Pictures from last weekends projects
Caliper disassembled
Piston cleaned up
Old outer seal that was torn
All the old rubber bits removed
Speed bleeder installed
Solid brake guides and everything put back together
Everything put back together. You can see the new control arm in the background as well as the new brake line.
Old vs new front sway bar end links
New brake lines are on as well as exhaust. Finally the car sounds like it should thanks to a UUC exhaust upgrade.
One more quick prep weekend and then we'll be at VIR for a full 3 days Feb 15-17. I can't wait to get back on track!
Looks great! Glad to see another update.
BMW 1995 E36 M3 Luxury Pkg. (Bostongruen Metallic 275)
BMW 1999 E36 323is Sport Pkg. (Orientblau Metallic 317)
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I have the same exhaust....UUC is great !!!!
Looks great! I need to refresh my calipers
Mod list - M50 manifold; TechniqueTuning Stg2, Apex Arc-8, ZKW euro, clear corners Mike R diffbrace, Koni Yell with HR race
X-brace UCC tranny mounts -BLK/with enforcers, powerflex rtabs,lcabs, AAfanclutch, mishimoto rad, UCC Ultra-cerametallic Clutch.
You will go through days of joy and days of sadness as the pursuit for power leads to madness...
this is awesome!! I love it!
'95 Avus Blue M3|Dinan tune|Cosmos V1 CAI|Recaro|3.23 lsd|Magnaflow| -SOLD
'95 Cosmos M3 |Cosmos Racing V1 3.5" CAI|Samco rep TB boot|740i HFM|Turner Tune|UUC Pulleys|CF Hood|Depo 6000k|Depo french fogs|Depo Tails|Black Wide Kidney Grill|AA exhaust|Zimmerman Drilled rotors|Sparco|B&M SSK|Koni S&S|BMP Bushings|Wahlbro 255|Stewart Thermostat| 240whp -SOLD
'09 135i 6mt |BMS JB4 g5iso| MHD BMS Flash| BMS DCI| BMS Chargepipe | BMS Inlets| RB PCV| N54 Perf 3" DP| Wagner FMIC| Ryan Racing DV Valves| Fuel it Stage 2| e60| 480whp
How do you like the brass caliper guides? Does debris get caught up in them without a dust cap?
I've had mine for a while and I like them, I haven't noticed any different feel with them really but my pads/rotors seem to wear evenly. Everytime I go to the track I have to put in my track pads so I inspect them when I do that and will take them out and put a little grease on them to make sure they aren't frozen up.
How far are you in budget wise?
Its a cold morning for track prep
First ever autox went well. It was good to get out and run the car a little and I can't wait for VIR next weekend!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ6lxJO3SDc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kn4nGgTBck
Last edited by hoki06; 04-16-2013 at 06:27 PM.
Great thread. All these kool track builds is making me want to turn my turbo'd m3 into somewhat of a track car.
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awesome build. keep it up!
nice track car
Just got back from VIR and it was a great weekend overall with some very interesting weather. Friday was perfect weather and I got tons of track time. Saturday it was raining early and that turned to snow right as I was going out for my first session. We ended up calling it quits for the day once it kept snowing and conditions worsened. Today was cold, dry, and windy but the track warmed up a little and it turned out to be a solid day.
The car did well all weekend. I discovered warped rotors in my first session this morning. I think it happened because of the heat from braking and then the extreme cold air being fed to the brakes via the ducting. I swapped out rotors this morning and taped the ducts and all was well from then on. We also found oil leaking onto the trailer on the way home so we need to figure out where that's coming from.
Enough talking, time for pictures.
Rain turning to snow
And now big flakes that persisted most of the day
After Dad's second session, the car looked like this and I decided to wait until Sunday for more seat time
Oak Tree in the afternoon. Picture stolen from Jon Felton.
Didn't take a lot of video this weekend but this is from Friday morning. Managed to squeeze out a 2:24.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru8U9Po4w9c
Last edited by hoki06; 04-16-2013 at 06:30 PM.
looks like fun, cant wait to get out there this season.. march better have warmer weather. scca pdx at summit will be my first event
I forgot to mention that I got signed off for TT this past weekend so I'll start getting my feet wet with that at the next event I can attend
Great build!...Subscribed...Cool that you can build with your father. Post #65, not sure if it's my eyes or the camera, but is the car leaning to the right?
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