Santa Pod- Disappointing time..

SirCharles · Post by **SirCharles** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:52 am

I ran my M3 this weekend.

A rather disappointing 14.3 was the best I managed with terminal of 100.9. There was so much grip that my clutch wouldn't hold a launch.

That said, I still had a car full of junk, so perhaps with a new clutch and a slight diet, I'll get into the 13's.

Fingers crossed.

M1KeyC · Post by **M1KeyC** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:57 am

were you doing a stock run just to see what you had in it or is it modded alittle?

SirCharles · Post by **SirCharles** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:01 am

The car is 100% standard. BMW say it had 321bhp when it was new.....

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:37 am

Think thats a fairly decent run really for a RWD!

ESL · Post by **ESL** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:41 am

I'd second that. You are hauling 1.5 odd tonnes of car, 14.3 isnt slow.

Bealo · Post by **Bealo** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:11 am

The best i managed in my E36 coupe was 14.0 at 101mph and when i change to a performance panel filter and went back the next week i was shocked that i ran a 13.9 at 102mph

so 14.3 with a fully laden convertable is good going.....

Best i've managed in the CSL is 13.7 at 103mph so there isn't mush in it really.

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:13 am

Charles,
Long time mate. How are you?
You should have run the Pulsar lol.
I have just bought an M3 Evo 4 door as a family car. I could do with touching base with you at some point to pick your brains. Shouldn't take long! :thumb:

SirCharles · Post by **SirCharles** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:34 am

Well that's made me a little happier, thanks for your comments.

I guess I just felt a little slow in comparison to some of the other cars and would have liked to of got into the 13's.

There was a real fast FD3S there, green wheels and a nice chap to talk to as well. I think the fastest I saw was a 10.9 from it. Apparently it had some real heavy porting but only ran 11psi boost. It was fast!

Bealo- Were you using the smg launch control to get that time from the csl? An E46 M3 Convertible smg ran a few miutes after me and only put in a 14.6.

Bealo · Post by **Bealo** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:46 am

I tried the launch control but all it did was dump the clutch and spin the wheels.

The best way i found to get off the line was pull away and get rolling then floor it and it hooked up not to bad.

Post by **Ben** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:47 pm

Yeh, that isn't bad, I was in the 15's due to clutch failure so I think you faired quite well.

I can't wait to have my STR fitted, then launch like a pro