E46 M3 GTR Comprehensive Thread

[karter16]

Kind of explains why the GTR feels so half assed compared to the CSL-- 1/3 the development time.

I guess also its purpose was different to the CSL right. The real reason for it was the racecar. The Strassenversion was really about doing just enough to justify the “provenance” of the race car and doing it quickly enough for the start of the season.


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[Slideways]

Curious what the white sticker on the trim says.

With the close up interior shots in that Peterson video, turns out that white label says "Lenksäule nicht verstellen" or "do not adjust steering column." I guess BMW also ran into the problem of routing the steering linkage/column around the V8 exhaust manifold

[sasha]

Anyone know what the shifter configuration was of the road car? I think I see a ZHP knob in the early part of this thread, the stock knob with integrated boot in another, but in the last picture it looks like the weighted broomstick.

[bimmerfan08]

[bimmerfan08]

This is the company that produced various parts for the GTR in the U.S., and still does, if I read correctly.

http://www.scottsdalemotorsport.com/home-1.html

The world wide debut of the very first BMW E46 M3 GTR was in the year 2000 at the American Le Mans Series and the race car wasn't powered by the V8 in the year 2000 it was powered by the BMW AG Motorsport race engine spec S50 in-line six that was used in the first 1993 E36 M3 GTR ELMS, IMSA and ALMS race cars. The North American BMW E46 M3 GT Team PTG race car was armed with a carbon fiber wide body and powered by the BMW Motorsport S50 non-street legal race engines. The race car was further armed with MOTON coil-over adjustable suspension, BBS Motorsport lightweight wheels and Brembo Motorsport race brakes. The Hewland race car six speed manual transmission was used in almost all of the BMW NA Motorsport team PTG race cars. Sequential gearboxes had not been allowed in any of the BMW NA Motorsport customer race car's or BMW Motorsport work's race car's for the American Le Mans Series until 2006 in the BMW E46 M3 GT2 race car's power by the P54B32 race engines.