E46 M3 track slag turned around in a day

[billyboysm3]

Thought I'd better shift some weight with some quick M3's going to Donny. This popped up and was the perfect solution.





So it should sound something like this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcxDe7ZpG8

Finally fitted smacs carbon trims, broke the bloody clips

[billyboysm3]

Rad and electric fan in





With switch for me to turn on inside cabin



Fitted new rear anti rattle clips and some anti squeal pads to stop rear brakes rattling around.

Left the car ticking over for about 45min and Mishimoto rad and fan kept car nice and cool.
Fan kicks in at 80•

Previous electric fan and OEM rad would take 5 min then needle would start rising which is no good in traffic.

Going to put some miles on the car tomorrow around town.

Supersprint lightweight race also on, I'll take a picture tomorrow.

With airbox sounds exactly like my old Csl. Roll on Donny.

[billyboysm3]

Gave uniroyals a quick clean

[billyboysm3]

And a knackered set of slicks a quick clean.

[billyboysm3]

So absolutely well chuffed. Managed a good 45 min blat this morning to make sure car was running fine before the 2 hour treck to Donny on Friday.

New Mishimoto Rad and Electric Fan with probe really does help maintain and keep the temperature down.

In traffic it sits maximum a couple of mm off centre to the left but when driving sits just above quarter.

Previous set up was OEM rad and electric fan and makes this seem mickey mouse considering mine used to overheat in traffic after a few min when hot and have to have heaters on.

Supersprint lightweight race sounds just as good as I remember, great around town and combined with airbox sounds lovely pushing on. Saved another 5kg probably. So running supersprint cats and OEM centre section to save a few db.

Finally the knocking of the rear RS29's has stopped, put new anti rattle clips in and mintex Anti squeal 3M pads. Managed to get heat into the pads and thank the lord they do not knock anymore.

Car feels so much smoother through the gears and will be good to see what the straight line speed is like on track as always short shifted on track days, maybe the car was running rough before and didn't feel right when ringing its neck out and just got used to it. The car has never felt fast in a straight line till now.

Will be nice to see what its like compared to the other M3's at Donny as Ive based my build on this car being able to handle better than the CSL on Intrax and AP's.

[Yanto_csl]

Good to catch up today mate....pics look great.

Dirty Perv and Nik Nak will be hung out to dry on Fri :hahaha:

[billyboysm3]

Mishimoto rad and electric fan kept water down all day.

Car felt amazing, think by the last session I fully worked it out. Really want to go back now.

I managed 187 track miles yesterday. So 90+ laps. With a couple of warm ups but tended to do minimum of 3 and sometimes 5 cool down laps to perfect lines and keep off brakes.
Just under 400 for the day, 100 miles to track, 100 miles back. Blast back with john was a laugh. Found a KFC on route so I was happy.

I ran for me a conservative geo, only -3.2 upfront. Which I knew by the end of the day I would muller the front passenger left due to rising the kerbs after craners and the blind right turn before back straight.

Morning started off Damp and I found the track didn't really runner in.

I bought a infra red temperature gauge and found on my setup I only had a difference of 10 Celsius from inner to outer edge in front and rear.

I just couldn't get a good amount of heat into them, played with 26 hot, 28 hot, 30 hot, then ran at 25 hot. Was taking 3 laps to get ready.

Had a good spin/drift on first lap of a session on cold slicks by Mcleans, braked hard, turned in and rear over took the front, nailed throttle, let go of wheel (andy walsh thought me that)
Then ended up going straight on.

Unlike Ade, in the gravel trap.

This is the first track day since airbox and supersprint race. For me they just completed my build as this whole build has been based on the feel and noise from my old Csl on track.

Even though I ran slicks the dunlop 03G would do that.

I managed to record 90% of the day and had most cars on, only the first session filmed the correct way. All my other footage is of Me driving like this.



Here are a few other pictures from the day.






Mine and johns. Went out with john twice. By the end of the day john really impressed me. Very quick, I watch him display some good skills on track.



If you want to watch loads of videos of my head this is the only one I have that's forward facing. I'm gutted as had some really good sessions, one had about 10 M3's on and Ariel atom

This is 2nd session, out of pits behind this lot, cold ish slicks and track getting some heat into it. Has black m3, silver grey m3 and m3 cup car. Had a chat with Luke after, really nice guy. Hopefully I can get racing one day when the kids are older.

Enjoy
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=B336pHlBRT0

[billyboysm3]

Also good to catch up with smac, tom and Steve's client

Hope they had a good time the Csl sounded awesome on full chat!!

[cslsuperfan]

Superb pic of John's and yours.

Sounds like you've got the car set up 100%

We must sort a euro tour ASAP.

[billyboysm3]

Changed discs and pads over. Had a touch as had a new set of front pads and bells lying around so was quicker to swap over.

Disc's didn't actually look the best: Inside looked the same with a few big cracks. Snapped a set of discs before and not again.



Old v New:


Fitted:


My anti squeal pads lasted 100 road miles, 87 laps of Donny and the 100 mile drive home.

So had a look to see what state they were in as started to knock:


Stuck the new pad on:


This is the stuff I put in with the oil:


My steering has a bit of play after Donny and need to fit some new wishbones as ball joint knackered.

Gave the old bird a clean:




Got some slicks to fit:

[billyboysm3]

Just found these old skool picts:

[AlexGTT]

Looks really nice Billy. :thumbs:

Really not sure you need the oil additive. I've always been against them. Regular oil/filter changes will do all the protection you'll ever need. Damage only starts after the oil breaks down.

[shimmy]

Those discs were goosed Billy:supz:, good decision.

When are you out next?

[billyboysm3]

Those discs were goosed Billy:supz:, good decision.

When are you out next?

Out at Snetterton on the Monday 26th, are you racing at the weekend before?

[billyboysm3]

So when both wishbones were removed we found someone fitted aftermarket passenger side wishbone. So the drivers side was still ok after 59k miles and the aftermarket one had failed in probably less than 10k miles.

Both were replaced with OEM Wishbones. Steering feel is now perfect.

Went back to a more track orientated geo front and rear.





New PF discs through the TD rims.


Looking forward to Snetterton in a couple of weeks.