First ever track day in the M3. Had been watching the weather all week, and while it was up and down once the day had arrived it had completely poured. The track was completely wet – not how I wanted to spend my first track day in a RWD car, let alone my M3. The…
Decided it was time to retire all the Panavise mounts I’ve been using – as phones have been getting bigger and longer in size, the Panvise has been more and more unstable in actually keeping my phone in place. I got the Ram mount for the phone holder, and a new GPS unit – the…
Had some time to finally detail the M3 over the Labor Day Weekend. Went out and bought a ton of Adam’s products: Ceramic Coating Surface Prep Car Wash Charcoal Odor Bags x3 Detail Spray x2 (free) Interior Goo x2 Carpet & upholstery cleaner Interior deail spray Clay Bar x2 Worked really well – washed the…
After 2.5mo hiatus, back on the track at Autobahn Country Club South. A good number of minor tweaks were made to the car, and some significant driving changes for me.With picture perfect weather, I was really looking forward to seeing what I could run in the car. I set a rough goal of a 1:40,…
One of the things that had been bothering me when I left off with the final exhaust setup was how the muffler was angled – this was due to the shop not wanting to take the time to fab up the piping necessary to get the muffler flat. I decided to buy some mandrel bent…
Had the Brembos rebuilt for the Evo, initially to replace and see if any softness was due to the calipers/condition of them. There were a few minor leaks on the backs of the calipers from the lines as well, and it turned out driver’s side caliper was leaking, looks to be a torn piston seal.…
Prius Hybrid System 8/8/19 (120,000) Evo Airbag recall (final) 8/9/19 (40,050) Clearbra redone – yellowing covered under warranty from Clear Auto Bra & XPEL’s 10 year. There were some concerns that paint would peel off, but for factory paint this is apparently not really an issue M3 Blower motor wiring 8/12/19 Positive battery terminal 8/12/19…
Finally able to take the M3 out for the first event of the year. Was not intentional, but due to the tweaks I’ve been making to the Evo for track, I would end up using autocross as a tnt for the car to make sure everything was operating smoothly. This turned out to be the…
Minor cosmetic mod for the M3 – replaced the orange reflectors in the front bumper with Alpine White caps. I hesitated doing this mod because I think they don’t look very good, but I decided the orange reflectors look worse – and at least from 10ft, these won’t stand out as much as the orange…
Taught at the annual novice school again for 2019, with the expectation that I would be able to get in a few runs for testing and tuning the Evo’s new ACD map and making sure the brakes were working as desired. Unfortunately, this was cut short due to the Evo blowing off an intercooler piping…
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