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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
As you know, I've done the whole, take a performance spec 3 series and modify it to be track worthy thing. It's not worth it to me, hence just buying an out of the box car and being done with it.
Mission is a really shitty track to draw comparisons from. I ran Mission full stock, just SRF and that's a matter of safety not "mods". I didn't overheat (at all) either.
I didn't overheat (into limp mode) at last VIMC day. I didn't do any CD (having too much fun chasing friend's E46 M3) and temperatures rose to 60% but no limp mode. And honestly, as my underbody was gone, there was no OEM ducting for cooing either + I'm now tuned.
That said CD laps are important, regardless of car or "overheating" issues. I learned that the hard way remember? Crappy NoStop pads blew up lol.
M cars require heavy camber adjustments. I run stock camber specs. Literally just fluid for safety and out on track.
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Mission is a shitty track, but it exposes a lot of car weaknesses like no other. You can live with the stock camber on the shitty BMW mac struts, just have no shoulders left after 2 days. Mission also favours FWD cars heavily.
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Originally Posted by RabidRat
We're just getting old, man  .
The demographic on this forum is creeping up on 40, and NVH matters now. And really, the perception that the car is track-ready is more important than it actually being track ready.
It's about the experience, not about what it actually is. We won't remember our lap times at the end of our lives, but we sure will remember the good times from the drive, and being around good people. |
So hear me out, I'm so enjoying the quiet cushy couch that is the X5. Last night a friend came to code the car for me so I can get more range out of the battery. We sat in the car and just tried out the Bowers system that everyone raves about.
There are some days where I drive the M3 out and I think I'm too tired for this today.