another round of weight loss

[khooni]

so I went to simpsons for subframe reinforcement plate welding
and lo and behold, i got inspired by Tony's newly re-furb lamborghini candy red coloured CSL with wide arch kit.

wow.

and the BBS F1-R wheels in black running 265/285. simply wondrous and pricey.
I wonder how much they cost but I figure around 6k for a set.

in any case,

my new weight loss diet shall consist of
1) lithium battery
2) supersprint race muffler and resonator
3) Intrax 1k2
4) removal of speakers and head unit
5) + any other bits, Anthony deems surplus on my track beast.

any and all suggestions welcomed.

Nick

[Stumpy]

This post is useless without pics...

[khooni]

no pics mate.

i was literally speechless and forgot.......

[billyboysm3]

What suspension is on the car at the moment?

Has it got interior? Supersprint light weight race and supersprint cats and centre pipe saves good kg.

Intrax 1k2 are great got those on the m3 which is fully stripped bar seats and dash

[khooni]

mine has a full roll cage but re-carpeted.
currently running kw clubsport (1st gen non -adjustable)

will be selling those once they are off if anyone is interested.

[trackm3]

Intrax 1k2 is just so compliant for road and track, you will be very impressed.

[Roland]

Originally Posted by Stumpy

This post is useless without pics...

+1

[khooni]

apologies.

I will post loads of pic.s once I get the car back.

right now, the rear suspension is off the car and plates are being welded + subframe repair being done. Instead of having sub frame bushings, I am welding it solid to the rear suspension. One less bushing to worry about. The car is never going to be anything but a track car anyway so I might as well go the whole hog.

On the fronts, I am going to have nylon bushings for the last remaining bit of rubber on the car.

To address my complaint of feel, Anthony will set the car up with intrax 1k2 to give it more caster. It won't do anything about the lightness though.

given the lack of info on supersprint db, I do hope someone can answer the db question otherwise I may be forced to experiment.

[billyboysm3]

Originally Posted by khooni

apologies.

I will post loads of pic.s once I get the car back.

right now, the rear suspension is off the car and plates are being welded + subframe repair being done. Instead of having sub frame bushings, I am welding it solid to the rear suspension. One less bushing to worry about. The car is never going to be anything but a track car anyway so I might as well go the whole hog.

On the fronts, I am going to have nylon bushings for the last remaining bit of rubber on the car.

To address my complaint of feel, Anthony will set the car up with intrax 1k2 to give it more caster. It won't do anything about the lightness though.

given the lack of info on supersprint db, I do hope someone can answer the db question otherwise I may be forced to experiment.

Ive gone AKG Solid all round and solid front control arms but on track M3.

Supersprint non res is a extra 3DB and Supersprint Cats is also a extra 3DB

I had Cats, non res pipe and lightweight race = 105/106DB at Snett.

Then tried every alternative, the CSL now has SS cats, SS non res and OEM back box and I find that is the best sound.

Would love a few laps in the CSL with the intrax and cage.

Billy

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by billyboysm3

Then tried every alternative, the CSL now has SS cats, SS non res and OEM back box and I find that is the best sound.

That is how my car came - I found that although the induction noise was much more prevalent over the exhaust, it sounded way to raspy IMO.

Now the induction noise and the exhaust (with the SS Race back-box) fight for dominance of who is loudest .