The I suck at keeping cars stock build thread

[rsingh3g]

If its going to be as raw as your 911, then yes I will

[keeton]

Such a cool car. I love the fact that you race it, and that it's your daily, and that it's a 4 door.

Too cool. Love the meaty tires too!

[Slycas28]

I have the same car just less awesome lol and in dakar... I wish mine was red...

[WICKED WEISS]

Quality work. Congrats man. Hard work pays off.

[that911]

If its going to be as raw as your 911, then yes I will

It'll be a little cleaner. I love the gritty post 24 hours of Le Mans look the 911 has, but I'm shooting for something a little cleaner for my DD haha. It'll still be very aggressive though,

Quality work. Congrats man. Hard work pays off.

Such a cool car. I love the fact that you race it, and that it's your daily, and that it's a 4 door.

Too cool. Love the meaty tires too!

I have the same car just less awesome lol and in dakar... I wish mine was red...

Thanks guys!

[rsingh3g]

Then, no question I will love it!

[that911]

At the last Time Attack I had noticed that my clutch was starting to slip. I figured it was only a matter of time since it was already weak and the car had quite a bit more power now. Seeing this as a way to shed some weight I decided to put in a light weight flywheel to shed some pounds in a crucial area, and also put a higher performance clutch in while I was at it to help put the power to the ground.




I had decided to go with the UUC clutch since it uses a factory spec e34 M5 clutch and only weighed 8.5lbs.






While I had everything out I figured it would be a good time to install a new differential. I had picked up a Jim Blanton/Performance Gearing differential with a custom LSD and a 3.73 final drive (stock is a 3.23).





I haven't broken the clutch in, however the engine spins freely now and feels great. Additionally I've only given the car half throttle and it already feels much faster now with the 3.73. All of the engine modifications had killed power under 3.5k rpm making city driving tough. With the new final drive the car feels as though it has low end torque has been restored and then some. This ratio also puts my gearing a good range for all of the local tracks. I haven't had a chance to test the lsd, but simply going around some high speed on ramps the car feels more stable. The only downside is that I no have to cruise around 70mph vs 75-80. 80mph is around 4k rpm and my car already gets bad enough gas mileage. The good news is that I'm less likely to get pulled over!

[that911]

One thing I ***** when going to the track was swapping wheels. It was a pain with the factory wheel bolts and swapping wheels with different offsets and spacers wasn't practical with bolts. I decided to switch to studs, and with the help of Motorsport Hardware I got an awesome set of studs and nuts.


I'm very cautious with anything that deals with suspension, wheels, or brakes. So I made sure to do some homework and was very happy to see that they are TUV approved. After pulling them out of the bag and inspecting them I was very pleased with the quality.

I got bullet nose race studs to make swapping wheels very easy at the track.








I installed them Friday before my weekend at the track, and after that was on my way. I torqued them on Friday night and checked them before every session. It's normal for a bolt or nut to start to loosen a bit between sessions due to the heat. I was happy to see that everything was torqued and didn't move at all.

After that I managed to set a lap time of 1:55.3 at AAA speedway for Redline Time Attack which was good enough for first place in the Enthusiast RWD class.

[JagRacer]

Great build. Do you still drive it on the street?

[frink84]

how big of a spacer on those shots of the wheels + studs?

[that911]

Great build. Do you still drive it on the street?

Thank you, and it's my daily driver.

how big of a spacer on those shots of the wheels + studs?

I'm running a 15mm spacer on the front and none in the rear

[that911]

Installed some Monoballs over the weekend. Lots of work, but definitely worth it.


Also getting some aero ready for Super Lap Battle.

[UpperClass]

Awesome work. LOVE E36 sedans.

[that911]

I'm just now coming off of the high of Super Lap Battle. Despite how much fun I had I'm glad that the struggle to get parts installed in time and the aero finished is over. The car is awesome and finally close to where I want it to be. Now we have a few more modifications to make to get those last tenths and fine tune the settings to maximize what we have.

Additionally I'm thrilled to announce that StanceWorks and I will be partnering up in my Time Attack campaign. Since we're on StanceWorks you've probably already seen it, but just in case check out the coverage of Super Lap here http://www.stanceworks.com/2013/11/s...-buttonwillow/.

Finally I would like to thank Avus Autosport, VAC Motorsports, KW Suspension, Swift Springs, and Motorsport hardware for their on going support. I wouldn't be able to do it without them.

Here are some of the photos from the article.







I have a few more updates that I'm going to post soon since I installed a Fuel Starvation kit from VAC that worked wonders along with their rear camber arms.

Awesome work. LOVE E36 sedans.

Thank you!

[Haris_Mujic]

Car Looks great!! always loved the M3's