Highboosting///M3's DR Wheel Thread!

[Paradigm_Guy]

Good thread.

[Defacto]

Originally Posted by Highboosting///M3

What do you mean by front runners? Is that a special small brake you are talking about? What do you run and where can I get them?

Kenny, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you just referring to skinnies?

+1 on the good thread

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by Highboosting///M3

I understand Kenny. What doesn't seem fair is that if I am competing against M Coupes then i should be able to run the same a stock M Coupe can run. Not have to stick with what a stock e36 can run if the M Coupe is still in the street category.

What tire setup do you run in rear? it would be safe to say I should be allowed to run that and still be on the street list.

What do you mean by front runners? Is that a special small brake you are talking about? What do you run and where can I get them?

Then you should have worked on an M Coupe and not an E36 M3 :-)
An E36 M3 chassis has advantages over an M Coupe in some areas too .. you can't have your cake and eat it too my blonde friend!

Front runners are the "skinny" drag racing tyres .. like Mickey Thompson ET Fronts.

[Highboosting///M3]

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

Then you should have worked on an M Coupe and not an E36 M3 :-)
An E36 M3 chassis has advantages over an M Coupe in some areas too .. you can't have your cake and eat it too my blonde friend!

Front runners are the "skinny" drag racing tyres .. like Mickey Thompson ET Fronts.

Alright. So what I will have to do is purchase two sets of slicks. Big fat 28" tall slicks and the 26" tall ones that fit under stock e36 m3 rear. Then I can be on both lists.

[Defacto]

Originally Posted by Highboosting///M3

Alright. So what I will have to do is purchase two sets of slicks. Big fat 28" tall slicks and the 26" tall ones that fit under stock e36 m3 rear. Then I can be on both lists.

Now THAT is dedication!

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by Highboosting///M3

Alright. So what I will have to do is purchase two sets of slicks. Big fat 28" tall slicks and the 26" tall ones that fit under stock e36 m3 rear. Then I can be on both lists.

hehehe.

I think you can fit 26"x8.5" ET Drags under a stock M3. I doubt you will fit 28" tall slicks under your widebody anyway.

[Highboosting///M3]

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

hehehe.

I think you can fit 26"x8.5" ET Drags under a stock M3. I doubt you will fit 28" tall slicks under your widebody anyway.

I will do just that. We will see about the about the 28" ones. I should have come up with this idea earlier.

[Defacto]

You do have coilovers....jack the rear up as much as you can, and while you're there, adjust the bound/rebound of them to help your launches...who knows, if you run into the problem of being unable to fit 28"s, maybe riding high in the back, old school style, is the way to get around the problem and rip the freaknasty time

[Highboosting///M3]

Originally Posted by Defacto

You do have coilovers....jack the rear up as much as you can, and while you're there, adjust the bound/rebound of them to help your launches...who knows, if you run into the problem of being unable to fit 28"s, maybe riding high in the back, old school style, is the way to get around the problem and rip the freaknasty time

That is the plan! The widebody was build to sit sort of high already. The rear is set as low as the COs go and there is a gap over the DRs now of 1 inch or more. So another say 1.5-2 inches might pull it off just fine. I wish I could take it to B-Fest like that.

[RogueM3]

Originally Posted by Highboosting///M3

The widebody was build to sit sort of high already. The rear is set as low as the COs go and there is a gap over the DRs now of 1 inch or more.

Are you not a big fan of the dropped look? Im not talking about tucking the tires, but instead when the arches are just hovering over the top of the tires...I would think the lower the better (before tucking) in order to show off the lines of the widebody and accentuate your wheels. Just thinking outloud.

[MrBlonde]

You can't jack an IRS car up like an old timey live axle drag car. Interested to see what you end up being able to fit Cameron. 28" tall with growth in the top end is a hard ask from an unmodified late model street car.

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by RogueM3

Are you not a big fan of the dropped look? Im not talking about tucking the tires, but instead when the arches are just hovering over the top of the tires...I would think the lower the better (before tucking) in order to show off the lines of the widebody and accentuate your wheels. Just thinking outloud.

On the drag srip with slicks your 1" gap will be too close. As the slick grows it will obliterate your bodywork.

[Defacto]

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

You can't jack an IRS car up like an old timey live axle drag car. Interested to see what you end up being able to fit Cameron. 28" tall with growth in the top end is a hard ask from an unmodified late model street car.

Forgive my ignorance, but why not? If the car's alignment, camber, etc is taken care of after the raise, wouldn't it be kosher? I realize it's not ideal, but it would work, no?

[Highboosting///M3]

Originally Posted by RogueM3

Are you not a big fan of the dropped look? Im not talking about tucking the tires, but instead when the arches are just hovering over the top of the tires...I would think the lower the better (before tucking) in order to show off the lines of the widebody and accentuate your wheels. Just thinking outloud.

I am a fan of dunking but the widebody shop did not make the widebody that way. I was going to change it and then I decided that it would be better for squat to leave it. It doesn't look stupid but this car is not all for show so I don't need the wheel arch to come down to the top of the rim or lower like it is bagged.

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

You can't jack an IRS car up like an old timey live axle drag car. Interested to see what you end up being able to fit Cameron. 28" tall with growth in the top end is a hard ask from an unmodified late model street car.

It's not really jacking it up per say. The car is lowered to the bottom right now. Doing the coilovers to the top would merely make it more stock ride height. The car was meant to drive from the factory at stock ride height, yes?

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

On the drag srip with slicks your 1" gap will be too close. As the slick grows it will obliterate your bodywork.

Let me find some pictures of some Supras with no body modification that have their slicks sitting with a 1" gap or less when they launch. Their bodywork is not obliterated by the trap at all.
Woon next to his car with his slicks on 15s and barely a gap.
Woon launching a 1.38 60ft with 28" tall slicks and 15s

[twisted69]

Now thats what im talking about Cameron. Next time you post pictures like that I want to see a BMW pulling a 1.3 60ft.

I believe all he has done to his fenders was a big fender rolling. I also heard that he had to take a hammer to some parts but thats not a big deal(well mabey to some) Keep us informed.