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Please do! And let us know what you find!
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Went to High Plains Raceway here in CO with my E92 on Friday. There weren't very many cars so they ran open track. I like it when I can just set my own driving schedule on an open track day. Drove 6 sessions by 11:30. Was ready to go home by lunch.
This was the first time I drove hard with maximum camber. With max camber and my original suspension settings, the tail wanted to step out quite a bit with max camber. (It was much more mellow and tending to understeer with less camber.) I adjusted the suspension during the day and was able to get a neutral feel when when breaking grip and dealing with the corners. I developed some kind of tech problem. The car got me home, but it's not driving correctly. We are guessing that one of the coil packs may have failed. I'll look into it soon. There are no error codes. The car is going to need some refreshing love. The last oil sample report from Blackstone did not look awesome. The front rotors need replacing. There's a number of things needed to get the car back running it's best. I was able to improve with new scrubs and just being more familiar with the track. Took off over 2 seconds. Put down a 1:58.6. I'm still not driving consistently. The AIM shows I can do better (Doesn't it always?). But at least I know the track now and can concentrate on building consistency. Anyway I'm enjoying the process of learning a new track and driving a different setup car than what I'm used to. (The difference in weight between the two cars is very noticeable. I'm used to tossing the track car into turns and it sticks......yeah.....the extra 400 lbs in the E92 makes it....uh....not stick nearly as well.....haha). The E92 won't get gutted or aero or stuff like that. It's a daily driver that has brakes and suspension and is full weight. I'll be curious to see what lap times it can put down as time goes on. But first, I need to get it back running healthy..... Here's the video:
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Thanks! I'm pushing to the edge of grip (and past the grip limit) in the corners so the car looks a bit lively. I had to catch the car a number of times during the day. But it's fun when I go past the grip limit with the E92 because it happens at slower speeds than the E90 and it's easy to catch.
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If I had to guess, I think the camera is rattling just slightly in the GoPro case. I bet if you put a small piece of cloth on the backside of the camera between the camera and the case door, it would stop the rattling.
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Hey dogbone,when you have a chance, could you post some photos of the underside of your splitter and fender vents?
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As far as the fender vents, I do not have any pictures of them from the bottom-side. Honestly, there's nothing to see. I have lots of pics from the top though: As far as sizing the vents, one of the main considerations is the windshield reservoir on the passenger side. If you go back too far, you'll expose it. I never planned on covering the vent----I was going for Viper ACR style. If you were going to put some kind of mesh or vent louvers, I guess you have more flexibility with the shape. Forum member Warp 10 had some very fancy-shaped cuts done and covered them with mesh. You can see them on his build thread in this sub-forum. Hope that helps.
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Do the whole inner fender liners have to be removed or can one just cut out an area below the hole, keep the rest intact? Curious minds want to know...
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You know what cracks me up the most about tracking the E92? How low commitment it is to take it to the track. On Friday, I left at 6:45AM. Got to the track 1 hour later. Drove on track until 12PM. Was home by 1:15PM! Done in half a day! hahaha! Compare that to a 45 minute drive to the airport. 2 hour flight to LA. Uber to the storage. Pick up the rig and head straight to a race shop for necessary maintenance. Then drive between 1-8 hours to a track somewhere in CA the day before the event. Sleep in a hotel. Do the track event---usually multi-day (more hotel). Then drive back to LA. Drop off rig in storage. Uber to LAX. Take the latest flight I can find----fly 2 hours back to CO---usually land around 12AM. And then drive 45 minutes home. That's like a 3-4 day journey. Don't get me wrong---I'm not complaining about tracking in CA and I don't regret doing it at all. I'm just laughing at the difference in commitment between the two.
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I can't remember where all the screws are located that hold the fender liner in place. But I would say that part of the process would be considering where they are. I would also guess that the fender liner would trap a bunch of stuff like track rubber and dirt/rocks on it's top side if it was in place with a hole in it.
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On the E90, I like the oil diverter valve. It’s not a night and day thing. But I truly believe that it is doing something. |
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Your offer is extremely generous! My neighbor next door has a lift.....hmmmm hahahaha But first I need to find out why my E92 is acting funky. I confirmed that all 8 spark plugs are firing, so it's not a bad coil pack.....next step is probably going to a shop and seeing if someone can diagnose what's going on.
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