Castro Motorsport: Kato Racing's LS7 "E40Z06" M3 Build

[2mAn]

ummm how can you post a dyno video and not a pic of the dyno plot.

:hitler:

[e30polak]

Outside view of the M3 doing it's first test run at the Shift S3ctor Airstrip event. Kalon was soft shifting early in each gear since it's a fresh motor.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater

[e30polak]

Friday we made a quick, but very sturdy harness bar for the M3, since Kalon had a track day on Saturday.



We also swapped wheels, tires, and had fun with the wheel color :thumbsup2:





The 275 NT05s made traction a huge problem at Big Willow on Saturday, thank God Kalon loves to drift!









Sadly I couldn't experience the M3 at the track on Saturday because we had a booth at the SoCal Vintage BMW Show, but I heard Kalon put on quite the drift show with the car!

Custom fender flares, wider wheels, 315s and a 3.15 LSD coming soon to aid the traction issues!

[IronFreak]

I'll just put this here.......

http://vimeo.com/77554170

[iwantspeed]

freaken awesome video

[e30polak]

More from the Shift S3ctor's Airstrip Attack

Photo credit: Moto Lyrics







And their Time Attack event at Big Willow.

Photo credit: BJ Lopez Photography

[e30polak]

The StopTech Trophy Big Brake Kit is in and waiting for the Forgestar wheels to show up to be mounted!


Front:
380mm x 32mm 2 Piece slotted rotors
ST60 6-piston calipers

Rear:
355mm x 32mm 2 Piece slotted rotors
ST40 4-piston calipers

[MR 325]

Wow that's awesome!

[e30polak]

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, Forgestars should be here in a few weeks, takes 6 weeks for them to be custom made... When we get them we'll get the tires mounted and get started on the fender flares.

A factory S54 engine harness and DME are being put back into the car as well, in order to get the M3's ABS to work.

After experiencing some fuel starvation on the track, we're also going with a Radium Engineering fuel surge tank.

Hopefully we will start the cage soon as well.

A few more pics from our friend Nick at NDK Photography: https://www.facebook.com/nick.kouris.9?fref=ts

[e30polak]

Also, here's a preliminary sketch I did of my vision for the car:

[oliver.r]

so much aero

[e30polak]

BIG UPDATE! The Forgestars are finally here! Kalon ordered 6 18x11s and 2 18x12s. We're going to see how the car does with a square set-up versus a staggered set-up on the track. :D

The E39 M5 3.15 ring an pinion are also being put in, along with a mild rebuild on the stock M3 diff. The longer gears will definitely help put the torque down better, as we get wheel spin at 80 in 4th gear on the freeway, with sticky 285s out back! :shock:

Radium Engineering also came on as a sponsor for a fuel surge tank and a dual AEM pump set-up to prepare us for E85 down the road. Those parts will be at the shop early next week!

Enough blabbing and onto the goods:

[e30polak]

So Radium Engineering came on as a sponsor for the project and hooked us up with one of their awesome fuel surge tank, which we will be setting up to dual AEM 320lph pumps to be ready for E85 if we decide to run that fuel.

This piece is absolutely gorgeous, and dealing with Radium for this product has been a great experience!

Please check out their website if you're in need of their products: http://www.radiumauto.com/

And go Like their Facebook page for us: https://www.facebook.com/radiumengineering










Also here are a few cleaner shots of the wheels, more to come as we start the fender flare process!

[Alpina]

Do you have any comparison with the performance of the car ,, vs other FAST cars,, ??

and straightline is enough to know

[e30polak]

Do you have any comparison with the performance of the car ,, vs other FAST cars,, ??

and straightline is enough to know

Sure, the car was 10mph faster then a McLaren MP4-12C in the 1/2 mile at the last Airstrip event, with wheelspin starting in 2nd at 50mph.

Here's the video:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater