tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327439692024-02-06T21:51:30.626-08:00Team OrangePete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-18721205418766007412013-04-21T04:10:00.000-07:002013-04-21T04:17:30.947-07:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">2013 BMW Club Nationals</span><br />
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For us, the 2013 Nationals was a tale of excitement, hard work, elation, heart ache and relief. To start, it may seem to be a huge commitment to travel across the country to go to a car meet in Victoria, but when I actually decided that we'd go, it was a snowy Winters day in Salt Lake City, Utah. That left Perth to Phillip Island seeming quite simple. How very wrong I was!<br />
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The plan was never really simple, but it all seemed like it would work out back in February 2012. So the plan in basics: Fly to East Coast, take the '75 e12 520i track car on the trailer and drive the '81 e12 M535i down "road-trip" style. The devil's in the detail though and the detail was a little crazy. The 520i was down on power and probably wanted a new set of rings. What I wanted was about 100 extra horse power and that meant new engine. The tale of "How the new motor went from good to bad, back to good and finally to disaster" is for another day, but suffice to say, after a huge amount of effort (we're talking months and thousands of kilometres of trips to the city) for my Dad, the head gasket blew the day before we were due to fly over to Sydney! <br />
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Plan B: still drive the e12 M535i from Nowra to Phillip Island, but now also to drive the e28 M535i of Dad's. All they needed was a new set of wheels and Tyres for he e28 and some last minute caliper rebuilds for the e12.<br />
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That left Thursday to pack, wash the cars, make some last minute mods to fit the new wheels on the e28 and load up all the tools and spares we thought we might need. Friday morning, 5 am was take off and the fun started immediately. Less than 2 km from home we were dodging a big wombat wandering across the road. There was also the vaguely worrying smell of burning rubber from the e28 where the tyres were rubbing over the big bumps. It was pretty smooth sailing after that though as we thundered over the Great Dividing Range at Kangaroo Valley, topped the tanks up at the Hume Freeway and headed for Victoria.<br />
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It continued to go amazingly well through Yass, with only the Good Friday crowds being a pain and down to Holbrook for a break at the oddly situated, inland submarine. At that point, the 32 year old Recaros in the e12 were causing some pain in my rear! My dearly beloved wife swapped into the e28 and we pushed on across the border. A lucky call to the crew from BMWDCNSW saw us take the freeways and not join the 2 hour traffic jam at some place called Koo Wee Rup via the back roads and saw us pulling into the Silver Water Resort just after 5 pm. 12 hours driving and not so much as a misfire. I love the old e12!<br />
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Bit of a freshen up and it was off to the welcome dinner to catch up with everyone. It had been some time since I'd last seen the crew from BMW Clubs, but all the familiar faces were there. It was good to catch up with the old crew from NSW, hear all the latest stories, tell some tales about what we'd been up to for the last 2 years and, most importantly, swap stories about which BMW we were now driving and ones that had been through the garage since we last met.<br />
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Saturday's Celebration of Excellence was not exactly our strong suit. We'd entered the e12, but it does regular road and track duties, so it's no show pony. We didn't even bother for with the e28, ostensibly because we needed to drive it around on Saturday, but really because we hadn't had any time to clean it. The cars all looked wonderful and I had real pleasure in being in the "old car" area. I had a lovely JPS e21 323i on one side and a beautiful e24 635Csi on the other. All in black, it was a wonderful display of 3, 5, 6! We headed out around Phillip Island for a bit of exploring. It was a cute little place, but my god, there were a lot of tourists there. <br />
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The Little Penguins came out on parade on Saturday night. After a meal of dubious quality at Nobbies, we headed out into the rain to watch the little fellas waddle their way home. It was wet and drizzly and looked miserable, but just as we headed out toward the beach, it stopped raining and we had a great view as the little penguins walked by. We were within a metre of some of them and it was a bit of a effort to drag ourselves away from them and head home.<br />
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Track Day Sunday. The big one and the main reason for travelling thousands of kilometres! With the tracks tyres on, we headed out to the Phillip Island GP circuit. Frighteningly, it wasn't just a sheen of damp road, but a steady drizzle that greeted us. The drivers briefing was terrifying with the officials warning us of how dangerous the track was, especially in the wet. Oh, and by the way, watch out for the great big wild geese that wander across the track! The sighting lap was a wide-eyed experience. Wet track, cold tyres and geese the size of wombats standing on the track! The sun broke through before the first session and the track was virtually dry. Someone must have liked us, because it stayed that way all day. <br />
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All the hard work and frustration faded away as we motored around the track. What a joy Phillip Island is! Terrifying? Yes, but such amazing fun. The high speed corners at turn 1, Lukey Heights and the last turn were one of the best feelings ever. The e12 acquitted itself very nicely too. It was the oldest car there, but still managed to beat out a dozen other cars including an e46 M3 and an e39 M5. The e28 did pretty well too, at least up until the second last session. A blown clutch ended the day a bit prematurely, but Dad still had plenty of fun and was closely chasing the lighter and more powerful e12 all day.<br />
We wrapped up our weekend with the presentation dinner and more chances to reminisce about apexes clipped, slides caught and late braking manoeuvres pulled off. If we were even half as good as we sounded, I'm surprised we're not all giving Sebastian Vettel a hard time in F1. WA didn't rate real well in the trophies (3rd in class) but Belinda did get first prize in the poker run, so walked away with 1 trophy!<br />
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The drive home was much more relaxing although a lot less glamorous. Driving a Toyota Camry back from the BMW Nationals was never really in the plan, but sometimes you've just got to go with the flow. We have to say a massive thank you to all the team at BMWCCV who put the Nationals together. It was a great event with a great location and, most importantly, wonderful people. I can't wait for 2015!<br />
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<br />Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-73285092292655343372013-01-16T21:31:00.002-08:002013-01-16T21:39:38.334-08:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">e21 Road to Rego</span><br />
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Sometimes you have to question your sanity if you're a BMW person. Maybe not new BMWs; they're just for rich people. Those of us who have old ones though, we need to take a good hard look at ourselves. The e21 is a great example. It seemed like a really smart idea to get it over to Perth. It would be fun to tinker with and we'd have a back-up car for when the e87 is busy. The lack of rego put a bit of a spanner in the works though. Shouldn't be a problem (I imagine all true BMW fans calling out), just fix the worn bits and get her over the pits. Ah yes, now the fun starts...<br />
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So step one shouldn't be hard. Get the car to the mechanic to get a list of all the stuff needing fixing. Being conscientious (and a little bit vain) I figured a wash would be the best thing for it so the mechanic doesn't think I don't care. Off to car wash (no yard at our place) and get on with washing. I took the degreaser with me thinking some removal of 34 years of grime build up would be a good idea. I wash the car and start spraying under the bonnet. I'd left the engine running to keep the thing hot and to ensure I didn't have to re-start it if it got wet. Obviously, there's some electrical connections under there that are not water tight because she died. It had to be something in the ignition circuit because it cranked, but there was no spark. After an hour of waiting (spent drying the car off of course!) it must have dried out enough because she fired back up on 4 cylinders and I limped home.<br />
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I also thoguht I'd managed to stuff the head gasket. As it was running badly, it was hard to tell. I had to top the coolant up and when I left the cap off the expansion tank, it created a "foam" on top. Got myself a compression tester and they call came out the same though. I think that was just air in the system.<br />
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Since then, I made it to the mechanic (after she dried out completely) although I still haven't received the list. While I've been waiting, there were a few things needing doing anyway. The most obvious was the crack in the windscreen. No possibility of getting past inspection with that, so a new one went in. Next stop was to fix up some surface rust and staining under the radiator expansion bottle. I doubt the rust is a reason for the inspector to knock it back, but I want it to look like it's well maintained. In typical fashion though, step one for rust removal was the bleed the clutch slave cylinder! Damn thing had leaked over the years and now had air in it. A proper degreasing (in the safety of my own garage in case of failure to start) was next. Man, did it take some degreaser. 5 litres of the good concentrated stuff and it's finally getting there.<br />
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Now that it was mobile, I could turn it around and get it up on the ramps and get on to pulling it down. Someone from BMW needs a good hard slap for what they did with the brake booster. The engine slant puts it in the way of the brake booster, so rather than do a remote booster, they stuck it out on the end of a "stick" with some rods and levers from the pedal. Pretty sloppy set up if you ask me. Came off surprisingly easily though. A bit too easy if you ask me. I want my brake system to be locked down.<br />
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Expansin tank came off easy, but that's about the 10th time for it. It's the cause of all this mess, so once I've cleaned all this up, I shoudl be able to work out what the hell is casuing the leakage. It's been going on since before I bought it though, so it could be anywhere.<br />
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Got the manifolds off and again, a bit scary as to how easy the nuts were to undo. I'm expcting broken studs and hours of swearing, but apart from some scratches on my arm where I had to insert my hand up inside to get to one nut, it was very easy.<br />
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Finally... two weeks and about 20 labour hours later, I got to wire brushing the engine bay. I've given it the once over to get the loose stuff off. Now I'll be on to some paint stripper and back in with the wire wheel to give it a proper tidy up. I've got a paint system from KBS for cleaner, rust "blaster" and rust "seal" that is supposed to be the business. It better be after all this.Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-90833858525826416682012-12-09T02:36:00.000-08:002012-12-09T19:40:48.248-08:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Whole new World</span><br />
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It's been a year since my last post and boy, have we had some changes! Not just in cars either. The big news is that Bel and I have moved back to Australia. Of course, the good news is that this means out with the old cars and in with some new! On the other hand though, it was said to see the e46 330xi go after 2 years of dedicated service. The other thing that had to happen was to finish off the front end of the Mustang.<br />
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I got all the old paint, grime and surface rust off the inner guards. While I was there, I cut out the rust above the tyres and welded in some new steel. Little bit of bondo and she was looking better than new. I could then paint up the top of the inner guards all in matt black. I got the Chassis Saver paint on, but since it was freezing (not metaphorically, actually freezing!) I had to rig up some heaters to get it to go off! After that, I sprayed on some Rustoleum in matt black to give it the stock look again. Looked really smooth. I touched up some of the areas that hadn't been painted white by the idiot who'd painted the rest of the car. That left the car ready for suspension again. New upper control arm and pivot, new top ball joint, replaced spring perch rubbers (as the old ones were worn through). Everything else was in good condition, so just a good clean up and some new paint brought them back to scratch.</div>
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Once the underneath was sorted, it was time to get on with the outside. The headlight buckets just needed some paint and a polish. The fenders on the other hand, were bloody rough. The drivers side had to have all the inner side wire brushed off and repainted. the lip on the tyre side was also in bad shape, so that had to be sanded and fully redone. This was nothing compared to the passenger side though. While tyring to gently rub off some rust, i came across some bog in an old dent. After that, it just kept going! Thicker and thicker until it got over a centimetre thick! It was too much for me and I had to invest in a replacement panel. Luckily, they come quite easily from on line suppliers in the US, so I was soon sorted and applying some white paint. Sadly, Mum and Dad arrived before I could really get it right, so I can still see the imperfections (I'm probably the only one that notices though). <br />
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After sorting the metal stuff, I felt like the interior was a bit neglected. I took the back seat out and applied a coat of vinyl dye. It came up really well and made me thankful that I hadn't stumped up for the new upholstery. While I was in there, a new transmission lever cover and some new chrome work finished things off.<br />
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After selling the good old Audi Allroad and the 330xi (for a solid loss mind you) we dropped the Mustang off at the transport transport company and waved goodbye to the good ol' US of A. After a quick visit to the East Coast, it was over Perth and back to work. Part of the package was access to the company car, which meant I was cruising around in a Honda Accord for 6 months. The shame was nearly as bad as the boredom! Luckily, when Belinda arrived, she insisted on us getting a car of our own. So after a quick look around, we ended up with a 2005, e87 120i. Nice little hatchback and so much more rewarding to drive than the Honda.<br />
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After giving the Honda back, we found it a bit annoying to be without a car when the e87 needed servicing, so we decided to have the e21 323i shipped over. It made it safe and sound, but I didn't realise it wasn't registered anymore, so I'll need to get a whole lot of stuff fixed (windscreen, emissions system, etc) before it can be registered. Should be ready some time next year. So now we're back in the homeland, have bought another BMW and have a "spare" car in the garage to fiddle with and repair. Sounds like things are getting back to normal then.<br />
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Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-874378287875918772011-12-05T18:17:00.000-08:002011-12-05T18:17:04.311-08:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Bel's New Baby</span><br />
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The Kilner family picked up a new family member today. With Bel moving to a new job in the resorts above Park City, the little MX-5 was never going to cut it. Sadly, after a year and a half's faithful service, we had to trade the Mazda in for something bigger and with more driven wheels. After an intensive 3 hour search where the car gods determined Bel was NOT destined to drive a Jeep, we found this nice Audi Allroad. She's done a few miles, but the price was right and she's already got snow tyres fitted.<br />
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Work started on the Mustang this month to get the front end tidied up before Mum and Dad's next visit in 2012. It all started with the simple idea to whip the front fenders off and apply some rust proofing. This proved to be a major exercise as the previous owner was an idiot and had painted right over everything including the panel joints. I certainly spent some time cursing him over the last few weeks. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">After managing to get the panels off, it was time to attack the suspension. I needed to get everything off in order to get the build up off the inner guards. After successfully making my own ball joint splitter, I got the springs off and removed the masses of dirt that had built up over the last 40 years. The inner guards turned out to be OK, but the rust holes in the top of the guards was not a good sight! I've cut it out since the photo and it's ready to have a patch welded in. I just need to go buy a welder and find the time to get organised to do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-COmHNT3aX-0DnUdlp8Zs84ANBaQt_ZecC2jmL1g2_4EC3Gl1CNgSQOIXP2IMIWp4EKtfnK7AJj1IWN1UWU0PgbcvlAoxqAUv1JVGWId_7x3_0EELsYVmQU_bk9BAPacdFJUMhA/s1600/IMG_1802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-COmHNT3aX-0DnUdlp8Zs84ANBaQt_ZecC2jmL1g2_4EC3Gl1CNgSQOIXP2IMIWp4EKtfnK7AJj1IWN1UWU0PgbcvlAoxqAUv1JVGWId_7x3_0EELsYVmQU_bk9BAPacdFJUMhA/s320/IMG_1802.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Now that it's all torn down, it's time to start painting the parts and put things back together. The new angle grinder and wire brush have been getting a work out and there's plenty more to go. I have all the components to strip back and clean up. I want to get them all painted before I start work on the car itself.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The original paint is a matte or satin finish in the engine bay and it's hard to tell under the guards. It seems to be black with sound deadening bitumen, but it's also got layers of paint, especially the white over spray from the stupid owner. There's also a good layer of dirt and surface rust on everything. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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It's been an absolute age since the last post. Four months to be exact, and hasn't some action occurred since then!<br />
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Firstly, and the biggest news is that there has been a major addition to Team Orange. Dad made the outrageous purchase of a classic e12 M535i! What a car it is too. The first of the real M cars for the road. 3.5 litre M30 in the still fairly light body gets this thing along in a real hurry.<br />
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While it was in the shop, they also fixed the heater controls and fitted a new speaker in the new dash so the old dodgy speaker on the floor could go. I haven't had a chance to try the heater out since it's still in the thirties and there's no way to tell if it's working.<br />
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</div>While I had the bonnet open, I took the change to tidy up a bit. I straightened out all those awful steel lines (fuel and vacuum) and re-ran the throttle switch wire to make things a bit nicer. Not a dramatic change, but all in the right direction.<br />
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It turned out the drums were chipped and worn, although the chipping shouldn't have made any difference as it was only the outside, sealing edge. I was planning on painting the drums to keep the rust away, but the spray can was missing the nozzle and I didn't have the motivation to go back and complain as we'd already been 3 times in 2 days!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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I also had some time to get some photos of the new head liner. It's all in and I added the new interior light to finish it off. Dad is going to get a new dash, so we didn't put the A pillar liners on as we'd just have to take them off again.<br />
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Despite leaving, what I thought, was plenty of time, the mustang was just not ready for Mum and Dad's arrival. A windscreen seal held up installation of the headliner, so the road trip started a day and a half late. Dad got a service, transmission fluid change and some new wipers before he left. We also installed the new front bumper which made a top difference at the front end.<br />
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The mustang took most of the road trip in it's stride. Around 2000 miles and just some new fuses, some carby adjustment and a whole lot of fuel.<br />
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They got snowed in at Kingman Arizona and had to spend an extra night. It was pretty cold the whole trip and the heater doesn't seem to be full on.<br />
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With Mum and Dad's arrival in the US of A, the Mustang's got to be ready to hit the road. They're going on an epic 12 day road trip through Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I finished off the wheels with their hub caps, threw on the new rear bumper, installed the shiny chrome door lock knobs, replaced the liner in the trunk, touched up the scratches on the paint and drove her down to the shop to get the head liner installed (complete with new windscreen and seals). We're just waiting to get her back so Dad add the final touches (front bumper, new interior light and windscreen wiper blades) and head off into the wide blue yonder!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R7QgsTCniPgFUx6gwwuZib766QhuICPLTgBRyvJkjEL_Cz32QM7FqtTYMtFAmBtxk0SnCsWhiMtki1kobUPfoXHpqiOkQ7iRhFhTQGNjNEI-fRiOcsbeBeXlv1Z4vBfmRfz9rg/s1600/IMG_1521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R7QgsTCniPgFUx6gwwuZib766QhuICPLTgBRyvJkjEL_Cz32QM7FqtTYMtFAmBtxk0SnCsWhiMtki1kobUPfoXHpqiOkQ7iRhFhTQGNjNEI-fRiOcsbeBeXlv1Z4vBfmRfz9rg/s320/IMG_1521.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-14258114567179974112011-03-24T11:59:00.000-07:002011-03-24T12:08:07.458-07:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Retro Treads for the Stang</span><br />
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I finally got around to picking up some wheels and tyres for the Mustang this week. Those polished alloy wheels were pretty bad and once I had them off, it turned out they are generic four stud wheels, so the hub diameter and the offset were all wrong.<br />
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</div>I got a set of old steel wheels and gave them a clean and a coat of paint. My workshop/bathroom came back into serious use again! A set of Cooper Trendsetters with their nice little whitewall sets off the car nicely. I also have some original Mustang hub caps, but they will stay in the cupboard until the car rolls out as they are worth too much and are too easy to steal.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As with all things on the Mustang, a simple job like changing the wheels turned into a 3 day event. First I had to get the new wheels there which involved a shopping trolley and a ride to the parking lot. Once set to go, it turned out the lug nuts and the tyre spanner weren't friends, so everything had to be packed into the Mustang so I could get down to the store and buy a new tyre spanner. Luckily I got a 4 way spanner because it then turned out the 4 of the 16 nuts were 13/16 while the remainder were 3/4!</div><br />
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We had a big return to action on November 7th with Dad and myself driving the e12 at Wakefield Park in the final round of the BMWDCNSW Supersprint Championship. Wakefield Park surprised everyone with a beautiful day of 25 degrees with no rain (or snow, ice, etc). The practice session was very disappointing with the car understeering everywhere with both Dad or I at the wheel. An inspection after showed that the front tyres were work down to the canvas with a big flatspot on the passenger front. We quickly swapped out the rears for the front (even though they are the wrong size and rubbed on the springs!) and we were back in action. The "new" front tyres weren't much better, but at least we could get around the track. <br />
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The afternoon sessions started to heat up and times started to fall. We were down in the 1:20 - 1:22 range but the main competition was in the 1:21's. As the day wore on, the engine sounded less and less healthy. The GPS telemetry showed a dramatic drop off in acceleration compared to the previous round. It was the equivalent to having about 300 kg dumped in the boot (I know this because I went out with Dad in one session and the drop off from engine performance was about 3 times more than with my added 100 kg).<br />
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The time crept down in the final sessions and I managed to break into the 1:19's and Dad down into the 1:21's. Sadly, neither of us bettered our times from previous rounds. I'm putting this down to work tyres and low engine power. As a reality check, I previously did a 1:19.0 on road tyres prior to the new injection system. I'm convinced that once we get the engine tuned and new tyres, there will be an easy couple of seconds for the taking.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxd4EV3T0a7pEhbxztHbg6ZPWHLABtw_5R8Cf_OmoX5cfav9sOvu2Z6aH60XuSWtZYUu0TdgT7XgI8' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Over all and excellent day despite the troubles. I couldn't stop smiling all the way back to Sydney. We couldn't of done it without Matt and Mum who were out pit crew and changed transponders and numbers for us.Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-5760093549607873142010-09-07T09:21:00.000-07:002010-09-07T09:24:06.634-07:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">E12 Getting Serious</span><br />
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While the Mustang has been getting prettied up with interior trim, the e12 has been getting more serious on the track front. A new roll cage has been installed to improve the safety department. There was much internal debate in Team Orange as to the best way forward for cage. My initial thoughts of a simple bolt in 4 point were in stark contrast to Dad's idea for a welded in full tower-to-tower cage! We ended up settling on a bolt in 6 point cage with harness bar and side intrusion bars. Looks fantastic and should do the job if the worst happens.<br />
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The interior on the Mustang is starting to come together with some slow and patient work by the "Chief Mechanic" (me). Slowed down mainly by the poor workshop facilities (my bathroom) and the lazy and incompetent staff (me again), it's been a slow process. Luckily, the addition of the e46 has taken the pressure of the Mustang so things can stay apart for longer.<br />
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The first step was the completion of the interior panels. The paint on the trims and new arm rests made a huge difference for what was small change. The door trim panels themselves are still the old ones. I just gave them a bit of a clean and stuck them back in. Yes, they have a crack or two and all the chrome is gone, but they still look decent enough.<br />
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With the panels done, it was on to the steering wheel which I had previously prepared with a few coats of varnish. The wheel itself went in quite easily and looks awesome. The horn button is a piece of work though! The pieces they sent didn't seem to work and then the wheel itself came with a different electrical connector which was supposed to solve the problem. Don't get me wrong, the button makes the horn work fine; it just keeps the horn on continuously which can be a little annoying and distracting for other drivers! I think I have a work-around involving electrical insulation tape, some drilled out washers and a great deal of swearing.<br />
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Finally, the front seats. I purchased some new vinyl upholstery and after reading the instructions in the "trusty" Ford workshop manual, got to it. The work shop states (roughly) "Remove existing upholstery and install new upholstery with dog clips." Yes, that is what I did. It just neglected to mention the multi-layer install, removing securing wires and the amount of skin I lost on those bloody dog clips. The results were well worth it in the end and I no longer cut my rear just getting in on those old seats.<br />
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Still to come, headliner, front end suspension (can anyone say "Unsafe at any speed"?) and new tyres. Fun, fun, fun!Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-49082740030493431792010-08-29T15:06:00.000-07:002010-08-29T15:06:12.037-07:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Another New Addition</span><br />
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Although we're hardly short of transport, we added another new member to the team. After a huge day of test-driving e46 325xi's, we found the only 330xi in the Salt Lake area. It was a good 40 minutes drive away, but he was the one we'd been looking for. We got a 2003 with 88,000 miles on the clock. He's got the usual stone chips and scratches for the age, but is solid underneath. It is going to be a huge difference compared to driving the Mustang!<br />
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The e12 made a fabulous re-appearance at Eastern Creek on Saturday with Dad taking the old girl out for a run at round 4 of the BMWDCNSW Supersprint championship. Although he started the day pretty conservatively, the times tumbled in the afternoon. With a best time of 2:08 only a few seconds off the e12's record at Eastern Creek, it was a fine show of form from both car and driver.<br />
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Dad's son-in-law (otherwise known as Hak) kindly volunteered to flag marshall to meet Dad's commitment to the volunteer. He also managed to sneak in the photos and some cool videos. There's a top one at the link below<br />
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What a noise this thing makes!Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-76187853256971364382010-08-03T08:01:00.000-07:002010-08-03T08:02:44.356-07:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">One Door Done</span><br />
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I managed to get the door trim and the arm rest on to the passenger side door. It was an absolute bugger of a job as one screw hole in the arm rest didn't line up with the actual foam of the arm rest. The screw kept going out of alignment. Bit of work with the round file and some oversize washers saw it get attached eventually. <br />
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Also got a couple of coats of varnish on to the new steering wheel. It is going to be way nicer than the crappy old split one and safer as it won't have the loose cover on it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5tPRDBbkVFBVzx7VW6dNZHZWshnWNnbBxn3CiX7zTeT8cdafEFV7KI6SI3pxfVQspR7t-O09z_TD_3AEEVuZLIzgpjG248fdaLy_ht5OxUwRrRRlGLKx4_z_J1OpTUVLLx-EAA/s1600/IMG_1109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5tPRDBbkVFBVzx7VW6dNZHZWshnWNnbBxn3CiX7zTeT8cdafEFV7KI6SI3pxfVQspR7t-O09z_TD_3AEEVuZLIzgpjG248fdaLy_ht5OxUwRrRRlGLKx4_z_J1OpTUVLLx-EAA/s320/IMG_1109.jpg" /></a>Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-4091412542928085282010-08-01T15:22:00.000-07:002010-08-02T07:28:18.960-07:00<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Starting to Shine</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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I finished off the passenger door and got some undercoat on that pretty easily. I ran into a bit of a problem with the top coat. I think I tried to go too thick too early. That left a big run which I'll have to get back to and touch up later. The driver's door went much easier. I went a lot lighter with the top coats and ended up with about light coats and nice finish,</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Finally, some forward progress on the Mustang last night. I managed to get one of the harnesses installed. It's not perfect by any means, but it's in and a lot safer than that single lap belt.<br />
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I also got some time to wire brush the passenger side door trim where it was all "rusty". Not sure if it was rust or 40 years of built up arm sweat (gross!) but it came off with a wire brush and wire wheel on the drill. There's a before and after shot below. All I have to do now is get some time on it to get the paint on.<br />
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Also got under the rear to check that leaky area in front of the axle. The good news is, it doesn't look like fuel. It is a red oily substance. Looks like transmission fluid to me, but I can't work out what it's doing way back there.<br />
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<div>Started work on the interior of the Mustang last night. A whole lot of boxes turned up with parts, so I thought it would be a good time to get cracking.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6OFSechlW9ivbGnMDUY9cNea3brYaJv6L4CusSBrHQiMs-L6dsRu7DbQpvYqfYxoPq9kyc13L0FHZij_icm5jS6mml3sKkiWk4Cv3vUcN0nifwOg1lzef6ydfFo8adPkLZ_ZPA/s1600/Photo-0202.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494528546781254578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6OFSechlW9ivbGnMDUY9cNea3brYaJv6L4CusSBrHQiMs-L6dsRu7DbQpvYqfYxoPq9kyc13L0FHZij_icm5jS6mml3sKkiWk4Cv3vUcN0nifwOg1lzef6ydfFo8adPkLZ_ZPA/s320/Photo-0202.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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We've got trim parts, headliner, seat upholstery, paint and harnesses to put in. The harnesses are top priority for me as the old lap belts are just not safe enough.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpLf0NO1dBx5wwuUdmYv63Ek4GmIRzY4_uo6giOtCzcWwJ0D7kjJQ81_Vrkjo6zK_YWn1fz2wQ_RomW5GY-_PLWWK44IiqUGHfYa7i0RzV_tUmLR_bWQ6mIYB7a7qnPcYojnEtw/s1600/Photo-0203.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494528836889217986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpLf0NO1dBx5wwuUdmYv63Ek4GmIRzY4_uo6giOtCzcWwJ0D7kjJQ81_Vrkjo6zK_YWn1fz2wQ_RomW5GY-_PLWWK44IiqUGHfYa7i0RzV_tUmLR_bWQ6mIYB7a7qnPcYojnEtw/s320/Photo-0203.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a> The headliner should go in first as all the trim around it will need to be removed to get it in. I don't really want to remove them twice!<br />
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I don't understand why, but Ford attached the door arm rests with two meaty hex head screws. Why not just a couple of little Phillips heads? Maybe that would make my life too easy.<br />
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I needed to get the door trims off so I can rub back the door panels and get some paint on to them. 40 years of arms resting on the window sill have removed the paint and replaced it with surface rust. Not bad, just going to be tedious.<br />
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I'm looking forward to the steering wheel getting here too. They sent me the mounting kit, but now wheel. That old plastic one is cracked as hell so they put a cover over it. The cover would be OK, except it's not tied on so the cover just slips over the wheel if you don't grip it tightly!</div>Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-37476178561203126262010-07-09T15:42:00.000-07:002010-07-09T15:50:31.517-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">Collecting Engine Parts</span><br /><div></div><br /><div>I've started collecting the engine parts I'm going to need to build up our new track motor. So far, I have the new double valve springs, valve retainers and valves. The valves are 1 mm oversize, so should provide a bit better breathing ability.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJloFurJ4C_JNpVfC4z_9iVOpuIcKUuxNtBLpQMZ3oUAWO_hwEAeJbXoSYQdCKE3vyspp660z9FIckYy-SLcTwaeNRgLMpNtL8Oz4e8a45CMm6DbiS3YvxnSrUaWPTCR4lDp3_sw/s1600/Photo-0170.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492041938859688066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJloFurJ4C_JNpVfC4z_9iVOpuIcKUuxNtBLpQMZ3oUAWO_hwEAeJbXoSYQdCKE3vyspp660z9FIckYy-SLcTwaeNRgLMpNtL8Oz4e8a45CMm6DbiS3YvxnSrUaWPTCR4lDp3_sw/s320/Photo-0170.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I've also got new pistons, clutch, aluminium flywheel, camshaft and sump baffle on order. Should be about 5 weeks plus shipping to Australia from California. The pistons are custom 11.7:1 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">JE</span> pistons designed to suit the cam, the e21 1.8i head and are 2 mm oversize. The cam is a Top End Performance grind with 316 degrees duration and 11.5 mm lift. I decided to go even bigger than the 304 to make the most of the other mods and to keep the current engine running by not having to take parts out to re-use. By the time we port and polish the head, the engine <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">should</span> breathe a lot better. We're looking for around 180-190 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bhp</span> which should give the e12 the power to weight similar to an e30 M3!</div>Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-56111659882335854372010-06-07T19:35:00.000-07:002010-06-07T19:40:17.789-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">Expansion into American "Muscle"</span><br /><br /><br />Team Orange has expanded into American Muscle... well it looks like American Muscle, but it's only got the 6 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cylinder</span>. Dad decided he needed a Mustang and he found this one in Colorado for a steal. She needs a bit of work (failed the safety inspection mainly because of the brakes), but she is plenty cool.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKByZwaFNUHuWi8EdLYnJZf7Ho4N9ZPX82W0DrADoYeiZ-0PUwcZca_OLK3sQMqOAb8ghu_BHFR2CoQvyS1FYe-NZfvtUZZKgfVLIVGK51o91WQqmNvl6Na2aUuX0nSwQ7J5jqg/s1600/photo+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480226867391136594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKByZwaFNUHuWi8EdLYnJZf7Ho4N9ZPX82W0DrADoYeiZ-0PUwcZca_OLK3sQMqOAb8ghu_BHFR2CoQvyS1FYe-NZfvtUZZKgfVLIVGK51o91WQqmNvl6Na2aUuX0nSwQ7J5jqg/s320/photo+4.jpg" border="0" /></a>Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-28661408115551245972010-04-15T11:37:00.000-07:002010-04-15T11:50:34.619-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">The USA Adventure Begins</span> <div><br /><div></div><div>A big change has come across at Team Orange. We've moved to Salt Lake City in sunny Utah! It's been a big process and quite difficult. Perhaps the hardest part was leaving the e12 in Dad's shed. While I thought it would just sit there under the car cover, Dad has had her out twice to Wakefield Park. Couple of good runs although the first was wet and rainy. Second time out showed some big <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">improvements</span> and the times are getting competitive.</div><br /><div>No opportunity to invest in a new e12 in the US of A yet. There are a couple for sale in California, but they are both too far <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">away</span> and too automatic. I'm waiting for that pristine 528i 5 speed to appear before I jump in. Oh yeah, it would be nice if they have already done a euro bumper conversion too!</div><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5efdYDzlmKEiLipzFew9ael9D7Ej94oqAfI7UCHkOAR5aIYuqQGTbuIgmLjIuiOPgXeXAe355wWVVVKSz4WDqCDuddF-AuJf9ErWSpiZBVkWHxpYQKD2sGNtcohCGfBZeObSNA/s1600/IMG_4210.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460437972090709778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5efdYDzlmKEiLipzFew9ael9D7Ej94oqAfI7UCHkOAR5aIYuqQGTbuIgmLjIuiOPgXeXAe355wWVVVKSz4WDqCDuddF-AuJf9ErWSpiZBVkWHxpYQKD2sGNtcohCGfBZeObSNA/s320/IMG_4210.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Team Orange transport consists of the work Ford Explorer at the moment although Belinda has gotten into a nice little Mazda <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">MX</span>5. She's a great little goer (the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">MX</span>5 that is) and I can't wait for summer to get the top down and hit some of those winding canyon roads.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8ocEDEJzVFs122v-fkYxEJQk_tQLEJcJ9x7HuJwnHCBBuNmCxL3wuZwCNwBRf_Ppo54P1-cO0gvsEc-jG_u3gdWrhlNHLRlAuLNrTJ0Gu6AYoJWAluAcZDCzR0LUvfeqpSHXxg/s1600/MX5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460437621486762898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8ocEDEJzVFs122v-fkYxEJQk_tQLEJcJ9x7HuJwnHCBBuNmCxL3wuZwCNwBRf_Ppo54P1-cO0gvsEc-jG_u3gdWrhlNHLRlAuLNrTJ0Gu6AYoJWAluAcZDCzR0LUvfeqpSHXxg/s320/MX5.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-59077276501458144792010-01-05T20:36:00.000-08:002010-01-05T21:37:18.436-08:00<div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">Odd Tyre Discovery</span><br /><br />In the process of packing up the e12 to be stored while I'm in the US, I removed the wheels to clean out all the rubbish. In doing so, I noticed a strange wear pattern on the fronts. They are worn about 2/3 of the at out to the outside of the car in a distinct "valley". I'm not sure how this came to be. Maybe it was too high air pressure? It also happens to be about the same point as the edge of contact due to the amount of camber we run. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Intriguing</span>!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkYRgCNaNvipH68gUjc4Nfwbl7OY0LYIYzQsUqC7EY5eenMVu1CP3yAD9kvHqD1sIYMYSxy5HEx2NEO85GkitamjjNvX9wfzqwVVUrZyocagGm8N8ZzHzN51wuvZ-jaMZDDwjmg/s1600-h/20091229_e12_12.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423495533005820130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkYRgCNaNvipH68gUjc4Nfwbl7OY0LYIYzQsUqC7EY5eenMVu1CP3yAD9kvHqD1sIYMYSxy5HEx2NEO85GkitamjjNvX9wfzqwVVUrZyocagGm8N8ZzHzN51wuvZ-jaMZDDwjmg/s320/20091229_e12_12.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>While I was in the shed, I took the opportunity to pull the motor, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">gearbox</span> and diff out of the old wrecks I had lying around. Dad's new hoist paid for itself the first day. It made life so much easier.</div><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsVAO6wVxxUD2LqL8R70neRo7IgCz9oRT6AyOVvNsYTzKMpi-ydjqrwSPuKPrN_JNjFUrXA9SG435OdgGhaST6jppH67aPphDQ9YCfiqjin3AlMYd58iryq9T7RZWzfu3uoFmcA/s1600-h/e21_diff_2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 223px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423496292524262162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsVAO6wVxxUD2LqL8R70neRo7IgCz9oRT6AyOVvNsYTzKMpi-ydjqrwSPuKPrN_JNjFUrXA9SG435OdgGhaST6jppH67aPphDQ9YCfiqjin3AlMYd58iryq9T7RZWzfu3uoFmcA/s320/e21_diff_2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWwvCN6GlBpmiYf-cEtv-4qOrQkN1-Q1wP34CyP7TuULceJZjhsps7LjTGxezrD5Y1yHCi-hmE-I6JvlKwqWV7Kz5MOS5nUe6NXDVweiCHpDWk8mEH6lmmdACxvn6KFvaxqyDJg/s1600-h/e21_gearbox.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 179px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423496585881537458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWwvCN6GlBpmiYf-cEtv-4qOrQkN1-Q1wP34CyP7TuULceJZjhsps7LjTGxezrD5Y1yHCi-hmE-I6JvlKwqWV7Kz5MOS5nUe6NXDVweiCHpDWk8mEH6lmmdACxvn6KFvaxqyDJg/s320/e21_gearbox.jpg" /></a></div>Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-62029940902586640462010-01-05T19:40:00.000-08:002010-01-05T20:21:42.859-08:00<span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Final Run for the E12</span><br /></span><br />As Bel and I are moving to the US early in 2010, the October round of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">BMWDCNSW</span> championship was the last round I would get to run in for quite some time. I decided to take the e12 out as it was a special day and I wanted my special car for this one!<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">There'd</span> been some upgrades with a new camshaft installed (a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Schrick</span> 304) and I had hopes for big things. It had been quite a while since I'd been out, so the start was pretty slow. I began with 2:07 which was slower than last time I'd been there. Not looking so good for a car with (a little) more power (the camshaft was too big, so we had about 5kW more, but under 4000rpm was pretty sad). I also cut a power steering hose as it was rubbing on the body, so that slowed me down for a session while we fixed it (thanks Peak Performance for their help!).<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw6KLnkbFvfZNUBYKFapegw3p1fnfa6Zwn5RuHQcFyaPbp6QjRIxDxMZe8SNnNZaMblekOPqB_HP48' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Things started to get moving in the afternoon session and the times started to come down. First to 2:05, then 2:04, high 2:03 and then 2:03.1 on the last lap of the day. I think that shows there was still some more pace to be found. At that point of the day, everything was a bit overheated and could do with a rest! Still, 2.5 seconds under the personal best and a new club record for Class B was a great result.Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32743969.post-78517685770095055052010-01-05T19:14:00.000-08:002010-01-05T19:40:44.329-08:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">Fathers' Day Out</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LjrJztsqg64DPsiw8EUHDAaWnhA6xBbpcYRADLgxmwh35pMADzbjDlBUKJP5RV9uzMu3GEXW0eI5jJEtz8RPP2_47Nya85uFunXu4LiWjXgVcAd9Yl4q7dIj3I_2gGno_S12EA/s1600-h/IMG_0563.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423462138868807938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LjrJztsqg64DPsiw8EUHDAaWnhA6xBbpcYRADLgxmwh35pMADzbjDlBUKJP5RV9uzMu3GEXW0eI5jJEtz8RPP2_47Nya85uFunXu4LiWjXgVcAd9Yl4q7dIj3I_2gGno_S12EA/s320/IMG_0563.JPG" /></a><br />Team Orange headed to Oran Park to celebrate Fathers' day in September. Bel's step-dad Wayne went out in the e21 and my Dad headed out in our trusty Ford Laser. It was a beautiful day but very sad as it was the last time the BMW club would drive there before the track was demolished to build more houses. It is a terrible waste and a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">horrible</span> end for one of our finest <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">motor sport</span> venues!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTlxB3sSu4j4lnskU1-xDW0VfUlfFpObe2Zq4F6iLCxJHcAdFaL5GrYM0WPrq3x66Gi2c2yhzrz3kiMb3SYfpo2eLlw83WNYuXnlPZeqVhcraBtn_Kbv8vKevWIEN6Vpgu5DlnQ/s1600-h/Laser+final+turn.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 179px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423464390888585986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTlxB3sSu4j4lnskU1-xDW0VfUlfFpObe2Zq4F6iLCxJHcAdFaL5GrYM0WPrq3x66Gi2c2yhzrz3kiMb3SYfpo2eLlw83WNYuXnlPZeqVhcraBtn_Kbv8vKevWIEN6Vpgu5DlnQ/s320/Laser+final+turn.JPG" /></a><br />The day itself went well with both Dads getting into it and having a great time. The e21 ran without a problem for the whole day while the Laser was fine except for a small coolant leak at the inlet manifold that was solved with some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">judicious</span> cutting and extra hose clamps.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IavzTdilzSF6d6RjRqPP-Oe7JJ2f_Z1g0y_ba8QbWZs6tT1HIX0rW2s3JGRh60VaoetAa7s3XrJj0qHRydgfUjj0J7ofoRT4wrpb235ln6ya81MU4Bx-tAISsNGk5lC93pRUFQ/s1600-h/IMG_0847.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423465998289500610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IavzTdilzSF6d6RjRqPP-Oe7JJ2f_Z1g0y_ba8QbWZs6tT1HIX0rW2s3JGRh60VaoetAa7s3XrJj0qHRydgfUjj0J7ofoRT4wrpb235ln6ya81MU4Bx-tAISsNGk5lC93pRUFQ/s320/IMG_0847.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Andrew was also there in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">MX</span>5 and had a great day mixing it up with the bigger cars. The reward for his efforts was race rubber stuck to his road tyres that refuses to come off!<br /><br />Must send out special thanks to Tom and Robbo for being the trainers for the guys.Pete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281899231652278759noreply@blogger.com0