Post #36
Right, the engine is in, lined up and the sequential box and shafts are in, the sump on an M5 is a right bas**rd, took a hell of a lot of head scratching to work out how to get the propshaft through!
Just got to finish up making a new backplate and clutch housing and the initial part of the transmission is fixed then so we can bolt it all down and build the rest of the car around it.
The flywheel/clutch assembly on an M5 weighs a barely believable 24.5 kilos, and is 320mm across, a hell of a lot of momentum!
So I've made a new one that weighs 5 kilos and is 175mm across
Should pick up a wee bit quicker...
Will upload a couple of pictures later.
Finally convinced Mark to take those bloody stickers off his car - although I think they must have been weighing the car down, as seems to float now:
Looks better with the roof scoop on at last too:
Still damned ugly at the back though.
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