Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Long time no update, after Shaarknose last year I got the car MOT'd and n the road and drove it up to the National BMW Car Club meet at Gaydon.
Parked up next to a 1M to see the size difference lol.
After that Kos (Pukar Designs) organised a Sharknose meet at the Ace Cafe so here are a few pics:
Cheers
Ben
Parked up next to a 1M to see the size difference lol.
After that Kos (Pukar Designs) organised a Sharknose meet at the Ace Cafe so here are a few pics:
Cheers
Ben
Last edited by Duracel79 on Tue May 01, 2018 8:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Now onto the next updates from this year.
Forced the E9 out of the garage to do some work on Taiga Thunder, luckily it was a very warm dry week.
Then started with the Marine Plywood splitter, which reaches back to the subframe:
Then painted it satin black to try and blend in a bit:
Graphics for the race series went on along with fitting the kill switches and extinguisher system etc.
Ran at a track day at Lydden Hill to test things out and met up with some old friends from the racing club:
Cheers
Ben
Forced the E9 out of the garage to do some work on Taiga Thunder, luckily it was a very warm dry week.
Then started with the Marine Plywood splitter, which reaches back to the subframe:
Then painted it satin black to try and blend in a bit:
Graphics for the race series went on along with fitting the kill switches and extinguisher system etc.
Ran at a track day at Lydden Hill to test things out and met up with some old friends from the racing club:
Cheers
Ben
Last edited by Duracel79 on Tue May 01, 2018 8:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
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Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
looking forward to seeing it live in a couple of weeks mate!
Regards/groeten, Jeroen
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Well, not sure if many of you have heard about my mishap?
Couple of weeks ago at Brands Hatch, I was running the car and steadily gaining confidence then BANG!!! the engine put a leg out of bed in spectacular fashion as seen in the below video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c407U82BJu4
Bit gutted but that's racing for you.
Now its onto rebuild the engine (maybe improve at the same time).
Regards
Ben
PS All other cars made the next race without damage, they were all just annoyed that the marshals did not put out the slippery surface flag sooner. My oil and coolant were bang on the braking zone/racing line.
Couple of weeks ago at Brands Hatch, I was running the car and steadily gaining confidence then BANG!!! the engine put a leg out of bed in spectacular fashion as seen in the below video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c407U82BJu4
Bit gutted but that's racing for you.
Now its onto rebuild the engine (maybe improve at the same time).
Regards
Ben
PS All other cars made the next race without damage, they were all just annoyed that the marshals did not put out the slippery surface flag sooner. My oil and coolant were bang on the braking zone/racing line.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
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Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
if you thinking of improving and rebuilding the engine....
http://racehead.com.au/products-page/en ... rsion-kit/
http://racehead.com.au/products-page/en ... rsion-kit/
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Thanks for that, however there's no M20 in this carMihajlo wrote:if you thinking of improving and rebuilding the engine....
http://racehead.com.au/products-page/en ... rsion-kit/
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
So about time I updated this thread as well.
Got the car out for Rockingham and the CTCRC Classic Thunder races back in April 2017:
After Rockingham I decided to build a diffuser to get rid of the parachute style rear valence and maybe get a bit more rear end grip on track:
Then there was the trip to Sharknose and the meeting with Jeroen's Apple and an original Group 2 car:
Got the car out for Rockingham and the CTCRC Classic Thunder races back in April 2017:
After Rockingham I decided to build a diffuser to get rid of the parachute style rear valence and maybe get a bit more rear end grip on track:
Then there was the trip to Sharknose and the meeting with Jeroen's Apple and an original Group 2 car:
Last edited by Duracel79 on Tue May 01, 2018 8:17 pm, edited 3 times in total.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Next up came the race meeting at Brands Hatch where I started to learn and understand the car more and more every lap:
Then disaster struct with oil starvation siezing a big end and snapping a conrod:
Then disaster struct with oil starvation siezing a big end and snapping a conrod:
Last edited by Duracel79 on Tue May 01, 2018 8:17 pm, edited 2 times in total.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
The S54 was toast, with not very much salvaeable:
So a large bill later with a replacement head/crank/block sourced and then some shiny new bits:
So a large bill later with a replacement head/crank/block sourced and then some shiny new bits:
Last edited by Duracel79 on Tue May 01, 2018 8:18 pm, edited 2 times in total.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
The engine builder insisted on air filtration so when the engine was back in the car I set about using my current trumpets to create an airbox with the biggest K&N filter I could sqeeze in the engine bay:
There was also concerns about cooling so some vents were added just behind the radiator to help draw the air out and also above the new air filter position:
And the result of all this after mapping up at Emerald:
I think I may need a big rear wing to get traction now
There was also concerns about cooling so some vents were added just behind the radiator to help draw the air out and also above the new air filter position:
And the result of all this after mapping up at Emerald:
I think I may need a big rear wing to get traction now
Last edited by Duracel79 on Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:58 pm, edited 3 times in total.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
That is now all up to date, plans for now is a demo run at Lydden at the BHP show on Monday 7th:
http://bhpperformanceshow.com/
Then a race meeting at Mallory park on Monday 28th with the CTCRC.
I haven't yet decided whether i'l bring the car to Sharknose (depends how she gets on on track),
but I WILL be there, see you all soon
Ben
http://bhpperformanceshow.com/
Then a race meeting at Mallory park on Monday 28th with the CTCRC.
I haven't yet decided whether i'l bring the car to Sharknose (depends how she gets on on track),
but I WILL be there, see you all soon
Ben
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
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Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Great!! For us to see your pics, just put ~original behind the .jpg in the link.
Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
I'm not sure what you mean I have modified the img codes slightly, has that helped?uwbuurman wrote:Great!! For us to see your pics, just put ~original behind the .jpg in the link.
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
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Re: Classic Thunder Build - Duracel79 - England
Just type ~original behind .jpg like I did below. Left out the last ] to show