How is she now man I noticed she hasn't been MOT'd for 5 months. I saw this car in the Count On Me music videoOk, so i had a trip to Santa Pod yesterday.
This car is sick, it has so much grip and basically steers itself.
Here is a link to 30 mins of RAW drift footage!
Good news, car preformed brilliantly all day. Super fast, super easy to drift, amazing in every way, I am completely in love with this car.
Bad news... about 30 mins before the last run of the day, i started to hear a nocking/ticking noise... thought sod it, i will do one more run then investigate it.
Did the last run, got back to the pits, jacked up the front.
Big oil leak, nocking/ticking sounds like it's coming from the lower end of the engine.
Filled up with oil, drove it home, have not looked at it since. This weekend i will start trying to source the mysterious ticking noise.
In the mean time, does anyone know of a M62B44 just lying around anywhere that i may or may not need to swap in.
Here are some cool photos from the day...
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Current list of jobs to do:
Sort reversing light.
Get OEM Spedo working.
Tidy wiring.
Do a service/full fluid change (engine, gearbox, diff, brake).
Buy and fit new front Drop Links.
Make new exhaust mounts.
Sort jacking point rust (might as well do properly and cut and weld new metal).
Sort Engine......... :/
E39 540i Manual
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RozeTheHornet
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Sold it in August last year, new owner is still drifting it though and seems to be going great still!
Wow, crazy how it's still goin!!!
I'm only 15 but not I really, really want an E39!!!UPDATE!!!!! (This one is Picture Heavy... sorry)
Thursday Dan Cogswell fit some brand new 255's to the FYK rears and 225's to the FYK rears.
Car was running great, got home, drove over the drain cover on my drive and the rear right wheel broke the cover in half, fell in, and when it came back out i heard a snap from the rear end.
Jacked up the rear and established that i now had 1 wheel drive.
(Video of just after this happened...)
Bought a 540 diff and two driveshafts, collected them from Manchester, drove home.
This morning went to Sam Stocks house, him and Dan Cogswell (Massive thanks to both!) removed the driveshafts, (which we later found out to be 528 driveshafts) replaced them, and removed the cups from the 540 diff and changed the cups on the diff in the car (also a 528 diff) to match with the new driveshafts.
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Sam then welded a nut onto my baffle so it is now removable.
We then decided to fix the leaky sump. Drained the oil, removed the sump (which looks like it has been smashed on every speed hump in England...), sump had 2 holes in it, Sam welded these up, re fit the sump, filled with new oil, and now it runs great with no leaks!
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Once again the car now drives great, is more reliable than it has ever been, and is ready for Santa Pod on the 21st.
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Tomorrow morning its time for an alignment and i will update again for anyone who cares.