Just try to cage me in...

Frosty_SPL · Post by **Frosty_SPL** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:07 am

Mang, you aint got no beat! Dats wack!

Hey is that a bentley manual in your floorboard? I need one of those for my car

Post by **andysapp** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:41 am

driftPANDAspl wrote:luckky the pictures don't do the fabrication justice. the fitment is just awesome, especially like where it runs between the rearview and the roof

I agree! I still sit in the car amazed at how everything fits so well. It was worth every red cent! I'm wicked happy with it!

driftPANDAspl wrote:hey, at least its not 30,000 like in GT4.

Bwaahahaha... that actually makes me feel a li'l bit better about it, lol!

Frosty_SPL wrote:Hey is that a bentley manual in your floorboard? I need one of those for my car

Ya man! I snagged it offa eBay for about $70. When I FOERST got the car I couldn't find one for under $110, so I felt like $70 was a steal. That thing is bigger than all my Haynes manuals for previous/other cars combined, lol. I've seen smaller phone books... bwaahaha.

darkducati · Post by **darkducati** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:13 am

andysapp wrote: Yes, it was a little more than I wanted to spend... but you really can't put a price tag on safety.

Yes you can, just look at your credit card slip! They did an awesome job. I knew you would love the difference. Cages rock!

icantdrift · Post by **icantdrift** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:16 pm

well, my cage is ordered... of course i'm going the cheaper route since i'm not too worried about insane high speed impacts, although i probably will weld the rear half of the cage in and add some bits to it

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andy, that is an amazing job they did. i wish every day i had the pipe bender and tubing to just fab my own

Driftlanta · Post by **Driftlanta** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:51 pm

Its not about high speed impacts more about whacking your head on a bar from an ill fitting cage. Something as little as being rearended could hurt you badly even with padding on it. As we all know Andy is one tall DriftMechanik and with a lame-o-meter bolt in cage that could mean DEATH. or you could just wear your helmet all the time that would be cool

Silonius · Post by **Silonius** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:11 pm

Amazing Andy. It's so pretty!

I can't wait till I can see it in action.

revel · Post by **revel** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:36 pm

glad the E46 is back having finished its caged fight training. would imagine the car feels super toit now. hows she drift? i know youve tried it out atleast once.

Post by **andysapp** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:43 pm

She drifts like a li'l goKart! It doesn't want to step out quite as easy... but then once it's out there it's solid! I can't wait to get the diff back in!

revel · Post by **revel** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:02 pm

andysapp wrote:It doesn't want to step out quite as easy

hopefullye the diff will take care of that problem something proper like

leon.borden · Post by **leon.borden** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:11 am

I think everybody on the dM site now wants a roll cage.. very nicely built, nothing less for the E46 though I suppose

Post by **andysapp** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:19 pm

Well, my clutch problem is on it's way to being solved. I decided to snag a lightweight flywheel while we'll be up in there.

UUC Motorwerks Stage II Lightweight Flywheel (8.5 lbs):

E34 ///M5 OEM Sprung-Hub Clutch:

From what I've been reading, UUC customers have been using the Stage 2 & M5 clutch setup in turbo or supercharged E36 M3s and MZ3s and reliably handling an excess of 450hp. This should be just what I need, considering my car has considerably less horsepower, but I give it a thourough "bang bang bang"! It's also nice, because of the piece of mind that comes with knowing a replacement clutch is never any further away than an authorized BMW parts counter.

The flywheel shipped today, so hopefully everything will be in the car sometime next week. 16 days until FD ATL, so I have to jump on this now!

Next on the list... HEADERS!!!

Rhoad Racing · Post by **Rhoad Racing** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:53 pm

sickkkkk!!!!!

CodyW · Post by **CodyW** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:42 pm

awesome, that stuff looks like it'll be good!

icantdrift · Post by **icantdrift** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:44 pm

night and day difference from stock heavy flywheel i'd wager. what does the stock one weight out of curiosity? i would assumbe about double what the new one does. when i had the miata the lightweight flywheel was one of the best mods i did to that car, just helped the little engine out so much as far as throttle response went and how quickly it revved.

Post by **andysapp** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:51 pm

The OEM flywheel weighs about 26 lbs, I beleive... the UUC flywheel is a third of that!! I can't wait to get it in there... especially the clutch, lol.

I've seen a video of the tachometer with and without this flywheel installed, and the difference was pretty extreme!