Track Slag part II

[shane@mbtech]

After my last attempt.... Bought a normal M3, swapped everything from csl then could not part with csl so swapped everything back then sold the standard m3 on....... I have been pondering somewhat.

I have now bought another normal 52 reg M3, I am swapping everything over to it, suspension, exhaust, brakes etc etc.

I was going to cage and fit bucket seats to the csl, but I cant bring myself to do it, sooo... Im putting the csl back to standard but this time I'm keeping it purely as a road/ring car. Now with the white wrap its like a new car....

I'm doing the same as my previous plan to the standard M3 with carbon roof in the future. Fully stripped out, 2 recaro race seats, caged, alcon brakes, kw clubsport suspension, titanium exhaust with race cats, few other suspension tweeks. Full race geo set-up. Pro race 1.2 wheels with dunlop direzza semi slicks. So keep an eye out for my progress on this topic. Ill post pics and this time its definitely 100% go go go.

Right heres a few pics of how it is now.

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Finished in lovely marmite yellow.

Started to strip the slag, and beneath her clothes she is a thing of beauty.

Stripped out front seats, rear seats, rear parcel shelf with heavy sunblind, rear quarter inner (door) panels, harmon kardonn shite, tv tuner, sat nav, cd changer, all boot panels etc. Drove it home, massive improvement. Does not feel as lardy anymore.

Brakes, suspension and exhaust going on this weekend. Then its getting carbon roof and full weld in cage. More pics to follow over weekend.


Dont like the spoiler, but if it works it will be staying on.

[shane@mbtech]

Some updates, Interior all stripped out, one recaro in, going for roof and full weld in cage on saturday. Alcons on, kw's on, exhaust on.

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[shane@mbtech]

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[AlexGTT]

I've noticed your a decisive guy............once your mind is made up, that's it..........

[azrael]

Surely the CSl is a track car and the standard M3 a road car you've got it all wrong

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by azrael

Surely the CSl is a track car and the standard M3 a road car you've got it all wrong

But the M3 will not be standard It will be more track focused so to speak, than the standard csl.

Plus if I damage it, its only a 11k car as opposed to a 25k car.

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by AlexGTT

I've noticed your a decisive guy............once your mind is made up, that's it..........

Impulsive and very decisive at making decisions based on my impulses. Never lose out financially though, the last M3 i bought to strip and track and then decided to sell I made £2000 on.

When it comes to cars and me, nothing is set in stone, I may sell the csl and the M3. Who knows, god maybe, cos I sure as fucking hell dont.

I was contemplating a mk5 Golf gti to strip and track until only last night, in fact nearly bought one friday, but it sold an hour before I was due to view it, maybe it was fate, I then changed my mind and bought the M3 this morning.

So track slag part II is born.

[NZ_M3]

Not sure what the price difference is over in the UK ... but why not just buy another CSL (cheapest you can find on the market) and turn that into a track beast? Dilemma solved (might even work out cheaper once you've sold all the 'special' csl interior bits and bobs and stuff you won't need for turning it into a track car)

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by NZ_M3

Not sure what the price difference is over in the UK ... but why not just buy another CSL (cheapest you can find on the market) and turn that into a track beast? Dilemma solved (might even work out cheaper once you've sold all the 'special' csl interior bits and bobs and stuff you won't need for turning it into a track car)

decent csl £24-£26k I bought a decent M3 for £12k

Big difference in price.

[northernjim]

good stuff lawsy, I will be watching closely, as I'd like to go down this route rather than ruin a csl plus I could bin it and not cry too much