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I've been meaning to do a build thread for a while now. Just so I can track where I've been and the direction I'm going. For those of you interested, feel free to follow along and watch me beat the shit out of my car.
I bought this car in first weekend of July in 2008. Currently I use this car for autocross, track days, drift days, and daily use. It looks like its going to become a dedicated track/drift car in the very near future. For the amount of abuse this car incurs I still think it should look good while it does it. It still passes the 10ft test so its good enough.
Mods so far:
Powerchip custom Tuning
3.5in cold air intake
M50 manifold
Turner Motorsports ceramic coated long tube headers
UUC TSE exhaust
Hardwired Passport 8500 X50
Pioneer 6.5in in-dash DVD player
Boston Acoustic components up front
Focal Audio 5.25in speakers in the rear
Alpine V-power 4ch amp
Rockford Fosgate 2ch amp
2 10in JL W0 subwoofers
Elemental Design E36 subwoofer box
Momo Mod 78 wheel
NRG slim quick release hub
Sparco Corsa driver's seat with aluminum side mounts
Custom seat base mount
Black seats out of a '98 M3 sedan with Nappa Leather
M3 gt style splitters
6,000k HIDs from DDM Tuning
Depo projector head lights with 6,000k Angel Eyes
Da'lan class 2 tow hitch
wheels:
18x9.5in Forgeline RS street version wheels
offset is et22
17x9.5in Forgeline RS comps
offset is et40
Suspension:
Ground Control Trackschool kit (Koni single adjustable shock, Eibach race springs, Race camber/castor plates)
Camber: 3.5degrees negative front, 3,5 degrees negative rear
Spring rates:
400lb front, 500lb rear
Other:
'95 M3 offset lower control arm bushings
UUC sway barbarians
The day I bought and drove it home from San Jose:
two days after:
A week after:
White contours:
First Autocross, Low pressure power steering swedge blew off on the 3rd lap:
utilizing the trailer hitch:
17x8/9 BBS M-techs:
Buttonwillow:
polished lightweights:
style 5s:
Test fitting the 18in Forgelines. Too bad it wouldn't roll like this:
Drivable:
drove it to SF, those roads are terrible:
17x10 WRD Mesh (corvette offsets with 32mm adapters:
17x8.5 Kosei (loaner wheels for the M fest track day)
Drift day wheels:
1st Drift day pics:
1st time auto-x instructing (17x9.5 Forgelines):
First and last car show, Spocom 2009:
2nd Drift day:
There were a few other track days in there where I couldn't find pics for. That's about it for now.
I bought this car in first weekend of July in 2008. Currently I use this car for autocross, track days, drift days, and daily use. It looks like its going to become a dedicated track/drift car in the very near future. For the amount of abuse this car incurs I still think it should look good while it does it. It still passes the 10ft test so its good enough.
Mods so far:
Powerchip custom Tuning
3.5in cold air intake
M50 manifold
Turner Motorsports ceramic coated long tube headers
UUC TSE exhaust
Hardwired Passport 8500 X50
Pioneer 6.5in in-dash DVD player
Boston Acoustic components up front
Focal Audio 5.25in speakers in the rear
Alpine V-power 4ch amp
Rockford Fosgate 2ch amp
2 10in JL W0 subwoofers
Elemental Design E36 subwoofer box
Momo Mod 78 wheel
NRG slim quick release hub
Sparco Corsa driver's seat with aluminum side mounts
Custom seat base mount
Black seats out of a '98 M3 sedan with Nappa Leather
M3 gt style splitters
6,000k HIDs from DDM Tuning
Depo projector head lights with 6,000k Angel Eyes
Da'lan class 2 tow hitch
wheels:
18x9.5in Forgeline RS street version wheels
offset is et22
17x9.5in Forgeline RS comps
offset is et40
Suspension:
Ground Control Trackschool kit (Koni single adjustable shock, Eibach race springs, Race camber/castor plates)
Camber: 3.5degrees negative front, 3,5 degrees negative rear
Spring rates:
400lb front, 500lb rear
Other:
'95 M3 offset lower control arm bushings
UUC sway barbarians
The day I bought and drove it home from San Jose:
two days after:
A week after:
White contours:
First Autocross, Low pressure power steering swedge blew off on the 3rd lap:
utilizing the trailer hitch:
17x8/9 BBS M-techs:
Buttonwillow:
polished lightweights:
style 5s:
Test fitting the 18in Forgelines. Too bad it wouldn't roll like this:
Drivable:
drove it to SF, those roads are terrible:
17x10 WRD Mesh (corvette offsets with 32mm adapters:
17x8.5 Kosei (loaner wheels for the M fest track day)
Drift day wheels:
1st Drift day pics:
1st time auto-x instructing (17x9.5 Forgelines):
First and last car show, Spocom 2009:
2nd Drift day:
There were a few other track days in there where I couldn't find pics for. That's about it for now.
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