Yet again I attended the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion in Monterey, California at Laguna Seca Raceway for my birthday present to myself. I truly believe there is no better automotive event in the US for a true "car guy". Where else can you freely walk in the paddock amongst multi-million dollar racecars, from brand new …
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My "to do" list has had a lightweight catback exhaust on it for quite a while now and it's finally time to check it off. After researching many different catback options on performance parts websites, Ebay, and forums, I saw that there was a huge difference in price between the top line and budget level. …
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The Rocky Mountain SCCA Solo summer series is finally getting underway after a very long break (for me at least). It was time to get my E36 out on the track and see if all these performance improvements were really going to make a difference! I've thrown a lot of things at the car over …
Continue reading Event 1, 2019 – My BMW E36 is way faster than me now!
There's just time to address a few more things before the 2019 autocross season kicks off. Quite a bit of miscellaneous items but they will all definitely impact the car's performance. This upgrade session is focused on the following areas: Adding more braces to the E36 to further stiffen the chassis front and rear Changing …
I'm still in the process of finishing up a few projects on my BMW E36 over the winter but not quite ready to blog about them. In the absence of one of my normal posts, I thought that I would let you know of several sites that I regularly visit to look for new parts …
I was able to spend a day at the Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca again this year and saw some amazing cars! This blog post is going to be focused on the pictures that I took with just a short description for each. Being a mechanical engineer, it was great to get up close with …
The sunroof cassette in a BMW E36 is an easy target for "adding lightness". It's nearly 40lbs of weight at the highest point in the car. So removing it will not only reduce overall weight in the car, it will also lower the center of gravity. Another easy addition to aid handling in autocross is …
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It's definitely been a while since my last post, sorry! Quite a lot has happened in the last few months so racing my BMW has been put on a temporary pause. I just completed the move to Colorado from Seattle and am just now finally getting settled into a normal routine. I planned to enter …
Event 1 of 2018 had finally arrived! It was a beautiful dry day (though fairly cloudy) and my BMW E36 was running perfectly. My car has received a lot of upgrades and weight reduction over the winter, as seen in my previous posts, so this was the day to prove that it was all worth it. …
My two young sons recently informed me that in order for a car to be a "race car" it needs to have a rear wing. Apparently fast run times at events don't matter to six year olds. I guess that's not too surprising and rear wings do naturally make cars more cool, so on to …
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