BMW's galore!

Lucked out with some dished rims for the e12. They need a refurb' but well worth £65!

Om nom nom. I want your cars and your skills haha.

That e12 is a gem, I know of it very well...! I am so pleased it's gone to a good home as it really deserves to be looked after...

I shall most certainly be keeping a close eye on it...

Sorry about the link. I'm not sure what the problem is but they're dished multi-spoke rims. I guess they're a bit Alpina looking. They're on the way over from Germany so shouldn't take too long to get here. Once they're wrapped in 205/50's, I'll just need to sort the ride height.

I went and checked progress on the e21 and finally ordered the paint. (CODE U94/2)

Also ordered camshafts from Cat rather than carry on searching for US M3 ones instead. Combined with the lightened flywheel, six branch and remap we should be looking at 240+ bhp without the nitrous.

Anyway, a few pics from today....













New harnesses for the e21 as the rear cage meant there wasn't room for the OE inertia belts.

It's quite a nice thing to smoke around in Tony. My intention was to use it while the e21 is being built and then move it on, but that may change.

Paint for the e21 arrived. The same - but different.

New car looks mint is it as good as it looks? new paint is nice too keep up the good work bud. steve.

Well there was some progress yesterday.











Unfortunately, as the paint went off, it soon became clear there was a problem with the mix and the primer was still bleeding through in some spots. As a result, the supplier is having to mix and send another batch. It's sods law that we've got a bank holiday weekend to delay things though. :roll:

Mick's @ Pristine's track e28 is coming along nicely.










Spotted some others





I also had a nose around the base for my sprint car while I was at it. Just the corner of the footwell to do and then it's time for the cage to go in.

When i saw that first pic i thought woo hoo! mib is back!!!! such a shame about the bleed through but you'll get there bud keep the faith. steve.

Thanks guys.

Yes, sadly the bay will need to be stripped right back and started from scratch.

To my untrained eye, it looked fine till Mick took the time to actually point out the areas of primer coming through. He felt the paint supplier had bulked the mix out and it was simply too thin. There were 3 coats just to get to this stage and obviously the more paint, the greater chance of getting runs. I have to say I was well impressed with Mick's skills as a painter. He had really gone to town with smoothing and prepping the engine bay. He works to a really high standard which makes it easier for me to remain confident that it will all work out in the end.

WMS Brakes have come through with an alloy replacement for the Cosworth brake callipers I've been using. The look absolutely stunning (I will get some pics later) and it's almost a shame they'll be covered by the rims.

Talking of brakes, we've binned all the convoluted linkages that BMW used to convert them for RHD cars. Instead we used a 535 master cylinder bolted direct to the bulkhead and a remote servo from SVC that we can hide away. It's going to be so much less cluttered in the engine bay now.

I am properly excited about the car finally coming together. I used to think the old MIB was quick, with 222bhp, but this one should have 100 more.

There's a big surprise to come too. I'll save that till it's finished though.