Here is a run down on the build. Most or some of you has seen some part of this cars progress though I have not been on the board in some time, thought I would update.

Ground up build.

Chassis 1995 M3

Chassis fully removed of all sealer and under coating

Chassis full fresh paint electric green (inside - outside - underside, etc,.)

McMahan cage (fully gusseted - front and rear towers capped - shock tower & subframe ties in)

Custom side exit exhaust (floor boxed & bead rolled)

Euro 3.2

VAC filter housing

Custom Oil filter

Kromer Kraft headers

Full custom Burns Stainless exhaust

JB Racing Double disk clutch & flywheel package

Moton 3 - way shocks

TCK Camber Plates

Speedway torsion w/ dog leg arm(s) sway bar w/ custom mount

Brembo big brakes

SSR 18x9 Comps

Many set of Pirelli Slicks & Hoosier Race tires

Full Mono-ball suspension (control arms - tie rods - trailing arms - rear arms, etc,.)

Drop control arms & tie rods

Full solid aluminum subframe mounts front & rear

Tilton overhung triple master pedal assembly

Custom steering shaft - support and linkage

Woodward Quick release hub

Momo MOD 31 Steering wheel

Steering -seating postition & pedals brought way back

Recaro SPG Racer Seat

Euro manual rack

Custom diff w/ Factory 3.91 Motorsport gear set

Custom build BIG Fluidyne radiator

Stack Data system

Moroso 6 Rocker switch panel

BLUE SEA SYSTEMS 12 row fuse block

Full Lexan

Full MASHAW panels

I'm sure I left out some goodies, will update with a few shots

Ryan James

you don't mess around

Here is a run down on the build. Most or some of you has seen some part of this cars progress though I have not been on the board in some time, thought I would update.


Dude, pics!!!

-Carlos.

I was just wondering the other day what happened to this car. I remember the green paint looking amazing, can't wait to see the updates.

Yea, I think I remember seeing a pic you posted over a year ago? Car was lookin sweet then, if it's the one I'm thinking of.

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Ah, so still some ways to go, but coming along very nicely.

Did you make a mount for the right side net?

nice. are those steel doors or composite?

Looks great, although I do spy some cobwebs...

Can't you just run the RSN off of the dash bar?

Thanks for the pics...that is one hell of a project!

how much does it cost for that kind of paint job?

Lets talk about this, ....

I was just thinking about this in the shower this AM... Haaaaaa.... (hey, ... I wet sanded my wing in the shower last week... ;) )
Hi stress areas. Coments on this setup??? Just how are they made? Still tappered to fit where the ball joints were?

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Hmmmm, .... dosen't let me copy and paste pic here. It's the pic of the front controle arm and tie rod

I'd love so see pics of the swaybar setup.

nice. are those steel doors or composite?

MA Shaw Composite based on the little "bridge" across the window slot.

Hi stress areas. Coments on this setup??? Just how are they made? Still tappered to fit where the ball joints were?

Those appear to be RRT parts. Before going to tubular front control arms, we ran the same setup using E46 control arms. In a perfect world, you'd use a custom front subframe and a custom upright, with double shear mounts all around in order to move roll centers and adjust out bump steer (similar to what BMW did in the E30 DTM cars). In a world of budget or rules constraints, this setup proves to work quite well. This exact setup has been proven on our car, the RRT E46, and Revis' E46 World Challenge car. Very similar setups have been proven on most every E46 World Challenge car ever to run, as well as PTG's E46 M3's that ran in Grand-Am a few years ago. While it's not optimal, the forces were calculated out and adequate sphericals and hardware were chosen for a suitable safety factor. If it didn't fail on the Sebring bumps (with big slicks on our car) and the Daytona banks on PTG's M3's, it's likely not going to fail anywhere.

And to somewhat answer your question, the holes on the uprights are drilled out and the spacer has a smaller diameter upper portion that presses into the upright. The hardware passes straight through. We still run the same spacers on our tubular control arms.

^^ I was wondering if a custom stud was machined from 8xxx stock or if the upright was modified to fit standard graded hardware.

Sick build.

Care to explain the odd radiator neck?

funny ........ check out this thread posted over at "rides and stylin" today

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=919598

Did those Motons come from us?

Sick build.

Care to explain the odd radiator neck?


I've seen that radiator on a few S54 and Euro motored cars. I think that core has an integrated oil cooler built in as well. You can see some AN fittings on the lower passenger side.

Those appear to be RRT parts. Before going to tubular front control arms, we ran the same setup using E46 control arms. In a perfect world, you'd use a custom front subframe and a custom upright, with double shear mounts all around in order to move roll centers and adjust out bump steer (similar to what BMW did in the E30 DTM cars). In a world of budget or rules constraints, this setup proves to work quite well. This exact setup has been proven on our car, the RRT E46, and Revis' E46 World Challenge car. Very similar setups have been proven on most every E46 World Challenge car ever to run, as well as PTG's E46 M3's that ran in Grand-Am a few years ago. While it's not optimal, the forces were calculated out and adequate sphericals and hardware were chosen for a suitable safety factor. If it didn't fail on the Sebring bumps (with big slicks on our car) and the Daytona banks on PTG's M3's, it's likely not going to fail anywhere.

And to somewhat answer your question, the holes on the uprights are drilled out and the spacer has a smaller diameter upper portion that presses into the upright. The hardware passes straight through. We still run the same spacers on our tubular control arms.

Are these still available from RRT?

I want the same front control arm set up and swaybar, can you tell me who did it for you?

Are these still available from RRT?

I'm sure they can put together anything you need.

I'm sure they can put together anything you need.

I called them about 6 weeks ago and asked about my options. They said that they didn't offer much that would help me because most of their stuff is one-off now and they would need my car. Maybe I wasn't clear enough in what I wanted.

The front suspension set up was from RRT, not sure what is avaiable now as I had this put together some time ago.

As for the sway bar you would be susprised how affordable it is. The bar itself is quite standard, though you have to figure out which rate would best suite your application - wall thickness - length - diameter, etc, - all based off your set up. The arms are basic as well- again determine your length and angle.

The sway bar mount can be a bit tricky. I opted to have a rigid mount welded to the frame rails.

Here is a link to get you in the right direction...

http://www.1speedway.com/Swaybars.htm

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pic of the sway bar, the arms are not hooked up. the location of my mount was determined by a few factors. (notice where the factory mount still attached) If I were to make a mount in the factory location (a) the bar the would have to set under the sump pan (b) the arms would have been vertical to the attachment point, which was ill advised by speedway. I had decided to push the mount forward and have the arms come in perpendicular to the control arms and also leave clearance for a possible dry sump pump.

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Where did you get the front strut tower reinforcements that are welded on the top of the strut towers? The ones in the pic below.

I bought factory shock tower / wheel well assy(s) and cut the towers off and formed them over the existing towers.

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Very nice build. Well though out in many areas.

Chris

I bought factory shock tower / wheel well assy(s) and cut the towers off and formed them over the existing towers.

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How hard is that to strech the metal, and how did you do it? Heat? English wheel?

The front suspension set up was from RRT, not sure what is avaiable now as I had this put together some time ago.

As for the sway bar you would be susprised how affordable it is. The bar itself is quite standard, though you have to figure out which rate would best suite your application - wall thickness - length - diameter, etc, - all based off your set up. The arms are basic as well- again determine your length and angle.

The sway bar mount can be a bit tricky. I opted to have a rigid mount welded to the frame rails.

Here is a link to get you in the right direction...

http://www.1speedway.com/Swaybars.htm

ryan jamesThanks for the info - I figured you had to do something to avoid the sump with a straight swaybar. Schroeder is another company that makes the same sort of products.

new race car.

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new race car.

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Nice, me likey!

Bump for a cool car, any new updates?

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I noticed this is does not appear to be the stock brake and clutch pedal assembly. Who makes this assembly?

I noticed this is does not appear to be the stock brake and clutch pedal assembly. Who makes this assembly?



Tilton overhung triple master pedal assembly

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It's a 600 series pedal set with steel pedals.