So who has the most highly modified CSL?

[englebert]

Yep, looked very quick to me!

[E46CSL]

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

Drenth DG400 Sequential with Geartronics paddleshift & MoTeC M800 (One of our customers, we are Geartronics and MoTeC dealers)

Awesome car/ video

[Mike R]

If a race car on slicks isn't quicker than a road car on fully treaded road tyres, that gets driven too and from track days, you're obviously doing it wrong .

[_Nathan_]

Slicks aren't worth 11 seconds a lap

Point of video was to illustrate that chassis, brakes and transmission/diff is the way to go and that with moderate power, a well developed chassis, the ability to get the power down and a good driver an e46 can be fast

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

Slicks aren't worth 11 seconds a lap

Point of video was to illustrate that chassis, brakes and transmission/diff is the way to go and that with moderate power, a well developed chassis, the ability to get the power down and a good driver an e46 can be fast

So if 83SY is dong mid 1m 17s in a CSL with AP and Intrax, what does he do with a well sorted road CSL and. Race car?

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

Slicks aren't worth 11 seconds a lap

Point of video was to illustrate that chassis, brakes and transmission/diff is the way to go and that with moderate power, a well developed chassis, the ability to get the power down and a good driver an e46 can be fast

I don't mean this disrespectfully, but I would NEVER do what you have done to a CSL - I'd have sacrificed a standard E46 M3 and not even given it a moment's thought.

My car is completely road legal, taxed with full interior. I could easily turn it into something as focused as the car in the video above, but as I have stated, I don't time my car, it is used for FUN. If I wanted to be the fastest thing on track, I'd strip 150kg out of it (not add 20kg of sound deadening ), fit different springs, have the dampers revalved, have a set of wheels with slicks on and trailer it everywhere LOL.

Given the above, I'm hardly going to be even half as radical with a CSL as the Cossie . I just wanted to have a bit more power so that you have "options". By this I mean:
i) drive fast and smooth
ii) drive slower, but have sufficient power to make the car "dance" at will.
Both as and when the mood takes it.

[_Nathan_]

He is depressingly fast!

[_Nathan_]

If it helps Mike, I wouldn't have done it in retrospect either, I'd have bought an e46 shell and left my CSL alone, you live and learn

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

If it helps Mike, I wouldn't have done it in retrospect either, I'd have bought an e46 shell and left my CSL alone, you live and learn

Heart ruling head and all that

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

If it helps Mike, I wouldn't have done it in retrospect either, I'd have bought an e46 shell and left my CSL alone, you live and learn

I know exactly what slippery slope you get on, my car was once bog standard .