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  1. #26
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    I brought my car at this garage for paint,


    only the main body, as I don't want to paint the OEM parts (doors wings...)
    They will be replaced by fiberglass parts as soon as I will have enought money....

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    Some rare Alpines there!

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    A little wink of my previous motorcycles....

    125 EXC 2004 great !




    KTM 400 EXC 2000


    250 KTM limited edition SIX DAYS from1986, not so bad as I was only 20 years old !

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    Today's work :




    Very hard to be well concentrated on my job with all of these wonders around me !







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    Thanks for all the great photos, as a mechanic, I love looking at shops in other parts of the world to see what sort of tools people are using, jack stands, lifts, stuff lying around. Here's a pic of my former bike, now living in Sweden.
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    Thank you Tom very n"ice " !!

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    Many hours on rear and front bumpers :









    I'm little bit fed up with this job !

















    Ready to paint !


    Bumpers too...



    The color is KTM orange RAL 2009 :

    It's always a king of magic to discover the car throw the windows's paint booth !!!
    NO ENTRY SIR, the paint is still drying up !







    The front bumper was in a very bad shape, so it's not surprising to find this, sorry.





    I'm so happy !








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    I guess I will have some job to do now !




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    Back to my, home, a very bad cold made me out of order !
    I feel better, it's time for working.




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    Very cool! Cant wait to see some pictures of it all put back together

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    Thank you, it will be little bit uggly this year, red black orange, later it will be nicer (all orange with fiberglass parts)

    I started to work on fire extinguisher's hoses (pipes?), 2 nozzles for pilot and passenger, 2 nozzles for the motor (injection and exhaust manifold)


    Wires for rear lights




    A friend of mine borrowed me this very useful tool.


    Everything is in order, it's easier to work for me.






    It's messy, but it's not finish, sorry !


    Battery will not move...

    Somme weight saved !






    11 hours of job for nothing spectacular !

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    Time to Assembly the rear hook , and fill the unused holes. Before there was a nasty end of adhesive tape...
    Also the rear lights are connected.







    The main electronic box is situated in the motor compartment of origin, but with tubes everywhere , it found a place under the dashboard in front of the passenger, the removable lid is accessible.



    Connecting all the +



    I have to undo, because the nozzles are not in a very good place


    Fuel pump is connected

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    Cool Suits are for pussies. LOL
    Looking good. Lots of tie in points. Rock solid platform. Legal for your class or is this just track day fun?
    Dan "PbFut" Rose

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    Both, first for track day fun and later for competition. That's let me enough time to prepare it (and money to spend for)


    GT Classic or saloon car (historic cars)

    http://www.hvmracing.fr/gt-classic/

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    I modified 2 2 nozzles :



    Building a rear wing...






    Dashboard has to be adapted to the brand new roll cage !








    Hot Air fan with this smart OEM part from BMW, I guess it's E46 convertible one...



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    I did it carefully, it is so easy to break the alloy part .


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    Quote Originally Posted by gatouille View Post
    I did it carefully, it is so easy to break the alloy part .
    I did not notice. Did you reinforce the rear pan area? That looks like a delrin bushing. If the subframe is not rock solid relative to the body, there is a good possibility the movement will stress the diff mount and related pan area as the bushing will not flex as the subframe rolls from on/off power torque. There is a video of this action floating around the cloud somewhere. Day light will soon be visible without some welding involved.
    Dan "PbFut" Rose

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    Thank you for you answer, it important to notice.

    I did it, we reinforced (2 times) the subframe, I will do more next year with more torque and power.

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    This post is amazing!!!!

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    Thank you very much !

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    Keep us posted, much appreciated! Great thread man!

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    Interesting to see how high diffuser there could be installed. (if flow does not separate)

    Z3 & E36 RamAir systems, send private message for more information.

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    Thanks, this is a way to do:







    I can't do exactly the same because my exhaust is different....
    A very rare and very efficient Z3M hartge (V8 M5 inside) I have so much work to do before.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by gatouille View Post
    A very rare and very efficient Z3M hartge (V8 M5 inside) I have so much work to do before.....
    Is that the Hartge coupe? AFAIK they only produced one "5.0 coupe" (actually used a modified M62 not the M5's S62) and it was silver and completely intact a year or so ago when it was for sale.

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    Yes this one is the Hartge coupé, Hartge made more than one.

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