by Tom Goh
1:53 am in My E34, My R53 Mini, Sepang by Tom Goh
Brought both to the recent HPC track day. The south, half track wasn’t particularly friendly to the 5, which is, big, long, soft and heavy, it could barely stretch its legs. The Mini on the other hand was pretty made for it, though much practice is needed to understand its unique ability.
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4:35 pm in My E34, Post-V12, wheels by Tom Goh
The Type IIs that i recently acquired came with Falken rubbers. So why not use them first? They’re in 245/35/19 and 275/30/19. I managed to fit the fronts, with the 15mm spacers on. but had to remove the rear 20mm spacers. They will be shaved and reinstalled, once i get the rear fenders rib shaved. I also have some new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric, just waiting to go on, in 265/30/19 and 235/35/19. Please enjoy the only 2 pictures 
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10:02 pm in My E34, Post-V12, wheels by Tom Goh
I’m that much closer to completing the E34 with the addition of these AC Schnitzer 19″ Type IIs. Here they are raw from storage. Pretty filthy from the pictures and there are also some chips and curb marks, but they are still pretty much virgins in terms of not being painted on, ever. I have intentions of getting them powder coated but have yet to find a shop that does it.
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7:09 pm in My E34, Post-V12, Suspension, transmission by Tom Goh
The parts are being bolted as i post this. I have been running the E34 with my old E30 3:73 LSD mounted on the older, smaller E34 rear subframe. How, you ask?, well that’s because i’ve also been using the M20 long-shaft and most other rear drive parts, including the driveshafts, brakes. That is unacceptable but good enough until now. So I recently found a guy who supplied me with the 540i rear axle complete with:
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9:27 pm in My E34, Suspension by Tom Goh
Here they are. Speedworks got my Hot Bits made in about 2 weeks. Basically, like before, it requires the factory Front E34 struts to be mated to the Hot Bits coilovers. I’ve gone the damping adjustable route this time, coupled with external oil canister for the rears. It’s unfortunate that the fronts couldn’t accommodate the canisters due to space and E34 Strut design constraints. But I may have it made in the future and have the front canisters piped into the engine bay, if it’s not too far.
The rear unit with the canister as shown. Compared to my previous Titan coil overs, the Hot bits looks much better built, has better aesthetics and includes the little little details like polyurethene spring shims, anodized spring perches and so on. Much better thought of i’d say and has probably seen lots of technical improvments through the years.
A trolley for each client. What a rare and pleasent experience. A definite must for all workshops here in Malaysia. As you can see, that’s a new rear suspension top mount. I’ve also had new front top mounts ordered. Hot Bits also makes camber adjustable front top mounts, but that’ll be for another day.
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3:15 pm in E34, Exhaust, My E34 by Tom Goh
What you’re seeing above is my third attempt at the exhaust for the V12. (tips weren’t welded) A good change from my mangled AC Schnitzer exhaust. (it’s for sale now). The system above started with just 4 pieces of cylindrical silencers. Sounds really great but was just way too loud.
Then I had the end silencers removed and fitted the rectangular ones you see in the picture at the end. both Vertically fitted for clearance purposes. The rectangular muffler also had a restrictor fitted to further quiet it down. Sounds More muffled but just doesn’t sound right. Looks real ugly too.
This time, the 3rd time visiting the shop, I got the rectangulars welded to the front, then the little cylindrical silencers, then the X-pipe and then the longer cylindricals. This time, i’m happy. More pictures and sound video to come
Some specs of my custom exhaust:
Nothing like this of course.
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1:02 am in E34, Interior, My E34 by Tom Goh
Took some quick pics of the new interior after a week plus rolling out of the shop. i’ll take better shots soon and provide a detailed introduction to my new interior. Real leather, fake alcantara, lotsa diamonds, all stitched up. these pics were taken five minutes ago and uploaded directly. my apologies if there are flaws, i didn’t even cleap the car..
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7:43 pm in E34, Interior, My E34 by Tom Goh
The shop sent some more updates of some completed parts. He’s done the door cards, the seats and the floor lining. I think the pillars’ done too. What’s left now is the custom roof lining that’s going to be done in Red sides and Black suede with diamond stitches running through the center.
Yes, Red is aplenty Please Enjoy
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