Assistance

Part of the "no compromise" mode rebuild, the Speedster will not really be a road car anymore so I had to get a car to pull the future trailer...

Decided to get a BMW and nothing else as I needed a strong and flawless thing which will not let me down.

For the same reason I was specifically looking at 325d, as having a detuned 330d is good for reliability and the engine is strong enough for the job,

Wasn't able to find the perfect options combo, but these are really rare, especially with a manual gearbox, so I had to do with it... and I could play with the OE retrofit kits if I really need Xenons this winter.

Except all of that, really good car, especially on highways of course (the feeling on B-roads is a bit loose to be honest, but the grip is really good)

Neeeeeeeeedddddd !

Working outside is simply not good enough for the quality standard I'm looking after...

Compromises

Today I decided I was fed up with compromises, like keeping the boot and having the car in an easily reversible state, so I had some fun with the Dremel (best tool ever) and made a small hole here :

Plan is that it should make enough room to make the car work with on these old BTCC intake manifolds.

It's one of the oldest spec of the BTCC intake manifold, but it may very well be the easiest to fit to a Speedster, and as the engine it was fitted to still made 265cv (naturally aspirated of course), I doubt it will cause any restriction on my engine for some time...