RE: Harris buys a rally car

[e21Mark]

0llie said:

bencollins said:

http://classifieds.seloc.org/ads/pmbw-320i-race-ca...
less than £2k, sorted.
but people seem hell bent on reinventing the wheel.

That's about 3 miles from me, the temptation to take a look may almost be too much!

Whole heap of fun for £1800.

[Cheib]

Monty73 said:

Chris,

I think the best guy out there to help you prepare your car is Hugues Delage, multiple French Rally winner with E30 M3's, he knows them inside out, great guy ... http://www.delagesport.com/index2.html OK it is in France, but that is only an excuse to drive on some great roads ...

Never heard of the bloke....he's clearly a bit of an E30 M3 Rally guru though! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwU_Taj_Tk
Won The French Championship and just under 200 rallies according to his website, most of them in E30 M3's judging by that vid

[houlbt]

Look what I found on the shelf...


Prodrive Type Front Leg

[GVK]

[TheEnd]

I've been hearing some rumours over the weekend, it looks like most of the big decisions have been made, and there's going to be a lot of decent kit involved.

[Card]

I would highly recommend Gee Sport for anything to do with M3 E30 or even BMW's.

He has looked after 2 of our M3 E30 race cars ours for everything from engine builds, diff's and set up etc.

http://www.gee-sport.co.uk/

Have a look at the car's he has worked on to see he runs a number of E30 M3 and I think you will struggle to find a better example than his orange one.

[e21Mark]

The car is already being prepared by www.rallyprep.co.uk

[houlbt]

Update?

[e21Mark]

Shell went for dip and e coating. It came back to RP's workshops yesterday. Very little corrosion was actually found and work is starting pretty soon.

Sadly the previous owner passed away a few weeks ago. He was a huge fan of cars and motorsport and would have loved to see this build. I only knew him briefly but he was a really nice guy. RIP Bruce.

[Cotty]

Some inspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-AxiVqihM&lis...

[HorneyMX5]

I saw this at Autosport today looking very much finished. So Mr Harris, what's the first event?

[Advevo]

Any news on the build?

[e21Mark]

The build was finished a while ago. Sadly there doesn't seem to be a thread anywhere, but there's a few glimpses of the finished car on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYXMfLIhlPU

[mark.c]

Cheers for that Mark, shame there is no thread as such.. Do you know what engine spec they opted for in the end ?

[e21Mark]

I don't I'm afraid. I seem to recall they found a ready built engine and the original was squirrelled away? I'll ask Will @ Rally Prep to give an update, when he's got a minute.

[mark.c]

e21Mark said:

I don't I'm afraid. I seem to recall they found a ready built engine and the original was squirrelled away? I'll ask Will @ Rally Prep to give an update, when he's got a minute.

Lovely job, thanks. As an aside, has your new toy pitched up yet??

[e21Mark]

mark.c said:

e21Mark said:

I don't I'm afraid. I seem to recall they found a ready built engine and the original was squirrelled away? I'll ask Will @ Rally Prep to give an update, when he's got a minute.

Lovely job, thanks. As an aside, has your new toy pitched up yet??

Sadly not. We're close, but just waiting on the bloody estate agents/solicitors to organise the completion date. I'm supposed to be doing Crystal Palace in it too!

[mark.c]

e21Mark said:

Sadly not. We're close, but just waiting on the bloody estate agents/solicitors to organise the completion date. I'm supposed to be doing Crystal Palace in it too!

B@gger, frustrating. It will be worth the wait I'm sure

[joe1145]

Pretty sure this was at Wyedean rally earlier this year

[e21Mark]

There's some video about 6 posts back.