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So what we essentially have here is a blank canvas. Nothing has been done already that can’t be reversed for any race series that we’re interested in, namely Roadsports, Club Enduro, MSVT Trackday challenge or BMWCCR Class 6.

My biggest concern was that the original builder had been overly zealous with the scissors to the wiring loom. Since it was fitted with a limited slip differential, traction control would just have been a hindrance, and all of the sensors and associated wiring had been removed. It’s always difficult stepping into someone else work and trying to figure out exactly had been done. The 330 Challenge (bmw330challenge regulations) specified that you could delete ABS, it was deactivated, but thank goodness the wiring loom for this was still intact, albeit showing a fault. The drive home from Scotland without ABS OR Traction Control and on crap tyres in the wet was a memorable one! Rest assured it was a VERY intimidating drive home with the feeling that I’d bitten off much more than expected. I certainly plan to do a shakedown season of track days in 2021 before attempting the ARDS test to get my racing license. Continue reading “Build decisions”

Advertised in RaceCarsDirect.com, the car was purchased for £4,500 in Fort William, Scotland in July 2020 as a part finished race car originally destined for the BMW 330 Challenge series. This series was cancelled in Scotland however and the car subsequently was never raced. This was the 3rd build for the original owner having formerly built 2 BMW Compact Cup cars and he was an engineer so a good sign. Based on a 2002 BMW 330Ci Sport with just over 100,000 miles, it had all the main safety items fitted including a cage, extinguisher system, and race seat, but it lacked suspension, rain light, decent tyres, and bonnet catches to make it race ready. Continue reading “I’ve found a car!”