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    Posted: 26 Jan 2009 at 3:02pm
Just thought I'd pop in to sheepspeed again. Not been around in ages.. still not finished that Skyline hahaha.. Too many other things on the go in 2008!

Built an E30 BMW with an engine from a 535i running Megasquirt engine management. Its almost done now, just some niggles with the valve timing and a couple of ecu issues. Its gone through a fair transformation.















Then I bought another Skyline.. which is awesome fun. 357bhp at the wheels at just 0.9bar boost. Its capable of taking 1.6bar of boost with a new head gasket, new injectors, new fuel pump and a mappable ECU.. roll on 500bhp!



Changed the wheels a few days after buying it



Then smashed it.


Then fixed it


Then took the wing off



And now it has new unbroken headlights
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If anyone fancies having a laugh at my lack of driving talent you're more than welcome to pop over to Llandow on the 21st February to watch me demolish the control tower at the British Drift Championship practice/licensing day.
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Bryn, nice project, megasquirt is damn good for the money!, you going to map it yourself?
 
might well see you at LLandow, which one of your cars will you be drifting in?
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Originally posted by Jimbo

Bryn, nice project, megasquirt is damn good for the money!, you going to map it yourself?
 
might well see you at LLandow, which one of your cars will you be drifting in?


I'm not too sure what to do about mapping the BMW.. Gunnar at GSTuning up in Derby has offered to help out.. but thats a trek and a half to just map it. We'll see.

I'm taking the yellow Skyline to Llandow.
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went along to llandow today to watch some drifting, this was my first time to see this and impressive to watch. some good and some not so good. a very good go by sideways taff in the skyline and entertaining. if you have a spare few hours next time, well worth a look  and maybe a beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  see you all in new season
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Well it went alright for a first track day at Llandow and first drift day on a track rather than a wide open airfield like Brawdy. I was rubbish in practice as I was just pushing the car to see where its and my limit was.. When it came to the 90mins of licensing I nailed 5 decent runs. Not enough for a license though aparently.. no idea why and didnt get a real explanation either so I'm a bit miffed.

Anyway some pictures
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looks like good fun anyway buddy, I was planning to come to take a look but I had guests on Saterday
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I blew the gearbox at the end of the day too, tried hooking 3rd gear on the way round devils elbow but I think the selector exploded as I lost 3rd and 4th in one hit lol. 
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Well its transformed again. I did another day at Llandow around 8 weeks ago and managed to blow a few gaskets. So I started pulling things apart only to find some proper cowboy engineering going on.

Welded up internal wastegate:


The turbo had 2mm of play in it and the manifold was blowing everywhere


So time for a rethink and rebuild.

Out came the aircon


Tidied some wiring


New top mount manifold


Big replacement turbo


Tight fit


Endaf's modified plenum and my modified pipework



Wheel spacers fitted


Almost done


All set for Brawdy










The car is now running 0.8bar and only running a basemap on the ECU but I'd conservatively estimate it to be around 420bhp! :D Only trouble is after 4 laps on Saturday it killed the clutch
This was Sunday morning in the pissing rain just after I'd pulled the clutch out ready for a replacement:


5 laps after getting the replacement clutch in.. that went pop too.

I've got a HKS Twin plate carbon clutch coming now that'll take 700bhp so it should be fine for the 500bhp I'm aiming for :)
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Sounds like your having fun buddy, but whay .8 bar you girl. If my 3 bearing crank A series engine can run 2 bar of boost I'm sure you can!
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