E46 M3 track slag turned around in a day

[khooni]

nice. Taking coram at 93? did you have to dab the brakes to get the nose stabilised?

[billyboysm3]

nice. Taking coram at 93? did you have to dab the brakes to get the nose stabilised?

Coram, after the bomb hole I either do 2 things:

1st nail it to 102 mph on the click and gradually come off throttle to settle the car or 2nd keep throttle pinned to 95mph on the clock all the way round, so slower first off but quicker at the bottom.

Riches, end of pit straight is either late brake and turn in or use the line on the pit straight to use brakes lightly then turn in and on power.

Your need to build up to it.

[billyboysm3]

Some people off cutters asked me some questions about the car etc so here is the new spec:
Whys it handle well.

Lighter Battery
New Steering arms & tie rod ends
New Upper & Lower UJ
Mishimoto rad and electric fan
New OEM wishbones
Powerflex Bushes all round
Bimmerworld Solid control arm mounts
New brake fluid and rear brake lines.
Intrax 1k2 with upgraded hard Springs
AP callipers front and rear, RS29 Pads all round, PF Front discs, OEM rear
Supersprint Cats
Supersprint lightweight race back box
Recaro SPG Seats
Vac floor mounts
Schroth Harnesses
Automac door cards
H&R anti roll bars F/R
Sparco quick release Wheel and Boss
Carbon Fibre Front splitter and rear diffuser 1x1 weave
OEM CSL Bootlid
Rear LED lights
Gearbox from SMG car
Xenon’s
Braided clutch hose
Hard race Rear control arms
Reddish plates and resin injected to subframe
Fuel Canister delete
CAE shifter
4.1 diff
Evo pulleys
Geoff Steel airbox
Genuine OEM CSL Snorkel with working flap
CSL map and software
Stud conversion kit fitted
Front and rear shock mount kits
Rear Control Arm Upper/Inner OEM Bushes
10J all round Team Dynamics on 265 slicks for track
10J T/D Rear and 9J front on uniroyals
10J T/D Rear and 9J front on racing wets
Fully Carpeted, roof lining and all boot coverings in place
Carbon Parcel Shelf
6 point safety devices cage
Karbonius 1x1 weave roof
Heated screen
OEM doors and windows, all electric and working
1400KG

[billyboysm3]

So, the cars not felt right since the cage and springs, despite numerous geo's it just wants to pull left and try and kill me. Its got grip but likes to snap.

After speaking to Ray and hearing glowing reviews I booked in with Matt from Spires.

Arrived at 7am:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

I explained to Matt over the phone the problems I was having on track, we went through everything.

First off was to get the car in the air and check everything was ok, like a surgeon would do before he performs his magic.
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Matt then took the wheels off, we found drivers front spring was pretty much compressed.
He bought it down 23mm, then made sure anti roll bar was flat.
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Rear shot:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Next up was setting the scales up so they were perfectly flat:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Then get the old bird on them and get her set up to 50% weight distribution:

I arrived with a decent amount of fuel as thats where abouts I am on track:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

I thought this was pretty decent with all boot coverings, carpet headlining etc.

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Obviously has to be done with a custom Costa in:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Next up was the Camber, Castor and toe. Castor had never been touched so spent some time getting them loose.
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Nice shot:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Oli popped in, cheers geezer, see you on track in the new year!!!

Then a final one before departing:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport at Spires by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

From my 80 miles back home the car no longer wants me to wipe out pedestrians.

What I liked is that Matt asked me what I was after, talks through all changes he is doing and why. He loved my enthusiasm, that must of been after 3 coffees.

So looking forward to trying this car on track and would highly recommend him.

Malc's (birthday boy's) new bttc slicks should still fit fine under the arches.

[billyboysm3]

Gave car a wipe over ready for Silverstone at the weekend. Looking forward to feeling how she handles now after Spires setup.

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Mike RT4]

So what was the reason for it handling so bad ?

You touched on it, but haven't really explained ?

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Some great pictures hope to get there sunday :thumbs:

[billyboysm3]

So what was the reason for it handling so bad ?

You touched on it, but haven't really explained ?

Poorly set up.

Drivers spring was 23mm compressed, wonky arb, car steered to the left.

I just drove it like a go kart.

[billyboysm3]

Some great pictures hope to get there sunday :thumbs:

Yeah give me a call, will try and get a garage closest to pit exit

[s1csl]

Some great pictures hope to get there sunday :thumbs:

Would be nice to see you Craig, its been a while

[billyboysm3]

John and Craig, good to catch up.

So went to Silverstone Sunday to see if Matt from Spires has sorted the issues I had with the car.

Day started meeting John at Shell:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport Silverstone by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

He is lurking in the background:
[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport Silverstone by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Got some tuition at 10am with Mike Wilds, told him to go easy on me as its been a while:
[IMG]BMW M3 Clubsport - Silverstone Nov 17 by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

I put slicks on first thing, did some laps to make sure no rubbing, Mike let me drive for 15 min then he drove for last 15min.

Before lunch the rear tyres just didn't get the heat in I wanted, after lunch they came into the zone, got them to 114•.

Great track and please on my 4th time there got to drive it in the dry.

[billyboysm3]

Few more pictures from the day.

Car turns in so much better, shame about track temps but far better than rain.

[IMG]BMW M3 Clubsport - Silverstone Nov 17 by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 E46 Clubsport Silverstone by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 Clubsport - Silverstone Nov 17 by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 Clubsport - Silverstone Nov 17 by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 Clubsport - Silverstone Nov 17 by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]BMW M3 Clubsport - Silverstone Nov 17 by BS, on Flickr[/IMG]

[billyboysm3]

My go pro died first thing, left the power cable on my desk at work:

Dave's loaded this up on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1aALywXi-Y

Im on here from 7min for a couple of min, Rays mate Dave arrives with 600bhp cozzie and have some 4 way carnage down the back straight as the Red E36 has a poor exit. I let Dave by at 8.26 to see what its got.

Then I slow down and wait for the cup car, Dave does a nice block at 14.20.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Some great pictures Billy, dry but very cold day :thumbs:

[billyboysm3]

So got some jobs going down in the next few months.

First up when I got the car out the garage after silverstone it sounded like a tank.

My mishimoto rad had come loose on the drivers side and fallen down, the electric fan must of spent most of its time on the pulley and mullered the back of the fan and wires.

Need to stay off the kerbs.

Sold my 9J's and now running 10J all round on the road on Uniroyals, then 10J on track.

Malcs mounting me up some fresh rubber.

Last few days Ive had bad fuel starvation 1/4 tank at Snett and just under half at Silverstone, Im only going to get quicker so was going to go down bimmerworld kit route but decided thats to pony for this car.

Ordered this Radium Kit from Ben, looks the nuts, made properly and does not effect the oem gauge.

[IMG]Radium Engineering Fuel Surge Tank & Kit by Billy Searle, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Radium Engineering Fuel Surge Tank & Kit by Billy Searle, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Radium Engineering Fuel Surge Tank & Kit by Billy Searle, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Radium Engineering Fuel Surge Tank & Kit by Billy Searle, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Radium Engineering Fuel Surge Tank & Kit by Billy Searle, on Flickr[/IMG]

Going to do some preventive maintenance and change head gasket and shells. Got some ARP bolts off Ray, Inspection 2 whilst at it, then will upgrade oil pump with VAC kit to cover the weak points.

Need to fit my rear RS29's Martin kindly delivered to Silverstone.

Car is then going to the bodyshop.

Then Ill put front ARB to hard then maybe take a couple of clicks off the rear and get stuck in and get lots of TD's in.