BMW E30 M3 - S85 DCT [RNGTOY]

[s62]

Prior to this trip I had only done 11.5 laps this year and none of them at full power so
my driving is a bit rusty

Hope to put in some more laps soon & get it more smooth.

[s62]

Here is the video of my first sub 8 minute lap last weekend at the Ring:

http://www.rngtoy.com/thordur/almennt/Eurotour2008...

As you can see this lap was rather slow to begin with - had
just finished a 11:47 and 8:34 warmup laps after showing up
at the Ring entrance 8:15 Sunday morning
After Hatzenbach I started to drive faster since I realized that
with this little traffic it could be a fast lap.

Edited by s62 on Tuesday 7th October 14:15

[Hitch78]

Nice.

[Dan7357]

Cool Vid (as normal)

How is the car running ?

[s62]

Dan7357 said:

Cool Vid (as normal)

How is the car running ?

The car is running very nicely. Had a minor problem with boostleak on the first
day of the trip. Turned out to be the hose from supercharger to the watercooled
intake had become loose (hoseclamp slid off). After that all was well

[Dan7357]

s62 said:

Dan7357 said:

Cool Vid (as normal)

How is the car running ?

The car is running very nicely. Had a minor problem with boostleak on the first
day of the trip. Turned out to be the hose from supercharger to the watercooled
intake had become loose (hoseclamp slid off). After that all was well

I will have to keep an eye on when your at the 'Ring next year, be nice to see the car in the flesh !

[Antj]

Blimey, how come i have never read this thread.

I recognised the car straight away, you were at the ring same weekend as us recently on 20th sep, as you were parked next to our cars in the blaue ecke guesthouse. This thread has just settled a long argument as my mates were sayign was turbo'd and bet supercharged, looks liek we both got the actual engine wrong though....lol as we had M3.

We were in the Mini and Project Volvo which you can;t have missed. Mat Black and orange wheels. On its first trip after 100 quid purchase and being stripped and turbo'd hopefully as i type.

Great looking car that beemer really is nice.

[s62]

Could not miss that Volvo

[Dan7357]

Do you have a winter to do list ??

[y2blade]

s62 said:

Here is a pic from my last trip:


... and some more videos

First there is a 8:25 lap, reving some more than in the lap I already posted,
lots of traffic (pcars in the way ) and construction again:
http://www.onno.is/thordur/almennt/Eurotour2008_4_...

Second one is where I´m minding my own business - warming up the car when some
E190's & a Lotus blast by.... then I just realized the car was up to temp and some
serious suprising was in order
http://www.onno.is/thordur/almennt/Eurotour2008_4_...

The third is when I am on the tail of a new E92 M3 driven by some japanese
guys (a lot of those that weekend!):
http://www.onno.is/thordur/almennt/Eurotour2008_4_...

Finally a clip in torrential rain - 500hp, rwd and semislicks
http://www.onno.is/thordur/almennt/Eurotour2008_4_...


PS. Heel'n toe not yet perfected.....

Edited by s62 on Sunday 14th September 02:35

fantastic videos thankyou for the updates

any plans for the winter/new-year?

[Mick Humphreys]

This was byfar my favourite car of the weekend! I was driving the lovely black volvo mentioned earlier and spent so long admiring your car in the car park!

[s62]

No plans for the winter - recession dictates that

[The Ulf]

mate, you are totally barking mad and i absolutely love your project. how much did you spend on your little runner so far? must have cost you quite a bit. seemed to have paid off, tho. i just watched your lap at the 'ring and as far as i could tell you haven't even been overtaken once. keep up the good work.

[s62]

The Ulf said:

mate, you are totally barking mad and i absolutely love your project. how much did you spend on your little runner so far? must have cost you quite a bit. seemed to have paid off, tho. i just watched your lap at the 'ring and as far as i could tell you haven't even been overtaken once. keep up the good work.

Haven´t added the invoices up - not going to

I do get overtaken at the Ring, there is some serious
machinery there driven by very capable people

[The Ulf]

so far i was only ever planning on modifying my m52b28 engine. after adding up all the costs of achieving 260+ bhp i decided i'd better be looking out for a decent s50b32 to plant into my e36 touring. oh yes, you read right, it's gonna be a m3 touring. seems cheaper and faster than going through the painstaking process of ripping the whole thing apart and rebuilding a whole engine from scratch. also i don't think i'll be supercharing it. it'll still be good enough to scare the living st out of some porsche drivers and leave gti's for dead. in an estate. oh yes.

[s62]

A friend of mine in Germany has an E36 Touring with an S50 w/SMG.

Nice sleeper!

[simpley332i]

Hi s62, very enjoyable read, i am near completion of a s50b32 swap into my e30, i'm about ready to get the diff sorted out, are you running the M3 3.25 ratio dff and lsd or or have you gone for a higher ratio of say 3.64 or 3.91 with lsd, I'm ready to get mine race preped so i said i'd get your opinion, as i'm going to the ring in July hopefully!!!!
Thanks again for the top write up and pis's

[militantmandy]

outstanding work and great driving!

[RobCrezz]

Fantastic build and great videos.

Can almost feel the acceleration! Looks seriously rapid!

[s62]

simpley332i said:

Hi s62, very enjoyable read, i am near completion of a s50b32 swap into my e30, i'm about ready to get the diff sorted out, are you running the M3 3.25 ratio dff and lsd or or have you gone for a higher ratio of say 3.64 or 3.91 with lsd, I'm ready to get mine race preped so i said i'd get your opinion, as i'm going to the ring in July hopefully!!!!
Thanks again for the top write up and pis's

I have the original E30 M3 3.25 diff. Don´t think I would like
a higher ratio - the back straight is long