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Ian Godney 
Really Senior Member I
Joined: 01-September-2004
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 Posted: 10-February-2005 at 04:00 |
Talking to the guy last week who made my exhaust , I sent him loads of pics of all the manifolds and systems I have seen on the internet and he reckons that they have the cross over pipe fitted because the primaries are too short , and they have the cross overs to compensate for this , as he has made my primaries longer and equal lengths he says it wont need one , this guy is now retired and makes exhasts as a hobby , he used to make them for F1 and loads of other race cars , he has made a few exhausts for me in the past , so I'll have to see if he's right on this one , if not I can always fit one in later, I need to fit a lambda sensor in anyway.
Cheers Ian
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2002SportEvo
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Joined: 30-June-2004
Location: Scotland
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 04:00 |
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Nice looking exhaust - who made it for you ??
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Mags
Really Senior Member I
Joined: 31-March-2004
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 287
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 05:34 |
 Ian Godney wrote:
Talking to the guy last week who made my exhaust , I sent him loads of pics of all the manifolds and systems I have seen on the internet and he reckons that they have the cross over pipe fitted because the primaries are too short , and they have the cross overs to compensate for this , as he has made my primaries longer and equal lengths he says it wont need one , this guy is now retired and makes exhasts as a hobby , he used to make them for F1 and loads of other race cars , he has made a few exhausts for me in the past , so I'll have to see if he's right on this one , if not I can always fit one in later, I need to fit a lambda sensor in anyway.
Cheers Ian
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Cool, keep us up to date!! 
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'58 Austin Healey Sprite
'72 VW Camper
'95 BMW 540i Touring
'02 Suzuki SV650S
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Ian Godney
Really Senior Member I
Joined: 01-September-2004
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 06:01 |
A guy from aberwrist-watch , West wales
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Jonners
Really Senior Member II
Joined: 23-September-2003
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 06:58 |
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anyone know if side exhausts are legal on road cars???
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lyndonbuck
Really Senior Member I
Joined: 11-August-2003
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 07:07 |
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Yes, some Westfields/Caterhams have them as they are so low,
they pass MOTs OK but do tend to be a bit loud for road use
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UweM3
Moderator Group
Joined: 11-February-2003
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 5445
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 07:23 |
I am looking forward to see the exhaust on the car as I can't figure where you "hide" the rear box height wise?
I can see where you'r coming from with the back axles issue, that takes a lot of ground clearance away. But that box between the axles will bottom out on bumps as well ?!?
My center section is scraping every time down my sloped drive.
BTW I am having tears in my eyes imaging what you are going to do with that car.  Hope it performs well!
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E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg.....
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Ian Godney
Really Senior Member I
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 08:17 |
I dont have the fuel tank underneath , I have had an alloy tank made to go in the boot
So the back box fits where the tank was , the middle box is under the prop in the middle of the car , I will put some heat shielding on top of that one
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Ian Godney
Really Senior Member I
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 08:20 |
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I think the ruling on exhausts is that is has to pass halfway down the car before exiting , and it cant be out further than the body ,
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215DMX
Really Senior Member II
Joined: 14-May-2003
Location: Croydon
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 09:05 |
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Brian wrote
"There's some talk on this
athttp://www.e30m3performance.com/
Remember also the Miltek system doesn't have an X
pipe. "
...but it does have a "Y" pipe which pretty much does
the same thing, something to do with reflected
pulses
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gary
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Just Call me Wendy ;-)
Joined: 16-October-2002
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Posted: 10-February-2005 at 14:08 |
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What rally are you doing?
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Higgim
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Joined: 10-January-2005
Location: Bath
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Posted: 11-February-2005 at 07:02 |
Very impressed with what you are doing Ian. It will great to see an M3 doing the rounds. Will you be taking it in the forest ??!
I navigate an Escort Cossie which is off the road at the moment due to catastrphic head gascket failure! We will be back in the spring though!
Here's a pic of the car on last summer's Prom Stages on The Wirral. (Nice Tarmac event). Our car is nowhere near as good nick as yours though!
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Rags
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Joined: 02-March-2004
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Posted: 11-February-2005 at 14:58 |
Looking good.
The only i dont like is the gold rims! sorry
But, what do I know?!
As said, the attention to detail is fantastic!
Almost makes it sad to let it go rallying!
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Alan F
Senior Member I
Joined: 15-January-2003
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: 11-February-2005 at 16:55 |
An M3 rally car should have gold wheels, back in the late 1980's Prodrive ran cars for the likes of Ari Vatanen with gold wheels. Also on the BTCC cars of Sytner and co.
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Ian Godney
Really Senior Member I
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Posted: 12-February-2005 at 03:57 |
No this car is tarmac only , it aint going anywhere near a gravel road  I am doing Caerwent in South Wales as my first event in it (as long as its finished ) , then will be doing Eppynt in mid wales , and over to Ireland in September, I'm not going to do a championship in it this year , just going to do some good events and have some fun.
I photo shopped the car with gold and white wheels , it just lookes so much nicer with gold , and its my car so I can put whatever I want on it , so , ner ner ner ner ner !!
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Robbie Bradford
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Posted: 12-February-2005 at 08:56 |
Ian - make sure and keep us informed about coming over to Ireland in september, we could have a meet in you honour 
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kevin
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Joined: 29-November-2002
Location: Camberley, Surrey
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Posted: 12-February-2005 at 12:16 |
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It's looking very good Ian, can wait to hear how you get on with it at the first event.
BTW I like the gold wheels
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Kevin
'04 E46 330Ci Convertible
'08 E61 535d Touring (TorqueMeister Towbarge)
’95 E34 M5
’89 E30 M3 (Cecotto)
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Ian Godney
Really Senior Member I
Joined: 01-September-2004
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Posted: 20-February-2005 at 07:05 |
Been doing a few more bits on the car the front and rear calipers are on now
Fronts
Although they are 325mm they look a little lost behind the wheels , I did want to fit bigger discs but the calipers wouldn't take one , and as I wanted to keep the prodrive calipers , tough !
The rears are standard discs grooved , with the rear Prodrive Subaru WRC calipers , the calipers were originally fitted to a vented disc so I have skimmed the calipers to make them narrower to suit the solid disc
The hydraulic handbrake is now fitted to the handbrake lever , I have kept the standard handbrake as the strutineers on the rallies are quite strict on this
As I have gone RHD the pedal box was giving a few headaches , I tried to make an Escort Mk 2 one fit as they are readily available , but was too much hassle , so have decided to fit a 3 pedal one from Tilton , it will be bolted to an alluminium plate which will be bolted to the floor , it will have a series of holes in the plate so the pedals can be moved back and forth to suit other drivers , I can then fit the seat back as far as I can taking into account the gearstick , I still need to reach that , I can space the steering wheel back to suit , that way I can get the centre of gravity back so it will take the fast jumps better without nose diving ,
I have had my 2:5 crank delivered on friday , with the shells it was Ł528 inc Vat , the blocks gone off for a bore , I sent the rods and pistons off with the block otherwise I would have included pics ,
The heads off to Lesters monday for the porting , I'm hoping to have all the engine bits back by next week to start putting it together . and this will top off the engine bay
I have ordered my seats , have gone for Recaro's now , the person who was supposed to be selling me his WRC Prodrive seats is dragging his heels so I cant wait any more , got the TRS 6 point 3 belts coming this week also , still trying to get it ready for this rally on the 29th March !
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Jake
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Joined: 19-February-2005
Location: East Anglia
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Posted: 20-February-2005 at 09:01 |
WOW Ian, I am very very impressed with your work and attention to detail. That kind of workmanship is more rare than it should be. Well done mate, I hope I get to see it in person some day.
Jake
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215m3
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Posted: 20-February-2005 at 10:22 |
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Ian updated pics look superb and it's coming along. If your off around the Gaydon meet your goind to have to bring the car along for us to see it in the flesh.
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