Hello all!
I recently purchsed a 98 Cosmos Black M3 sedan with quite a bit of aftermarket and OEM parts thrown at it by the previous owner/owners. This car will mostly be track only with the intention of street driving being pretty much to and from the track. As of right now I am signed up for the 3 NASA HPDE events at MidOhio this year and will add more as schedules are released (BMW CCA) and the M3 gets closer to being ready.
I'm going to try and list what has already been done to the car, what I plan on accomplishing before the first event, and then hopefully can get some feedback/suggestions from everyone here! I look forward to anything you guys and girls can throw at me. Also, please keep in mind that I do live in a condo community with no garage so my ability to do major things is somewhat limited due to circumstances and my own mechanical ability.
Here goes....
Completed by previous owners over last 5-6 years
OEM Steering Rack Achilles Motorsport Oil Pan Baffle Bimmerworld Oil Pump Wired Nut Achilles Motorsport Reinforced Oil Pickup Tube Glyco Red Rod Bearings OEM Connecting Rod Bolt Kit OEM Oil Pan Gasket OEM Valve Cover Gasket Lemforder Engine Mounts Lemforder Tie Rod Assemblies Lemforder Sway Bar Links (F/R) OEM Lower Control Arm Bushings E30 M3 Ball Joints Aftermarket Xenon Projector Headlights OEM Steering Coupler Oil Filter Housing Gasket Vanos Line Seals Alternator Belt Tensioner A/C Belt Tensioner Alternator Idler Pulley Idle Control Boot Rear Shock Mounts Rear Shock Mount Reinforcement Plates OEM Expansion Tank Behr Z3 M Radiator OEM Radiator Hoses and Mounting Kit 80 Degree Thermostat Stewart Water Pump Coolant Temp Sensor Fan Delete and Fan Delete Nut OEM Power Steering Lines OEM Power Steering Reservoir Power Steering Pump (Rebuilt) Intake Pipe Front Wheel Bearing (L or R not specified) Powerflex Urethane Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Sachs Gas Shocks (4) Cam Shaft Sensor Guibo/Flex Disc and Bolts/Nuts AA Gen 3 Cat Back Exhaust AA Track Pipe Timing Chain Tensioner Throttle Actuator Front Control Arms (L and R)
My planned items before first event
All relevant fluids/oils (Trans, diff, etc)
SS Brake Lines
Track Pads
X-Brace
Apex Arc-8's (already pledged in group buy)
Corbeau FX1 Pro (x2)
Kirk Racing roll bar
6 point harnesses
Tires
I have already ordered the roll bar from Bimmerworld about 4 weeks ago. I have both Corbeau's sitting at home and all hardware coming from Motion Motorsports. I have not purchased the harnesses yet however. I was leaning towards Schroth but how does everyone feel about Crow? As far as pads go, I was thinking Hawk HT-10's. ECS SS brake lines have already been installed. Concerning tires, I was thinking RS4s but I noticed that Tire Rack currently has Star Specs on close out.
Last edited by Tsuwr927; 02-10-2018 at 01:58 PM. Reason: Adding additional info
Any updates?
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Yes! Sorry, have been very busy with work sadly. Just dropped the car off with a local place for an alignment and inspection. I will update more later this week when I'm not at work. I have the xbrace, pads, roll bar and seats to install still. I do have Apex Arc8 ET30's installed. Have them wrapped in the new Direzza ZIII's. I decided on them over the RS4's
Is Mid-Ohio in your future? I've never driven it, but have photographed a number of CART races there back in the day. Looks like great fun.
04M3 TiAg 69k slick-top 3 pedal
99M3 Cosmos 61k S50B32 euro 6Spd
88M3 AW 43k miles Project FS
WTB: 3.5" Eurosport/Conforti CAI
Yes! I'll be at all 3 NASA Great Lakes events this year with the first in a few weeks from now. It is great fun driving it. Lots of off camber corners and blind exits to keep you busy
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