Discovery-Automotive Supercharged e46 M3 Build

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by Josh

Getting there.

Yup. As soon as Vorsteiner sends up the intake plumbing, we will have all the pieces in-house and she will be put together for the last time.

Originally Posted by Highboosted

Can't wait......

.. you and me both

Originally Posted by sweet///Motion

Carmen, they didn't mount it directly to the bumper did they? Cause if you ever want to pop it off for any reason then you will have to disconnect the lines and such. I hope they just laid it in there to show the fitment and clearance. I'm sure they wouldn't do something like that. Looks good though,

Just laid in the bumper as to show fitment. It is actually mounted to the car.

[sweet///Motion]

thought so.

so are your new tires on order. cause you know you are going to rip thru your current rubber when you get her back.

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by sweet///Motion

thought so.

so are your new tires on order. cause you know you are going to rip thru your current rubber when you get her back.

Yeah.

She will have a set of Michelin PS2s waiting for her. Hope they make it through the season so I will have good rubber to sell w/ the HREs.

I am going to buy another set of HRE C20s w/ more aggressive offsets so that I can run 275 Front and 295 Rear. (Currently 245/275)

[sweet///Motion]

Originally Posted by Carmen

I am going to buy another set of HRE C20s w/ more aggressive offsets so that I can run 275 Front and 295 Rear. (Currently 245/275)

Now I truely cannot wait to see her back.

Infuckinsane!

[GERMAN]

When is that badmutha gonna be done.lol cant wait to see the specs of the finished product.

[Carmen]

UPDATES

This picture below shows the ID difference between the typical Vortech S trim versus this gal's T trim supercharger inlet

[TYE]

Is the inside of your CF tube smooth, from the pics it looks pretty rough? Glad to see its all coming together, Ill be making a trip over to D/A when the car is ready, and will get you some footage. I was getting worried what other interesting things you may have to start doing to pass the time,

[BeArs]

I think when you get the car you'll be too damn happy and preoccupied driving it to post pics/vids

Which is perfectly understandable

Just bring someone else along with you to get the footage so they can submit it

I can't wait to see the finished product.

[Carmen]

Looks like we are 4 weeks out .. and look .. there is more -->

As if the CF inlet plumbing wasnt enought for today .. we have a bit more

Originally Posted by D/A

As with most motor-heads we like “HOT” gal's and consider our cars as one. The thing that we do not want is uncontrolled extreme heat within her engine bay as such we created a custom Halon fire suppression system for this project. The pictures below will show the process as it is unfolding. We are now in the exciting final assemble stage with this gal which is the time that all of the cool twist and tweaks are able to be installed. The Halon system will react automatically if the need is detected and leaves no residual throughout the engine bay such as conventional fire extinguishers do.

Originally Posted by D/A

Here is the custom machined bracket designed to properly locate and secure the automatic fire suppression systems discharge nozzle

Originally Posted by D/A

Here the custom machined bracket and the automatic fire suppression discharge nozzle have been set into position so that the final hose length and placement can be determined

[Highboosted]

Originally Posted by TYE

Is the inside of your CF tube smooth, from the pics it looks pretty rough? Glad to see its all coming together, Ill be making a trip over to D/A when the car is ready, and will get you some footage. I was getting worried what other interesting things you may have to start doing to pass the time,

You don't want it perfectly smooth. The boundry layer stays intact better when the surface of the intake system is a little bit rough. Hense why you NEVER polish the inlet ports.

[Highboosted]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Looks like we are 4 weeks out .. and look .. there is more -->

As if the CF inlet plumbing wasnt enought for today .. we have a bit more

OK, thats just PIMP. You gonna have a manual override for the bottle?

Had an auto system fire off during an minor overheat condition when a water pump failed. Cost me a new bottle for no fire, but better safe than sorry I guess.

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by Highboosted

You don't want it perfectly smooth. The boundry layer stays intact better when the surface of the intake system is a little bit rough. Hense why you NEVER polish the inlet ports.

Beat me to it

Originally Posted by Highboosted

OK, thats just PIMP. You gonna have a manual override for the bottle?

Had an auto system fire off during an minor overheat condition when a water pump failed. Cost me a new bottle for no fire, but better safe than sorry I guess.

Unsure of the manual override, I will ask. On the PIMP factor I agree .. this was a little D/A surprise. Def. not something I thought of.

[MrBlonde]

Wow a Halon fire bomb ... very fancy.

[Highboosted]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Beat me to it



Unsure of the manual override, I will ask. On the PIMP factor I agree .. this was a little D/A surprise. Def. not something I thought of.

Ask if it will have a manual fire option, fire handle if you will. Might not want one if you don't want it sticking out somewhere in the dash or something. No big thing, I'm sure the automatic nozzles have come a long way since the wax plug one that I had.

[sweet///Motion]

yaaawwwwnnnn.

boring.