My new Shed - E36 318 compact (race car build)

My new Shed - E36 318 compact (race car build)

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andye30m3

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3,452 posts

254 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Having bought a truck to carry my current race car about in, my old audi wasn't really required for towing duties anymore so its been sold and replaced with £750 worth of e36 318





must confess after 4 years of driving diesels it is really nice to be back in a manual petrol car, even if it is only 150bhp only other downsides are that it came with bonnet pins and a somewhat antisocial exhaust.

Original Idea was to run it as a daily car until it died but it looks like i'll end up building it to compete in the compact cup, whilst trying to get it suitable for road use.

Altrezia

8,517 posts

211 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Didn't know you were planning to move to the compacts, Andy.

Good luck - looks like a solid base.

andye30m3

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3,452 posts

254 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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I'm not really, thought i'd build it to the compact cup spec and do a few rounds of TTRS in it and then sell it.

I'm sticking with the Production BMW for a while unit the M3's up and running and I've done a fair bit of testing in it

Edited by andye30m3 on Friday 21st November 12:06

Altrezia

8,517 posts

211 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Sounds like fun. =)

BritishRacinGrin

24,604 posts

160 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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150bhp?

andye30m3

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3,452 posts

254 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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BritishRacinGrin said:
150bhp?
I think thats about what they are but could be wrong

andye30m3

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3,452 posts

254 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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well its taken 8 months but it looks like the compact is almost ready for its first race, just needs new discs and pad fitting, some R888's and a service and all going well it should be running in the togo tires racing saloons races at Brands Hatch lotus festival


minerva

756 posts

204 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Just found this on a Google search... How did it go?!

andye30m3

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254 months

Thursday 5th May 2016
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Build went well, quite simple to put together.

Ended up racing it in the Toyo Tires Racing Saloons race on Brands Hatch GP circuit. Car did really well, qualified first in class and ended up finishing 2nd and 3rd in class in the 2 races, car performed pretty well only issues where the drive belt was looking well past its best by the end and the engine mount failed in race 2.

Fixed theses bits and ended up selling to a guy who's running it in track day trophy in 2016, He did pretty well at Snetterton in March and certainly seamed to have caught the racing bug, think his plans are to run in the compact cup next year.