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Brooker
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Hi Everyone it Lydia and Louise from Performance BMW magazine, just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone that supported our track day at Brands, we were very overwhelmed by the quality of cars and drivers and are really looking forward to doing one again next year. We had a great day and look out for the feature in February issue, and see if you can see your car!! thanks once again |
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kevin
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I really have the bug for the GP Circuit after finally getting to drive the Indy. Yes it is technical but for me i would like some more track before arriving back at Paddock again. See you there next year I'm sure. Cheers |
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Kevin
'04 E46 330Ci Convertible '08 E61 535d Touring (TorqueMeister Towbarge) ’95 E34 M5 ’89 E30 M3 (Cecotto) |
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kevin
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Kevin
'04 E46 330Ci Convertible '08 E61 535d Touring (TorqueMeister Towbarge) ’95 E34 M5 ’89 E30 M3 (Cecotto) |
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215m3
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If only i lived 20 mins away, more like 20 hours. I had a great day too just spectating. |
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UweM3
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BTW was it our Rockstar who caused to end the day early??
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E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg.....
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DAWIEM3
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Hi Guys,
Yes, must eco a great day out, even though the engine went bang. S_it happens. Thanks for the lift back to the pits, and for Toby dropping me off to collect the trailer. Must say even given the engine failure, the best day out at brands for a long time, excellent driving from all, even the novices & marshals that used their flags. Well done to all. Initial report on the engine, 2 bent valves on inlet pot 2 , so currently suspect that a valve seat dropped causing the failure. Will strip down the engine this weekend and see the extent of the damage. The valve springs, collects are all intact from above , hence why suspect the valve seat. Will only know once apart. 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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lancelotII
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'Twas, a great day for sure. How lucky where we with the weather....look at it today !!!
Note to self, must sort out the fumes in my car.....feel a bit groggy today, I am sure it's due to my leaking/rattly exhaust and the fuel filler cap's a bit crook.....other than that still amazes me how much abuse a 15 year old plus 4 pot can take and how much better through the bendy bits it is in comparison to all the modern lardo wagons with a gazillion horsepower.... Rgds Roops |
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trackM3
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Uwe, yes it is nice, i like that colour tile to ! and i find the lighting very relaxing
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Oops i went and got an E36 !
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UweM3
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the only pleasure I had on my way home was Dartford Tunnel.......
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E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg.....
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trackM3
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Oops i went and got an E36 !
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amorgan
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Was a great day. some really fast e30's there. definately need to think about the next stage of upgrades now. Uwe - could not get enough of the sound of your engine adrian |
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jon90
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What a great day,with a great bunch of like minded loons.Was good to meet old friends,you don`t see day to day and the banter was in full flow allday. Car went well all day,no drama`s apart from a faulty tyre that decided it wanted to be square? Dave,hope it`s not to bad The smashed plug didn`t look good. Hope everyone got home OK,took me all of 20 mins Looking forward to the next one already. Jon |
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Matt T
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Ive done 40 or so laps at Brands and bottled Paddock everytime! Glad to hear it was a good day, pity i wasnt there |
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thepits
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Brands Hatch GP is a super circuit - drove it anumber of years ago before it went too PC I'm there on the Indy in Feb - MSA Marshals only do (sorry chaps) |
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m3bob
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That goes down as another one of my great days Kevin at last someone has noticed that there are great corners here in the uk, other than going to the ns. Paddock is a fantastic corner,, and im sure youll all agree that even the indy is quite a techical little circuit, the Gp is fantastic though I hope we all get chance to do it again soon, it was nice to see some forum faces, have a chat and a cuppa from the legendry urn, today was what trackdays are all about, thanks all I may go back 7th Jan 2007 for some more |
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1990 Alpine E30 M3 TRACK CAR 1988 E30 325 TOURING 1988 E30 325 CAB |
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215DMX
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Good to see all the usual suspects having a good
time, but still had a good day from the passenger seat. Looks like there was 2 engines down then Dave's didn't look 'too happy' either. And looks like everyone left the cans of red mist at home! |
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kevin
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Uwe, just to clarify somebody else moved the cone to the middle of Paddock Hill for me to move out of harms way and I have the video footage to prove it .
great corner that, I am struggling to think of one at the NS which compares. |
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Kevin
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kevin
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Uwe - Thankfully the cone didn't damage my front spoiler and looking at he video footage it was an interesting incident.
Jules - good to see you again - I wasn't aware of your engine dilemma (so that makes it two ). I went thru a similar experience earlier this year and now have a rebuilt engine which is just great, I have forgotten about the expense and am now enjoying the experience!!! Good luck with your rebuild. Those CSL's looked superb...great folks = great day |
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Kevin
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Fushion Julz
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Superb day at Brands...
Suspect the engine you were talking about was mine...Bearings went after circa 40laps in the AM and just before lunchtime... Still, car was handling well and I enjoyed the day... Time for a think about the next step... The recent RR test showed only 175bhp or so at the flywheel in any case...so I was considering a rebuild over the winter... Now it is a certainty! Probably gonna go with a completely balanced and lightened bottom end, standard pistons (assuming the block/bores are OK and undamaged) and port out the head with some bigger valves and some decent cams, 48mm throttle bodies, Carbon/Alpha N, etc... May go the 2.5 route if the crank is fubar'd... Actually looking forward to the experience of the build, if not the expense.. Good to actually meet you, Uwe, and thanks for giving Carol an enjoyable ride! And gotta thank Alex Elliot for the few laps in the CSL he squeezed in for me...memorable, although I'll bring earplugs next time! |
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1996 E36 328i SE 4dr (Manual) 1992 E34 525iX Touring...SOLD |
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trackM3
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Yep i go along with both the above, it was a great day, the weather held, all the early concerns from a few people didn't come to anything, see you all again next year
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Oops i went and got an E36 !
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