E9x M3 LAP TIMES (Road Course)

[ortho281]

Track: COTA
Date: November 19, 2017
Lap Time: 2:29.09 (Solo DL)
Car: 2011 E92 M3
Estimated weight with driver: 3300
Estimated whp: 350 WHP
Tires: 275 R7's (8th heat cycle)
Weather: 62 degrees, Sunny

[M3MPH1S]

2010 E92 M3 DCT
Track/course: Road Atlanta
Date: Dec 03, 2017
Best Lap Time: 1:45.09 (Harry's/Solo DL)
Brakes: Stock rotors/calipers with Pagid RS19 pads
Tires: Pilot Super Sports - 265/30/19, 295/30/19
Suspension: KW Clubsport 2 way, -2.0F/-1.6R
Other mods: RPI xpipe+muffler, drop-in filter
Weather: 50-60F

[dogbone]

It doesn't look like people are spending much time in here these days, but I'll still post new personal bests in here. (For more commentary, I'll post in my build thread.)

2009 E90 M3
Track/course: Chuckwalla CW
Best Lap Time: 1:53.64 (transponder)
Brakes: AP Racing - Front: Essex 9668 Rad-CAL. Rear: Stillen non-Radi-CAL CP6602.
Pads: Cobalt Friction XR2 front/XR3 rear
Tires: Pirelli Slicks (old)
Suspension: JRZ RS Pro
Other mods: VF620, RD Sport front sway bar, car is gutted with full roll cage, APR 67" GT-250 wing, carbon lip, APR front splitter, AJ Hartmann Canards, Track Spec Hood Vents, Akrapovic X-Pipe, exhaust: straight through with resonators, do88 DCT cooler, Recaro Pro Racer halo seat, DSC-off

Video shows two laps: 1:54.2, 1:53.6

[slicer]

Flying out there! ^^^

I was the white E92 in your run group.

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by slicer

Flying out there! ^^^

I was the white E92 in your run group.

Thanks!

Yeah, I saw you out there. Car looks good. Did you get some good laps in? (And what was up with that mystery GTR guy who annoyed everyone and was too awesome to go to the driver download meetings? )

[slicer]

Originally Posted by dogbone

Thanks!

Yeah, I saw you out there. Car looks good. Did you get some good laps in? (And what was up with that mystery GTR guy who annoyed everyone and was too awesome to go to the driver download meetings? )

I had a great time - as always. Yes, I got some good laps in but was struggling a little with the car. I made some changes before the event and was not happy with the results. I didn't improve my previous best time. That being said, I enjoyed the day, didn't wreck, nothing broke and worked on some car control.

Yes, that GTR guy was interesting. Even more interesting was the McLaren 720s that was doing parade laps. I have never seen anything so fast, go so slow.

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by slicer

Even more interesting was the McLaren 720s that was doing parade laps. I have never seen anything so fast, go so slow.

yeah.....it's tough when you have novice drivers in a high-intermediate group. I really believe that when people are signing up, their egos get in the way.....There's no way that they're gonna sign up for a Novice Group with a $400,000 car. Ironically, at many events, the Novice group has the least amount of people in it. They'd actually have a much better time without 20 "inferior" cars breathing down their neck.

[slicer]

Originally Posted by dogbone

yeah.....it's tough when you have novice drivers in a high-intermediate group. I really believe that when people are signing up, their egos get in the way.....There's no way that they're gonna sign up for a Novice Group with a $400,000 car. Ironically, at many events, the Novice group has the least amount of people in it. They'd actually have a much better time without 20 "inferior" cars breathing down their neck.

Amen.

[joe@trinityautosport]

'08 E92 M3 6 spd
Track/Course: Chuckwalla CW
Best Lap Time: 1:54.7
Brakes: Stoptech Trophy St60/St40 (ST45 front pads & Stoptech Street rear pads)
Tires (Size & Model): Pirelli DH
Suspension: JRZ Motorsport Double Adjustable with SWIFT
Other Mods: Macht Schnell Stage 2 intake, Custom 2 into 1 Exhaust, Macht Schnell Solid Subframe/Diff Bushings, Fall Line Carbon Driveshaft, Custom Splitter, Brook Motorsports Wing, Full Roll Cage, AJ Harman Canards, RDSport Pulley, CF Trunk, Fiber Glass Doors

@dogbone that was the first hot lap

[okusa]

Originally Posted by joe@trinityautosport

'08 E92 M3 6 spd
Track/Course: Chuckwalla CW
Best Lap Time: 1:54.7
Brakes: Stoptech Trophy St60/St40 (ST45 front pads & Stoptech Street rear pads)
Tires (Size & Model): Pirelli DH
Suspension: JRZ Motorsport Double Adjustable with SWIFT
Other Mods: Macht Schnell Stage 2 intake, Custom 2 into 1 Exhaust, Macht Schnell Solid Subframe/Diff Bushings, Fall Line Carbon Driveshaft, Custom Splitter, Brook Motorsports Wing, Full Roll Cage, AJ Harman Canards, RDSport Pulley, CF Trunk, Fiber Glass Doors

@dogbone that was the first hot lap

Nice lap Joe. Fiberglass doors ...nice! Are they available for E90? What's your current weight?

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by joe@trinityautosport

@dogbone that was the first hot lap

haha yeah I was standing in the paddock watching you go by. The roostertail of dust was quite impressive! And that's an awesome camera angle.

[roastbeef]

damn, you weren't kidding about the sand on the track... they don't use one of those blower trucks in the morning?

[elim11]

08 E90 M3 6 spd
Track/Course: Autoclub Speedway
Best Lap Time: 1:52.886
Brakes: PFC BBK w/ Cobalt Friction Pads XR1 Front, XR2 Rear
Tires (Size & Model): NT01 275/35/18
Suspension: KW Clubsport
Other Mods: Exhaust, Testpipe, ECU Tune

[Melchior]

Car: 2011 E92 M3 DCT
Suspension: KW Clubsports, Eibach FSB
Brakes: StopTech ST-40 Fronts, EAS Rear Rotors, PFC-08 Pads Front/Rear
Mods: Challenge Sport Xpipe w/ HFCs, Megan Exhaust, AA Pulley, MS Intake, BPM Tune, Recaro Race Seats
Tires: 265/35/18 Nexen SUR4G on ARC8 18x10.5 Front/Rear
Weight: 3500 lbs w/ driver

Track: High Plains Raceway (HPR)
Best Lap Time:1:57.2
The repave is FAST! My best Lap was a 1:56.9, but I didn’t get video.

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by elim11

08 E90 M3 6 spd
Track/Course: Autoclub Speedway
Best Lap Time: 1:52.886
Brakes: PFC BBK w/ Cobalt Friction Pads XP10 Front, 12 Rear
Tires (Size & Model): NT01 275/35/18
Suspension: KW Clubsport
Other Mods: Exhaust, Testpipe, ECU Tune

(Regarding your brake pads: XP10 and XP12 are Carbotech pads. Cobalt Friction has the XR series.)

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by Melchior

Car: 2011 E92 M3 DCT
Suspension: KW Clubsports, Eibach FSB
Brakes: StopTech ST-40 Fronts, EAS Rear Rotors, PFC-08 Pads Front/Rear
Mods: Challenge Sport Xpipe w/ HFCs, Megan Exhaust, AA Pulley, MS Intake, BPM Tune, Recaro Race Seats
Tires: 265/35/18 Nexen SUR4G on ARC8 18x10.5 Front/Rear
Weight: 3500 lbs w/ driver

Track: High Plains Raceway (HPR)
Best Lap Time:1:57.2
The repave is FAST! My best Lap was a 1:56.9, but I didn’t get video.

I love seeing fresh pavement on a track!! How much time did the repave give you? At Buttonwillow, everyone was basically given a 2 second gift after the repave. It took about 3-4 months before the pavement shed that fresh blacktop greasiness and got some good rubber laid down. Once it matured, it was fantastic.

[Melchior]

Originally Posted by dogbone

I love seeing fresh pavement on a track!! How much time did the repave give you? At Buttonwillow, everyone was basically given a 2 second gift after the repave. It took about 3-4 months before the pavement shed that fresh blacktop greasiness and got some good rubber laid down. Once it matured, it was fantastic.

The repave was worth 2.7 secs for me, compared to my personal best on RE71Rs. I don’t know how the Nexens compareon track, but at an autocross they are fairly equal to the Bstones.

Minimum speeds through every corner are up 2-4 mph. I could brake deeper and get on power sooner, it felt like I was driving on rcomps. The surface is still fairly fresh, with only a handful of days run on it so far. You’re comments on the surface getting even better as the oils dry out and it get rubbered in, as well as the aggregate in the surface getting more exposed, match what I’ve seen and read, still hard to imagine going even faster.

[elim11]

Originally Posted by dogbone

(Regarding your brake pads: XP10 and XP12 are Carbotech pads. Cobalt Friction has the XR series.)

Thanks I always get them confused. Edited.

[macdude357]

Originally Posted by slicer

Even more interesting was the McLaren 720s that was doing parade laps. I have never seen anything so fast, go so slow.

The McLaren actually started the day in the Green group. There was quite a conga line in the first session.

[dogbone]

Went to Buttonwillow 13CW and put down a new personal best: 1:47.21.

(I'll comment on the day on my build thread.)

2009 E90 M3
Track/course: Buttonwillow 13CW
Best Lap Time: 1:47.21 (AIM Solo DL and video)
Brakes: AP Racing - Front: Essex 9668 Rad-CAL. Rear: Stillen non-Radi-CAL CP6602.
Pads: Cobalt Friction XR2 front/XR3 rear
Tires: Pirelli DH Slicks
Suspension: JRZ RS Pro
Other mods: VF620, RD Sport front sway bar, car is gutted with full roll cage, APR 67" GT-250 wing, carbon lip, APR front splitter, AJ Hartmann Canards, Track Spec Hood Vents, Akrapovic X-Pipe, exhaust: straight through with resonators, do88 DCT cooler, Recaro Pro Racer halo seat, DSC-off

[joe@trinityautosport]

Originally Posted by okusa

Nice lap Joe. Fiberglass doors ...nice! Are they available for E90? What's your current weight?

Thanks! I'm not sure if anyone that I know makes it, but I'm sure dogbone know's someone.

Originally Posted by dogbone

haha yeah I was standing in the paddock watching you go by. The roostertail of dust was quite impressive! And that's an awesome camera angle.

Crazy lol! The camera was tilted down too much

Originally Posted by roastbeef

damn, you weren't kidding about the sand on the track... they don't use one of those blower trucks in the morning?

They did in the AM.

Originally Posted by dogbone

Went to Buttonwillow 13CW and put down a new personal best: 1:47.21.

(I'll comment on the day on my build thread.)

2009 E90 M3
Track/course: Buttonwillow 13CW
Best Lap Time: 1:47.21 (AIM Solo DL and video)

Very nice!

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by joe@trinityautosport

Thanks! I'm not sure if anyone that I know makes it, but I'm sure dogbone know's someone.

As far as I know, there is no vendor in the USA that has a production set of ready-to-go carbon or fiberglass doors for an E90 M3.

M24 in Germany makes a carbon door set for E90 M3. You can even tell them if you want super light doors and they'll adjust the amount of resin in the carbon. I checked into it years ago. As always, import duty and shipping add significantly to the cost....

I’ve talked to a couple fabricators in the USA. With these kinds of things, you generally want to be the second guy buying them....not the first. So, you gotta try to group together several guys----4 seems to be the magic number to make it affordable. But it’s tough to find a bunch of sedan guys that have committed to full cages and are willing to pay for fiberglass or carbon doors.

Originally Posted by dogbone

Went to Buttonwillow 13CW and put down a new personal best: 1:47.21.

Originally Posted by joe@trinityautosport

Very nice!

Thanks! I'm curious to see the lap times at Buttonwillow this weekend. I can't be there due to some family commitments, but I'll watch on RaceHero!