A race bmw 316, m10, s14, m20, turbo, na, its been the lot!

[Graham]

my race car, the worlds most powerfull 316- probably?

although we have been talking about my car in another forum i thought it time i put it here seeing as it is a competition car

Body
1988 E30 2 door 316
Custom Cages weld in multipoint cage
fibreglass bonnet, radically lightened doors
polycarbonate windows all round

engine
E30 m3 S14 16v evo2 (215 bhp std)
fitted with E30 s14 evo3 87mm stroker crank
94mm 2.8 v6 turbo accralite pistons on m10 conrods
2415cc
7.7:cr
.5mm overize race exhaust valves
48mm throttle bodies
retimed std cams
very light steel flywheel
hybrid turbo technics T38 turbo
home made exhaust manifold and 3 inch exhaust system
homemade inlet plenum
sierra RS500 race intercooler
electric waterpump
Anglia radiators hybrid radiator
grey Yb cossy injectors (way too small bigger ones on way)
Emerald M3DK ecu

transmission
7.25 twin plate sintered AP paddle clutch
E30 M3 gearbox and prop
E30 325 3.46 LSD

Brakes
EBC yellow pads
motul race fluid
mk2 escort bias pedal box
front brakes willwood superlite 4 pots and 300mm discs
rear brakes std E30 325 discs minus back plates, handbrake totally removed- rear brakes due to be further to be uprated

shocks
Leda Adustable ride height and damping coil overs all round, rears rose jointed

rear suspension,
poly bushes, E30 m3 rear roll bar, bmw Zm3 coupe diff mount, upsidedown axle mount bushes

front suspension
E30 325 touring aluminium wishbones
318is PAS rack with power steering removed
rubber coupling removed from steering shaft
rose jointed track rod ends
quick release steering wheel
poly bushes
redrilled TAS universal top mounts
3 position adjustable anti roll bar

wheels and tyres
compomotive 8x15 200/580/15 slick front
compomotive 9x17 235/610/17 slick rear

at the time of posting waiting for new bigger injectors so more power to come
but at the moment 404bhp, 405lbft @5700rpm using 12psi boost

[mk1 gaz]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

bad to the bone

[luz008]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

very nice

[PIG]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

oh i like that

[Dave]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

Apologies if you have already said,
what series are you racing in, where and when?
Would like to come and watch sometime.
Belting car.

[Graham]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

it will be out in the Dunlop track and race car championship, the championship caters for every thing from fiesta's and X/flow powered mk1 escorts AKA Andy Pipe to fire breathing monsters, like Rod Birleys 541bhp WRC Escort and John Cross's V8 Eurocar engined Focus

[Retromotorsport]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

Graham, is the rear bumper getting painted or are you waiting to see if a certain VW is signed up again

Its gonna be fun out there this year..

[Dave]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

Bugger! all down south again.
I'll probably make one of them though.

[david_white]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

Thats looking very handsome Mr Bahr. Wish we'd made it to the rollers now to see it.

I'm sure thats gonna suprise quite a few people this year.

Did you run without the pas last year, and is that a quick rack??

[markb]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

very nice indeed. I'm looking forward to seeing this go!

[Sharon]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

Looking good Graham cant wait to see it on the track this year

[Graham]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

Thats looking very handsome Mr Bahr. Wish we'd made it to the rollers now to see it.

I'm sure thats gonna suprise quite a few people this year.

Did you run without the pas last year, and is that a quick rack??

dont look too close at the paintwork diabolical would be too kind a word for but but its ok from a distance.

yes i ran without pas last year, car was non power in the first place, so a power rack is a bit quicker, but without the hydralics isn't heavy.
in my opinion and experience you dont really need a quick rack on a tarmac race car as long as you can get it to turn in properly, on slicks on tarmac is if you cant recover a slide with half turn of lock or less you not going to ,quick rack or not!

thats not to say they dont have there place they do particulary on the loose, i guess it also has to be born in mind most beemers arn't as tail happy as escorts

[Graham]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

Graham, is the rear bumper getting painted or are you waiting to see if a certain VW is signed up again

Its gonna be fun out there this year..

its staying black, bring on mr inskip and let him try to get close enough to try those tricks again

that said theres a chap on another certain forum who has posted in black and white how he's going to blow me away on the straights in a fiesta!
ok its turbo'd but he thinks 250bhp is fast but he really believes hes gonna out drag me!

bring emm on i say, last year i set out to prove a concept, this year i mean business, which probably means i'm gonna spend half the season in a gravel trap or the percy: percy: percy:

[Retromotorsport]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

which probably means i'm gonna spend half the season in a gravel trap or the percy: percy: percy:

That, Sir, is the Pre-Season quote of the year

[Graham]

Re: worlds most powerfull bmw 316?

rolling road update,

to recap, last time we ran it the engine went danerously lean at high revs so we had to abort, so we rebooked the rollers and ordered some bigger injectors

went back to the rollers today but unfortunatly the injectors are somewhere over the Atlantic at the moment, so we had to be content with trying to back the boost off enough to get the mixture safe enough to race on, it sort of worked, the lowest we could get is 8psi and its still going lean at just over 6000 but its safe enough to race on if i keep the revs down

knocking the boost back has dropped peak torque to 350lbft, but as i can rev it on further than before peak power is 425bhp, which should be more than enough for this coming weekends shake down, and even then wway to much if the rain thats forecast happens