Performance BMW — September 2017

52 PERFORMANCE BMW

E36 M3 Track Car

ENGINE

3.0-litre straight-six S50B30, End Tuning ECU remap

with rev limiter raised to 7500rpm, VTF Optiz carbon

air box, aFe Pro 5R air fi lter, Ramair 80mm cold air

intake, Supersprint rear box and de-cat, Varley Red

Top 30 race battery, red key battery isolator, E36

325tds seven-row oil cooler, ARP rod bolts, E36 M3

Evo twin pick-up sump, ‘pumpkin’ twin fuel pump

solution, Evans waterless coolant, Millers Oils CFS

10W-50 competition full synthetic engine oil, viscous

fan delete with Spal 350mm electric fan replacement

TRANSMISSION

ZF Type-C fi ve-speed manual gearbox, CAE shifter,

Goodridge braided clutch line, UUC clutch pedal bush,

CDV delete, Turner Motorsport single mass fl ywheel

(10.5lbs), M5 clutch, E46 ‘purple label’ 330Ci steering

rack, 3.73:1 ratio LSD with 188mm crown wheel and

pinion, Castrol Syntrax limited slip diff oil 75W-140,

Redline 75W140NS gear oil and Redline D4 synthetic

ATF mix

CHASSIS

8.5x18” (front) and 9x18” (rear) Hard Motorsport STW

centre lock wheels with single nut hub and 235/40

(front and rear) DMack tyres, Rogue Engineering 12mm

hub centric spacers (front), West Suffolk Racing stud

conversion kit, GAZ camber/castor adjustable front top

mounts, Rogue Engineering rear top mounts, Bilstein

PSS9 adjustable dampers with H&R 200mm springs

(110N/mm 629lbf/in) and 60mm helper springs

(143lbs) (front), H&R 250mm springs (600lbf/in) (rear),

Turner Motorsport rear camber arms with Powerfl ex

Black Series bushes, Powerfl ex rear subframe and

trailing arm bushes, AKG polyurethane diff bush, E36

Convertible chassis ‘X’ brace, Rogue Engineering

front strut brace, Mason Engineering rear brace tied

into rear subfe, Vibra-Technics engine mounts, UUC

Motorwerks red gearbox mounts, Turner Motorsport

30mm anti-roll bar (front) and 24mm (rear), Turner

Motorsport adjustable length rose-jointed anti-roll bar

drop links (front) and adjustable length anti-roll bar

drop links (rear), Treehouse Racing ‘eyeball’ arms,

Active Autowerks diff support, 3mm plate reinforced

front subframe, AP Racing CP5200 calipers with

330mm J hook discs (front), M3 Evo calipers with

StopTech 315mm 12 grooved and vented discs (rear),

Carbon Lorraine RC6 (front) and RC5 (rear) pads,

Turner Motorsport front brake duct backing plates,

Turner Motorsport 3” ducting hose, Goodridge braided

brake lines, AP Racing PRF 660 brake fl uid

EXTERIOR

BMW Motorsport fl ag decals, genuine E36 M3 GT

adjustable front splitter, gold-lined Geoff Steel Racing

GRP bonnet with AeroCatch locks, Mosley Motorsport

fog light aperture brake duct adaptors, OEM BMW

yellow lens headlights, S2R Tuning carbon fi bre

sunroof-delete panel, STW rear spoiler, Geoff Steel

Racing GRP boot lid with AeroCatch locks, ACW

Motorsport Lexan windows (rear screen, front and

rear side windows)

INTERIOR

OBP pedal box with brake bias adjust, Recaro Apex

seats with AJ Racing seat mounts, Sabelt 3” fi ve-

point harnesses, OMP pedal set, OMP Targa 330mm

steering wheel with 56mm BMW centre badge, OMP

quick release steering wheel boss, Geoff Steel

Racing carbon fi bre door cards, Porsche 997 GT3 red

door pulls, Safety Devices B037 roll-cage powder

coated black

DATA FI

LE

“

This M3’s engine bay does

not disappoint. It is dominated

by the massive VTF Opitz

carbon air box, which looks

absolutely awesome

”

Hole in bumper

serves as cold air

feed for engine

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