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Good to see you still out using it Ben. I know you're a fan of the cooler winter track days! See how the temps cope in the summer with higher ambient but it seems like a step in the right direction!

Thursday 28th October 2021 - Finally, I didn't think this was going to ever arrive, I couple of milestones reached for the E46. The first big on being to have the car running on stand alone ECU and the second was sorting out the engine issues issues which all resulted in building the new engine...

Weekly round up. Thursday evening was a early finish from work to try and get on with the car before it went dark, these darker nights aren't very good for working on the car unfortunately as well as the colder weather. Now I have got the engine running on the new ECU with the cams timed up in...

Cheers, I’m glad you think so! This recent work has been really interesting, a good learning curve too. Taking on some things I’ve never done before really. I would have preferred to do it a little slower with more time but I have been determined to make Oulton in November.

Another week spending my evenings and any free time working on the car once again. This week has been finishing off the wiring planning and finishing off the engine loom. A lot more time than I thought has gone into the planning of this as well as making of the loom and I was only modifying it...

Good read! Nice to see skme engine building been done properly on these with a lovely tidy engine bay. Sad to see the damage to the charger but look forward to seeing what you do with it from here!

The DSSR is great with my RTD shifter. Wouldn't be without it on one of these boxes. I didn't have time last night to complete the rest of the update so saved it for this evening... Following weekend comes around and it was time for running in. I have booked two slots within two weeks of each...

Back to it again. Since the last post I have sourced another bare engine block which was in the similar condition to my standard block and decided on the Saturday to take them down to a new machine shop to compare blocks. In the end we decided to stick with the original block, it was determined...

Possible? Yes.. However when I checked you're into over £600 for OEM pistons and rings plus machine work. Zero gain except 0.25mm bigger pistons. Anything above that and the liners in the block are to thin. You could go after market and get higher compression pistons but the costs are £1200+ and...

Cheers Sean. I’ve messaged all sellers on eBay with blocks and reasonable engines regarding photos of bores, if they have main caps and timing cases, just see who comes back to me this week. Hopefully some of the breakers pick up the message tomorrow. Not been brought up with the original shop...

Small update from this week and weekend. Got the block dropped off at a new machine shop for them to rehone and have a look at the condition of the bores. The outcome of this was that the current piston to wall clearance is on average 0.06-0.07 but the bores are slightly tapered, not well honed...

Part 2 While I was taking the front timing cover off for the fitting of the new chain tensioner you have to remove 3 small head bolts from the front of the block which is part of the head gasket, I decided while I'm this far in I will pop the head off and have a look at the insides of the...

Sat down this evening with a little bit of time and thought a small update wouldn't go amiss, I've been busy with a house i've bought recently which is a complete renovation back to a bare shell so time is a little thin on the ground at the moment. It would have been lovely to have been able to...

Really good write up, always enjoy reading a well written post like that. Car looks great too! I was sat behind Ben when the chain reaction of braking occurred and ended up diving for the inside of the train over Clio’s on the inside of the corner rather than ending up into the back of someone...

Snetterton - August 2021 Snetterton is a fair old 220 miles from me which normally takes around 4 hours driving with the trailer. But I don't mind the traveling down to Snetterton as the circuit is worth it at least once a year. The last two years we've done Snetterton and Cadwell Park one back...

Couple more photos from Cadwell Park, because why not! Aside from the oil pump woes off the back of Cadwell Park I did manage to highlight one smaller issue from the additional grip from the modifications I've been working on recently. Noticed that mid way through the morning I was...

Wednesday morning Cadwell Park. Cadwell is a fair old 3+ hour drive for us from the Northwest so we now have a habit of booking a hotel in Louth so it's only a ten minute drive in the morning to get to the circuit. Cooked breakfast in the hotel to start the day and we were at the circuit before...

Cadwell August 2021 - Update to follow but here's a video of a couple of laps for the moment...

Finishing off the rear end - Cadwell Park Prep At the end of the last update I was waiting on the rear trailing arm bearings to arrive. Millway had to manufacture them so it took 4 weeks for them to arrive but worth the wait for them Pressed into the rear arms The final rubber bushing...

I do actually run a true rear coilover. I have done the strengthening of the strut tops and rear brace between the strut tops to suit running a true rear coilover. I have considered going to another after market rear arm but the cost vs reward didn't seem worth it and I just went for the VAC...