Snetterton 300 in M3 Evo track car following a Ferrari 430 challenge race car

[tommyl]

I'm new here and have recently bought a 172 Cup for daily use and track fun. Anyway, thought I'd share with you what I've been playing around in for the last few years. This is a video from Snetterton on Thursday in the car my best mate and I built together. Trying my hardest (and failing miserably) to keep with a Ferrari 430 Challenge car.

 

[Cr33do]

Alright Tommy. Are you a member on bmwforum with similar username? Geoff Steel M3 engine in 328?

If so very nice! And welcome along to cliosport these Clio's are pretty good fun on track by the way

 

[tommyl]

Alright Tommy. Are you a member on bmwforum with similar username? Geoff Steel M3 engine in 328?

If so very nice! And welcome along to cliosport these Clio's are pretty good fun on track by the way

Hi there. Yep that's me And, yeah, I'm looking forward to taking the Clio on track but there's some remedial work required first. I took the car to Mark Fish last week and they shifted the engine as much as they could (due to knocking and rubbing sounds!) but they're still there when you really give it some so I'm deliberating over all new OEM mounts or Vibratecnic.

 

[mini_nick]

Awesome drift at 3:45!

 

[tommyl]

Awesome drift at 3:45!

Cheers mate Although I'll admit I was kicking myself for letting that happen!

 

[Sean.]

nice smooth driving style you have! jenson button esque!

 

[Dunn]

nice bit of driving that mate

 

[Sam@NP]

Nice bit of peddling what the spec of the car? That gear leaver would do my tits in.

 

[JackJack]

Looks good! Got any pics of the car?

 

[tommyl]

Nice bit of peddling what the spec of the car? That gear leaver would do my tits in.

The car started as a 328i when we bought it 4 and a half years ago with the immediate intention of being a track car so straight off it had GAZ suspension, weld in cage designed and built by SHP Engineering, Performance Friction brake pads, Corbeau buckets, inlet manifold and throttle body mods (producing circa 220bhp) and other stuff.

It weighed 1277kg with a full tank of fuel and my mate Chris did a lap of the Ring in 8:24 on a track day in November 2008



At some point it got a respray in BMW Laguna Seca Blue.

Later again, it got aero:

 

[JackJack]

Looks really nice! And the spec sounds good.

 

[tommyl]

Then around 2 years ago it had a major redevelopment:

Geoff Steel Racing built 3.2 M3 Evo engine with carbon airbox and mapped by Wayne Schofield - 351 bhp
KW Clubsport suspension
E9x M Diff with 3.64 final drive
Chassis and diff carrier reinforcement
Eibach ARBs
and lots of other stuff including the rose jointed short shift

Another year later and a fire extinguisher and other race related items were fitted so we were able to race the car in the MSV Trackday Trophy last year. We only entered 2 races and I only did one of them. In both cases we won class A.

 

[RDH]

That is awesome dude.

 

[Hixle]

Love that! Nice driving mate.

 

[tommyl]

Cheers for the comments

 

[Englebert]

Nice Beemer! Are you going into a proper series?

 

[tommyl]

Nice Beemer! Are you going into a proper series?

Hi. Yeah my mate should be entering a round or two of the Kumho BMW championship this year.