Round 3....another M3 build

[hinrichs]

So while drinking with some friends at the last race, I was on ebay and did some buzzed shopping. I checked on this item a few times, and decided to just finally pull the trigger. Waited a little while, no tracking per usual and then this box showed up from Bulgaria.

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Hmm what could it be

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Got some Inpro Smoked tails. I was hoping they were bnib but they looked slightly used with the one seal. Oh well whatever. Pull the lights out, wow the car is gross. Yes there is some surface rust...car might get painted someday.

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Threw the lights in, looks 100x better in my opinion. This all stemmed from throwing in the smoked from turns.

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[bwwaaaa]

Love the color on the bike, deep brown is so underrated on everything. Also catching up with the last race, awesome times! Loved the footage as well, looks like so much fun. Can’t wait to see what’s next.

[hinrichs]

Bmw made a new garage friend last night. Jeep went to its new home last night. (couldnt justify the $$$$ when its trail only)

2003 Suzuki VL800. Needs some parts here and there but can be ridden as is.

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[hinrichs]

Good job man!
Apart from a new clutch, what you're gonna do this winter?

Clutch and flywheel (not sure how extreme ill go yet), new cage, window net, rear upper arms, rear diff (i think 3.91s), new/used driveshaft, all rear bushings.

Also trying to get an enclosed trailer as well which is gonna be expensive.


I have to say, not having really anything to work on right now is a bummer. Might be getting another silver coupe from a friend for either another shell to build, or a minor build for the lady. Camino is still in the planning stages.....but its gonna be a very expensive build even to just get her on the road.

[Miroteknik]

Looks like a great run!

[DawsonLiri]

Good job man!
Apart from a new clutch, what you're gonna do this winter?

[Fruttolo]

You jumped it!

Awesome as always, very clean driving

[hinrichs]

Best run I had

[Miroteknik]

car looks great, will be watching for the video

[hinrichs]

Last race of the season happened over the weekend. Kinda sad but now I have a lot to work on over the winter.

Last year, this race was my first ever. I ran street tires and didnt think much about it. Car did good, I learned a lot. I started with a 81.620 and finished with a 69.420. Forward to this year...with some much needed changes and tires I had one goal. Get as close to my best time on the first run. Road was cold, it was damp, couldnt really get any heat into the tires. Checked my time once I got to the top.....well I pulled off a 70.398. I was beyond happy and ready for the weekend. Only ended up with 3 runs due to some rain, and also someone blowing an oil line at the finish coating the course down to the turn around...took about an hour and a half to clean up. #2 - 66.767 #3 - 67.481

Sunday was a lot better, sun was shining and everyone was ready. We had a few incidents....my one friends car is now totaled but he is okay. Got 5 runs which was awesome and I ran my personal best of 63.965. That run felt like a sunday drive and was perfect. I know what I need to do for next season for sure. Clutch slipping was the major problem of the day but the car did great. #1 - 67.481 #2 - 64.103 #3- 65.293 #4-63.965 #5-64.398

Took 2 pictures, but have a video of each run.

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[Benwalsh91]

i haven't been on here for a while, but i am so happy this is still going and you stuck with it!

[hinrichs]

Shakedown run to work and back the other day, all is well

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Got bored while getting it ready for this weekend and pulling the bumper for the trailer, swapped back to smoked lights. Might get smoked tails for fun.

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[cblock406]

Good work! Excited to see what happens to the El Camino and that 2002 looks minty!

[Miroteknik]

New shifter plate looks great. I always ***** open tunnels on drift/whatever cars.

[hinrichs]

Totally forgot to post this beauty that was in the garage for a little while. My friends dads first car. Its mostly original and was restored fully when we were kids (Im 32 so prolly like 20 years ago?) He needed some safe storage while his garage at home was getting the floor coated. Ended up rebuilding his center console while I was bored. It was basically falling apart, and he said it was never sturdy. Well I fixed that and made a radio mount.

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Made another horn blank, Im sure I will end up doing this over again. I do want to wire in a horn button sometime, since the random times this goes on the road, I have needed one.

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Sucks these dont just bolt on......

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I was planning on a diff swap for the race this weekend. Well my driveshaft is a 6 bolt....I need a 4 bolt....they arent easy to find it seems. Thought I could rebuild my stock one with an auto rear tail section....nope of course my fronts the wrong style. Oh well that can wait. So while I had the driveshaft out, figured it was finally time to make a better shifter plate and boot setup. The last one the hole underneath was wayy to large and didnt really seal at all. Now granted this one really doesnt seal perfectly, the boot is a much better fit this time so I dont really care. I cant see my tranny anymore so that makes me happy.

Started with a new cut out shifter plate itself. I used this since I moved the shifter back from the original position to get the lever closer to my seating postition. Wasnt much but maybe 2". I dont like having so many bolts for it, but if I ever get a sequential with paddle shift...well I have a tunnel cover.

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Threw in the shifter which I welded some bolts to. Makes install about 100x easier now. Ignore the crap paint on it, I used some bedliner and it had some bubbles.

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Now onto the semi-final product. I used a dust boot from my jeep shocks which seems to work well. I will recoat the bottom part of the shifter over winter when I pull it apart again, and prolly get the plate powder coated as well. I dont like the red boot, but it does flow well with the switches.

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