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    M3 Vert Drift car

    This is my 99 M3 vert. I'm coming from a 1996 turbo miata drift car, which I still have, enjoying the BMW so far.








    First event with the car. Took it easy to get a feel for everything, the wet conditions made things interesting lol.

    Last edited by robertw; 10-11-2017 at 02:39 PM.


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    Looks like you're out there having a blast! I've always loved seeing verts out on the track.

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    First event. No cage in a vert. Tandems. Working hand brake.

    I'm so confused.

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    Quote Originally Posted by protomor View Post
    First event. No cage in a vert. Tandems. Working hand brake.

    I'm so confused.
    We're OK to run cageless BMW verts here in singles, but sure as hell not in tandem. Maybe it was because of the low track speed?

    Side note our last event was on a banked nascar track and there was a kid there in an E36 vert. Mid run for no reason it decided it didn't like the bank and blew the rollover protection out.

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    Lol If you go fast enough on a bank, the G forces DOWN cause those sensors to go off. The car thinks you're rolling over.

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    good to see some other verts!

    Are those r33 wheels? Looking good!

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    this m3 looks great

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    Quote Originally Posted by mcfilmwerks View Post
    good to see some other verts!

    Are those r33 wheels? Looking good!
    Yes they are, thank you.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gaila View Post
    this m3 looks great

    Thanks.







    Things done to the car so far:

    maf, o2 sensors, o2 emulators, cam position sensor, new top, manual top conversion, BC coil overs, clutch master/slave, stoptech rotors, hawk pads, AKG motor/trans/ subframe mounts, condor diff mounts, synchro design works trailing arm bearings, new steering rack/lines/tie rods, recaro sr3, bride fashion protectors, wedge seat rails, 5x114 hub conversion (new hubs/bearings/redrill/studs), R33 gtr wheels, dj auto headlights 6000k hid/ballasts, nardi hub, Nardi deep corn wood wheel, steering column bearing, active autowerke exhaust, 1 piece driveshaft, short shifter (forgot which one, bought it used off a buddy)
    Last edited by robertw; 10-17-2017 at 01:55 PM.


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    Dat donut box

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    Remember the good times

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    Please get a cage and a real bucket seat.

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    Got some work done on the car this winter. Previous owner hacked up the factory audio system and wiring, daisy chained after market speakers together, so that needed to be sorted and cleaned up.

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    Found that the heater core / hvac unit was shattered and destroyed. The car wasn't blowing heat, took the windshield cowl off and opened up the area where the fans were for hvac and found the damage. So a junkyard unit was sourced and swapped in.

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    Assembled

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    Door cards were in rough shape, so new ones were assembled.

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    Recovered the worn arm rest
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    Put an 8" sub in the car to go with the new component speakers that were installed.

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    Jeez, who hosts events that let you do road course tandems with no cage?
    Car looks great though, I'm always a sucker for a full interior drift car. It was just too tempting to lose the weight for me!

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    Just curious - why would you do this to an M3? It's one thing to go drift it - it's another to actually start ripping it apart. By the time you're done with this, it's not gonna be any different than any other gutted E36 with an S52 - and won't be worth any more either.

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    Why not? M3s aren't special unicorns. They sold a metric ton of M3s. Not vert M3s but the chassis is the same anyway. If you wanna dirt rally a ferrari, go for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Liquidity View Post
    Just curious - why would you do this to an M3? It's one thing to go drift it - it's another to actually start ripping it apart. By the time you're done with this, it's not gonna be any different than any other gutted E36 with an S52 - and won't be worth any more either.
    Gutted? The car has full interior lol, if anything this car was saved. It was a neglected basket case with little of anything left functional, the only saving grace being a rust free Florida chassis found in New England. I've replaced or upgraded almost every component on the car at this point, even restoring the trashed interior. The car was in really bad shape when I bought it, even worse once I got into it and discovered how neglected and how poorly any work the previous owners had done to the car.

    Stop and shop by superkamikazee, on Flickr


    I've been drifting my turbo miata this season




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    Last edited by robertw; 05-31-2018 at 12:10 AM.


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    Track day





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    worst drift video ever

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