Building an E90 Endurance Car

dominancex · 07-13-2024, 05:14 PM

Great to see the car and meet the team, hope to see you guys at NJMP in November. I'll bring my E90 to that one

GasBurnlife(landapanda) · 07-13-2024, 08:29 PM

Definitely. Looking forward to it. We plan to be there.

minaret · 07-22-2024, 09:33 PM

When I did HPDE with my e91 with GM 6L45 6AT, my next planned modification was going to be a trans cooler with fan. There was a 335 with 6AT that already had already done the research for an ext. trans cooler.

Search for N54_Fan thread started on 11-08-2012.

GasBurnlife(landapanda) · 07-22-2024, 10:25 PM

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

We have done 3 races so far this year and the tranny has been running without skipping a beat. Fingers crossed we get another year out of it. At that point I’d be happy to replace it with a ZF 8 speed.

TheHazelNut · 07-30-2024, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GasBurnlife(landapanda)

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

We have done 3 races so far this year and the tranny has been running without skipping a beat. Fingers crossed we get another year out of it. At that point I’d be happy to replace it with a ZF 8 speed.

please provide a detailed write up on this if you end up going through with it!

dominancex · 08-02-2024, 09:58 AM

Quick question: did you guys weight the car as it sits now?

GasBurnlife(landapanda) · 08-09-2024, 01:17 PM

We did. With a 200 lb driver we are a shake above 3200 pounds.

For reference my street legal M2 with a 1/2 cage with me in it is 3630 lbs.

GasBurnlife(landapanda) · 01-21-2025, 06:52 AM

I finally got a chance to edit the video from our last AER endurance race at New Jersey Motorsport Park from November of last year. Here is my opening stint.

I am really enjoying this car. With the interior stripped the car sounds great and feels nice and balanced weight wise mid-corner. I wouldn’t mind a little bit more power though (but then who would, right?) The cage makes the car nice and stiff and the one way MCS dampers seem to be more than adequate for endurance racing.

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dominancex What Can Brown Do For You? 43 Rep 2,666 Posts Drives: E90 LCI 335i & F30 335iX Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Downingtown, PA iTrader: (0)	Great to see the car and meet the team, hope to see you guys at NJMP in November. I'll bring my E90 to that one
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GasBurnlife(landapanda) Captain 592 Rep 693 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ashburn, Virginia iTrader: (0)	Definitely. Looking forward to it. We plan to be there.
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minaret Private First Class 120 Rep 118 Posts Drives: 2008 E91 ZSP Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hi Desert, Ca iTrader: (0) Garage List 1994 325is M-Techni ... [9.75] 2008 328i Sport Wagon [10.00]	When I did HPDE with my e91 with GM 6L45 6AT, my next planned modification was going to be a trans cooler with fan. There was a 335 with 6AT that already had already done the research for an ext. trans cooler. Search for N54_Fan thread started on 11-08-2012. __________________ 2008 E91, ARC-8, 255/40/17 NT01, ER sport cooler, TCK camber plates, coil-overs 400# front 700# rear, Koni SA shocks. M3 Subframe bushings, front + rear control arms, tension struts, strut brace. Quaife, Carbotech, Schroth. Last edited by minaret; 07-22-2024 at 09:46 PM.. Reason: Edited my original post to correct typo.
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GasBurnlife(landapanda) Captain 592 Rep 693 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ashburn, Virginia iTrader: (0)	Good to know. Thanks for sharing. We have done 3 races so far this year and the tranny has been running without skipping a beat. Fingers crossed we get another year out of it. At that point I’d be happy to replace it with a ZF 8 speed.
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dominancex What Can Brown Do For You? 43 Rep 2,666 Posts Drives: E90 LCI 335i & F30 335iX Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Downingtown, PA iTrader: (0)	Quick question: did you guys weight the car as it sits now?
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GasBurnlife(landapanda) Captain 592 Rep 693 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ashburn, Virginia iTrader: (0)	We did. With a 200 lb driver we are a shake above 3200 pounds. For reference my street legal M2 with a 1/2 cage with me in it is 3630 lbs.
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GasBurnlife(landapanda) Captain 592 Rep 693 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ashburn, Virginia iTrader: (0)	I finally got a chance to edit the video from our last AER endurance race at New Jersey Motorsport Park from November of last year. Here is my opening stint. I am really enjoying this car. With the interior stripped the car sounds great and feels nice and balanced weight wise mid-corner. I wouldn’t mind a little bit more power though (but then who would, right?) The cage makes the car nice and stiff and the one way MCS dampers seem to be more than adequate for endurance racing.
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