Fourth Autox in the M3 – was going pretty slow until I tried to be more aggressive with the throttle, after which I lopped off about a second. Car feels really good still, minimal push, really neutral. I need to get more aggressive with the throttle earlier in the event, I didn’t do that here…
Installed today – part #441581-441463. Perfect fit for the E92 M3:
Third event in the M3 – I’m noticing that I’m naturally pushing harder in my latter runs, and it’s costing me time in the form of my throttle getting too aggressive. I’m going to need to learn how to manage that on top of driving harder. I couldn’t cut a ton of time out there…
Got new roundels for the M3, knock offs from Amazon – I got them to replace the plain black Apex ones, and luckily the ones I got look OEM. The other thing I swapped was the previous owner put on some lame BMW courtesy lights in the door – of which the passenger’s side didn’t…
Second event in the M3 this season, first with Stl Solo & at Gateway MSP. Set a pretty decent time of 43.408 on my 3rd run, but couldn’t seem to match it with my later runs. Comparing later runs to it, it looks like at least my last run was nearly as fast most of…
While I really did not think the chrome grills were going to bother me, after a few pictures it started to and I decided to swap them out for gloss black ones. This is an easy mod, just requires some finesse and finger strength and a few tools. One note – I was looking at…
E9X M3 Front and Rear Brake Pad how-to. This is another simple maintenance job on the M3, with the trickiest part being the outer retainer clips. The other thing different about this car’s pads is that they come with clips that lock the pad into the caliper housing, either at the piston or the outer…
Brake fluid flush how-to for the E92 M3. Do all work at your own risk. Requires: Jack & stands 1.5L of Brake Fluid (I used Red Line Brake Fluid) Brake Fluid Catch Bottle Turkey Baster 11mm and 9mm wrenches – this is the tool I used, a flare nut wrench with 9 & 11mm sides…
Did the lug to stud conversion for me E92 M3. Had no idea how easy this was going to be. Usually it’s annoying when a car already has studs, but the set up for these was to literally just screw in the studs, adding a little blue loctite at the end. Do all work at…
Rear Differential Fluid change how-to for the E9X M3s. Do all work at your own risk – this, as most trans & gear oil changes are, is a pretty straightforward flush. Probably the easiest of the maint jobs you can do on your M3. Requires: Jack/stands/ramp 14mm hex head Drain pan Fluid pump (I use this)…
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