Das Race: My '97 M3/4/5

[Jake]

I wasn't 100% sold on buying a wing quite so soon, but then I was chatting with James at Bimmerworld and he mentioned they had some "scratch and dent" wings that had been repaired and could be offered up for a substantial discount. That made it impossible to pass up, so then I came home to a 70" tall box sitting next to my door.

DJ had some stanchions that he gave me, as the BW wing didn't come with them. He was busy being a new dad and didn't have time to take them off of the E46 330ci trunk lid they were bolted to, so I took the whole thing home to mess with. It fit, barely, in the vert.



Dad's NC2 Miata needed a full brake job, so I took the opportunity to combine shipping costs and do a brake job on the E36 as well. My leasing office loved receiving eight brake rotors.



Sooo this year for Mother's Day, my mom was like "I don't really need to do the whole brunch-and-something-nice thing, how about your dad and I come over and we just help knock out some stuff on the racecar?" I bought them lunch at my favorite Mexican spot in town, then we got to work.

Having multiple people made aligning the wing way, way easy. Would have been an absolute disaster doing it by myself. They also helped align the Bimmerworld windshield banner - gotta rep the ones who help you out. I will have to get a #RaceTheFitz sticker made given how many of DJ's old parts are on my car at this point.

A wing on a four-door M3 racecar makes me feel all sorts of ways. I like it.



Once we got that installed, we did a brake job on Dad's NC. He got StopTech/Centric rotors and Hawk HPS pads because Miata parts are really damn cheap. He had also bottomed out on a few things over his 37k miles of driving, and created a hole in the muffler, which wouldn't pass inspection. Ryan turned me on to the Good-Win Racing "SuperQ" muffler. It's 10% louder than stock, adds roughly 14 rwhp, and was a super easy install.

Mom is a badass (they both are, really) and helped get everything done. She also pulled a total "mom" and swept my entire garage while I fought with the Miata's exhaust hangers. It's delightfully clean in there now.



Ready for Hyperfest, rolling out on Thursday!