So who has the most highly modified CSL?

[digi]

I get what the OP wants, but the CSL is pretty much out of the box decent setup. As mentioned over and over, the chassis, brakes, exhaust are where improvements can be had. Unlike a stock E46 M3 which is design as a all rounder, the CSL as a package is focused. I like to mod, but I find as is its pretty lovely.

As for the power thing, I just brought other toys to satisfy that box.

POWER-TO-WEIGHT + DRIVER CAPABILITY = SOLUTION FOR SPEED. :hahaha:

[_Nathan_]

I remembered this video earlier.

380bhp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEoJTRKeTes&feature=youtu.be

[KPNUTZ]

Nice, well on it! What gearbox is it?

[_Nathan_]

Drenth DG400 Sequential with Geartronics paddleshift & MoTeC M800 (One of our customers, we are Geartronics and MoTeC dealers)

[KPNUTZ]

Lovely bit of kit, looks genuinely rapid.

[englebert]

Yep, looked very quick to me!

[E46CSL]

Drenth DG400 Sequential with Geartronics paddleshift & MoTeC M800 (One of our customers, we are Geartronics and MoTeC dealers)

Awesome car/ video :notworthy:

[Mike RT4]

If a race car on slicks isn't quicker than a road car on fully treaded road tyres, that gets driven too and from track days, you're obviously doing it wrong .

[_Nathan_]

Slicks aren't worth 11 seconds a lap :blalalala:

Point of video was to illustrate that chassis, brakes and transmission/diff is the way to go and that with moderate power, a well developed chassis, the ability to get the power down and a good driver an e46 can be fast :smt055

[shimmy]

Slicks aren't worth 11 seconds a lap :blalalala:

Point of video was to illustrate that chassis, brakes and transmission/diff is the way to go and that with moderate power, a well developed chassis, the ability to get the power down and a good driver an e46 can be fast :smt055

So if 83SY is dong mid 1m 17s in a CSL with AP and Intrax, what does he do with a well sorted road CSL and. Race car?

[Mike RT4]

Slicks aren't worth 11 seconds a lap :blalalala:

Point of video was to illustrate that chassis, brakes and transmission/diff is the way to go and that with moderate power, a well developed chassis, the ability to get the power down and a good driver an e46 can be fast :smt055

I don't mean this disrespectfully, but I would NEVER do what you have done to a CSL - I'd have sacrificed a standard E46 M3 and not even given it a moment's thought.

My car is completely road legal, taxed with full interior. I could easily turn it into something as focused as the car in the video above, but as I have stated, I don't time my car, it is used for FUN. If I wanted to be the fastest thing on track, I'd strip 150kg out of it (not add 20kg of sound deadening ), fit different springs, have the dampers revalved, have a set of wheels with slicks on and trailer it everywhere LOL.

Given the above, I'm hardly going to be even half as radical with a CSL as the Cossie . I just wanted to have a bit more power so that you have "options". By this I mean:
i) drive fast and smooth
ii) drive slower, but have sufficient power to make the car "dance" at will.
Both as and when the mood takes it.

[_Nathan_]

He is depressingly fast!

[_Nathan_]

If it helps Mike, I wouldn't have done it in retrospect either, I'd have bought an e46 shell and left my CSL alone, you live and learn :beer:

[shimmy]

If it helps Mike, I wouldn't have done it in retrospect either, I'd have bought an e46 shell and left my CSL alone, you live and learn :beer:

Heart ruling head and all that

[Mike RT4]

If it helps Mike, I wouldn't have done it in retrospect either, I'd have bought an e46 shell and left my CSL alone, you live and learn :beer:

I know exactly what slippery slope you get on, my car was once bog standard .