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A vid comparing the two BMs for anyone interested. The M4 goes back very soon, not to be replaced, so I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to own one and drive it how the //M guys intended! [emoji51] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Found a couple of hours yesterday with dry weather and got the front coilovers fitted (again)... Most importantly, the rattle has gone! :fest: Equally importantly, they feel excellent! :fest: With the changes made, the car rides better than standard with the shocks in about the bottom ten...

Couple more chassis bits from the BMW parts bin: Firstly a rear underbody brace from the m135i that they seemingly dropped when they revised the rear suspension. A popular mod on these and folk report the rear end feeling better tied down once installed. And I’ve mentioned these before, but...

Cheers gents and will do Mr Beans, only thing that puts me off Blyton is just how hard the place is on brakes!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Right an overdue update on the 140... Before the trackday I took the car to a local garage for a brake fluid change and extra oil change. I asked them to get a BMW oil filter in for me, but they weren’t able to, so changed the oil without filter and did the brake fluid free of charge, which...

You’re so right Peter, they don’t need to be any faster at all, this is a case of me being an idiot and justifying it ‘since it’s so easy’ and ‘because I don’t like the cold start’! [emoji23] So far as 450bhp+ in something ultimately not much different to a 116d goes, it makes pretty good use...

Thanks for the info mate, I’m sure there’s plenty of crossover between the bike and car world, especially when it comes to emissions related fudgery!! There are plenty of reports of cars coming back from their services with different engine and gear maps and having lost their pops from the...

Muscle car is right, or at least certainly was with the JB4! It actually has decent grip levels, but the power is pretty absurd, especially paired with the tightly stacked cogs and immediate shifts. In terms of moving it towards being more of a driver’s car and something that can be properly...

For anyone still interested, progress with the 140 has been slower than I’d hoped. I’ve had some teething issues with the GT1 coilovers, so they’ve been on and off the car a few times and are now back with Meister R to be respecified. I had a Quaife ‘LSD’ fitted which was sorely missed...

A little behind with the videos as ever but the M140i Introduction is up now:

As ever lots going on, a more interesting update on the 1 series to follow as I’ve been busy with that. In the meantime though, sadly the M4 came to the end of its 6 month lease... What to replace it with? We had thought about a ludicrous X5 M, but that worked out at nearly £200pm more than the...

The other big piece of the jigsaw is now in hand, a Quaife diff to make it a proper drivers car! Chosen over the Drexler-made M Performance item purely on availability and cost, there appears to be nothing to choose between them. It should feel very similar to the ‘Torsen’ diffs fitted to...

Can’t wait to find out! I’m expecting great things! :grin: Like your friends, I have nothing but praise for the Zeta and CRD coilovers they make, I have Zeta Pros on the red mk1 and CRD+ on the white one! The camber adjustment is a massive plus too as camber plates are rather costly for...

Couple of big deliveries today, never guess what’s in this big, expensive looking box... (It’s a new bumper to replace the broken one!) More excitingly (and I am really excited about them), my coilovers have arrived, can’t wait to get them fitted! Externally they’re very similar to the...

Couple of bits today... An expensive box of bits from BM for the deer slayer. There’s a bumper too but that’s going straight to the body shop to be painted. Not a cheap venture this deer hunting! :weary: More excitingly, Dan (brother) and I have formed a plan to go racing. Not an immediate...

Cheers Ben, it’s a dream on a tight circuit like Cadwell :grin:

We were back at Cadwell I’m Thursday in the budget MX5, having been disappointed with the pace a couple of weeks ago, I nailed a lap and time I’m really quite proud of...

So that’s what I bought, I’ll be recording a vid with full first impressions but the headlines are: It’s fast The chassis isn’t up to it The brakes aren’t up to it Folks who increase the power before looking at the chassis are mental! :tearsofjoy: The previous owner got a puncture whilst the...

Enjoyed catching up on the new project Tom, thanks for taking the time to document and welcome to the dark side! :grin: Car looks really nicely prepared, well done!

To top things off the car I bought has a Burger Motorsport JB4 installed, which is a 2018 iteration of a tuning box. I think it’s fair to say these devices have come some way in recent years and the JB4 is a hugely popular and well regarded product in BMW circles. This means that via either...