Granted, the GT350 does tramline quite a bit, but such is the price you pay for wide wheels/tires, i.e. if the M4 could fit the same wheels/tires, it would run into the same issue. The spectrum of the race vs street car is about compromises and sounds like this guy pretty much desires a softer...
Funny as Dinan sold for years (and continues to sell) tunes for BMW N/A engines. Now the claims on a tune alone are very modest (~10 bhp on 400+ bhp N/A M3) which are probably more realistic compared to what other tuners are claiming. Will an N/A tune help reduce track times? Probably not!
The amount of oil in your JLT catch can sounds about like the rate mine catches oil (I also have JLT 3.0). Also, I ran the JLT on the driver's side and no oil ever got in even after track days, so I just put the stock hose back and only run passenger side.
Really curious as to what lap time effect is with this controller and if there is a substantial change in ride quality in comfort mode (being more compliant). If less than 1 sec impact on a 2.5 mile course probably not worth it unless professionally racing. What are the Porsche/Vette/Ferrari...
Nice writeup; I guess at SEMA there was a new upgraded stroked (to 5.4) Voodoo FPC engine from MAST Motorsports and Cortex racing. Stroked, new crank & rods, pistons, dry sump, bigger TB, and SuperSnake Intake. HP numbers not yet released...
Don't feel bad, have beautiful alloy rims on my M3 and scratches happen many of which I can't even pinpoint. Just noticed about a 3/4" one on my R rims and have no idea how it happened. If you street and track drive these cars, sooner or later the rims will get scrapes on them. Like others...
Yeah, can see the advantage of the rails. Makes it easier to do two wheel rotation/swaps simultaneously (L to R) and ability to use stands gives a safety margin when swapping break pads at the track. The thought of bearing such a heavy car only on a race jack while working on brakes makes me...
Would a rail be better for jack stands than the jack points? Would seem like there would be more flexibility with the rail and would distribute the load better.
Aftermarket stripes from Bigworm are much higher quality. The red lines on the factory stripes are printed on/fuzzy. Quality aftermarket stripes pop out a lot more.
It takes my car about 15-20 minutes of driving before gets up to 190-200, which is exactly the same time it takes my E90 M3 to warm up (which also has high revving 8600 rpm engine). Of course if revved higher early on, will heat up faster, but I wouldn't be doing that with this engine (keep...
Normal mode with exhaust on loud but steering in comfort, which I feel helps numb out the tram lining a bit on freeways especially. On certain tracks I may even try normal for suspension settings.
So some have been saying that if a GT350/R's engine has been replaced, its value will be diminished due to the chassis number and engine serial #s not matching...is this completely false as there is no engine identification number distinct from other 5.2FPC engines?