BaT E46 LSB M3

[ra2fanatic]

RKP and the works.

[Lip]

RKP and the works.

Met you at ABS. Car and roof look perfect! New windshield, rubbers, gloss black window trim. Nicely done.

Might ask you a few questions when my Karbonius roof comes in.

[stash1]

Here are the Sparcos and when I had an RTD briefly.

Nice spec/build! Curious, did you mount the Sparco's to the factory sliders, or do you know if they will bolt to the factory sliders? I know that the Sparco's generally bolt from underneath whereas Recaros's bolt up on the side.

[ra2fanatic]

Met you at ABS. Car and roof look perfect! New windshield, rubbers, gloss black window trim. Nicely done.

Might ask you a few questions when my Karbonius roof comes in.

Right on.

Nice spec/build! Curious, did you mount the Sparco's to the factory sliders, or do you know if they will bolt to the factory sliders? I know that the Sparco's generally bolt from underneath whereas Recaros's bolt up on the side.

I mounted the Sparcos to the Sparco 600 series base for their "street" seats. Recaro uses their universal uprights so they bolt up on the sides for nearly all their seats, but Sparco seems to want to differentiate them with the base. I much prefer bolting to the sides, they're much easier in that regard, but eitherway, I'm still really happy with how they are.

[avusblue]

DId you re use the stock seat belt receptacle on those seats?

[ra2fanatic]

DId you re use the stock seat belt receptacle on those seats?

Yep. Sure did. The sparco base has a point you can use to place it.

[ra2fanatic]

Few things on the way....it's time to move on to the engine and rebuilding the diff...

New 11" rear barrels for my BBS LM-R's sitting on the rack. Picked up a new diff. CSL cams with Schrick DLC rockers, Chase Bays Power Steering Kit, and rebuilt yellow tag steering rack. More to come...!

[JayReplay]

Beautiful M3.. enjoying the continued build!

[mrgizmo04]

Picked up a new diff.

What LSD unit did you go with?

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[ra2fanatic]

What LSD unit did you go with?

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Stock diff, but I have time to decide whether I get the Quaife or not.

[mrgizmo04]

Stock diff, but I have time to decide whether I get the Quaife or not.

That's a torsen style, that is slower to lock, so if you are going for performance I'd look at clutch types. Stock is a clutch but viscous, clunky and slow to lock. Reason I ask is, I'm currently looking at giken/drexler units. Both are $$$$, but positives are performance, longevity, etc that are important to me and my use of the car. Just throwing it out there, not trying to throw off your build .

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[EthanolTurbo]

That's a torsen style, that is slower to lock, so if you are going for performance I'd look at clutch types. Stock is a clutch but viscous, clunky and slow to lock. Reason I ask is, I'm currently looking at giken/drexler units. Both are $$$$, but positives are performance, longevity, etc that are important to me and my use of the car. Just throwing it out there, not trying to throw off your build .

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OS Giken seems like a pretty good solution.

[mrgizmo04]

OS Giken seems like a pretty good solution.

Def direction I'm going, downside right now is they are backordered till mid-late March.

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[ra2fanatic]

Def direction I'm going, downside right now is they are backordered till mid-late March.

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I’ve considered the OS Giken but know it has a rebuild after a certain mileage which

the money or back order isn’t the issue. I just think the osg is a bit of an overkill for this garage queen that will never see the track anyways. I’m just being honest here. Quaife is definitely an upgrade over stock at the end of the day and that’s not trying to penny pinch between that and a OSG diff.

[Onefastsicilian]

wow car looks amzing, I honeslty wouldn't change a thing except the tinted windows.. gotta show off those seats