BMW E30 M3 - S85 DCT [RNGTOY]

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Don1 said:

Shame to hear about your issues... Fingers crossed that it's the last though!

Me too

hewlett said:

Fantastic write up and photos. If love to see your car next time I'm in Iceland!

The car will be at the Ring for the next 2 years so you will have to look at it there

MrFlibbles said:

Thordor - what made you go for the "Motorsport" rims?

I think it looked awesome on the Superleggras, are the Motorsport rims much lighter?

I bought the Motorsport rims from a friend of mine that has an E36 M3 GT. He could
not use them since he has huge ceramic brakes from an McLaren SLR up front.
I got them to use with normal street or rain tires. The Superleggaras now have been
powedercoated and have a fresh set of Toyo R888's waiting

I may also get a set of the old "Turbine" wheels in white to have an extra set of
semislicks on. That will look very nice.

Here is a video I just came across - it´s from last year, RNGTOY appears 2 times in it
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3UvWCG1ql6U&feat...

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Just got some news regarding the supercharger:

a ) The SC is out of warranty since it was produced in 2001
b ) No spare parts available for such an old SC
c ) Need to buy a new one

So now a new SC with a 2 year warranty will be sent
to Tauber and hopefully I´ll get the full 470 horses....

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Xenocide said:

Jesus your wallet must be in tears!

Yes but I look forward to many glorious days at the Ring & other tracks
the next few years..... hope they make up for the expenses....

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Heard from the shop this morning - they are installing the new supercharger.
Needed to make a small adapter for the output since the diameter was not
exactly the same as the old one.

They are starting it up later today - keeping my fingers crossed that
everything will work since I´m going to the Ring and Spa next weekend
in that car!!!!

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Some pics from last weekend at the Ring:











Pics taken by Lars Jünemann - http://picasaweb.google.de/wernichwillderhatschon

Edited by s62 on Tuesday 7th October 13:42

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Crook said:

Good to meet you at the weekend Thordur, lovely car and great lightweight roundel!

Every bit of CF helps

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Some pictures from Tauber.

From their 30 year anniversary:




Cool pic or what!!!?!?!? 8)


S14 goodies on display:


My new 550cc injectors:










The car is now too rich on low revs but is pulling like crazy on high rpm´s.

I´ll have it remapped this month and then it´s Nurburgring the last
weekend of the month

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gj88 said:

You are 'ring mad! How many times a year do you visit the 'ring? The car is piece of art. Great conversion too!

Thanks

Went for the first time in 2006, 2 trips. 4 trips in 2007. 2 trips already this year

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Ok now the car is supposed to be in 100% condition apart from mapping.

The plan was to fly to Hahn on the 24th and drive the car up to Denmark (again)
and have Mr. X map it. The Tauber guys were going to bring the car to
Nurburg beforehand.

From Nurburg to Denmark and back is approx. 2 x 800km, 2 days, wear and
tear on the car plus €€€€€€€€€€€€ in petrol.

So... I checked how much a flight from Denmark to Munich costs and it turns
out it ´s much wiser to fly the master mapper to the car rather than bring the
car to him. Then checked if he was willing to spend a whole day on this and
he agreed

So now the plan is to fly to Hahn on the 24th, drive to Tauber (close to
Nuremberg) pick up the car and drive to Munich. Mr. X the mapper shows
up on the morning of the 25th and we map during that day and he flies
back home in the evening.

Which means I will hopefully be driving at the Ring on the evening of the
26th with approx. 500hp on tap after picking up a mate at Hahn on the
way to the Nurburgring.

Now with my luck - what are the chances this will all go smoothly???

Edited by s62 on Monday 16th June 09:41

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petermansell said:

So keep us posted with pics, blog and video (I still love the way you held the slide on the video of Wippermann and did not overcorrect).

Will do.

That Wippermann stuff was a bit scary - was lucky to keep the car from the armco.

Edited by s62 on Monday 16th June 09:44

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haggle said:

amazing just 1 question how do you rate the movits ? im considering a set for my project that im working on

Very happy with them - no problems with fading.

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Xenocide said:

Oooh good luck with the mapping. Post the graphs if you get them!

The mapping will be done on an unrestricted part of the A9 Autobahn
outside Munich - no dyno graphs

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The fun continues

Edited by s62 on Monday 24th December 10:12

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Marf said:

Indeed.

Ordered the following stuff from www.vacmotorsports.com
which should fix the problem:

- Forged CP 8.5:1 pistons
- MLS head gasket
- ARP head bolts
- ARP con rod bolts

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Here is another picture with a wider angle:


A part of the piston has melted

Edited by s62 on Monday 24th December 10:13

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The injectors were supposed to be flow matched but I did not second check
that - maybe I should have.

_TC - your best bet is to use www.mobile.de to find a car, I used that site.

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Logie said:

Great thread, enjoyed reading and watching the vids. I hope to drive Spa one day, one of my favourite tracks and feel i already know it :P

Glad you liked it

Spa is a great track and Eau Rouge is a phenominal section

As for the car, the shipment from VAC arrived at the shop today so hopefully
I´ll be driving on the Ring soon

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A few pics from Tauber. First you see the old piston - thank god
it didn´t break apart














Then there is something a bit nicer to see

Edited by s62 on Monday 24th December 10:17

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Marf said:

Holy feck, like you say very lucky that puppy didnt come apart in the block.

Is it the exhaust side of the piston thats been burnt away?

Yes it´s the exhaust side.

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Marf said:

was the timing excessively retarded?

Don´t know - will have to ask the mapper about it.