JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
8/2/24 12:50 p.m.
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Barely 36 hours after we had our hands all up in its guts at BimmerWorld, our 2015 BMW 435i project tackled the high banks of Daytona at an SCCA Track Night in America event.

[Live Thread: Fresh from BimmerWorld, our BMW 435i takes on Daytona]

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gsettle
gsettle Reader
8/2/24 1:09 p.m.

That's awesome!

Any idea what kind of speeds you were reaching there?

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
8/2/24 6:01 p.m.
gsettle said:

That's awesome!

Any idea what kind of speeds you were reaching there?

Braking into T1 was right about 150

Fair
Fair New Reader
8/3/24 4:13 p.m.

That additional suction stage oiling system change is pretty slick! Got any pics of the baffled oil pan? Or will that be in a future article.

Just glad you guys got the oil control under control. Can't wait to see what you do in Tuner with this thing!


I too am a big fan of removing squishy rubber bushings in BMW suspension. Especially 30 year old versions that are absolutely SMOKED.
 

https://vorshlag.smugmug.com/Instructions/BMW-E36-Front-Powerflex-LCA-Bushing-upgrade/

If anyone is interested in a "how to" guide on installing poly bushings - with optional grease zerks added - I made this write-up above last week.

 

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
8/3/24 4:48 p.m.

In reply to Fair :

Here's the wünderpan

Caperix
Caperix Reader
8/3/24 7:23 p.m.

Any side by side pictures of the pans?  Externally they look very close, wondering if it's just the baffles that are added

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