E30 M3 Racecar Build
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Tom
My dad still has your old M3 we had some great times at the Ring and Spa in it plus numerous UK track days
Then one day at Oulton Park it did this!
So he ended up buying an expensive engine for it, It was a revelation with the new engine we had one trip to the Ring and Spa with it in and it shocked lots of modern cars and was always admired by all in the car park. It is unbelievable fo a 22 year old car!
That winter he had the car taken back to a shell and seemed welded plus the sunroof taken out and a full cage put in. The only bit of rust was a small area under the front windscreen the rest of the car was spot on. He bought some fibreglass front/rear bumpers and carbon dash door panels rear side panels and parcel shelf. He also got some leather GT3 seats with red stitching and had the BMW colours painted on but the job came to a standstill about 3 years ago. He has gotten into classic cars now and lost interest in track days so it is stored away under a cover in the garage still waiting to be finished off! Yours looks amazing I hope when I show him this thread it will kickstart him into getting the car back on the road.
My dad still has your old M3 we had some great times at the Ring and Spa in it plus numerous UK track days
Then one day at Oulton Park it did this!
So he ended up buying an expensive engine for it, It was a revelation with the new engine we had one trip to the Ring and Spa with it in and it shocked lots of modern cars and was always admired by all in the car park. It is unbelievable fo a 22 year old car!
That winter he had the car taken back to a shell and seemed welded plus the sunroof taken out and a full cage put in. The only bit of rust was a small area under the front windscreen the rest of the car was spot on. He bought some fibreglass front/rear bumpers and carbon dash door panels rear side panels and parcel shelf. He also got some leather GT3 seats with red stitching and had the BMW colours painted on but the job came to a standstill about 3 years ago. He has gotten into classic cars now and lost interest in track days so it is stored away under a cover in the garage still waiting to be finished off! Yours looks amazing I hope when I show him this thread it will kickstart him into getting the car back on the road.
t off a shovel, and b) sound AMAZINGAll the info below is taken off the S14 website, I hope it makes sense the guy my dad bought it off was called Adrian up in the North East who after spending a fortune on building it ran short of money and my dad bought this a specially made exhaust and diff from him before he ever fitted it into his car, he was fanatical about it:
It is a 2.5 with group A spec, with Arrow rods and group A spec pistons. Motorsport head gasket it has 38.5/32.5 MS sodium filled exhaust valves, 62g each with 29.5 ports, SRD7 springs with shim under tappets, 312/292 MS cams, 48mm throttle bodies with a 50/55 4 into 2 Evo 3 manifold
Bottom end is new genuine BMW 2.5 block with the extra webbing for strength with oil squiters. Standard BMW 2.5 crank but it has been lightened and balanced along with an Evo flywheel, the compression ratio is 12.0:1. It is using the 18cm runner Carbon Fiber air box with alpha N. It is the full works and built to a spec discussed with John from Germany off the http://www.s14.net/forums/content.php forum and set up by him at the Nurburgring the engine cost nearly £11,000 just in parts prices believe it or not and said to be safe to rev to 10K!
It is a 2.5 with group A spec, with Arrow rods and group A spec pistons. Motorsport head gasket it has 38.5/32.5 MS sodium filled exhaust valves, 62g each with 29.5 ports, SRD7 springs with shim under tappets, 312/292 MS cams, 48mm throttle bodies with a 50/55 4 into 2 Evo 3 manifold
Bottom end is new genuine BMW 2.5 block with the extra webbing for strength with oil squiters. Standard BMW 2.5 crank but it has been lightened and balanced along with an Evo flywheel, the compression ratio is 12.0:1. It is using the 18cm runner Carbon Fiber air box with alpha N. It is the full works and built to a spec discussed with John from Germany off the http://www.s14.net/forums/content.php forum and set up by him at the Nurburgring the engine cost nearly £11,000 just in parts prices believe it or not and said to be safe to rev to 10K!
Edited by sonofbarefoot on Wednesday 6th June 19:20
Edited by sonofbarefoot on Wednesday 6th June 19:21
A few more pictures...
This is just too exciting -
BMD Blade ARB-2
BMD Blade ARB
Redesigned Pulleys & Belts -
BMD Fanbelt
Meanwhile - this is another car we have, an original which will be restored to her former glory
BMD DTM
BMD DTM
This is just too exciting -
BMD Blade ARB-2
BMD Blade ARB
Redesigned Pulleys & Belts -
BMD Fanbelt
Meanwhile - this is another car we have, an original which will be restored to her former glory
BMD DTM
BMD DTM
Just stumbled upon this as am researching before I start a build of my own. I had to sell my M3, although I only do sprints & trackdays, so could never afford or justify preparing a genuine M3. As a result I'm going to be building this to be as close to the real thing as I can, while I continue having fun in the 325.
Where could I get details on early works car cage design please?
Mine is behind the M3.
Any more progress on yours?
Where could I get details on early works car cage design please?
Mine is behind the M3.
Any more progress on yours?
Edited by e21Mark on Friday 6th July 22:40
Output Flange said:
In Kumho? How's that going these days?
No complaints to be fair, the last 18months have been good to me racing wise. This year I am still doing CSCC and Kumho but picking and choosing rounds as have had a lot on with work this year. I went to Anglesey for the first time last weekend (what a great circuit!!) with the CSCC Deutsche Marque and won there which was also a good result for the team (1st, 2nd and 4th). Two weeks before that I was at Silverstone for the Kumho to win race one and finish second in race two (messed up the start)Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff