328i Sport track project - Cadwell June 09

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:57 pm

stuart wrote:Make sure you paint that cage as soon as you can mate.

Hopefully get some time this weekend but probably won't have time to complete it. Will it start to attract surface rust quickly? Just from moisture in the air?

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:59 pm

Raw mild steel always seems to go off quite quickly but the guys that built it will advise you best. It would just be a shame to undo any excellent work they have started IMHO

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:15 pm

good to see you today tommy and the car looks superb :thumb: the tube should be oiled still unless they degreased it all
the only place that it will start will be where the welds have burn't it off .

which tyres have you gone for ?

cheers

jason

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:18 pm

Cheers for the advice.

I have some Hankook RS2 track tyres waiting to go on. A snip at

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:28 pm

For all the current and future E36 owners, here's how SHP sorted the seat runners in my car. It's particularly tricky because you need to get the driver's seat as close to the trans tunnel as possible which required SHP to cut, reverse and reweld the trans tunnel side seat mount.

Full view of passenger side

Close up of passenger side runner closest to trans tunnel. The rearmost hole is for the harness lap belt. The forward hole is for the side mount for the seat

Trans tunnel runner welds directly to the old subframe

Door side runner required some extra work

And this is the work required at the back of the runner

These are views of the driver's side with the seat attached

Here you can see how the trans tunnel driver's side mount had to be cut in half, reversed and rewelded to ensure the seat is properly aligned with the steering and pedals

And here's some to show how the sunroof was welded in

rolty · Post by **rolty** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:56 pm

Very nice 8) Where did you get those harnesses from, I really like the look of them

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:46 pm

rolty wrote:Very nice 8) Where did you get those harnesses from, I really like the look of them

They're from Balance Motorsport. FIA approved and cheap at

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:34 pm

Nice stuff Tommy

Glad it wasn't just me that found the whole thing a pain in the arse

I look forward to a proper poke around the car on Thursday.

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:45 pm

[quote="tommySTI"]
I have some Hankook RS2 track tyres waiting to go on. A snip at

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:51 pm

Loving the cage and the work done Tommy 8)

SHP are really VERY good indeed :thumb: