Don't touch that M3 just yet (yea Duane;-)

["Jeffrey Lloyd" <jslz3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I'd like to be the first one to say WOW a good logical Helpful Post from 
Duane Collie I guess I got my christmas Wish early this year..
I think duane has a good bit of experence on this topic his car 
(bambislayer) might even be modded beyond his ability... 

Jeff Lloyd
No reason having a car with 11/10 th when you can only drive @ 8/10  

Instructor
Hard Knock Racing School..... "We'll beat you into winning"


Duane wrote:
>You're gonna hear this from a lot of Digesters - Don't touch the car!. 
You
>really need an "Adaptive Period" with the car to learn to use it as far 
as
>performance mods go.  In stock form - bone stock - an E36 M3 takes at 
least
>a year to learn how to drive. And that assumes you do half a dozen
>autocrosses and 3 or 4 track days in that year.
>
>If you absolutely have to modify it, yous houl do relatively 
non-invasive
>mods first.  By that we're talking custom wheels, shift knobs,
>chip/software downloads, carbon fiber trim and that sort of thing.  
Once
>you start putting on serious mods like suspensions, cams, ltw 
flywheels,
>superchargers and the like you are installing compromises in the car 
and
>narrowing the effective usage and/or life of the car.  For example, 
I'll
>bet you for every 5 people that modify their suspension towards a 
'sport'
>mode, 2 of them regret it afterwards when they find out how rough the 
car
>rides once the 'newness' of the mod. wears off.
>
>You mention stereo upgrades and exahust system changes.  The two are 
not
>compatible! Once you install a pipe like a B&B Triflo, the stereo 
sounds
>like an AM radio so why spend the money? 
>
>If you're going to do some competitive events like autocross, the # 1
>upgrade is, without a doubt, to have a spare set of wheels with "R"
>compound tires.  After that, a Schroth Ralleye 4 harness to keep you in 
the
>seat.
>
>Go slow when you modify...saves you lots of $$$$$ in the long run.
>
>Duane Collie
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