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Yeah, it is quick, more so when ECU controlled, however if we're talking about versus a crank spinning at 7k RPM, its incredibly slow 😂 So the normal way to run it is the 12v+ electronic valve on the end of the accusump canister. This is obviously charged on the air side to the equivelant of...

Yeah - well it is all relative like anything. Parts (and what people suggest) can be as cheap or expensive as they make them. Its only the same as BMW - I'm coming from the E36 where in reality it would cost some £35-40k to replicate. Yes I didn't spend that, but I'm getting a significant amount...

And thats why I've never been interested in two wheels on track 😂 zero aches or bruses after the roll, but only because it was built properly 🤣 I have a few plans, ill do a post at some point. Yeah, aware of all that (more so from BMW stuff) and the remedies. I take a lot of the forum posts...

2.7, 5 Speed 👍 However I'll be running it on my EMU Black, with a few other basic mods, for now!

Yeah it turned out much better than expected, especially for DIY, but I suppose you do it to your own standard then. I may do a thread about it. Already quite a bit happened, engine and box are out, and going for cage mid February 👍

After a successful Oulton in February, we decided to go to Cadwell Park in April. All I had to do was fit some new front pads. Conditions were great the next morning. The track was dry, however as you can imagine the grass was covered in dew and was still very much wet. Late morning, I...

We were then at the back end of 2022 and the weather wasn't really ideal for jobs outside. Concrete was sealed, walls painted, second hand racking put in and started filling it with sh*t 😊 Various other jobs were done like guttering, drainage along the front, fascia above the door and so...

500x Solid Dense 7.2N blocks then arrived and the walls started to go up.. The front walls were doubled up and two padstones installed to take a decent sized steel, which was a big lift by hand... I could then set about doing the roof structure. 9x4" C24 mid beam, then 9x2" C24...

Between those days, I had been building a garage, something I've never had. Doing it DIY obviously takes time, but it was worth the effort. It was weather tight in 2022, but rendering and other jobs ran into early 2023. No trades involved, aside from calling in a favour from a mates dad -...

I decided to book Oulton Park for February 2023, a risk at that time of year but with no changes to make I just wanted to use it. The day ended up being dry, conditions were near perfect and the car was flying. The front pads were finished, but a fault free day. I even got some video:

I borrowed the use of a dyno to run the engine in, and then booked Cadwell Park for August. The engine turned out well, no oil consumption and all temperatures solid. Done these enough times now to know if something was amiss. Then just before the trackday, @BIFCAIDS suggested we use the left...

Over the next month or so the donor bottom end was then stripped, parts sold on eBay (which covered the cost of the bottom end), and then dropped off at a new machine shop. I had already taken the previous block to this place for an opinion and he confirmed our thoughts. Now it was down to this...

First thing to do was a compression test. All cylinders healthy as expected, the engine was making good power still.. So only thing to do was pull the head off for a look. All cylinders showing the same mirroring after only 3 trackdays and dyno time... So I pulled the engine from the...

Yes, single VANOS heads anyway. Obviously I went solid lifter due to the camshafts to support the RPM but the flow is there (with the right inlake/exhaust manifolds). So once it was mapped nothing much changed. I had some decent days out in 2021 with mates, the engine performed well.... First...

Well.... I can put that theory to bed immediately as the M54 ports are WAY smaller in stock form than the M50/M52. I only know this as I have an M54 head here right now, and side by side there is no comparison. I can post up a few pictures if you would like to see, its certainly interesting, and...