Chasing Radical at Road America with BMW e92 335i. Gridlife

[@BeastM140i]

I own an 335i and a 320i. I also sell new Mazda’s as my job, so I’ve driven heaps of cars. I can tell you with certainty that the 335i is the best car I’ve ever driven and owned. So responsive, handles likes it’s on rails, super smooth, comfortable and just absolutely walks with power. A golf R wanted to race me, which was a bit intimidating considering it was modded, but even my (then stock) 335i absolutely walked it. Phenomenal car

[@nappyboi14]

i call cap

[@yourautoinc3532]

Agreed! They are very reasonably priced. if you can fix them on own. I did over 35k race miles on a single engine witch had prior 90k street miles. Internals of an engine are very strong.

[@cammgt3rs370]

Dude you ain't walking a modded Golf R.

[@BeastM140i]

@@cammgt3rs370 yeah, I am. They’re not that fast..

[@propulsidereal]

@@cammgt3rs370 you do understand these things make over 300whp stock and torque in the high 200s right lmao. Depends on how heavily the golf was modded. If the guy just had a downpipe and a tune, n54 still would have walked him...

[@jamsiss]

Awesome car !!! Great driving!! well done ...

[@yourautoinc3532]

Thank you!!

[@jaycastriotta5446]

Great footage. Thanks for posting!

[@yourautoinc3532]

Thank you for you comment!

[@tronn_carter]

Sweet! My man rocking the stock shifter… I have a 6MT 335 and driving this hard with that shifter is impressive. Looking to get a short shifter soon.

[@yourautoinc3532]

Thank you! Short shifter will help a lot for sure. I'm enjoying RDT shifter actually too. Also thinking to add rev match system avoid abuse for a clutch.

[@Frostymane.]

What mods are done to the car? Dope driving!👌

[@yourautoinc3532]

Thanks. Back than simple bolts on with some suspension upgrades like coil overs and control arms.

[@Frostymane.]

@@yourautoinc3532 Awesome, thing looks like it handles on rails! What about cooling? I’ve heard people talk about how cooling can be an issue on these

[@yourautoinc3532]

@@Frostymane.that's correct. Cooling is an issue with those cars. Additional oil cooler radiator along with Mishimoto or CSF coolant radiator is a must.

[@Frostymane.]

@@yourautoinc3532 Would you say these mods completely solve the issue or only mitigate it? I ask because I’ve thought about picking a 335i up and using it for daily/track use.

[@yourautoinc3532]

@@Frostymane. Depends on lot of other factors (Weather, driver ability not to ever drive a car etc). I would say with no more than 380hp. You should be fine with additional oil cooler and replacement radiator. Also PFC brake pads 08 compound and race brake fluid like Castrol SRF or Motul 660. Or you can simply just pick 328i or e46, with 328i you will have more options in a future to fit in to race classes and have less issues with overheating a car.

[@cammgt3rs370]

So you can't drive a non M car at the track from BMW heh. Prove em wrong buddy.

[@yourautoinc3532]

I guess you can...

[@TR8CED]

what class is this? Streetmod?

[@yourautoinc3532]

I think it was just practice run