Do you swap between race wheels and street wheels often? Do you run different wheels and tires for winter and summer? Do you run wheel spacers? Do you want frustration-free wheel swaps? Ditch the stock wheel bolts that the E36 came with and install some wheel studs.
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The whole project can be knocked out in an hour for around $100.
I started with a set of wheel studs: Amazon
And a set of long open-end lug nuts: Amazon
There must be something about silver cars from the ’90s that just makes me want to rip an engine out and shove something else in its place. Well, this one was a little bit different than the M3. You see, I planned on engine swapping the M3.
What better way to spend a snowy Saturday morning than by putting the Blizzaks to good use.
Someone decided to turn this:
Into this:
I’ll have to write more about this car sometime, but it’s too bad that it got trashed. It was a nice car.
We actually had two photographers show up on Sunday, so here are those action shots and a few pics I snapped! Videos to come.
Picture this: It’s one week until the final race weekend of the year, with events on both Saturday and Sunday. Wife and child are spending the week worshiping at the Church of the Mouse. With five evenings at my disposal, what could I do ensure COMPLETE DOMINATION at the upcoming races? Braces.
I mean, I was just saying how RallyCross is a blast and the M3 was fine after a full day of thrashing in the dirt. Just kidding. It is not fine.
Another Sunday, another Autocross. Like last week, this event was held in the parking lot of the Iowa Events Center which is on the smaller side, lending itself to tight courses. This month’s course included a long 7-cone slalom, which was great for working on getting my slalom speeds up and backsiding the cones.
The day I found out that the V65 Sabre existed, it jumped straight to the top of the “bikes I have to own” bucket list. So I got one. For the first time, I bought a bike that ran, was in good shape, and was actually worth modifying, so I went all out with the suspension – RaceTech up front, CBR shock out back. Brakes rebuilt, tires replaced, and more, all in preparation for my yearly 3000 mile trip to North Carolina to tear up Deal’s Gap and the surrounding roads.
The wonder. The sound. The glory. The majesty. The feel. The sensation. All great reasons to use a bidet. Also great reasons to ride a V65 Sabre.
One of the most fun and rewarding parts of owning a motorcycle is “making it yours”. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is most commonly expressed in one of two ways: