting to be done and I've got a few other plans on top of that 
All the best gents... will be seeing you soon
BACK SOON
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John W
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Posted: 11-October-2004 at 10:11 |
Tom,
Your car always looks as hard as nails. Even despite the silly seats. 
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AP Racing Brakes - Job Done