BMW E36 M3 Onboard Laps w/ Pedal Cam | The Ridge Motorsports Park

[@helium0o]

He's back

[@Carpythesharky]

I have a few projects otw. Refinishing some Style 42's and it's time to replace my TRM coilovers. Hopefull with another set of TRM coils... Though they stopped making them like 6 years ago :(.

[@AnsonSuperSports]

I'm in the same boat as you 😢 Did you manage to find anyone that'll rebuild them?

[@M-t3ch]

Looks like so much fun! Can't wait to get mine back onto the track 🤌 I noticed you ride the red line a lot. Have you found that to be faster than holding the next gear up? I'd think holding 4th would be faster than a 4 to 3 and 3 to 4 shift to get that extra 500 rpm of acceleration.

[@Carpythesharky]

With my setup/tune etc., I make max torque at 4.74k rpm. So in a perfect world I would never drop below ~4.5k rpm. If I am in 3rd or 2nd it's about even letting the car drop to 4k rpm, versus downshifting to stay at 5k+. While in 4th and 5th however, dropping to 4k rpm doesn't provide the necessary torque to power through, so going down to 3rd is faster (for me). Also shifting between 3rd and 4th is the easiest shift to make on track, so the torque gained from downshifting outweighs the time lost from the shift back up to 4th (which again is the easiest/fastest shift to make on track). Again that's specific to how I drive my car so results may vary for others and their driving styles. Perfect example is the first couple turns. Going up that hill in 4th, but saving an upshift, is way slower than downshifting into 3rd to power up the hill. Whereas @4:10 you can see I don't downshift to 2nd, but stay in the upper (3rd) gear and let the rpms drop to 4k because I find that in 3rd or lower I still accelerate fast enough at ~4k rpm, and the time it takes to shift from 2nd to 3rd is slower (also higher potential for mis-shift) than staying in the higher gear (3rd). Hope that makes sense lol. In the example @4:10 if that was uphill, then I would probably need to downshift to 2nd as well. Since it's flat (or if it were downhill) staying in the higher gear works fine there since I'm still lower than 4th gear. My steering wheel also blocks my tac, but I'm rarely over 6.5k rpm. My redline is 7k which is useful for very specific corners on certain tracks, but ideally I shift just before 6.5k (where my power begins to drop off), and it's also easier on the engine.

[@M-t3ch]

​@Carpythesharky Love it! Sounds like you have it down to a science. It helps a lot.

[@kentmorissette]

promo sm