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Guys,
On Friday, the 29th October at around 4pm my much loved BRG MCS was signed over to Evan. A significant occaision for me. Afterall I had to wait a good 6mths for my factory ordered MCS to arrive and had a blast with it virtually everyday for 2 years
Over the 2yrs I carefully researched my mods to develop a powerful yet nicely balanced car for both the drive to work and the odd track day. Evan and his fiance should have alot of FUN.
Many of you may be asking WHY
Well....... something came up. It was a 48/52 decision in favour of picking up this beast.
BMW E36 M3R
It is very difficult to find information about the M3R – it is that rare.. This is what I have worked out.
History: BMW Motorsport Australia teamed up with Frank Gardner in QLD to build only 15 limited edition M3s for GT production racing. The M3R was a direct response to Porsche’s 911RSCS and Mazda’s RX 7SP (as noted by MickyD). The 911RSCS is a beast and will easily fetch $170K today apparently if you can find one for sale… Anyway, 4 M3Rs were retained by BMW Australia for race duties and the other 11 went to CAMS licence holders that forked out $189,450 + onroads in 1994-5. Mine is #10. Should have the keys on Thursday
FAST FACTS on the E36 M3R
ENGINE: 3L ///M Power motor with revised intake and exhaust ports. Camshafts with increased overlap. Sump with dual pickup. Rechipped ECU and altered air intake by repositioning the pickup duct to the left of the foglight opening. Lightened flywheel. AP twin plate clutch. 3.9:1 ratio LSD with 40% lock. 850i driveshafts and a Scorpion rear muffler (new).
POWER = 243KW @ 7200rpm
CHASIS: 8x17 inch BBS Alloys. Bilstein coilover suspension. Front and rear strut braces. Strengthened alloy rear control arms. Adjustable camber plates fitted to front struts. Four pot AP Racing callipers with 324mm ventilated front discs.
WEIGHT: Weight varies between 1260-1360KG depending on what is retained. For example, beyond the aluminium doors and carbon fibre seats / centre console much of the cabin’s sound deadening material has been removed as well as the front foglights. Retaining the cars spare wheel and air-conditioner has the weight climbing back towards the fully loaded 1360KG. The STOCK E36 M3 weighs 1460KG so even a plush street M3R is at least 100KG lighter as a minimum.
So, the heaviest street going M3R has a power to weight ratio of 1KW per 5.6KG! To put that into perspective here are some example power to weight ratios of popular cars
1. BMW E46 M3 1KW per 6.05KG
2. Subaru WRX Sti 1KW per 7.15KG
3. HSV Club Sport R8 297 L2 1KW per 5.56KG
4. Lotus Elise 111R 1KW per 5.71KG
5. Ford XR6T 1KW per 7.05KG
6. Mitusubishi EVO VIII 1KW per 7.53KG
7. Porsche 911 3.6 Carrera 1KW per 5.83KG
8. Nissan 350Z Track 1KW per 7.1KG
9. Audi S4 1KW per 6.85KG
10. Mazda RX8 1KW per 7.55KG
I have attached a few pics the GreenDevil and my new ride (not exact vehicle)
On Friday, the 29th October at around 4pm my much loved BRG MCS was signed over to Evan. A significant occaision for me. Afterall I had to wait a good 6mths for my factory ordered MCS to arrive and had a blast with it virtually everyday for 2 years
Over the 2yrs I carefully researched my mods to develop a powerful yet nicely balanced car for both the drive to work and the odd track day. Evan and his fiance should have alot of FUN.
Many of you may be asking WHY
Well....... something came up. It was a 48/52 decision in favour of picking up this beast.
BMW E36 M3R
It is very difficult to find information about the M3R – it is that rare.. This is what I have worked out.
History: BMW Motorsport Australia teamed up with Frank Gardner in QLD to build only 15 limited edition M3s for GT production racing. The M3R was a direct response to Porsche’s 911RSCS and Mazda’s RX 7SP (as noted by MickyD). The 911RSCS is a beast and will easily fetch $170K today apparently if you can find one for sale… Anyway, 4 M3Rs were retained by BMW Australia for race duties and the other 11 went to CAMS licence holders that forked out $189,450 + onroads in 1994-5. Mine is #10. Should have the keys on Thursday
FAST FACTS on the E36 M3R
ENGINE: 3L ///M Power motor with revised intake and exhaust ports. Camshafts with increased overlap. Sump with dual pickup. Rechipped ECU and altered air intake by repositioning the pickup duct to the left of the foglight opening. Lightened flywheel. AP twin plate clutch. 3.9:1 ratio LSD with 40% lock. 850i driveshafts and a Scorpion rear muffler (new).
POWER = 243KW @ 7200rpm
CHASIS: 8x17 inch BBS Alloys. Bilstein coilover suspension. Front and rear strut braces. Strengthened alloy rear control arms. Adjustable camber plates fitted to front struts. Four pot AP Racing callipers with 324mm ventilated front discs.
WEIGHT: Weight varies between 1260-1360KG depending on what is retained. For example, beyond the aluminium doors and carbon fibre seats / centre console much of the cabin’s sound deadening material has been removed as well as the front foglights. Retaining the cars spare wheel and air-conditioner has the weight climbing back towards the fully loaded 1360KG. The STOCK E36 M3 weighs 1460KG so even a plush street M3R is at least 100KG lighter as a minimum.
So, the heaviest street going M3R has a power to weight ratio of 1KW per 5.6KG! To put that into perspective here are some example power to weight ratios of popular cars
1. BMW E46 M3 1KW per 6.05KG
2. Subaru WRX Sti 1KW per 7.15KG
3. HSV Club Sport R8 297 L2 1KW per 5.56KG
4. Lotus Elise 111R 1KW per 5.71KG
5. Ford XR6T 1KW per 7.05KG
6. Mitusubishi EVO VIII 1KW per 7.53KG
7. Porsche 911 3.6 Carrera 1KW per 5.83KG
8. Nissan 350Z Track 1KW per 7.1KG
9. Audi S4 1KW per 6.85KG
10. Mazda RX8 1KW per 7.55KG
I have attached a few pics the GreenDevil and my new ride (not exact vehicle)
