So then... What are you planning for this year?

[DumDum]

Hoping to come depending on work cos I wont getting time off this summer cos of the olympics.

Anyway Ive got a £35 ebay bargain nitrous kit sitting in the garage.

And I fancy a BMW 325TDS for scrap monies if I can find one.

Strip ALOT of weight out of it.
Swap to a full mechanical pump (none of this semi ECU bollocks).
Gov Mod.
BFOTurbo.
No wastegate.
FMIC off an Iveco Truck.

[Renrut]

Good call, just remember all the problems that the E34s suffer when weight is removed - they end up looking like an SUV.

I'll be entering my Midget if I can get it MOT'd in time, will be a good first run out and gives me something to aim for. It won't be competitive, just getting there and back will make me a very happy man

[owelly]

MOT?.......

[Renrut]

Well its a nice target for the build. But I would probably have to demand they checked it on the day going from their previous track record

[cinqabarth]

Fiat Cinq Sporting , striped out of everything, lowered, big brakes, bigger engine, carbs and most importantly some boost

Oh and lots of welding and an MOT

[DumDum]

Hoping to come depending on work cos I wont getting time off this summer cos of the olympics.

Anyway Ive got a £35 ebay bargain nitrous kit sitting in the garage.

And I fancy a BMW 325TDS for scrap monies if I can find one.

Strip ALOT of weight out of it.
Swap to a full mechanical pump (none of this semi ECU bollocks).
Gov Mod.
BFOTurbo.
No wastegate.
FMIC off an Iveco Truck.

^^^^^ This is a step closer as I bought a dead fuel pump at the weekend to rape for its casing to build my franken-pump.

Im not doing a build thread till I have a car though.

[Renrut]

Dumdum - thats an unsual place to start a build

Fiat Cinq Sporting , striped out of everything, lowered, big brakes, bigger engine, carbs and most importantly some boost

Oh and lots of welding and an MOT

What engine? still a FIRE?

[DumDum]

Dumdum - thats an unsual place to start a build

It is an unusual place to start but its probably one of the most complex jobs on my build. Its a Bosch VE rotary diesel injection pump and most of the parts are interchangeable so I can put parts from various cars, trucks and vans in it to get stupid fueling.

It still hangs in the balance as to weather I can find a 325TDS cheap enough and get the time off work so well see

[TeamTotalWankel]

Tempted by this-



If it really has got 320bhp then it should be good for a 12.5-13.0 1/4 mile depending on how strict a diet it goes on Then I'll just need to persuade the old barge around the cones A good dose of negative camber on the front wheels should help reduce the understeer all these 4x4 Scoobys seem to suffer from

[chuckie]

this will be my first time at the £999 challenge, going to be brave and enter my daily drive, my xsara vts. only mods are an induction kit from ebay £9.00 and a home made exhaust system. some interior will be removed (child seat) hope it stays dry and every one has a good time

[fha772]

Welcome aboard!!!

You'll have a blast, the trick is, don't take it too seriously
At the end of the day, it's a bunch of people thrashing cheap cars down a drag strip and round some cones, it ain't exactly F1

Will you be camping the night before?
If you are, come over to the forum marquee/shed, and say hi, we are a friendly bunch.

[chuckie]

cool, yeah will be camping (long drive from scotland) trying to convince a friend to bring his impreza sport too