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Of course, if you're turning anywhere near that much, you've lost control of the car and are better standing on the brake. I agree with this.... But John's mechanic Chris said that when he drove it, upon initiating a turn, and coming close to the normal steering angle lock, the steering wheel to PULLED towards the rest of the way, jamming the toe arm against the LCA. That's what worries me.

No handbrake shoes in the rear discs... Don't want that dead weight. Using a hydraulic handbrake instead

Leave me, and my Calvin Klein underwear out of this I buy Jap stuff on the premise they have been tested and proven... Also with the aim to fit them without fuss, but these things have proved otherwise. Believe it or not, the tie rod ends have ALREADY been cut down.

Anyone else come across this with Ikeya Formula LCAs? They don't seem to have bump stops to limit the amount of steering lock.

Ooooooookay.... Now here's the kicker. It seems that the front LCAs, in conjunction with the tie rod ends, results in unlimited front steering Wheels pointing straight: This is already turned too far: ............. aaaaaaaaaand all the way extended. See? Way too far. Check out the CV boot.

Front suspension linkages:

Cheers Paul Rear suspension goodies first:

I'll post some suspension pics when I get back... Need to ask you guys some questions about steering bump stops. Seems like the Ikeya Foruma front LCAs don't have anything to limit the amount of steering lock?!?

Wheel fitment, for people who asked... Car was on a hoist to take photos of the suspension... The wheels obviously tuck in a little more when sitting on the ground. These are 18x10 +12 wheels.

Thanks guys... Some pics from yesterday. Brakes are fitted... I'll take better photos later with the wheels off: FRONT - CP5555 6Pot Calipers, 356mm AP Racing J-Hook Discs REAR - CP5200 4 Pot Calipers, 343mm AP Racing J-Hook Discs

Keep your man-whoring ways out of my clean build thread!

Hey all... Yep, I know that I have a PULL gearbox.... I made sure that I ordered a PULL version, so it should bolt straight on Clutch should be here soon, so hopefully the white whipper snipper will be moving under its own power again soon!

After chopping and changing about eleventy billion times, I'm currently waiting on a Nismo Coppermix Twin Plate (Competition Spec)

To be honest, I don't think the stig is anyone ridiculously famous. They don't need him to be... All they require is a talented driver (of whom there are PLENTY in the UK) who can bang out consistent lap times for comparisons sake.

Nothing doing Car is sitting very stationary in a corner of John's workshop until my clutch comes... I've been told "about a week". Sorry Daz, but I couldn't pull out of the purchase. Once they have your money, there ain't no getting it back

Interesting development! Carlo, I have decided to go for an ATS carbon twin-plate, so unfortunately your Exedy clutch will not get a run this time, but I think it would be great for all of us if we could address the issues raised by Risking and Dazmo... In addition to the above two comments, I also heard of instances of the clutch shearing the flywheel bolts (below pic)... As you can imagine, cars on this website (and in this section specifically) make pretty high power and torque numbers, so it would be great if I could put Exedy back on our lists for the next clutch that we all will inevitably have to buy... I was definitely drawn (and also at the same time.... apprehensive) about the flywheel design. It looks extremely light... Possibly TOO light? Are you able to give us some weight specs of the clutch (total), clutch discs and flywheel? Cheers, Andrew.

Thanks guys... Daz has already PM'ed me about it... If I had known about this a few days ago, it would be a no-brainer, but I have already paid for another clutch, so I'll have to see....

You smell fuel, probably because you don't have a catalytic convertor, or yours have been hollowed out. 350kms is a bit low, but not stupidly so... Car might be running rich. Standard ECU? Take the car to a panel beater... They'll have to bog up the guard again, and repaint it... Of if you want to do it properly, pay them to weld in some more metal, hammer it back into shape and then repaint.

Any others of the BMW? How much for a 1600x1200 JPG?

Not knowing ANYTHING about carbon clutches, I was a little worried about the durability of them in track/race only applications... But sounds like they're up-to the task! Looks like there's too long a wait on the OS clutches anyway, so I'm waiting to hear back about availability of the ATS twin carbon and Nismo Coppermix twin.

Another cool data logger for you all to fap-fap over http://www.racepak.com/IQ3Dash.php

Never did get one of these

Hmmm... Lots of good reviews of the ATS clutch!

This isn't Fast and Furious... Parts don't automagically come "overnight from Japan" I'm assuming that it'll be at least 2 weeks before I see the clutch... Ben - Do what I do, and work from the track... Sure, you might have to put up with Duncy Dinosaur pointing and laughing at you whilst you're hiding in your car making a few phone calls, and you might miss a few sessions here and there, but beats being in the office!