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Welp... time trialing was stupid. I thought time trialing was basically a DE, only you game it for a super quick lap, fastest lap wins. Turns out that's time attack. Time trialing is more like autoX, on a track... over ~half a lap. From a stop (so you have to launch, hard on the car for no reason). And you wait in line after each run, so tires and brakes never get up to temp (really, I should have run street pads and tires instead of track pads and tires).
The classing system is also clearly broken. I won my class by a 5 second margin over 2nd place, over half a lap-- with me not launching hard, and not having tires or brakes really working (cold).
Did an event at lightning last weekend. Got food poisoning saturday night, and only got 2-3 hours of sleep as a result, so I only drove one session on sunday, so not buying pictures (would only get half the value).
This coming weekend I'm doing my first ever time trial. Should be interesting. Rain on the calendar, for extra excitement.
Somehow I never made an e39 M5 build journal here... and I don't do enough on the car for it to be worth it. It's basically just a driver. So e39 M5 update here :P
Went on a vacation up to Martha's Vineyard recently. ~1250 miles total-- 250 on the island, and 500 mile road trip (plus a ferry ride) each way. The house we were staying at was at the end of a dirt road, so a bit of rally special stage every day.
The e39 seemed like the best matched car for the job. It was FULL. Me, wife, child, dog, plus everything needed for a week there, including a mattress for the kid and some food stuffs (as food on the island is stupidly expensive, so didn't want to be buying any groceries if we could help it).
Stopped at a friend's house on the way up. e39 enthusiast-- the nicest e39 M5 I know of (not pictured because in his garage), an Alpina B10 3.2 (only one in the USA AFAIK), a e39 530iA, and he just bought my old e39 530i manual (which a different friend of mine has owned for the last couple years). Also has an e46 M3 :P
Outside of the house we stayed at:
Some random pretty shots my wife took of the car:
And a random picture in the parking lot where we stopped for dinner, showing all the dirt on the car from a week of dirt road living:
I also flew the drone a couple times along the way. Car results:
Funny non car related side note:
The first time my daughter ever went into the ocean (which was this trip) was the beach where they filmed Jaws. 🤣
Just signed up for my first time trial event. It seems like the way the cars set up, it should be passingly competitive in SCCA T3 class, without having to downgrade it in any way:
You happen to have the part number for the e39 high intensity washer reservoir? Also, do you have to use the associated pump or will a stock (e46 windshield) pump work?
I was going to out an e36 tank in my drug bin, but this seems better apl around for similar money. (Maybe?)
I don't really have a better place for this, so putting it here...
I'm currently building a house. I'm going with a window supplier in Germany. I was amused to notice that they use the same glass supplier as BMW (Saint Globain).
Sounds like we both looking for more track oriented setups 👍, thanks for quick response Yes I already have mk60 coded for Zhp rack, thought it be even less intrusive with 817.3 module, but having instant on off with dsc button back would be nice as well, it’s bit annoying holding the button for couple seconds to turn it off now, and having dedicated button for m-track mode, having less intrusive abs on track is big plus as well. Is it mostly plug and play plus coding? By mostly I mean you probably have to run wire for the S button stalk?
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It’s pretty plug and play, but 817.3 modules are hard to find. I searched for 2 years.
I did run a wire for the button. Otherwise, plug and play.
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