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I'd be up for a return trip to Bedford. It seemed like a nice setup and there's no point in me trying to learn more than one circuit at a time !

My car ran very nicely at Bedford yesterday. Had a slight worry early on when the brake warning light came on after a couple of laps, but I kept an eye on the pads all day, the light stayed on but they didn't appear to wear down at all. And then driving home the light was off again. I'm wondering if...

A shame about your car Duncs, but I'm sure it's fixable.

A good day out; my trackday duck has been broken.

I've been given a good price for getting the car delivered, well worth it to avoid spending a day sitting in a van driving crappy Norfolk roads !

Sorry Harry.

And seeing as you're still online, would this fit ? Sans slushbox, obvs.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312144740964

That's the right (i.e. left) side of Bury. I'll drop you a line when I've got some of the logistics sorted

JLv3.0 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:50 pmI get it now...

In my mind it's already turning into a rally car............

Depends which side of Bury, Google says I'll be coming home down the A11, but regardless I may just take you up on that offer (even if it's just to use the loo!). I was banking on this one being the later spec with rear discs etc when I put in my bid. Fingers crossed I've not made a big boo-boo ther...

"Shall I take the 911, the Vantage, the 530d, the T4, the Passat estate or the 316? I think it's the 316's turn today" Amended ;) I've been enjoying Autosolos recently in the Porsche, but it's not really the right car for that kind of thing. Small & light is the key. I got 2nd place l...

Ha ! But back in realistic world a 318ti is simple and a 328 is reasonably easy.

It will need an MOT as a first step, then I'll drive it a bit, maybe use it on the next Autosolo on the 24th. Then think about it

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:14 pmWhat engine?

316i sadly. Although it's actually 1895cc. AFAIK 316i & 318i were essentially the same, then the 318ti was a twin-cam.

I've been keeping an eye out for a silver 318ti Sport with no sunroof and there's not many around. Easy engine swap. Or a six-pot conversion....

integrale_evo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:27 pm...you'll be coming past with it at some point anyway...

Where are you ? I was thinking of you and had an inkling you were over that side of the country.

I've got a lead on borrowing a trailer, a stop off off for a cuppa might be in order.

At least tell us it is silver. I think you know me well enough by now :D 7.jpg It's £700, which considering I need to find a trailer and spend a whole day going to collect it is probably too much, but it's silver and it's a Sport and it doesn't have a sunroof, and that combo is surprisingly rare.

Addition to the fleet incoming, but I CBA with the usual guessing game so: it's an E36 Compact.

Won accidentally on ebay this evening when the high bid got cancelled and left me holding the baby. Ooops.

Anyone live near Norwich ??

I’ll bring a smattering of tools. Don’t think my trolley jack will fit in though.

Getting nervous now !

Going to give my brakes a once-over this weekend, apart from that I think the car's ready.

ste wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:56 amThe tech guy, Dave Lyons left though and set up LEDA. The DA part of the name being DAve.

t'other way round. He left LEDA and went to Gaz. LEDA had been around for donkey's years, they're not a new company at all.

Nefarious wrote: ↑Thu May 31, 2018 10:26 amMight be worth keeping an eye on Racecarsdirect to see if any Cup bits (Ohlins??) come up for sale cheap

I've got a feeling the Cup cars have a different setup - maybe the hubs - and they're not interchangeable.

It's not an upgrade just for the sake of it, one of my rear dampers is leaking and it makes sense to replace as a set, and even the OEM-equivalent Bilsteins are over £1k for a set of four dampers. PSS9/10 are £2500 and the Ohlins DFV (which are made in the far-east, not Sweden) are about the same. I...

Anyone here using GAZ shocks ? I'm looking at options for the Porsche, I'd like a step up from OEM but not a £3k++ step up to Ohlins ! And I'm a little dubious of the cheap ebay coilovers. Plus I like the idea of supporting British manufacturing (part of the reason I went for a Safety Devices cage l...