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Thanks for being one of the early guinea pigs back in 2015-16 testing the new SPL parts, MCS's, etc... A lot of my decisions on the E82 build were thanks to you along with @warp10's build + @spooni for the weight loss tricks and Alex's @berns two awesome builds. Very excited to continue with this car, much better engine for driver development vs. BMW turbo engines who's torque can cover up your corner exit mistakes.
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If I ever see you out there on track, I'll be sure to say hello.
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I was actually thinking that it'd be really cool to plan a "OneLap of California" event if we could find a few track days throughout a week. Something like an SF/LA start up to Thunderhill, down to Sonoma/Laguna then to Buttonwillow/Willow Springs (or vice versa based on starting location). I'm going to start researching which weeks have a cluster of track events that match logistically with a tour north or south throughout CA. Would be awesome to get a private session at 1-2 of the HPDE events (obviously this wouldn't be competitive... maybe... )
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a "one lap of california" event would actually be pretty sweet. i looked into that one lap of america event a while back and was sort of turned off by the rules... no tow rigs, drive on the same tires you track on, road rally like time constraints.
we could always start up north and head south, and do it in a week and a half or something. thunderhill, sonoma, laguna, buttonwillow, big willow, and chuckwalla. each night after the track is a party and the next day is a travel day... each track is only about 4-5 hours from the next one.
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Starting in SF would probably make the most sense. Something like Thunderhill -> Sonoma/Laguna -> Buttonwillow -> Willow Springs / CVR -> home. It could also work in reverse but that drive from Thunderhill to LA for any SoCal people would really suck. (although the drive from Willow Springs to the Bay is awful too). Feels like towing would be ideal but it's so nice to just pull up ready to drive and not being limited to "55mph" between tracks. I'm down to help plan if other folks are interested, I have baby number 2 coming in December and have the okay from wifey so I'd probably have to go by Fall. Seems like the biggest hurdle will be finding events that align with the driving schedule between NorCal/SoCal.
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If you want to give your brakes a fighting chance install some brake ducts /hoses/ backing plates or air deflectors. These cars are heavy as $%^t ! Bigger the better. That along with some quality brake fluid. Your going to extend brake pad life as well with these. Love the E92 btw.
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Now if I didn't have 6 damn weddings to attend this summer I might actually have some time for the track!!
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Do you plan on doing this as well? https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1905157
If so, please let us know how it works. 2k for a steering wheel is a hard one to swallow
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I expect to have the wheel installed by next week and start working on the electronics later in June. I'm leaning towards just deleting all buttons except the horn and paddles since I don't use MDM anyways. I'm I'll keep the thread updated!
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Woooo I don't think I have seen this at Thunderhill yet, I go there monthly!
If you ever do, see you out there!
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I've been to Thunderhill once with this car... I'll be there 6/4 with HOD and will probably hit T-Hill West once a month throughout the year whenever there's a cheap Friday event.
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I used to run with Turn8 a lot and know Rome. Ran their time attack series a bit back in 2019-20' when I still had the white 1M clone. I'll hit you up next time I sign up for a SpeedSF/Turn8 event!
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Which provider is at laguna on 5-26
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@derbo pointed me here. Easiest to go to the Laguna calendar to see who's running when vs. going to all the individual providers websites.
https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/govern...track-calendar
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Took the car out with some coworkers for a casual day at Thunderhill (3 mile Cyclone) last weekend, first time running with HOD (gotta love catered lunch and salad bar ).
Unfortunately there were downpours Saturday night/Sunday AM and it was my first time at T-Hill on a wet track but the rain kept a lot of people away and the run groups were nice and small. This was my first time running into splitting issues on my RT660 tires at the wear bars. I know other folks have have had this pop up and I'm pretty sure it's from my aggressive (drifting) 2 weeks back at T-Hill West... this forced me to run 3yr old RE71Rs street tires for most of the day but I was quite impressed by their performance. After looking at some old data I planned to work on my T1 minimum speed and entry into the T7 kink up the hill most of the day as those high speed turns can cost you many tenths... I ended up running a 2:01.2 in semi-damp track conditions which I'm super happy with. The car ran great and I'm finally confident revving this engine >8k after a few days on track. So happy to be running NA, barely even miss the lack of torque! Wifey is preggers so I'll probably be taking a few weeks off while I wait for my Pinnacle roll cage and fix my splitter/bumper after a trailer failure :. I did get my OMP + Seems Legit Garage Paddles running and love the 330mm wheel, wish I had installed this before the track day. Feel free to PM me if you want more info on a budget DCT racing wheel setup.
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2:01 is pretty damn solid for damp conditions with Cyclone!
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I'm stoked with the time, I was actually a few tenths faster in the morning with cold ambients + slight damp conditions (only standing water was at T6-7 and T11-12) vs the afternoon in 85* heat when the track had dried up.
I hate Thunderhill / Buttonwillow summer weather with a passion : too bad Laguna sound restrictions make driving modded E92s hard to do. Gotta fab up Laguna pipes Here are more steering wheel pics, loving this thing!
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