Craig's 328i Sport - e36 Track Car Build Thread

[Craig]

Finally after all the wet weather we’ve had a nice dry patch which allowed me to spend most of last Monday having the long awaited photo shoot with Total BMW, was an interesting day with some cool photo’s been taken. As soon as the feature has been released the photographer will be sending me all the shots which I’ll be sure to post in this thread, there’s some great action shots too.



I’ve been using the car over the last few days to check she’s still running fine and so far so good, there is one or two niggles that have to be rectified; first off was the battery has gone weak due to lack of use so this has been replaced, the next is a small electrical issue the car will never turn off ‘Ignition 1’ so the clock, trip meter and stereo always want to stay on... I’m thinking this may just be the ignition barrel switch has gone faulty.

With D-Day looming, 15th July, I’ve decided to leave the current suspension on the car and even run the current Falken FK-452 road tyres. This was how the car was last used in October at Spa-Francorchamps and although I would prefer a more track focus suspension set up and to run a set of Kumho V70s’s, I really think I just need to start using the car again and fettle it again after a few outings.

I can already see a full brake up-grade / overhaul including a set of 4 pot callipers, bigger front discs and new brake lines all round, maybe even an ABS removal too.