Obioban's 2005 IR/IR Coupe

[oceansize]

Now that is an honest review, nonetheless good to be first even if it wasn't what you had hoped.

[Obioban]

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).

Dumb. Not doing that again.

[Obioban]

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.

[oceansize]

I suspect that name fits perfectly

[Obioban]

This may be the most boring update ever. But... the rear trim on my trunk was looking a bit the worse for wear, so I replaced it.

I have renamed my car to the Ship of Theseus.

[Sharocks]

Damn man you were in my hood and didn't say what's up?

Car looks good haha

[Obioban]

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. 🤣

[Obioban]

I did this in my wagon today as a second m-track/DSC button with a simple relay. It works great, thank you for the idea!

Nice! certainly easier/cheaper than my 817.3 DSC solution

[Bry5on]

I will be using the S button on my e39 washer stalk to turn on MTM now and the DSC button will once again be instant DSC off.

I did this in my wagon today as a second m-track/DSC button with a simple relay. It works great, thank you for the idea!

[Obioban]

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:

https://timetrials.growsites.net/pages/tuner-category

$120 to enter the event, so pretty cheap way to dip my toe in the water to see if I like it.

[Obioban]

Any change in how you feel about the FCM suspension setup?

Nope.

I do really enjoy it not being adjustable 🤣

[duracellttu]

Couldn't have ask for a more perfect track weekend (NJMP Lightning). Sunny and 60-80° all weekend. Life is good 😛

Any change in how you feel about the FCM suspension setup?

[Obioban]

Couldn't have ask for a more perfect track weekend (NJMP Lightning). Sunny and 60-80° all weekend. Life is good 😛

[tlow98]

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?)

Great weight saving mod there!

[Obioban]

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).