Intro: (another) E30 LS3M3

[naterry]

As long as the tires stay not too sticky you hopefully should be ok at 500rwhp for street use. Just dont launch it too hard :)

If you kill the 84mm cv units I believe ppm and dds both make giant sized 102mm replacement shafts. Z3m is also supposed to be quite a bit stronger at 96mm

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Sounds great, fingers crossed the tires don't get too sticky... :)

Here's a short on ramp video I took yesterday-

[Wanganstyle]

As long as the tires stay not too sticky you hopefully should be ok at 500rwhp for street use. Just dont launch it too hard :)

If you kill the 84mm cv units I believe ppm and dds both make giant sized 102mm replacement shafts. Z3m is also supposed to be quite a bit stronger at 96mm

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[naterry]

Hey Nate-

Was wondering when you would resurface! Let me know how the diff is :)

This car is built to the hilt. Amazing job on the construction

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Dude, small world again! Thanks for the work on the Diff! It's holding up fine but of course it hasn't been run very hard yet. I don't anticipate much of a shock load so fingers crossed the diff will last.

Question: I'm still running the oem driveshafts and whatever stub axles you installed. How worried should I be @500whp? Note that I'm not into drag racing but the car will stick for hard 2-3, 3-4 shifts...

[Wanganstyle]

Cheers! I'm working on the under-tray right now but the car should be down this week. I'll take a video and post asap

Hey Nate-

Was wondering when you would resurface! Let me know how the diff is :)

This car is built to the hilt. Amazing job on the construction

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[naterry]

Cheers! I'm working on the under-tray right now but the car should be down this week. I'll take a video and post asap

[King Mufasa]

need a sound clip of that monster!!!

[kristov]

Radiator P# K1443N
Here- http://www.koyoradracing.com/product...earch+Products

Yep, no MAF. I'm running the Holley HP EFI

Thanks, do you have any videos of the car in action?

[naterry]

Do you have a part number for the radiator?

Are you running without the MAF?

Radiator P# K1443N
Here- http://www.koyoradracing.com/product...earch+Products

Yep, no MAF. I'm running the Holley HP EFI

[naterry]

hard to tell what you did with the air filter though.

Here you go, a little more visible. It's snug-

[kristov]

Do you have a part number for the radiator?

Are you running without the MAF?

[naterry]

Nate! I wondered what gnarly vehicle you would build next..guess you can't kick the LS habit eh? The M3 looks great man, nicely done.

Adam, small fricken world man! Good to hear from you! Are you still rocking the miata?

I like what you've done, hard to tell what you did with the air filter though.

Car looks sick, I'm sure it's too much for whatever rubber you are running...got any plans for traction?

Cheers! The filter is hiding behind the bumper. You can see the base of it through the SS mesh in the shot above. Traction, yes, challenged. Right now I'm counting on R compounds to keep it planted, which do surprisingly well.

awesome car mate!

how is the racepak iq3 dash? i tried googleing diy for it but none and im confused how it works, do you plugg it into the ecu ? i have seen some work with the haltech standalone.
does the dash come with a harness and you just splice and connect like a stack dash?

The dash is pretty sweet, very readable, built in gear indicator, shift lights, etc. I have it running off a secondary set of sensors for redundancy. It comes with a basic harness for +/-/trigger/gnd and then you have the choice of running racepak's proprietary vnet sensors or universal modules that take any input. I went universal with 8 inputs. So far it's mph, rpm, oilT&P, H20T, Diff Temp, Tranny Temp.

Very nice and well built. No expense saved here. Wish I had the funding to do a car like this. Is this the M3 Igor is doing the wiring on by any chance? If not then there are now 2 LS powered M3s in my area. Hope to see you around the bay area some time when I get back from WA.

Cheers! The cost is mostly time with this car. I think a similar build with fewer bells and whistles could be achieved ~10k. Just a lot of time...

Maybe I'm the 2nd! The wiring was all Holley and my messes.

Your are killing them all with that, very nice!!!

Can you tell me what size is that mid single pipe going to muffler?

She's got a single 3" in the back. Debating going bigger to quiet it down...

[cagedbunny]

Nate! I wondered what gnarly vehicle you would build next..guess you can't kick the LS habit eh? :D The M3 looks great man, nicely done.

Nate is a terribly modest fellow, so I'll talk him up a bit; the RX7 was initially built from a bone-stock automatic car, entirely in a small garage, and 99% by himself. I'm sure the M3 has a ton of small custom touches that have to be seen to be truly appreciated. :up:

[issabmw]

Good God, what a tremendous car!! Love what you've done with the intake.

On another note, the body on that RX-7! :o

[1990m3]

I like what you've done, hard to tell what you did with the air filter though.

Car looks sick, I'm sure it's too much for whatever rubber you are running...got any plans for traction?

[knuklehead92]

awesome car mate!

how is the racepak iq3 dash? i tried googleing diy for it but none and im confused how it works, do you plugg it into the ecu ? i have seen some work with the haltech standalone.
does the dash come with a harness and you just splice and connect like a stack dash?