[The Ghost]

Originally Posted by csu87

they will only kick him off after he gets his 10 second run in. Then he has the record and who cares

This

Take the record and

[Iceberg3232]

Inlets installed, WOT box installed, tuning underway with Buraq and then headed to thr track to push this 550-600whp car to the max

[n54gte]

Originally Posted by Iceberg3232

Inlets installed, WOT box installed, tuning underway with Buraq and then headed to thr track to push this 550-600whp car to the max

you better get 10s or bust

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by Milan

Good luck man. Lots of money to spend to get kicked off the track due to lack of safety equipment.

Get the record, then I'm happy. Is a street car not a drag dedicated car. Waiting to see how sales were and if I'll be doing the upgrades in Aug or Sept. I may want to wait till its colder for more power. August heat in Florida is brutal on turbo cars.

[idratherbesurfing]

Originally Posted by Iceberg3232

Inlets installed, WOT box installed, tuning underway with Buraq and then headed to thr track to push this 550-600whp car to the max

I have the n2mb wot box but im afraid to install it lol

[Jnat]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Yeah but thats an Xi. The front stuff isn't made for the power and that's what's breaking. If you want big power you don't want an xi

True on some level, the launch can't be violent, if it is stuff breaks!

[extreme-eg]

Originally Posted by idratherbesurfing

I have the n2mb wot box but im afraid to install it lol

I've installed a couple on VW/Audi's and it works well, no issues. Haven't done it on a BMW though - Be brave and good luck

[M5Rlz]

Originally Posted by 3000GT MR

-Slicks
-Axles
-Diff
-Clutch
-hybrids (600hp with supporting mods)
-A good consistent driver

Pretty much lol you have people making power but unwilling to spend to put it down right... Maybe 1-3 people I've seen with 500+ and actually throwing even just good tires on the cars lmao

Originally Posted by Welterweight

Dream car is a 911 Turbo S. GTR is a Nissan!

Sadly I had this same highbrow stigma when I was jumping in and outta M's and aside from the e92 v8, which I'll eventually pick up and stick in a garage because it was such a fun balanced car.

I also did about 55k miles in:
E60 M5 [this was a special engine just a s* box of having to fix]
F10 M5
F80 M4

I spent a ton of money only to get to the GTR and be 100% satisfied.. You can do so many things to make the car yours and easily run 10.2-10.9 at 122-132 for 3-5k. So many options to change the interior to meet your needs... Don't get me wrong it certainly lacks German refinement in ride quality and interior noise. But once you log miles on it and start really learning it, its insanely fun and if I could pass on the m4/m5 trial runs I would but hindsight's 50/50.

I haven't had this much fun modding a car and although i'm only trapping high 140s-150s I'll probably stop modding when I'm able to crack the 165-170 1/4 range [hopefully] because past that it just becomes unreliable and I don't wanna lose the ability to drive it whenever I want at the expense of saying I go so fast at one event a year or something.


Bottom line: riding in a friends, driving a friends for 10 miles or doing a test drive, and keeping that stigma we all have about "its a nissan" really takes away from how fun the car can be, and might be for you personally.

Originally Posted by Milan

One of the RWD guys needs to figure out how to get 15's or 16's in the rear and the 10's will be there.

People are just approaching the traction problem all wrong. Need taller tires, that's the problem. Us Corvette guys can cut a 1.1 60' on 275's....never seen a GTR do that.

Can Cut 1.2s all day on GTRs Omega just did it for the world record [but kinda like here where everyone is content with all seasons /mpss everyone with a gtr seems content with 1.6-1.9 on MPSS or R888s when you make FBO-800whp]

And lol at needing 15's or 16s for decent 60fts for 500-800whp.

Originally Posted by Give_Em_The_DD

The biggest appeal to xi is traction.

It's unfortunate, but it's overlooked, fortunately I have been in contact with a few places, working on some 1-off upgrades.

You could say the RWD isn't made for the power either- hence guys snapping their axels, some with just FBO power....

To each their own- race u to the tens

Tuning though plays into that... Need to find the balance of downlow delivery while not chopping your knees off at being able to launch/take off.

But yes I doubt as good as the engine is engineered bmw made the engineers over engineered the diffs, axels, [things that typically let go when making big power] 2-4x stock power [which right around double stock power is when shocker things start letting go on the GTR trans too... I think we all kinda forget the car is a 200 something whp stock car and you can instantly get to 1.5-2x the power, and 2.5-4 is getting easier and easier with each month.

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

I'm still going to try. I've got rear different lockdown, 650+ hp, coilovers, stiffer than M3 subframe bushings, lsd, and drag slicks fit the track going on. Rear control arms, manual with 2step. Etc. Am I trying to build a track car? No. Do I hope to hit 10s? Yes. Is it a dd with 208,000 and a vert? Yup. We will see.

With that mindset you'll do it... I'd do axles too honestly and make sure the LSD is billet or at least capable of handling that kind of power, doesn't make sense to stick the run of the mil diff on if it'll just break it with big power lol.

Originally Posted by csu87

they will only kick him off after he gets his 10 second run in. Then he has the record and who cares

And even then if the guys don't bug him he might get multiple passes, or come back every now and then after more mods run and get tossed or switch up various tracks where they don't really learn the car.

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

I live in Florida. They don't check or care. Already researched that lol.
in NJ where I grew up it was totally different. I'd need a roll cage, 5 point harness, etc. Safety nazis

LOL same here... I told them my buddy had my helmet and he said well go slow don't run under 12 I launched it and ripped off a 147 trap He threatened to throw me out when I came back around.

Originally Posted by MR2 Josh

Life is the hold up for me. hah I'm finally installing the LSD and DSS axles after having them for almost 2 months now. My business and family are what takes up most of my time. I do plan on going to the track within the next month or two. The issue is the two 1/4 mile track that we had in my area shit down so the nearest is about 2-3 hours away. Used to have two within 30 minutes.

Pretty sure you'll be the one to set some records when you get a chance to get some runs in with what you're doing to the car and doing it right.

[Abacus38]

Hopefully Josh can take the N54 overall 60-130 record. Terry just set it at 5.86 s

[extreme-eg]

The BMW IRS suspension setup has never really been ideal for drag racing, but with carefully selected mods (solid bushings etc) and some changes in geometry, you can improve on this. The Supra and Nissan S-chassis IRS designs are better in this regard.

The M/T 18" Drag Radial seems to work quite well whilst avoiding the special rim/brake clearance issue - but no thin sidewall drag radial is able to come close to the traction of a proper wrinkle wall drag tyre.

M&H make a new 26-8.5-17 drag slick and Hoosier offers a 28.0-10-17 slick which will be ideal if the 28" can fit in the stock body.

Proper drag slicks, a built Auto and torque braking to me is the ticket to going quick with this platform.

[Fundguy1]

Gonna try the Hoosier ones. Shiv set the record on 28" slicks and MT trans.

[Milan]

Originally Posted by 335iRlz

Can Cut 1.2s all day on GTRs Omega just did it for the world record [but kinda like here where everyone is content with all seasons /mpss everyone with a gtr seems content with 1.6-1.9 on MPSS or R888s when you make FBO-800whp]

And lol at needing 15's or 16s for decent 60fts for 500-800whp.

You consider 1.6-1.9 a good 60'? Maybe if you are FWD that's good.

Have you ever been to a track? You need 15's or 16's in order to get enough sidewall to properly hook a RWD car. Sure you can do it on 17s but the traction difference is night and day with every inch you go down.

[M5Rlz]

Originally Posted by Milan

You consider 1.6-1.9 a good 60'? Maybe if you are FWD that's good.

Have you ever been to a track? You need 15's or 16's in order to get enough sidewall to properly hook a RWD car. Sure you can do it on 17s but the traction difference is night and day with every inch you go down.

Not at all what I said. What I said was just like people here are content running all seasons/ MPSS people in the GTR boards who are happy with FBO and cutting 1.6-1.9 aren't exactly rushing out to buy drags...


And yes I've been with the m4 and GTR.

[csu87]

Originally Posted by 335iRlz

Not at all what I said. What I said was just like people here are content running all seasons/ MPSS people in the GTR boards who are happy with FBO and cutting 1.6-1.9 aren't exactly rushing out to buy drags...


And yes I've been with the m4 and GTR.

I want to be this guy. An M4 and a GTR? Did you see that M4 vs GTR thread and just go, "Fuck it, Both"