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    Originally posted by Casa de Mesa View Post
    Incredibly lucky that the car in front of you didn't kick it up. Glad to hear you're alright!
    Agreed!! Could have been a lot worse but all worked out in the end.

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      Not much driving now that its winter and NYS is dumping salt all over the roads. No big projects planned this winter just a bunch of small ones. Checked off a couple today:
      • Check Cam wear and valve tolerances. Everything looking good!
      • Install new RE braces. Its too bad these are under the car where no one can see them:
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      Next on the winter list:
      • New door seals install
      • Auto dim side mirror glass
      • Bavsound speakers

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        Very nice, sir. Is there a benefit to the RE pieces other than sex appeal?

        D-O
        Old, not obsolete.

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          I'll be following the auto dim mirror mod. I might have a lead on a used set and might be trying it out on mine as well. It's a nice modern feature with all these super bright lights that seem to be the norm these day. Found myself having to lean to one side sometimes just so I'm not being blinded at night. Even in my old pickup (which also does not have it).

          Seems like simple wiring which I'm comfortable with. Im in the understanding you tap into the wireing for the rear view mirror? I would also imagine you would have to splice a E90 connector in place of the original one for the mirrors?

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            Originally posted by D-O View Post
            Very nice, sir. Is there a benefit to the RE pieces other than sex appeal?D-O
            Yeah mostly undercarriage sex ap​peal 🤣. Also hopefully more corrosion resitance and it is nice to just undue one side of the Y brace when you need to drop the exhaust.

            Originally posted by Lee_Enfield View Post
            I'll be following the auto dim mirror mod. I might have a lead on a used set and might be trying it out on mine as well. It's a nice modern feature with all these super bright lights that seem to be the norm these day. Found myself having to lean to one side sometimes just so I'm not being blinded at night. Even in my old pickup (which also does not have it).

            Seems like simple wiring which I'm comfortable with. Im in the understanding you tap into the wireing for the rear view mirror? I would also imagine you would have to splice a E90 connector in place of the original one for the mirrors?
            Yeah I'm assuming the only challenge is going to be running a signal wire from the rearview mirror. I found a mint set of glass on eBay and also picked up a mirror wiring harness. Now just need to get the track car out of the way and start taking it apart!

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              Couple of pics from the ///M Car show at Classic Car Club Manhattan last weekend, great event!

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              Real CSL, first one I've seen in the states

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              Last edited by robgill; 04-29-2023, 09:13 AM.

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                Originally posted by robgill View Post
                Couple of pics from the ///M Car show at Classic Car Club Manhattan last weekend, great event!

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                Beautiful

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                  That CSL have PA plates?

                  Car is looking good man, hope to see you at the meet in NJ.
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                    Originally posted by Sharocks View Post
                    That CSL have PA plates?

                    Car is looking good man, hope to see you at the meet in NJ.
                    Yeah believe they were PA dealer plates. Lot going on with that car... full respray, right hand conversion?? Still pretty cool. I'll be at E46M.East!

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                      Such an awesome build-journal. Very inspirational. Nice work sir.
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                        Originally posted by robgill View Post
                        Not much driving now that its winter and NYS is dumping salt all over the roads. No big projects planned this winter just a bunch of small ones. Checked off a couple today:
                        • Check Cam wear and valve tolerances. Everything looking good!
                        • Install new RE braces. Its too bad these are under the car where no one can see them:
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                        Next on the winter list:
                        • New door seals install
                        • Auto dim side mirror glass
                        • Bavsound speakers
                        If I hadn't recently removed and repainted my brackets, I'd be all over these, too. They've been on my future purchase list for a bit now...one day!

                        Car looks amazing, great work!


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                          Originally posted by robgill View Post

                          Hey best I can do is share my experiences with my own cars. My street-able track car is a similar engine build (airbox, SS V1s) but a bigger cam (288/280) and forged lighter pistons. Originally I tried the CSL tune and was pretty disappointed with it. The street drivability sucked with constant low speed hesitation and stalling. Eventually landed on a custom Alpha-N dyno tune from RK Tunes that was much better on the street and screams on the track. The torque peaks around 5k which works great on track where you are generally at 5k - 8k RPM.

                          When I got this car back together my plan was to go the same route; custom dyno tune. It happened that my DME was already running an Evolve Alpha-N tune loaded from previous owner. At first that was annoying because it locked my DME and there was some basic things I couldn't do on my own. This i why I'm not a fan of "canned tunes". But as I started to drive the car more I Immediately could tell a difference in the lower RPM street driving. Its a lot more zippy in 2nd-3rd gear at 2k-3k as well as pulling when in 5th and 6th gear highway driving. Regardless of the power it is making its a lot more fun to drive, just all around a better street experience. So I decided to stick with Evolve and they updated the tune for my mods, and very happy with the result . I'm still going to get it on the dyno at RK Tunes to check AFRs and see what power its making and compare curves to my track car.

                          This is my track car curve for reference:

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                          Hey I was wondering where exactly you did this dyno run? I'm trying to dyno my car but it's almost impossible to find a shop in the tri-state that measures with SAE J1349​ as the CF

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                            Originally posted by s54brendan View Post

                            Hey I was wondering where exactly you did this dyno run? I'm trying to dyno my car but it's almost impossible to find a shop in the tri-state that measures with SAE J1349​ as the CF
                            Hey! I've done all my dyno runs and tuning with RKTunes on Long Island 👍. I think that run may have been at his old shop.

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                              Another awesome meetup for E46M East!!





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                                Originally posted by robgill View Post
                                Another awesome meetup for E46M East!!

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                                My hood made it!

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