Tommy's Z3 Turbo drift car

Low Rider

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I'll be up for some of that. Will you be at Santa Pod next year
 

Jack Ratt

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Looks great Tommy
 

t-tony

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Looks fantastic mate, is it road legal ?

Tony.
 

Dino D

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@Tommy Bates how did you get those Z3M rear alloys to fit so flush at the rear?
I've alway seen them stick out a lot on a non M.
 

Tommy Bates

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@Tommy Bates how did you get those Z3M rear alloys to fit so flush at the rear?
I've alway seen them stick out a lot on a non M.
I think it may be down to the fact that it's lowerd and their for the camber pulls them in , I may not be able to use them once I've gotten rid of the camber but we shall see

Looks fantastic mate, is it road legal ?

Tony.
Not yet but we are almost their:ymdevil::D
 

Tommy Bates

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Been a while again guys my apologies, I have some pretty awesome media to show you afew weeks back we went to 3 sisters race track in Wigan for some much needed seat time
On the first lap (literally 2nd corner) the car decided it didn't like 2nd gear any more and threw it out the gearbox But no worries us race mechanics can change gearboxes in our sleep right ??? Lol so we decided to change the gearbox and aim to get out for the afternoon sessions
Here's how we did it
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So 3 hours later we had a gearbox delivered and fitted and ready to go out for the afternoon sessions

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Car ran faultless the rest of the day untill the last session where the manifold started to blow slightly due to a dodgey thread in the head
 

Low Rider

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Been a while again guys my apologies, I have some pretty awesome media to show you afew weeks back we went to 3 sisters race track in Wigan for some much needed seat time
On the first lap (literally 2nd corner) the car decided it didn't like 2nd gear any more and threw it out the gearbox But no worries us race mechanics can change gearboxes in our sleep right ??? Lol so we decided to change the gearbox and aim to get out for the afternoon sessions
Here's how we did it View attachment 45407
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So 3 hours later we had a gearbox delivered and fitted and ready to go out for the afternoon sessions

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Car ran faultless the rest of the day untill the last session where the manifold started to blow slightly due to a dodgey thread in the head
Thanks for sharing your day out.
Can't believe the angle you have your Zed at. Interesting to see. As for the rest of your images. Spot on :thumbsup:
 

Tommy Bates

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And then this weekend I've been down at rockingham doing passenger rides for children in need , got chance to practice twinning with some good fast drivers ,

I'm going to try and share some videos from Facebook from the passengers now and I'm not sure if they will work so let me know

View: https://www.facebook.com/tommy.bates.9/videos/1039146839544613/

View: https://www.facebook.com/tommy.bates.9/videos/1037373249721972/
 
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Zeti

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Never give up!
And the rest of the day was thousand times sweeter than normal (without technical problems)!
Great moments, great pics and videos!
 
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