MY LSD ARRIVED FROM EBAY US

woohoooo

FEREDAL RSR

Thank for for Johnny from On The Run Motorsports for supplying this...


wooohoooo 215/45/17 of Federal RSR i wanted Hankook RS3 but it is waaay out of my budget... and i heard alot of good review on this RSR...


left is my 215/45/17 RE050 before we took it off, right is my new 215/45/17 RSR... clearly the RSR have more meat


one finger thicker...




the fatter tyres actually looks better in my opinion


rear right


rear left

HOLY SH!T, RETREAD!!!!!

after driving is 'politely' for 2 days, the rear tyres making funny noise... and i went to check... HOLY MOLY!!! its a retread!!!!! and its coming off




i checked the other 3 tyres, they are fine... so im lucky its only one of them... lucky i am getting a new set of tyres soon...

THE SEARCH FOR THE TRACK RIMS

my budget is $700 max, i know it is not much, but the car also worth around $6-7K only... so i think 10% cap for the wheels is reasonable...

i looked thru trading post, ebay and firesport for 2nd hand BMW wheels and i was drawn to this "SUPER TYRE & AUTO" at the corner of Princess and springvale road... next to PIRTEK... they had few BMW Wheels for sale and i thought i will start from them...

when i got there, i was going to buy the 330Ci wheels coz they are pretty cheap and not that heavy (9kg each)
http://www.toptentyres.com.au/store/images/P/BMW%201%20330ci.JPG

but then at the back shelf i saw a glimpse of familiar shape and when i move all the other stack of rims in front of it, IT IS A BBS RK!!!! OMG!!! tucked away at the back... and when i ask the guy, he seems like he didn't know that it is a BBS model... he want $790 for it including 4x good 2nd hand tyres... i thought YES YES... but i had to hide the excitement... so i asked whether i can have it for $700... and he said ok...


this BBS RK one piece weigh only 7.6kg each, which is very light for its price, its a 17x8 all around ET35... PERFECT! plus he gave me a 2nd hand tyres to go with it... which i can use for daily... or sell it for few bucks

that day, the "super tyre & auto" was understaffed, and i was waiting there for 3 hours... while i was waiting, i offered to help moving some tyres and putting on some wheels on another cars to speed up their work... and i ended up putting the wheels and tyres on my car myself.... and halfway the guy felt bad and stopped me, and he said "Alright, you can have them for $600, and thank you for helping, i will take it from here", i was like "SWEEEET!!!!"




a quick test after putting the new balanced BBS RK, the car felt alot better already as compared to my 10kg each DTM wheels...


now at boxhill to meet the exe-crew for dinner... looking good


TRACK RIMS BUDGET SPENT: $600

BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA

another trip back, but this one is different... i mark this as a beginning of a new era for MERAH #3... i have saved up another budget for it and i must tell you that saving up while racing with the other E30 in indo (shirosame) is not easy hahaha...

this trip is longer, and i am busier with photo work too, but means i can slip in few hours every few days to work on MERAH #3

my plan is:
- new lighter wider track wheels
- new set of street tyres to replace my current 6 years old tyres that came with the car when i bought it
- BMW LSD 25% clutch type
- higher final drive
- break into 1:49 at winton

hello dear


uh oh... when i start it, MERAH blow alot of white smokes... i thought its just due to the condensation, but the smoke remained even after running it for 30 minutes...



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so i went to local carshop and bought the coolant leak fix agent and the smoke kinda stops.... reduced maybe... good enough... will last for one more trackday i guess...

i marked the new beginning by taking it for a long drive and thru one of my long missed driving road... yarra bend... it just reminded me how much i love the E30 and how well it behaves on the limit even with crappy tyres i got at the moment...