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Umm slight "modifications" are required. I'll post photos up of me doing it step by step to show you what's required.

Once Gerard sources this pressure plate. Apparently they are becoming a bit harder to find these days. Other wise I'll have to go to a Mitsubishi pressure plate and i'll have to make some stepped dowels for the flywheel.

Thanks man :) Here's another small update:

I've 99% completed my fixed back seat mount. I used a bride rail for an N15 and used 2 pieces of 5mm flat bar to make an 'adapter plate' to bolt the side mounts for my Pro 2000 onto, anyway here's a couple of photos.

All that has to be done is 4 holes need to be drilled for the side mount rails to be mounted to the adapter plates.

Here's a photo of the Bride rail as it is:

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Then with the adapter plates:

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I had to counter sink the bolt heads to get the heads flat (I'm using countersunk socket head cap screws)

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Thought I'd finish my bush/collar job. So here's the finished project:

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I fitted them up this afternoon, there was a tiny bit more vibration, but on a positive note it has made the gear shifts everywhere in the rev range really smooth.

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I designed the bushes so that they would have plenty of crush on the nylon washer.

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On another note Gerard from PAR just called to tell me that my solid center clutch is now ready to go. So the short ratio (4.83:1), LSD gearbox will be back in next week smile.gif

Pretty keen to get the box back in.

  • 2 weeks later...

Update time:
Received my clutch today, so ripped the gearbox out and took the flywheel to a local clutch place to be machined. It'll be done first thing tomorrow morning :)

Pictures of the new PAR Solid Center Clutch:
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Gearbox and clutch are back in. Feels great to have the LSD back again. The final drive is perfect for a VE on the street. You could definitely go a shorter ratio if you didn't do any highway driving. The clutch is anything but brutal. It probably has a smoother, more predictable engagement point with a nicer pedal feel. Also shifting is more effortless, overall I'm very happy.

  • 2 weeks later...

Bit of a photo dump, been doing a little bit on the car over the past few days.

Pics will explain all:

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A big thanks to a good friend of mine Dean for the hand made carbon fiber sheet. (the perks of being in the Airplane industry I guess :P)

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The throttle linkage tube is 90% complete, I had to use an adjustable reamer and reamed out each throttle linkage pivot as the tube I had was 12.1mm, whereas the OEM BMW one was 11.95mm

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  • 3 weeks later...

Went to the drags today, ran a best time of 13.97 with a shit house launch lol. I'll post a video up later, the launch is quiet embarrassing though lol!

Still getting used to the new clutch, it's great to shift with, a little more tricky to launch though :P

So I weighed the car while I was at the drags :)


It weighed in at 1085kg, that was the car on a small diet and 3/4 of a tank of fuel (no carpet or back seats or spare tyre, jack etc still has all the sound deadening and the rest of the interior)

I'm around the 85kg mark, so with me in it and a full tank of fuel you could say it would be close to 100kg heavier.

So around the 1185kg mark with me in it and a full tank of fuel.

Lol it has alot less power than your skid pig though too ;)

Gotta try and compensate some how haha.

;) True! But still a little rocket :yes:

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