Ok so I driving home with a friend of mine after a Semi-Pro hockey game out in Laval, I was comin onto the 440 West, and I see this bimmer a few CL's up. My friend tells me to pull up, I get beside him, about 20 year old guy with a nice chick next to him. My friend asks him if he wants to go, I was not expecting my friend to ask, and when the guy said yes I got goose bumps, he said to slow down to 60KM or like 40Miles, anyways I am in 2nd and I assume so is he. Off the start I had maybe a 10inch lead, but he quickly closed that, and passed me, by the end of it all, at bout 120Miles, he had 1 1/2 - 2 Cl's on me, he waved me over into the next exit to a Tim Hortons. A really nice guy, and a REALLY nice girl, it was a 2002 M3, CAI, Exhaust, and a Rocket Power Superchip. When I heard all this I did not feel bad losing to him, at first I thought maybe it was my driving, because usualy M3's and my SS are closer races. But he gave me his cell number incase I ever wanna run again or just hangout at some meets, like I said this guy is very chill. Anyways I lost, and had a smile on my face the whole time!

Wish we had more Gentlemen racers like you in the States!

Bravo mon ami!

Greg

Sucks to hear you lost, but at least the guy was pretty cool about it. I think this is the first time I've heard of your SS losing;)

Yeah, first time I've heard you lose in your new car, man. :)

I posted something before when a vette had me for lunch at a track, but he runs low 11's so that did not count! This is my first loss on the street, I wanted to race a Viper, would of lost there, but he was like 70 years old! But I can admit defeat NP, hell it was fun losing, just cant make a habit of it ;)

Which CAI did he have? I was not aware of any except for the Hamann sport kit evo (which also includes a chip and exhaust) which REALLY produced power. According to Jim Conforti, a CAI cannot be made that produces power on this car.

No clue man, I dont know much bout bimmer parts. I can not tell who makes it just by looking at it. But i know it was there! Maybe he has that kit and lied bout the Rocket SuperChip, either way his car could really move!

CAI is stock on all E46 M3s.

homeboy was runnin game on you with "Rocket Power Superchip"

no such chip exists.

Brian

I know it does, go to www.ultracar.com thats what they have, its a local shop here in Montreal. Its the Icon superchip or whatever.

hey Silver SS, nice car you have there.

I hear the new M3's are pretty quick, haven't run into any yet on the street or the track. The few I ran into on the street I beat but they were older and most likely bone stock.

got any pics of your car? mods?

Thats the only pic I have, and it was taken by a friend at a local race track. Seeing how I dont have a Digital Camera I cant take any. I guess I should just buy my self one! I dont have any mods on the car as of yet, but this spring I want to have her running mid 12's.

I'm hoping for somewhere around 12.6-12.8 next time i get out to the track. Should have my 12 bolt by then, then I can run my slicks.

Yeah, i will be shooting for 12.4-12.6 in spring! Maybe I can even get it to like 12.0-12.2, that would be sweet!

why 12.0? Then that gives you that you could possibly turn into 11's, its all good though. Yeah, e46 ///m's are no slouch, they are even hell on a supra, good race though. Nice the guy wasnt an ass either. And the girl makes it all worth while :-D

lol shit, once I hit low 12's I will wanna get into the 11's, damnit this car will be a money pit :biglaughb

I only raced a few new M3's, 1-1-1 so I know they are the best race for me!

Once I get my car all done, I will call the guy and run him again, and make sure he brings his girl!

I'm in the process of building an iron block for my car. So far I am gathering the parts. Heres what I have so far:

6.0 LS based iron block, currently in machine shop being bored to 4.060
Cola forged crank
Oliver Forged rods
JE forged pistons with rings

I plan on having this all ready to go and assembled so whern I get my heads and cam I can swap them on to the iron block and swap the motor into the car. Witht he setup I am going for so far will yield 382 CI with stock stroke and the 4.060 bore. This means I can rev to about 7500 - 8000 RPM's and should expect about 480-550 RWHP all motor and with the forged internals and iron block it should take a 150 shot of N20 no problem. I expect to have everything done and the 12 bolt in the car by this next summer.

Shit man, I never thought of that! How much $$$ is that gonna run you? I am intrested in that now!

well my friend parts out cars and he is hooking me up with the block out of an escalade for 150$ + another 200$ for the machine work.

Crank was about 2200$
Rods were about 900$
pistons and rings for about 800$

getting the TR 224 cam for about 700 with pushrods and springs and retainers.

heads are 1800 from andy's auto. www.andysautoperformance.com

he is one of the best F-bod mechanics and has the best prices. People have seen about 440 RWHP off of his stage 2 heads and cam packages on stock bottom end.

so about 7000$ for a fully built forged motor. Also there is gonna be a ton of nickel and dime crap but the motor should be pretty strong.

Originally posted by BimmerDawg
Sucks to hear you lost, but at least the guy was pretty cool about it. I think this is the first time I've heard of your SS losing;)

Aghhh....A UGA fan!!!!!!:mad:

Be happy Clausen was hurt and couldn't play last week!:D

Keep something in mind, racing from a roll, ain't drag racing, too many factors, gearing being the biggest one. Go race him from a dead stop and see what happens...