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Thanks so much for that Martin, got some new things to try out now. The car is an auto but with really good paddles. Its had a transmission flash and the revs blip with downshifts so no real drop in revs. Its surprisingly good. Good to know I dont need to heel-toe because i'm rubbish at it

Damn, thats great advice, thanks! I definitely think that I'm jumping off the brakes suddenly. I think everything I do with the brakes is sudden movements. I brake late and as hard as I can but then I'm too committed to have time to get off them slowly, I quickly release brakes and steer. I don't think I'm applying any acceleration until I'm mid corner. Do I need to be able to heel-toe here or is the easy brake release and slight trail braking over before I start to accelerate? BTW, I swapped front and rear track wheels to see if the wider 255 rears would fit the front and they do. I drove around the block and did some big lock turns and no scrubbing at all. Car felt really stable. So, I might try to get a second set of my wheels and mount the new rears to the front to use a square 255 set up.

Holy smokes! Thats some serious cost.

The R33 did come with an RB20E from factory though I'm not sure you could bring one in. How sure are you that this is not a factory RB20E R33 with a badge?

This is really cool. I'm looking forward to the updates.

What do you consider a "higher klm engine" D ?

Micra looks awesome. I bet it was a hoot! Intercooler pipes look much better. Fingers crossed the paint lasts longer. Any idea what the turrets will cost?

Welcome! Car looks really nice, well done!

So, while @Duncan has stretched the definition of 'Northside' somewhat, I'm seriously impressed by @B-Manincluding himself from Radelaide. You have an E500 though, thats super cool.

Yep. Eldest gets her license this year. Need to find a big open space to let her let it rip. Holy smokes, b-man! Long time! How's things?

I'm happy to keep it warmed up if you want Congrats on your daughter!!! Is she your first?

SAU turns 20 this year believe it or not. I'd love to do something to celebrate but not sure what.

Absolutely. And time to drive them! I bet that GT3 is fun. Totally a fave of mine.

Bah. Let me fix.

I'm an everything fanboy. I seem to want one of every car atm. If only I was a middle eastern prince. Unfortunately, cars are a little lower on my priorities than they used to be. Just moved house and have a daughter going into fricken year ten and another in year 7. Its all doing my head in.

Eastern suburbs? Yikes, what happened to you?!?

I am. In Elanora Heights. Where are you ?

Where else would we be? Browsing SAU of course.

Yeah I'm absolutely not driving it as well as it could be driven and I was thinking that because I have the turn in so good now, then I need to do something to my own actions through the corner. I'm off the brakes as quickly as I can be, I try to get the car to correct speed before I start turning in but that doesn't always happen. I can pull up really well at the end of the Wakefield main straight and be turning in with foot on accelerator but I'm not as clean at the end of the back straight and this final corner is one of the ones I struggle with grip the most.

Thanks guys! It's funny how you can overthink things. I had never considered that my fronts may be too small. The rears are 17x8.5 with 255s and some other e90 owners have seen good results from another pair of rears with 255s on the front. This might be a good option so I'm going to swap fronts and rears for a few days and make sure everything clears. I do also think I may have hit the limit of the rs4s but the next step up is a lot more pricey. The front bar is not adjustable so I'll leave that for now. Diff is a single spinner unfortunately 🙁 @bcozican car is an 06 330i. M3 front arms (-1.5 camber), Whiteline front and rear bars, Whiteline rear subframe inserts (seem to really only add nvh), Bilstein shocks and eibach Springs.

That's brilliant. Can't help but appreciate the work put into this. Should leave the bonnet closed though. 🤢

Great post. Thanks!

Hi guys, Had another Wakefield day a few weeks ago, I've done a little bit of suspension work and managed to pick up 2.9s which was great! But! Although my turn in is now really good my mid corner grip stinks with heavy understeer and really is the weakness in the car. Corner exit speed is much lower than I'd like and I'm struggling to get enough drive out which is important considering my car really is not fast. I've been told a few theories for this: My wheels are staggered. 245 rear and 225 front. Next suggestion is because the rear had 15mm spacers and front none, so the track wasn't square. Is this likely to cause much mid corner upset? Surely I'd be feeling this on corner entry also? My personal feel is that the Hankook rs4s are at their limit and I may need to start alternating hot and cold laps.

Wow, it looks great! I was thinking of buying that back in the day when it parked next to me at the sns. Nick beat me to it. 😫