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Had a nice 100km scenic drive on back roads close to my home with the wife and kids enjoying some autumn sunshine in Belgium...
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I work with an agent who searches through insurance companies to find one which does not excude track days and touristenfahren. Shoot me a PM if you want the guy's details.
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10-18-2020, 04:30 AM | #6715 |
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It's actually a normal policy from Alianz, but it does not have the exceptions for coverage at track days and tourist drives normal policies do. It's about 400 euro more per year than a policy which excludes those events. So it's not so bad to be honest.
But a day on the ring with a private club cost about 850 Euro, so that is the main cost factor. It's nice to have under a 150 cars, and no bikes, no delivery vans or clueless drivers. That's the main advantage.
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10-18-2020, 05:17 AM | #6716 |
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Technically yesterday, made some tools for mod work today. Offset strut nut tool and Wiper Arm puller. Forgot to get a pic of the puller in action but I was amazed at how much effort it took to remove the arm from the spindle!
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Track day on the ring is about 850 Euro, and insurance for any number of track days within a year is covered by normal street insurance. And costs about 400 Euro more per year (regardless of how often you do track days or tourist drives) than normal street insurance, which specifically excludes track days. In my case insurance for the year (including track days) is 1800 Euro. Hope that makes it a bit clearer. Would love to do Laguna one day. Bucket list item for me, but also a very long drive from Michigan.
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Last trackday done for this year. Track tires swapped for winter wheels. And car for sale. Eyeing an orange Competion
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Replaced my carbon Autotechnik paddles with Black Alloy 3D Design paddles. Much better shape & quality, the shift action is excellent now too.
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10-23-2020, 09:40 AM | #6727 |
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Started installing the Carbon Fiber Strut Brace but maybe ran into a problem. Posted this question the the "BMW M3/M4 F8X Carbon Fiber Strut Mod on the BMW M2" thread but it's been a couple of days so I thought I'd repost it here.
After putting the alloy brace into position, I installed all the bolts, everything lined up perfectly however, the brace is sitting about 6 mm off the mounting point/holes for the two bolts at the bulkhead/firewall under the center of the windshield. The alloy brace is resting flat on the hard plastic piece that covers the foam over the back of the engine. In the pics below, the bolts are just finger tight; I'm sure torqueing the bolts down will pull the brace down but that is going to put a lot of pressure on the plastic part underneath. Everything else is perfectly in position so I'm just wondering if everyone installing this brace starts out with this 5~6 mm gap?
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10-23-2020, 12:56 PM | #6729 |
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If by "package" you mean someone put it together as a unit the answer is no, or yes if you mean me lol, it's all individual pieces ordered individually:
Wagner EVO 1 Competition Evolution Racewerks Charge Pipe Turbo Smart Plum Back DV Pure Turbos Inlet Pipe Forge turbo to intercooler Hose I'm hoping it all gels together; everything is installed but I've not run it yet as I'm installing the carbon fiber strut brace and I seem to be having a problem or not, I don't know (see post # 6727 just above) so I'm hoping someone who does will weight in. I know Nezil has install four or five now but he doesn't seem to be around much at the minute
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Thanks for the awesome list. Make sure to let us know how it works out, as I'll be doing this next year as well. I'm assuming this will work great for just a base Stage 2 93 octane car, as that's all I'm doing to it. I've heard good things about the Wagner. |
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I think it will certainly work for a Stage 1 and I'll see about Stage 2 but Stage 2 might require a downpipe and with a Remus exhaust the car is loud enough as it is.
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I already have a Fabspeed sport cat, so I'm good there. I don't think any of the stages need exhaust after the cat, the stock system is good for big power.
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