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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    Wouldn't it be great just to park up the car after a track day? Maybe give it a wash and leave it at that? Started with washing wheels and giving everything a check over... NSF tyre didn't fair that well at Cadwell even with approx 3.5 degrees of camber - I've ordered a digital level which I'm...
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    Cheers @RSRowe ! Looks so different when going back editing footage. Like a little cruise to the shops till you look at the speedo and you're going through Gooseneck at 80mph.
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    R20 BTG - 200 Cup Track Car Blog

    Car looks spot on in those photos! Big fan of the white wheels. Good to have a chat with you on Monday all be it a short one while faffing. Which go pro were you using out of interest? I've been trying to get one working in the car for some alternative footage but still not quite there with...
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    Cadwell Park April 2024. Fresh off the trailer at 7:30, always find the morning of a trackday a little bit worrying, hoping everything is right with the car and that it's going to work, this would probably be made easier if I didn't change so many things between each day, but where is the fun...
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    Glacier White 200 Cup

    Cracking write up. Was a really good day considering some of the cars on track! I thought we were in for a day of red flags and faffing but it went really smoothly. More Renaults on the trackday than I saw at some of the Renault Sport days I did back when I had the clio! Made for some great...
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    It weighed at 6.5kg which is the same if not slightly lighter than the Odyssey. They claim the Odyssey has a weight of 7kg from the data sheet. In terms of the CCA. It’s a bit of a gamble but so far it’s been no problem, e46 takes a good 5/6 seconds of cranking for the first start of the day as...
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    Little bit of free time over easter has given me the opportunity to make some changes to a few bits. Had a little bit of time yesterday on CAD to look at the design of the rear wing, it's a little bit bigger than I ever thought I'd have on the car, the end plates I originally designed and cut...
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    Beanys RB 200 cup

    Nothing like leaving a job till the week before a track day. Least you’ve sorted most of it now rather than having to do it on a track day. You ran the RC6’s previously?
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    Found a replacement for the smaller more club sport seats I've had in the BMW since the Clio prior to 2018, these have been great and are still in perfect condition and were brilliant when driving the cars on the road, but always wanted to try something a little bit different, little more...
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    2006 Deep Black Track Shed BudgetBoltOnBuild

    Passenger seat is always open for anyone if the cars working. Anyone’s free to ask to jump in. More fun when trackday laps are shared with someone!
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    2006 Deep Black Track Shed BudgetBoltOnBuild

    Hopefully all the issues sorted by the time Cadwell comes around, there myself on the 8th
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    As we start to move into spring I've started to look at Trackdays for 2024, I was hoping to get more miles on the car this year, but we'll see how that progresses through the year, noticed a lot of people selling up track cars this year, possibly down to the constant rising of prices and the...
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    Oulton Part 18th November Normally we've got away with good weather over the years with a dry cold winter track day but this time a little bit of rain over night and temps around the 10-12 degree meant that the track was wet for the majority of the day but only a sessions worth of a drying line...
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    A proper post will appear at some point, but for now...
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    Tom's Track Car - BMW E46 -Engine Number 3

    Not a lot been happening over the last few weeks. Been waiting for a super damper from America for 6 weeks. Mounting this to the engine using the MRT M54 damper installation kit from Finland This is a very tight fit on the crank, ended up heating it in the oven for 20 minutes to get some...