{"id":1264,"date":"2017-05-19T06:35:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2017-05-19T06:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:41:06","slug":"more-details-on-bmw-e46-m3-csl-clone-v8-downforce-monster-track-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/more-details-on-bmw-e46-m3-csl-clone-v8-downforce-monster-track-car","title":{"rendered":"More Details on BMW E46 M3 CSL clone V8 Downforce Monster Track Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have updated the forum build thread with a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?p=58525#post58525\">huge 3-part post<\/a><\/strong> showing many more details on the V8 powered M3 CSL clone we are building for a customer. If you like seeing fabrication and build details, this one will be worth the read &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?p=58525#post58525\">starting here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Chainsaw-BMW-E46-M3-LSx\/i-CfqXtwH\/0\/90755c75\/M\/B61G1011-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this round we show how (and explain why) the roll cage was built for this Time Trial\/HPDE track car &#8211; that also sees some street use. Then custom door panels were built to clear the cage while retaining functional door glass. A lot of work was shown making two halo style racing seats fit around the cage and door panels, too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Chainsaw-BMW-E46-M3-LSx\/i-7DfFTq4\/0\/ae5af8df\/M\/P1050013-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The front subframe was reinforced, as was the rear. Out back we modified that subframe to take an 8.8&#8243; aluminum Ford IRS differential case &#8211; we explain why in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?p=58525#post58525\">the forum post<\/a><\/strong>. Then we talked about two racing series that this car can compete in, with some changes to tires and aero.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Chainsaw-BMW-E46-M3-LSx\/i-kqKS8m2\/0\/ac327146\/M\/DSC_6127-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Again, many more details are discussed and shown in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?p=58525#post58525\">the latest post<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have updated the forum build thread with a huge 3-part post showing many more details on the V8 powered M3 CSL clone we are building for a customer. If you like seeing fabrication and build details, this one will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/more-details-on-bmw-e46-m3-csl-clone-v8-downforce-monster-track-car\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-build-thread-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1267,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions\/1267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}