M3-R race car picture thread
 

Hi guys!

Thought i'd share some pictures of my race car. The build process is beginning to come to an end, and i hope to do some track testing this year before the winter is coming. Next year i'll hopefully be compiting in the Norwegian GT class.

Here's the current mod list:
PeeBee motorsport front mods
Manual 6 speed gear box, with short shift and longer stick
GTR flywheel
Sachs cluth
Hydraulic emergancy breake
Corbeau racing seats
racing wheel with "quick click" connection
FIA approved welded roll cage
4 point Seatbelt
AP racing brakes
Ap racing air jacks
Moton race suspension
Carbon roof
CSL diffuser
CSL trunk
Plastic back windows
Gruppe-M , titanium exhaust
ESS VT-2 550 supercharger kit
BMW motorsport T-stat
Hyper black apex wheels 9.5x18 ET 35 front and 10x18 ET 25 rear
Michelin SX race medium slicks 25/64 front and 27/65 rear
Lamin-x yellow headlights

All exterior mods have been custom made by PeeBee motorsport.


Okay. Now for some pics..
Inside
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t..._4203776_n.jpg
AP jacks
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t..._4513137_n.jpg
Widened front fenders
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t..._5263386_n.jpg
Hood
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t..._2614635_n.jpg
Supercharger install
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0177.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0183.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0191.jpg
Removed AC heat exchanger and pump
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0180.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0181.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0194.jpg
New wheels. (very light)
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/IMG_1801.jpg
New slicks
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0204.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...Foto0208-1.jpg
Yellow Lamin-X headlights
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0222.jpg
widened front bumper, waiting to get painted.
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...53629861_n.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...00581230_n.jpg
How it looks now. Waiting for the bumper, and rear GTR wing..
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0221.jpg

Very nice :thumbs:

Fantastic!!!!!! :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

Eduardo.

What a car looks the business :thumbs:

Looking good matey,:thumbs:

Great looking :thumbs:
Fantastic project :thumbs:

Thanks alot guys! Appreciate it:beer:

I haven't driven it much, but i have a couple of horrible clips of it. at least you get a idea of the sound...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_WcTu7euGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kmjbt1fZiQ


I also got a new rollbar mount for my gopro cam, so i made a test movie to see the angel and things like that. Horrible vid that to.. :banghead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEN56bPuzT0

Sounds fantastic, will it pass any noise restrictions :hahaha:

Loud Fu(ker isn't it !! :thumbs:
Looks really good too

:supz:loud
awesome project mate :beer:

Nice project.:thumbs: Keep us updated.:smokin:

Once again, thanks guys!

Yeah, it's pretty loud. Haven't measured how many db it makes, but hoping exactly 99 ;)

I'll try to keep you guys updated. Here's some more photos of how it looks now..
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0226.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0224.jpg

Liking your work there chap ! very nice:thumbs:

Awesome garage
 

Your car/apartment looks great there!!!, with microwave and tv in the corner i cant think of a better set-up, Ace! I wish i could get my car in the lounge:thumbs:

Please keep us updated with your season racing progress with the car. It looks and sounds great:drool:

PP.

it looks superb :smokin: I hope it runs well for you :thumbs:

Thanks guys! :thumbsup:

Today was a nice day. Had a dyno session @ESS. The car made 468rwhp. Thats 550 bhp with 15% drivetrain loss.
Here's the dynochart
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../IngeVT550.jpg
And here's a little vid i made with my cell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWf77pNJouA

Also snapped a couple of pics..
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0228.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0234.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0235.jpg

After the dyno session i took it for a little testdrive again. Turned on the GoPro cam, so here's the result...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLKJw...el_video_title

That's a Monster-M in the making :smt055 Liking your work :thumbs: 432 Nm of torque !!! :supz:

Wild ride. Awesome. Absolutely love it.:smokin:

and all of it in 4th gear by the looks of it :thumbs:

super project well done :supz:

Thanks guys!

Installed the new sparco circuit seat today. Very happy with how it turned out. Here's a couple of pics..
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0254.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0253.jpg

Got some pictures from PeeBee after he had test fitted the new bumper to the car. He had to make some small adjustments to it, but now i think it's ready to be painted. Here's the photo's i got.
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/IMG_6213.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/IMG_3639.jpg

Nice car!!!

how much do the wheels weigh approx?

Great project :thumbs:

Thanks guys!

The wheels weigh 8,5-9kg.

I have a kinda 1 step forward 2 steps back feeling now. I needed to remove my wheel lock due to GT regulations, and to do that i had to remove the dashboard again...
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...Foto0284-1.jpg
Got it figured out, much thanks to m3forum member delirium45 who had the same job documented in his track build journal.
Couple bad cell pics...
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0286.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0285.jpg
The next project will be to install a FIA master battery switch. Going to buy some wires and clamps tomorrow.
Also got my clutch in the mail the other day. A beefy looking thing..
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0283.jpg
Also bought myself a new car that can pull the M3-R on a trailer.
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...R/Foto0281.jpg
That's it for today. The car is in pieces once again and just over a month until my Nürburgring test trip. Time to get a move on...

Installed the new clutch yesterday. Here's a couple of pics.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...Foto0296-1.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...Foto0295-1.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...Foto0302-1.jpg
Also choose to strengthen the coupling between two parts on the CAE shifter arm that goes from the gearbox to the stick. It's originally pressed together as shown below, but we welded the parts together so it wouldn't start sliding in the future.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...Foto0301-1.jpg
Also bought some new racing gear. A lovely combo from alpinestars, sparco, hans and Arai.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...Foto0307-1.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...Foto0308-1.jpg

Looking good now:beer:


are you on the Destination nurburg trackday?

Thanks!
Yes i am. Very much looking forward to it :)

awesome build brother!

Great work and loving the wheels as well !

Nice build! :supz::supz::supz:

Thanks guys!
So i'm back in Norway after two amazing days at the Nürburgring. The weather was incredible, the car felt great, people was nice. All in all just perfect. This was the first test for the M3-R. It held up pretty good. Didn't start that good though. On the first lap i had a terrible vibration in the front. Cause I use spacers up front, i didn't get the wheel centered when putting it on. I dropped the spacer and the vibration went away. On the second lap this happened... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uXVC5GuFWE
The new bumper couldn't manage the downforce it produced so it crashed when i got over 200km/h. Had to cut it a bit. On the third lap i felt the car wasn't running cleen when accelerating. Popped the engine cover, and it turned out to be a coil that wasn't propperly in place. Changed that and everything runned smooth. I suffered from high oil temp the entire two days, so i couldn't push very hard, had to short shift and use half trottle on the climbing parts and straights. I've ordered a oil diverter valve so all of the oil will be running through the oil cooler in the future. Hoping that will fix it. The servo pump kicked the bucket after two hard days, going to buy a new one and hoping it will last in the future. So to sum it up, it was some small problems in the start of the first day. After lunch on the first day everything went smooth, and the second day went great. The servo didn't cause any down time on the car, only made my overarms pretty big... http://www.trackculture.com/forum/pu...ault/smile.gif Big thanks to destination Nürburgring for the best trackday ever!
Here's a couple of pics and a vid where a friend riding shotgun. (Sorry for the bright video, the weather was just to good for the gopro cam.. http://www.trackculture.com/forum/pu...ault/smile.gif )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe8zlxo1w3o
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC02365.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC02427.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...rsport/020.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...rsport/025.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...rsport/021.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...rsport/019.jpg

Small update...
Got my new Intrax suspension installed. Also changed the servo pump. Here's a couple of pics.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/Foto0322.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/Foto0323.jpg

Some great pictures and in car video, looking good :thumbs:

What size rims are you running with the slicks, if 19's what are the slick size ? :thumbs:

Thanks! It's 18" rims. I'm running 25/64-18 front and 27/65-18 rear.

New update... Ordered another set of ARC-8 wheels from Apex to go with the rain tires. Great service, and the set shipped within an hour after my order. 100%

I also installed the new bumper from PeeBee motorsport. Here's a couple of pics of how the car looks now.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC02462.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC02461.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC02457.jpg
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/.../DSC024582.jpg
Also got my racing licence today. Three weeks to first race, looking forward to it!

Looking great. Keep us updated on your racing.:-D

Looks great now you have had the bumper repaired :thumbs:

Thanks guys!

This week has been a productive one. I got a race licens for the car.
The new Apex wheels showed up, and I've ordered two sets of new Michelin racing tires. 1 set of wets and 1 set of slicks.

Installed a Setrab oilcooler to run in series with the vac cooler i got from earlier
Here's a pic of the new oil cooler.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...torsport/1.jpg
Also made a piece to wrap the inside of the doors
Here's a before picture of the door
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/Foto0330.jpg
And here's the after picture
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...t/Foto0331.jpg