The reason those Subarus and Evos blow up is because those chassis are so bad that to get a decent lap, you need 1000hp lol.
Has anyone put an N54 into an E46?
What are the chassis differences between the M and non M chassis?
I understand the suspension is different.
Different how?
Lastly, could the E9x 335 be a good startingpoint?
Cheap and has theN54 already.
Reason for the N54 swap into E46 is that being a bmw engine, I could build it for street, not limited.
Just some thoughts.
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Originally Posted by dogbone
hehe it tells us that Jenson Little was fricking flying in that thing! And that car didn't have all the crazy exterior mods. It looked super mellow on the surface but was a monster underneath.
haha I don't have any partcular love for Subaru. But you gotta admit, when they're setup, they are damn fast.
My garage mate at Super Lap at COTA last year was running two cars at the event. One of them was a Subaru Street Class. He didn't get a full session in without the head gasket going. Even with the car limping around, he got 2nd in Street. He said the car would go sub-2:20 if it was healthy.
I feel bad for the Mitsubishi EVO team that's shown up to Buttonwillow GTA for the last two years and still has not put down a full pace lap. 2019, it suffered a fire on the first hot lap. 2020, it had some steering issue that prevented full pace. The car is supposed to be able to put down at least a 1:40......Was running 10 seconds off pace.....I hear there are many hundreds of thousands of dollars in that build......
I don't hear people placing much emphasis on reliability in time attack, but I think it's important. I guess if you have a huge budget, you just keep fixing things as they break. I don't come to motorsport with that kind of budget.....
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