M3-R race car picture thread

[KamalRostov]

Nice build! :supz::supz::supz:

[setra]

Thanks guys!
So i'm back in Norway after two amazing days at the Nürburgring. The weather was incredible, the car felt great, people was nice. All in all just perfect. This was the first test for the M3-R. It held up pretty good. Didn't start that good though. On the first lap i had a terrible vibration in the front. Cause I use spacers up front, i didn't get the wheel centered when putting it on. I dropped the spacer and the vibration went away. On the second lap this happened... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uXVC5GuFWE
The new bumper couldn't manage the downforce it produced so it crashed when i got over 200km/h. Had to cut it a bit. On the third lap i felt the car wasn't running cleen when accelerating. Popped the engine cover, and it turned out to be a coil that wasn't propperly in place. Changed that and everything runned smooth. I suffered from high oil temp the entire two days, so i couldn't push very hard, had to short shift and use half trottle on the climbing parts and straights. I've ordered a oil diverter valve so all of the oil will be running through the oil cooler in the future. Hoping that will fix it. The servo pump kicked the bucket after two hard days, going to buy a new one and hoping it will last in the future. So to sum it up, it was some small problems in the start of the first day. After lunch on the first day everything went smooth, and the second day went great. The servo didn't cause any down time on the car, only made my overarms pretty big... Big thanks to destination Nürburgring for the best trackday ever!
Here's a couple of pics and a vid where a friend riding shotgun. (Sorry for the bright video, the weather was just to good for the gopro cam.. )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe8zlxo1w3o

[setra]

Small update...
Got my new Intrax suspension installed. Also changed the servo pump. Here's a couple of pics.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Some great pictures and in car video, looking good :thumbs:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

What size rims are you running with the slicks, if 19's what are the slick size ? :thumbs:

[setra]

What size rims are you running with the slicks, if 19's what are the slick size ? :thumbs:

Thanks! It's 18" rims. I'm running 25/64-18 front and 27/65-18 rear.

[setra]

New update... Ordered another set of ARC-8 wheels from Apex to go with the rain tires. Great service, and the set shipped within an hour after my order. 100%

I also installed the new bumper from PeeBee motorsport. Here's a couple of pics of how the car looks now.




Also got my racing licence today. Three weeks to first race, looking forward to it!

[AlexGTT]

Looking great. Keep us updated on your racing.:-D

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Looks great now you have had the bumper repaired :thumbs:

[setra]

Thanks guys!

This week has been a productive one. I got a race licens for the car.
The new Apex wheels showed up, and I've ordered two sets of new Michelin racing tires. 1 set of wets and 1 set of slicks.

Installed a Setrab oilcooler to run in series with the vac cooler i got from earlier
Here's a pic of the new oil cooler.

Also made a piece to wrap the inside of the doors
Here's a before picture of the door

And here's the after picture

[acidace]

Hi,

how loud is your Gruppe M Muffler?

[setra]

Hi,

how loud is your Gruppe M Muffler?

Hi!
Don't know exactly, but about 105.. The limit on the tracks in Norway is 100 so i changed back to stock exhaust..

[acidace]

Hi!
Don't know exactly, but about 105.. The limit on the tracks in Norway is 100 so i changed back to stock exhaust..

Did you try the Supersprint Race Lightweight aka SSRLW ??? Weight is only 6 kilos more then the Gruppe M.

My Gruppe M is now at 109 (burned out after 5 year Nürburgring...) :thumbs:, so I have there to drive away fron the Gate very nicely

For street I used a SSRLW, last year we controlled the "sound" aka noise, it' was at 98db, also after 5 years use.

To explain: On Nürburgring I use the Gruppe M, when I in Switzerland I use the SSRLW, the exhaust change is easy done, cause there are only 3 screws to undo and both exhausts are not heavy as the stock one.

[setra]

Good to know. I actually changed back to stock partly because of the weight. My car needs to weigh 1400kg with me in it due to GT regulations and it was a little light with the groupe M. So i thought it was a nice place to ad weight.

[setra]

New update...
Installed the new race series steering package from PeeBee motorsport. A great product giving the car a much more direct steering, increasing steering feel and feedback, and giving less camber loss when cornering. Pluss it weights more then 3.5lbs less then stock steering.
Sorry for the poor cell picture..

Got my car loaded with new racing tires

And fitted the rain tires to the new set of Apex ARC-8 wheels


Also got a new set of Pagid RS29 from Simpson motorsport.

So here it sits, ready for testing on sunday.