Well, our 6month long project finally got to see the track this weekend. We headed to Buttonwillow for a 2-day BMWCCA driving school. We've only put about 80 miles on the car since it's been ready to drive, and the majority of those miles was to a San Diego GTG event.
Details of the buildup are here.
My buddy and I both shared the car, so between the two of us we put in 8 solid sessions and 2 full tanks of gas.
Weather was absolutely fantastic for BW standards. Mid 80's and no WIND! The group of drivers was fierce. Had a 997 GT3 RS (replica) in the mix in my group.
And a host of M3's, MCoupes, 335's, and other really quick cars out there.
How'd the car do? Absolutely fantastic! Car couldn't have performed any better for our first time out there with this. Handling was surprisingly neutral with our H&R Coilovers. Toyo's held up great for all 8 sessions. Brakes worked a bit too well and would probably need a little work. I think our M/C is too small for the E36M3 calipers we're using. So the first bit of the pedal was soft, but then it bit like mAd.
Overall we couldn't be more pleased with the outcome so far. We ended the day with a lumpy idle, which we think is due to a small vacuum leak somewhere. Otherwise, we just got our spare 2.3L S14 motor delivered Friday. :)
Onto some pics.
A nice sequence of shots passing an E46 M3.
And on the following lap, another pass...
Some nice closeup shots from the pro of me..
335 giving the Point By
My buddy making the pass on a Lancer Evo8(?)
Details of the buildup are here.
My buddy and I both shared the car, so between the two of us we put in 8 solid sessions and 2 full tanks of gas.
Weather was absolutely fantastic for BW standards. Mid 80's and no WIND! The group of drivers was fierce. Had a 997 GT3 RS (replica) in the mix in my group.
And a host of M3's, MCoupes, 335's, and other really quick cars out there.
How'd the car do? Absolutely fantastic! Car couldn't have performed any better for our first time out there with this. Handling was surprisingly neutral with our H&R Coilovers. Toyo's held up great for all 8 sessions. Brakes worked a bit too well and would probably need a little work. I think our M/C is too small for the E36M3 calipers we're using. So the first bit of the pedal was soft, but then it bit like mAd.
Overall we couldn't be more pleased with the outcome so far. We ended the day with a lumpy idle, which we think is due to a small vacuum leak somewhere. Otherwise, we just got our spare 2.3L S14 motor delivered Friday. :)
Onto some pics.
A nice sequence of shots passing an E46 M3.
And on the following lap, another pass...
Some nice closeup shots from the pro of me..
335 giving the Point By
My buddy making the pass on a Lancer Evo8(?)
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