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Yeah I wont be going as far as a cage. This is still a daily and I regularly have my kids in the back. The Velo seats look good though and well priced!

Ok, so now that I have some decent tyres to use at Wakefield I need to work on keeping myself secure. I was flopping around all over the place. I love my seats but they do nothing to help me stay in place. Back in the day you could get WRX seats pretty cheap but I don't remember them being very supportive and I'm a fairly large guy and in need of some support. Is a fixed back seat good to use on the day? Could swap the seats. Last fixed seat I tried (a Bride in my GTR) was super tight. Once I have a seat I can look at reducing my body roll and then I can start lapping Wakefield in under a minute. And a half.

Unlike the lads above I think the price is ok. Looking at carsales the first manual non turbo is $25k with 150,000 k's on it. Though its likely to be a factory manual, it does give some food for thought. The auto R34 GT's start at 13k. So, for me, 20 is ok, but 17 - 18 would be better. For reference, the first GTT is $30k but an auto.

Hi Luke and welcome to ! How does it drive? Any noises? Any oil leaks? Hows the suspension and tyres? Have you checked if it's straight? Bodykits sometimes mean hidden damage. Interesting that somebody would do the manual conversion on a non turbo also. Is it the original engine? Any pics?

Damn, car looks fantastic! Welcome to I definitely look forward to more updates on this.

Looks great, good score!

Yeah totally agree. Had a blast and the car held up well. I'm not all that keen to go faster, at least not yet. I'm more interested in my corner speed and stability.

I'm definitely under no illusions. I'm not great by any means and the little 330i was by far the slowest car in the paddock. I have massive amounts of body roll also. I'm hoping that by adding some sway bars before my next trip out the car will be much flatter around the corners. She's still my daily though so I need to make sure I keep it commutable.

Not great, but a start - 1:18.9 was my best. Sucked too as my car started missing on that lap (last of the day) and I cruised the straight. Could have gotten lower 1:18 if I could have stayed on the throttle. My brother in law with his 130i (same car minus 100kg) managed a 1:16 so its definitely my driving.

Had a chat to the owner of this GTR yesterday. What an amazing car, it was so quick across the back of the track I couldn't believe how late the breaking was. Unfortunately he was leaving when I finally said g'day so I didn't get much info but no doubt somebody on here knows more about it.

Well, what can I say? I wish I'd done tyres to my old cars rather than other stuff first. I couldn't believe how well the car performed on the RS4's. They just kept holding up all day, I think I did 6 sessions and each session was just so good. In the old days my car would give up after 2 or 3 sessions and even before giving up it wasn't great. The 330 just kept going and holding and not over/under steering (unless I was in too hot). Can't get over how good they are. If R compound tyres are even better then by the time I learn how to drive again I'll have to upgrade. Was so good to be able to trust the tyres and brakes 100%. Neither let go. Awesome. Thanks guys. Looks like I'll be trying to do more track days in the future with the old girl.

I understand this. Wheels need to be perfect!

Love that wheel!

Thats going to be an awesome project! Was it on its wheels while stored? Front wheel gap is insane! Looks like it has no engine!

I've disabled it for the time being. I might be able to make it a user setting so you can disable it.

No, not trivial at all. If I don't hear from people on issues that affect them then I can't make things better. I'm trying to promote content to encourage clicks but I need to balance that with usability and experience. If I'm reducing people's positive experience by trying to get clicks, then its not worth keeping it. It's hard to keep making the ends meet these days. I'm happy to disable or try to show it to guests only.

Fwiw this has been in the bottom right corner for many years now. It's not new.

What about it gives you the shits? Does it get in the way? You using desktop or mobile?

Hey Jake and welcome to I'm sorry for your loss but happy for your motivation to take on this project. do you want me to move this topic into the build threads section? You might get a few extra followers in there.

She's a bog stock non turbo 330i, she aint quick

How did you go @GinD18?

What do you tow? Can't see the Santa Fe being able to pull the skin off soup.

Dang. What a beast! I love the RS's, any of them.

Damn, it looks fantastic! Great project, I love the pics! Boot looks awesome. Wheels and tyres are a good fit.