Das Race: My '97 M3/4/5

[Jake]

Dominion Video

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Fastest lap is lap #7, with a 1:35.7 - this video is from Sunday morning. I need to find other software to use for data overlay as the freeware DashWare isn't cutting it anymore. RaceRender looks good but is $40, so I'd like to know what others use before dropping that kind of cash on it.

The 2017 Updates
Going to use this space to figure out what all needs to be done for the car to prep it for Comp School and the ensuing W2W racing.

Must-Do

• Buy window net
  
• Buy kill switch
  
• Buy fire system
  
• Take car to Blockstar, have Gorka weld in mounts for above stuff
  
• Install above stuff
  
• Replace oil pressure switch
  
• Buy quick-disconnect steering wheel hub
  
• Replace steering wheel with non-dished wheel, sell blue Momo wheel
  
• Get BFG "backup tires" mounted on K1s
  
• Dismount RS3's from DSIIs, sell to Maeng
  
• Choose a good summer tire for rain use, install on DSIIs
  
• Buy Hoosier R7's and mount on Apex wheels
  
• Apply for Hoosier contingency program, add stickerz
  
• Get car dyno'd

Want To Do

• Rear subframe bushings
  
• Diff bushings
  
• Motor + trans mounts
  
• Address P/S leak - may need new rack
  
• Aero - Team HD Racing splitter + used wing
  
• Diff?!? Spending crazy money on a differential will be a very hard pill to swallow given all the other costs I've just outlined. But eventually. Maybe.
  
• M50 intake manifold? I have the manifold and most of the conversion bits, but I would just have to choke the motor down with a restrictor plate to make proper HP-to-weight ratio. The benefit is allegedly powerband being shifted higher in the revs which could prove nice. I dunno. The car drives well as it is.

The 2017 Plan
So I'm doing Comp School with NASA Mid-Atlantic and will know the exact date once they release the 2017 schedule. Very excited for that. There is much CCR studying to do and car evacuation practicing to do. If anyone has an afternoon to spare once I get the car finished, to sit and time me a bunch, that'd be super helpful.

The car slots into GTS2 and the competition has returned in that class with a vengeance, so that's where I plan to race.

I'll have to see about continuing to TT at least one session a day. It would be a great way to still keep the competition high in TTD (I think the car could stay there, I think... though D may turn into TT4 or something which is another discussion for another time) and if I keep placing high-ish, then yay more free brakes and free Hoohoos assuming I start running them.

I also have to talk to the Cobettos about my future working with NASA. I really don't want to give it up, but I think the days of pace car driving may come to a slow end, given I am mainly helping with race starts/support, and being unavailable for one of the two race groups will make that challenging. Hopefully there is something else I can do to help out with the weekends.

Thankfully, I've got four months to figure all of this out. But, need to jump on it all sooner vs. later so nothing comes down to the wire. Already spoke to my fabricator at Blockstar and he's good with me dropping the car off whenever for the remainder of that work.