bmw e36 track project

antonioo · Post by **antonioo** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:10 pm

nice work on bmw 8) 8)

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:39 pm

just a random fact for you i had the exhaust system off today to do some jobs and i decided to weigh it .........

32 kgs

that does not include the manifolds.

cheers

jason

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:38 pm

That's quite a bit of weight you could save Jase.

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:02 pm

Well after our trip to Spa gave the trackday budget a hiding and the fact that work has not been very good this year the car has been hanging around on the ramp most of the time gathering dust .

Before the track eve i got a carried away with the exhaust and removed the cats and some small silencer boxes which left me with a static noise test of 102db ,oops. I have also fitted a light weight flywheel coupled with an M3 clutch along with a modified ecu which has raised my rev limit by a 1000 rpm.

To address the noise issue on a budget i purchased some of this;

had a rummage around in the workshop and found some of this;

made some of these;

now all i have to do is stick them all together . also eddy pointed out that the larger tail pipes could be removed and smaller ones fitted to help but i think i will utilise the larger pipe and make them into tail silencers with the perforated pipe i have.

I managed to find some 17" rims to use which are 8 1/2" so i fitted the tyres today and offered them up on the car ,a bit more negative camber will be going on front and rear .snug is a good way to descibe them .

ill get more pics up as i go Rockingham is only 3 weeks away

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:12 pm

Those 17" alloys look superb and should give you a fair bit more grip. Hopefully the exhaust will do the job; what's the decibel limit at Rockingham?

Back to the project, did you notice any difference with the flywheel and clutch? I've only track driven my E36 and that already has a 5kg one in there.........I suppose it should help with reciprocal masses?

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:22 pm

I'm not sure on the noise limit is at rockingham but its no worse than snet .
the flywheel seemed to let i rev quicker without getting bogged down if you see what i mean .

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:54 pm

new wheels painted . some arch mods will be required on the rear over the winter i feel

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:18 pm

That is such a nice car, can't believe I still haven't seen it in the flesh or metal yet:)

BIGBIMMA · Post by **BIGBIMMA** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:30 pm

thats looking very nice jase , dont think you will need to worry about straight line speed with the amount of corner speed you will be carrying now .

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:48 pm

Very tasteful Jase. Love the white wheels.