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Originally Posted by omgzirra_exe
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I see you're in texas, i suggest consulting OG Shark
OG Shark Motorsport
📍Spring Branch, TX
this way you can at least show up in person, talk shop, see what he has going on in person and make the sound decisions.
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omgzirra_exe 
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Originally Posted by Brainofjjj
All- back in an e92 after a 12 year hiatus, went racing for a few years and then deep into Porsche world. I'm back with newly acquired 2013 that has some decent interior bits, some maintenance and some KW V3 Club sports.
The car will be used at ECR, MSR and COTA with some street use so not going whole hog on the aero or weight savings. I'll also tackle this in stages.
I'm taking it down to COTA at the end of September, my goal before then is to install the AP brakes 've already bought and have the car track prepped, nut & bolted.
Trying to plan suspension updates to include the full SPL kit and updated bushings. Is there one single vendor widely known to steer you right with parts choices? I used Bimmerworld a long time ago for my race car build but wondering if there's anyone else i should consider?
Lastly, is there a good recipe for suspension updates for a 50/50 car like mine? I know not to go solid all around but do any of you have good reccomendations?
I'm coming from a GT4RS and want something that feels similar in regards to chassis dynamics.
----one edit - i like the Ground control kit a bit more than SPL now since it has boots over the rod ends.
Thanks!
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Brainofjjj there are a lot of good vendors/shops around in the BMW world still (and welcome back). Bimmerworld is an excellent resource for sure. They have pretty much everything and have done pretty much everything BMW. They are one of our bigger sources for parts as a wholesaler - excellent service, support, information, etc. Suspension specific in the damper world they are an excellent source for MCS bits.
We can certainly help with anything E92 related as well. We have built several E9x M3s - from dedicated street cars all the way to full on race cars in sanctioned classes (and everything in between). We are not exactly local to you (a bit north of San Antonio here) but do have cars from all over the country come here for work (right now cars from Cali, NC, FL, & exotic Houston are here). We are turn key here except for paint - suspension, drivetrain, fabrication, etc. The biggest thing I like to stress with customers is to develop as much of a progression plan as you can especially when a build is in stages. Definitely want to make sure parts are not just an upgrade for the present but will also fit into the future plans for the car.
If you are going to the Chin event at COTA at the end of Sept. we are actually going to be there too. We are delivering a full track build F87 that weekend with the customer flying in to drive COTA before taking it home. I'll be bringing an F87 too in support of his weekend but we can also bring up one of our E92s if you would like to take a look at what we like to do with them. I have been pretty deep in the S55 world the last couple of years but the E9x M3 is actually where my heart is. Also ECR is my favorite track in TX. The road course is phenomenal and love the off road component as well. Cresson has some extremely fast E9x M3s running around as well so could be some good resources for you there too as well.
For COTA in particular it is all about brakes and cooling. Make sure you are good there before going. The APs will handle everything you can throw at them but also make sure your cooling is up to snuff. do88 is the answer here just fyi. ECR is not quite as hard on either as COTA but still tax them pretty well too. Cresson is a bit behind of both on stressing the car though.
Feel free to holler at me if you have any questions. Even if you do not end up using us we still love to talk E9x M3. I can even see if I can dig up some of my video passing factory Pcar GT4s in our shop built M3 back when we actually had time to race. Also welcome to stop by the shop anytime if you happen to be in the area.
-Jason