New BMW Race Car E46 M3

[Tickled_Tortise]

Awesome build! The car looks great.

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[DonovanPorter]

So First Race with New Motor done and dusted!
And what a place to debut the motor! The Kyalami 9 Hr.

Went straight into Class C during Qualifying.
Finished both races. So now I need to work on being more competitive in the higher class

dig the pic of the front wheel off the tarmac, well done bud

 

[zabbo]

Looking hot!! Love the wheels - what are they? Are they lightweights?

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

Check the Pilot of said race car...



Lots of real-estate on that helmet for sponsorship material. Get your brand on there now guys before its too late.

 

[Bernard///M3]

So First Race with New Motor done and dusted!
And what a place to debut the motor! The Kyalami 9 Hr.

Went straight into Class C during Qualifying.
Finished both races. So now I need to work on being more competitive in the higher class

 

[Bernard///M3]

So First Race with New Motor done and dusted!
And what a place to debut the motor! The Kyalami 9 Hr.

Went straight into Class C during Qualifying.
Finished both races. So now I need to work on being more competitive in the higher class

Somehow I wrote this a few weeks back and it never posted 🙈🙈

 

[M3boi]

Nice build!

 

[Bernard///M3]

Some Pics at the last race at Phakisa.

The track has become an absolute mess, I love the layout but it’s become so abrasive on tyres and facilities just really bad.

Car ran flawlessly, went 5s faster than my previous best with 330 motor, still waiting for my new suspension need to find another 3s to be competitive in my class

 

[Bernard///M3]

We had the BMW Car Club Track Day yesterday at Zwartkops

Man this car is awesome, I didn’t do any laps alone, the whole day I took passengers, in the space of 5 hours I did 55 laps plus adding in out & in laps it was almost 70 laps (165km) of pushing hard around 90/95% race pace because of taking passengers, car was flawless, lap after lap.

My Dunlop Semis are now in about 190 laps, and can probably handle one more event.

Loving this car

 

[///M Individual]

Some Pics at the last race at Phakisa.

The track has become an absolute mess, I love the layout but it’s become so abrasive on tyres and facilities just really bad.

Car ran flawlessly, went 5s faster than my previous best with 330 motor, still waiting for my new suspension need to find another 3s to be competitive in my class

GT Supercup was due to have an event at Phakisa this upcoming weekend but MSA had a meeting with track management last week and has withdrawn all permits there until they meet certain requirements. Luckily GTSC managed to secure the East London Circuit instead of the event being completely cancelled.

 

[Bernard///M3]

GT Supercup was due to have an event at Phakisa this upcoming weekend but MSA had a meeting with track management last week and has withdrawn all permits there until they meet certain requirements. Luckily GTSC managed to secure the East London Circuit instead of the event being completely cancelled.

Yeah I know all MSA Permits were revoked, until something gets done.
I as Chairman of the Race Series will not go back there until they re-Seal or re-surface the track, and sort out all the other non-sense. Marshalling is also a huge problem.
Would love to know what they do with the money budgeted to the track, as it’s Government owned, by Free State Tourism

 

[Bernard///M3]

Some Pics from Zwartkops BMW Track Day 11 June 2023

 

[Bernard///M3]

GT Supercup was due to have an event at Phakisa this upcoming weekend but MSA had a meeting with track management last week and has withdrawn all permits there until they meet certain requirements. Luckily GTSC managed to secure the East London Circuit instead of the event being completely cancelled.

This car’s bumper was resprayed black a week before Phakisa. That’s what it looked right after Phakisa

 

[PaKiMoNSTeR]

My Dunlop Semis are now in about 190 laps, and can probably handle one more event.

How do these handle compared to the RE11's?

 

[individj]

magical stuff

 

[Bernard///M3]

How do these handle compared to the RE11's?

They are a little different, seems it requires a a different set up, and slightly different driving Style.

But for now I’m starting on cold pressures of 1.4 to 1.5 bar and hot I’m trying to keep them at 2.0, higher than that they won’t last.

They seem to have their fastest lap times in the first 4 laps then Go off slightly, we battling with a bit of under steer. But I’m busy with a new suspension setup so still playing with it, considering going back to a 6deg front camber and 4.5 rear. Also want to add canards eventually!

Like I said it’s all about setup, we will get there.
SupaCup cars are also going over onto Dunlop Semis this weekend

They other reason we changed over the discontinuation of the RE11s apparently no stock in SA and I believe final shipment coming then there is no more

 

[PaKiMoNSTeR]

Ok so no option going forward then. Still have 2 sets of RE11's so will use them until I need to replace. How strict will you guys be on tires when racing @ Aldo in Sep? Most if not all still run RE's here.

we battling with a bit of under steer

On a side note, we were battling with the same issues and found that the diff was binding which caused it. Pre-load was 200nm! So getting that fixed.

 

[Benji]

Ok so no option going forward then. Still have 2 sets of RE11's so will use them until I need to replace. How strict will you guys be on tires when racing @ Aldo in Sep? Most if not all still run RE's here.


On a side note, we were battling with the same issues and found that the diff was binding which caused it. Pre-load was 200nm! So getting that fixed.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but this is an interesting comment, I notice my car will understeer on liftoff, but as soon as I give it some gas, it tightens its line...could this be a diff binding issue? Its a bit disconcerting flooring the car into a corner that you are not making to get it to make it

 

[PaKiMoNSTeR]

Sorry to hijack this thread, but this is an interesting comment, I notice my car will understeer on liftoff, but as soon as I give it some gas, it tightens its line...could this be a diff binding issue? Its a bit disconcerting flooring the car into a corner that you are not making to get it to make it

Mine is the opposite. So turn in is sharp. Then mid to corner exit we get understeer. Basically as soon as you want to or get onto the power it pushes the nose. So the initial thought was that the inside front lifts once you get onto the power. We went to a higher spring rate in the rear to try and counter this and it did help. In faster corners we saw a reduced lift time. But in tighter corners we still had the same issue. Not sure if this helps with your issue.

 

[Benji]

Mine is the opposite. So turn in is sharp. Then mid to corner exit we get understeer. Basically as soon as you want to or get onto the power it pushes the nose. So the initial thought was that the inside front lifts once you get onto the power. We went to a higher spring rate in the rear to try and counter this and it did help. In faster corners we saw a reduced lift time. But in tighter corners we still had the same issue. Not sure if this helps with your issue.

Ok seems like we have slightly different issues My car pushes the nose everywhere lol, will have a better feeling once there is some decent suspension in there