Castro Motorsport: The Purple ///Monster

[e30polak]

So the factory s14 guibo/flex disk apparently can't handle the torque of the s54 coupled with my lead foot! :eeek:



Upgraded to an e34 m5 guibo, that should hold....hopefully!

[Nickgt40]

Ouch, that looks painful.


It sounded pretty good at the show, I'm excited to see it painted soon.

[ZammoTheChoppa]

So the factory s14 guibo/flex disk apparently can't handle the torque of the s54 coupled with my lead foot! :eeek:

LAWLZ who woulda thought ay

[e30polak]

Ouch, that looks painful.


It sounded pretty good at the show, I'm excited to see it painted soon.

Thanks!

The flex disk is no biggie. Chris removed it, put in the upgraded one and so far so good!

LAWLZ who woulda thought ay

Here's a quick sound clip of my m3. Car is running pretty rich right now, still need to adjust the tune for our CSL style airbox. Either way, I'm extremely happy with my exhaust set-up and how intoxicating the airbox sounds!

Road videos coming soon!

https://vimeo.com/46557579

[e30polak]

Funny pic of me that my friend sent me....

[e30polak]

First road video of my M3...

https://vimeo.com/46670537

[FRANK_NL]

you need to sell that car to me !!

I live in holland so i will be picking it up from rotterdam harbor...
All you need to do is put it on the boat

Thanx in advance..!
peace out.

[e30polak]

Forgot to cross post these pics from a shoot I did with some friends 2 weeks ago.








LOVE this shot!

[e30polak]

Cool pic my friend took of the 14" bottlecaps + tires he destroyed at Streets of Willow in our shop's (Castro Motorsport) E30 Lemons car, with my M3 in the back ground.




So I took the M3 for it's first track day ever at Streets of Willow and had the time of my life! I had the opportunity to auto-x the M3 4 times with the s14 before swapping it out, but never took it on the race track because I didn't want anything to happen to the freshly rebuilt s14 I was about to sell. Well I definitely regret not starting out with a less powerful set-up in the m3 for track use!

The s54 is a pure animal on a tighter, technical course like Streets! Going back to back between my car and Chris Castro's s14 powered e30 M3 was a world of difference! While my suspension is very similar, better handling actually then Chris' based on my evaluation along with Chris' and a track instructor's, the power is the huge factor in my car!

With the s14, knowing this already from auto-xing my m3, you can and are able to carry the car with much higher speed and momentum into a turn, while also throttling through. Well the s54 is a whole different ball game!!!

While the added weight of the s54 can be felt in the turns, it wasn't really detrimental to the overall handling of the care compared to Chris's similarly set-up s14 M3. The key factor was the power, and the extremely sensitive throttle coming into the turns!

Carrying the same amount of momentum into the same turns was fine, but I couldn't throttle through the turn without the back-end coming out on me. After having my friend Kalon, who is an instructor and races our E30 Lemons car, drive the car, I realized that with the current set-up I had to drift the turns in order to drive the car at its limit. The pretty used 235/40/17 Nitto NT01s weren't holding the power too well after the first session, where I really babied the car. I definitely would've done better with some fresh NT01s in the same size, but I think running a staggered set of 235s up front and 245s out back would help immensely. I need to promote some understeer in the car that I can afford to throttle out of.

I also realized that I WILL NOT be putting a supercharger on the car as initially anticipated. First I absolutely LOVE the way my car sounds in every way! With the exhaust I came up with, and our CSL "style" intake, I can honestly say I have one of the best sounding s54 powered cars around. If I put the supercharger on, it will sound good, but I will lose that wonderful induction roar of the air box. Second, the car has more then enough power for me, and it's very controllable, especially on the streets. If I put the supercharger on, it will be much too hard to control. Finally. I'd rather spend the money on track time and becoming a MUCH better driver!

[e30polak]

A sick pic that my friend took of my buddy Kalon doin' work in my M3 at Streets of Willow with Shift S3ctor!!!

[ScubaSteve]

Great video. That color is something else man. Keep it up.

[e30polak]

Great video. That color is something else man. Keep it up.

[turbowman]

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[e30polak]

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That M3 is Daytona Violet, not Techno.

[e30polak]

Another angle of Kalon drifting my m3 around Streets of Willow the other weekend!