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#1. Re: [E36M3] 1995 M3 - starter problems - from Chester Wong
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:58:11 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 1995 M3 - starter problems Hey. Well, sometimes forget from where I'm talking. I've done the intake manifold removal and head gasket R&R (in a day...hahaha), but I also have access to a lift so removing the underside parts isn't too difficult either. Having said that, sure, I can get to the starter from the bottom, but to actually disconnect the wires, I'm thinking it'll be easiest from the top.. Good luck to the original poster. Chester --- Mark Duckworth <mdlkml@atari-source.com> wrote: > While I am not attempting to get at the starter, I have my intake > manifold off and I can tell you it looks like it would be pretty easy to > get to that way. My impression is that assuming you could get the > wrenches in there, it'd be much easier to approach it top down. Less to > remove, less of it is heavy and less under the car-ness. Just my $0.02.. > Then again I'm speaking as someone who knows how to get the intake > manifold off now, and not how to get the transmission out.
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#2. Re: [E36M3] 1995 M3 - starter problems - from Jamie Howton
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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:45:03 -0600 From: "Jamie Howton" <jhowton@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 1995 M3 - starter problems > I am thinking I should go ahead and replace the starter and selenoid. My engine has 205K on it and 12 and 1/2 years, although it was rebuilt 15K ago. Anyone done this and have some tips? > On my 95, the starter is held on by two of the transmission mounting bolts. I cannot see how you would be able to remove it from the top at all. I think the only way is from the bottom which involves removal of the exhaust, driveshaft and all associated bits, and then tilting the engine tranny down/back to allow access to the two starter bolts using a three foot long socket extension. I think that trying to get it from the top will not allow you enough room between the engine/tranny/firewall to get your torx socket on the bolts. -- Jamie Howton 2006 M Roadster 2004 645Ci 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL
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#3. FS: 1993 325i, only $3000 or best offer. - from Jesse Chamberlain
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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:28:08 -0500 From: "Jesse Chamberlain" <jesse.chamberlain@gmail.com> Subject: FS: 1993 325i, only $3000 or best offer. Hi All, I've decided to replace my 1993 Alpine White II 325i with 196K miles on it, with a newer car, an 01 Saab 9-5. I still have a 95 M3 with about the same mileage, so I'm not leaving the BMW world. :) I am looking to get around $3000 for the car, or best offer. It has 196K miles on it, but it runs and drives very well. I have done all the maintenance on it myself, and detail the car at least every month (means wash, wax and clean inside). The car came from the factory with the Cold weather package, and sport package, so it has the LSD and Sport seats. I have always changed the oil every 3K miles, and use Castrol oil. The car is located in Western Mass, near the Westfield/Springfield area. Here is what the car has: -- Full OE M3 body kit (front and rear bumper, sport side skirts, and M3 door moldings), painted at the BMW dealer. -- Full M3 suspension (front and rear sway bars from a 95, with the correct swaybar connection to the strut, Springs from 95 M3, front and rear Monroe M3 Shocks and struts, and 96+ front strut mounts) -- M3 Cat back exhaust from a 95. -- Wood trim interior -- 17" LTW replica wheels. -- 15" set of snow tires (factory original) -- 96+ M3 exhaust headers -- 5 speed Manual. -- cold weather package -- sport package. Here is what has been replaced (do to age) with-in the last 15K miles. -- Monroe Struts and shocks (less than 10K on them) -- Front M3 Strut mounts (less than 2K on them) -- Front control arms (~15K on them) -- Front M3 centered control arm bushings (~15K on them) -- Front swaybar links (~10K on them) -- Front engine mounts (less than 1K on them) -- Front tie-rods (inner and outer) (~10K on them) -- Catalytic converter (Less than 10K on it) -- O2 sensor (Less than 10K on it) -- Clutch slave cylinder (replaced only a few weeks ago, preventative when the one in my M3 died) -- Flushed the brake fluid (a few weeks ago) -- Front brake rotors and pads (Less than 10K miles) Some other stuff that has been replaced within last 40K miles: -- Flushed cooling system -- Replaced Waterpump (about 35K miles on it) -- Replaced Thermostat (about 35K miles on it) -- Replace front brake calipers with rebuilt units due to a stuck caliper. -- Rear Shock mounts (I have a new set already, just haven't put them in) -- Rear Trailing arm bushings (I have a new set of the 96+ M3 ones, just haven't found time to put them in) Now for the "bad" things on this car: -- Three quarter sized rust spots on the car. These are only surface rust spots, just under the paint, and can easily be touched up. There is one on the rear passenger fender arch, one on the rear drivers door where the window trim meets the paint, and one on the Passenger Front door, same spot. -- The interior leather is probably a 5/10. The rear seats are worn and have scratches on them, the passenger front seat is actually in pretty good shape for the years and miles, but the Drivers seat is pretty worn. It has a small hole the size of a dime in the side bolster. The rest of the interior is in good shape and the car comes with floor mats. I will have some pictures available in a couple of days, as I would like to wash and wax the car this weekend and then take pictures of the car then. Feel free to email me with any questions or if you would like to see pictures of it. I still drive this car every day, and it gets good gas mileage, about 26 highway and 20ish in the city, 22 on average. Thanks for the time! Jesse Chamberlain jesse.chamberlain@ gmail.com
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#4. Re: [E36M3] 1995 M3 - starter problems - from Mark Duckworth
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:24:41 -0500 From: Mark Duckworth <mdlkml@atari-source.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 1995 M3 - starter problems I wonder how BMW approaches this job. Seems like an awful lot of labor. I wonder if they have a special socket or tool or something. Might be worth it for this job. Thanks, Mark On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 09:54 -0600, Jamie Howton wrote: > Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:45:03 -0600 > From: "Jamie Howton" <jhowton@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] 1995 M3 - starter problems > > > I am thinking I should go ahead and replace the starter and selenoid. My engine has 205K on it and 12 and 1/2 years, although it was rebuilt 15K ago. Anyone done this and have some tips? > > > > On my 95, the starter is held on by two of the transmission mounting > bolts. I cannot see how you would be able to remove it from the top > at all. I think the only way is from the bottom which involves > removal of the exhaust, driveshaft and all associated bits, and then > tilting the engine tranny down/back to allow access to the two starter > bolts using a three foot long socket extension. I think that trying > to get it from the top will not allow you enough room between the > engine/tranny/firewall to get your torx socket on the bolts. >
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#5. FW: tim ng sent you this eBay item: 2001 BMW M5 5.0 V-8 Engine and Transmission - from tim ng
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:51:08 -0500 From: "tim ng" <s14realm3@hotmail.com> Subject: FW: tim ng sent you this eBay item: 2001 BMW M5 5.0 V-8 Engine and Transmission conversion time Tim Ng BMWCCA # 36497 95 BUZZNM3 dakar yella 94 325i future track car 92 325ic M-Technic pkg 91 M3 garage queen 89 325ia commuter car 88 M3/2.5 DM race car ------------------ project 90 535ia ------------------ Pace shadow 26 ft enclosed trailer my web page: http://groups.msn.com/M3stuff/pictures >From: "eBay member: s14realm3@hotmail.com" <member@ebay.com> >To: s14realm3@hotmail.com >Subject: tim ng sent you this eBay item: 2001 BMW M5 5.0 V-8 Engine and >Transmission >Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:24:40 -0700 > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >tim ng sent you this eBay item. >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >Hi, >I saw this item on eBay and thought you might be interested. > >Item Name: 2001 BMW M5 5.0 V-8 Engine and Transmission >Current bid: US $7,500.00 (0 bids) >Shipping: Not Specified >End date: Jan-25-07 12:10:22 PST > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Find out more - View this Item > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300074652490&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11 >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >To add to your watch list, click: >http://cgi1.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MakeTrack&item=300074652490&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:3 >See similar items at: >http://search.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-BMW-M5-5-0-V-8-Engine-and-Transmission_W0QQsacatZ107063QQssPageNameZADME-B-EF-US-4 > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Details for item number: 300074652490 >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Item URL: >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300074652490&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11 >Description: 2001 BMW M5 5.0 V-8 complete engine with wire harnassing to >include six speed transmission. Engine has 40K miles on it and 6 speed >manual transmission >Ships to: United States >Seller: wbourg45(0) > >Member since Jan-16-07 in United States >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Learn how you can protect yourself from spoof (fake) emails at: >http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial > >This email was generated by the sender through the eBay platform because >the sender thinks you are likely to be interested in this item. eBay takes >no liability for the sending of this email and its content. If you did not >authorize the sender to send you this email, you can report this message >as unsolicited (spam) email so that eBay can take appropriate action >against the sender. For more information, go to: >http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-ov.html. Please note that it >may take up to 10 days to process your request. > >See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have questions about >eBay's communication policies. >Privacy Policy: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-policy.html >User Agreement: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/user-agreement.html > >Copyright © 2006 eBay, Inc. All Rights Reserved. >Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective >owners. >eBay and the eBay logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of eBay, >Inc. >eBay is located at 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125.
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#6. Retainters, Cams, and...? - from Patrick Kelly
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:00:40 -0500 From: "Patrick Kelly" <pkelly@agincourtcapital.com> Subject: Retainters, Cams, and...? Good morning all. My '95 has 118k miles and while it still runs fine with the original "soft" valve spring retainers, the time has definitely come to replace them with the hardened retainers before Something Bad happens. Since I'll have to take the cams out to replace the retainers, a young (or not so young, in my case) man's fancy turns to cam upgrades. Question: any comparisons out there between the Schrick and Sunbelt cams? I'm inclined to go with the Schricks, they've been around longer and seemed to have stood the test of time, but the good folks at BimmerWorld (I'm a satisfied customer) claim the Sunbelt cams are the shizz. Opinions, please. One other question: What else should I do "while I'm in there?" Car is my daily driver, but has coil-overs/camber plates, intake upgrades, gets tracked and auto-X'ed. Thanks, y'all. Pat Kelly Richmond, VA pkelly@agincourtcapital.com
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? - from Jeff Conner
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 06:30:19 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Conner <jeff.conner@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? Headgasket. It's a ticking time bomb. However, if you don't take the head out, it's not really an option now, is it? :-) If you have a '95, I would also consider the DynoSpotRacing cams. They are a local company (San Jose, CA) that takes stock S50 cams, do precision grinds to the back of the lobes and you shim the valves to get a more aggressive cam profile. The benefit is that there are no fitment issues, since it's a stock part to begin with. Just a thought. http://www.dynospotracing.com/cams.htm -jeff 98///Sedan ||| 95///trackdog ----- Original Message ---- From: Patrick Kelly <pkelly@agincourtcapital.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 6:04:27 AM Subject: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:00:40 -0500 From: "Patrick Kelly" <pkelly@agincourtcapital.com> Subject: Retainters, Cams, and....? Good morning all. My '95 has 118k miles and while it still runs fine with the original "soft" valve spring retainers, the time has definitely come to replace them with the hardened retainers before Something Bad happens. Since I'll have to take the cams out to replace the retainers, a young (or not so young, in my case) man's fancy turns to cam upgrades. Question: any comparisons out there between the Schrick and Sunbelt cams? I'm inclined to go with the Schricks, they've been around longer and seemed to have stood the test of time, but the good folks at BimmerWorld (I'm a satisfied customer) claim the Sunbelt cams are the shizz. Opinions, please. One other question: What else should I do "while I'm in there?" Car is my daily driver, but has coil-overs/camber plates, intake upgrades, gets tracked and auto-X'ed.. Thanks, y'all. Pat Kelly Richmond, VA pkelly@agincourtcapital.com ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm ************************************************* Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? - from Gary
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:41:38 -0600 From: "Gary" <probikeguy@probikeusa.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? DSR cams..I don't think you have to shim them. I checked on them before I went FI. They are some pretty nice cams from the specs and dyno sheets. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Conner" <jeff.conner@yahoo.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? > Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 06:30:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Jeff Conner <jeff.conner@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? > > Headgasket. It's a ticking time bomb. However, if you don't take the head > out, it's not really an option now, is it? :-) > > If you have a '95, I would also consider the DynoSpotRacing cams. They are > a local company (San Jose, CA) that takes stock S50 cams, do precision > grinds to the back of the lobes and you shim the valves to get a more > aggressive cam profile. The benefit is that there are no fitment issues, > since it's a stock part to begin with. > > Just a thought. http://www.dynospotracing.com/cams.htm > > -jeff > 98///Sedan ||| 95///trackdog > > > > ----- > Original Message ---- > From: Patrick Kelly <pkelly@agincourtcapital.com> > To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> > Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 6:04:27 AM > Subject: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? > > Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:00:40 -0500 > From: "Patrick Kelly" <pkelly@agincourtcapital.com> > Subject: Retainters, Cams, and....? > > Good morning all. > > > > My '95 has 118k miles and while it still runs fine with the original > "soft" > valve spring retainers, the time has definitely come to replace them with > the hardened retainers before Something Bad happens. > > > > Since I'll have to take the cams out to replace the retainers, a young (or > not so young, in my case) man's fancy turns to cam upgrades. > > > > Question: any comparisons out there between the Schrick and Sunbelt cams? > I'm inclined to go with the Schricks, they've been around longer and > seemed > to have stood the test of time, but the > good folks at BimmerWorld (I'm a > satisfied customer) claim the Sunbelt cams are the shizz. Opinions, > please. > > > > One other question: What else should I do "while I'm in there?" Car is my > daily driver, but has coil-overs/camber plates, intake upgrades, gets > tracked and auto-X'ed.. > > > > Thanks, y'all. > > > > Pat Kelly > > Richmond, VA > > > > pkelly@agincourtcapital.com > > > > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never Miss an Email > Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! > http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > >
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? - from Ivan Petrov
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:03:27 -0800 From: "Ivan Petrov" <crazyinp@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? You don't have to shim those and they do fit any M3 not only 95 Ivan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Conner" <jeff.conner@yahoo.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? > Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 06:30:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Jeff Conner <jeff.conner@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? > > Headgasket. It's a ticking time bomb. However, if you don't take the head > out, it's not really an option now, is it? :-) > > If you have a '95, I would also consider the DynoSpotRacing cams. They are > a local company (San Jose, CA) that takes stock S50 cams, do precision > grinds to the back of the lobes and you shim the valves to get a more > aggressive cam profile. The benefit is that there are no fitment issues, > since it's a stock part to begin with. > > Just a thought. http://www.dynospotracing.com/cams.htm > > -jeff > 98///Sedan ||| 95///trackdog > > > > ----- > Original Message ---- > From: Patrick Kelly <pkelly@agincourtcapital.com> > To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> > Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 6:04:27 AM > Subject: [E36M3] Retainters, Cams, and...? > > Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:00:40 -0500 > From: "Patrick Kelly" <pkelly@agincourtcapital.com> > Subject: Retainters, Cams, and....? > > Good morning all. > > > > My '95 has 118k miles and while it still runs fine with the original > "soft" > valve spring retainers, the time has definitely come to replace them with > the hardened retainers before Something Bad happens. > > > > Since I'll have to take the cams out to replace the retainers, a young (or > not so young, in my case) man's fancy turns to cam upgrades. > > > > Question: any comparisons out there between the Schrick and Sunbelt cams? > I'm inclined to go with the Schricks, they've been around longer and > seemed > to have stood the test of time, but the > good folks at BimmerWorld (I'm a > satisfied customer) claim the Sunbelt cams are the shizz. Opinions, > please. > > > > One other question: What else should I do "while I'm in there?" Car is my > daily driver, but has coil-overs/camber plates, intake upgrades, gets > tracked and auto-X'ed.. > > > > Thanks, y'all. > > > > Pat Kelly > > Richmond, VA > > > > pkelly@agincourtcapital.com > > > > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never Miss an Email > Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! > http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > >
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#10. E30M3 Race car chassis for sale, next month... - from Gary
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:21:30 -0600 From: "Gary" <probikeguy@probikeusa.com> Subject: E30M3 Race car chassis for sale, next month... I am going to sell my race car chassis, minus the engine and tranny. It will have fresh paint yellow, top, and underside of car has been cleaned/painted. All it will need is engine/tranny (swap an S50/52 in for track fun!), diff (stock410LSD) and driveshaft go with car. Full cage, gauges, tach, oil pressure/temp, water temp, volt, a/f ratio, seats(I have two carbon/kevlar Cobra) Onboard fire suppression, bat cut off, fuel cell, carbon/fiber glass parts, hood, doors, front, and rear, bumper covers, rear trunk, Tilton brake hardware including pressure gauge and balancer, front and rear four piston brakes with custom billet alum mounting hardware uses E36M3 rotors front and rear stainless lines, ALL poly or solid bushings, GC camber plates and coilover converted front strut housings 450fr/550rr, custom Steering reducer lock to lock is 1.5 turns, removable wheel, car weighted in at 2100lbs without the carbon body parts estimate 1900-200lbs wet no driver. I'm sure I forgot stuff..I have a load of parts in the shop for it... Chassis, wheels, and spare stuff. Asking $12,000.00 obo... So if you know anyone who would be interested in the rolling chassis let me know. I should have it finished by the middle or end of this month. I will post pictures of it and a complete list of parts that are on the car when I get it finished.. I am thinning my fleet of non used autos, and toys...race car fits both categories... Thank you, Gary Gray Pro Bike www.probikeusa.com