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Old 06-21-2015, 07:37 AM   #1
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I'm looking for a Ti to turn into a 24 hours Lemons race car.
https://www.24hoursoflemons.com
I have owned many E36 M3 over the years & would like to use a Ti for this.
I will do my best to use the search function before asking questions that have been asked a 100 times but I'm counting on you guys to help me out .

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Old 07-08-2015, 11:21 PM   #2
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When you find out about the pop ups let me know. They suck!
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Old 08-21-2015, 01:20 AM   #3
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Hello again,
I have now purchased two (2) Ti's at this point. I'm looking at a third with a blown head gasket for an additional parts car. Is it possible to hoard Ti's? The second one is out-of-state & once I receive it I'll decide which one will make a better race car. My second car is white and I'm pretty sure it's a non-sunroof so I'm leaning towards this one.
I will be hitting you guys up with questions soon.
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Old 08-21-2015, 05:35 AM   #4
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Is it possible to hoard Ti's?.
Yeah TIs are addicting. I have 4 now! Lol
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Welcome M GmBH! We spent quite a bit of time on the phone yesterday. Your Lemons project sounds like fun.

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Old 08-21-2015, 03:08 PM   #6
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Thank you BimmerBum. I Will become a member. Hopefully I can remember half of what you told me over the phone. I'm really looking forward to making this a reality.
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Old 08-24-2015, 10:57 PM   #7
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I was talk to a friend over the weekend about my 24hr Lemons build & he told me his father has a Dinan E30 M3 rear subframe. I don't know much about these. Does anyone have experience or more information about this? My original plan was to use the Z3M rear suspension/subframe and diff.

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Old 08-25-2015, 01:42 PM   #8
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There is no need for that sub-frame. You will be just wasting your money. We compete in the lemons series and Chump series with our 318isA that was converted to a m50 car after blowing up the automatic.

Make the car reliable aka cooling system, Fuel system and braking, as well as the engine. You would be surprised how well you do with a momentum based car in an endurance race. We finished in 35 in our first race on a 700 budget and did nothing to the car besides brakes and tires. We sheared the transmission mounts and the Engine mounts and our tard driver drove it back to the pits and after an hour we were back on the track.

It's an endurance race not a speed event. You will be put most likely in class B to start unless you have braces and fancy shocks. I'd suggest you stay away from exotics at first then build as your exemptions come in as you break stuff.

The stuff you are talking about is going to put you right into class A and you will not be competitive plus it's expensive. We are still running stock rotors minus we are running great pads. stock rotors are CHEAP and pads are the way to go. We use a set of rotors each race and pads last us about 3 races. We could upgrade to e36 M3 stuff but it's not worth the hassle and it cost more money in consumables.



This is our buddies team a few years back, they are very fast and hold three track records with this set up. Their budget is far beyond ours.

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Gathering up parts still for the Ti.
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This is our buddies team a few years back, they are very fast and hold three track records with this set up. Their budget is far beyond ours.

That "Family Truckster" front end, combined with the suitcase and mannequin on the roof, warms my heart.
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