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Thanks for taking the time to write all that down but I've actually placed an order for a full shifter kit frkm RTD which looks a great bit of kit, just waiting for it to be made as there was a 6 week lead time on them. They're certainly fantastic cars. The 3.0 engines sound amazing. Keeping...

Starting off with a little bit of mid week progress this week by reproducing a set of Detent tools for BMW gearboxes. Found the drawings online for the tools and set about making them up. I've got all the parts from BMW to replace the detent springs for the gates on the gears just needed the...

Glad to hear you're finding that set up with the slightly softer springs a good compromise for road and track enabling you to use the damping to set it perfect for both. Looking forward to snetterton now?

Good job done that, messy and fiddly at times but nothing beats nice and fresh calipers.

Yeah no chance of getting them out with that technique. I had to use abit 2m of leverage with the correct tool to remove.

Have a read of my thread here http://www.clio197.net/threads/toms-track-car-2-more-cylinders-rwd.51345/page-24 Also look on what I've put on page 23. I've put a photo up and maybe explanation of how I did it there.

Haha trust me the Clio is a doddle to work on compared to this. Everything is more complicated, bigger and has more wires. Basically more of everything. Glad to see you say that Micah. Will keep the updates going then but try to keep them interesting for everyone out there reading them...

Great to read this update after today's messages. I'm sure it'll be a world of difference on track for you now! Enjoy.

So the weekend got off to a productive start. Saturday morning I was out shopping at 7am to replace the grinder I had set on fire Friday night after 2 hours of grinding with a flap disc without stopping. Overheated and set the motor on fire. Started with the easier/smaller job in the rear of...

Good work. At least it wasn't too bad if a fix and you're ready to go again. Taking gearbox's in and out of these is a regular thing that I learnt with them.

Looks great with those white wheels. Can't beat a proper track car being towed around on a trailer!

Another small update and also request for some colour opinions. With all the Sub frames and suspension removed and ready for powder coating I am stuck between having it done in anthracite, nice and simple and clean, or whether to go ballsy and go for something like red. Unsure which to go for...

@wattson Thanks for the recommendation. Watson if you're interested in adjustable top mounts don't hesitate to drop me a message. I've supplied a lot of forum member on here with mounts from compbrake.

Yeah, had an itch and had to scratch it. I'd done the whole hot hatch thing in a car I'd really wanted when I started driving and couldn't have one back then. No doubt it will be a handfull to drive, especially with everything being done in one go, better power to weight ratio and plenty torque...

That's bad news regarding the car breaking down. At least it was at the end of the day not at the beginning. What are the symptoms?

Great to see this update, I know I did hint towards it on facebook. Nice to see something different built.

Little bit more progress being made this week in the evenings. Lots of parcels still arriving. Firstly being a change of brake pads. Normally you know I've been a big advocate of the DS1.11 and a number of you lot run them on my recommendations but for the e46 I thought i'd try something new...

Looking good, the OZ's with the PS's look great too!

Gutted to see the damage to the wheels mate. If it was you i'd be doing some measuring and getting some laser cut steel spacers made to 1/2/3mm that will stop your issues with the wheels without having to run big spacers. Just enough to clear the wheel of the outer edge of the lip on the hub.

Looks great! exactly how a road going clio should be done. It's the little attention to detail mods I'm liking on this.