Bmw E46 M3 Videos Professional Motor Racing

The E 46 M3 C SL coupe sport light bow is wonderful, beautifully balanced terrifically tactile and sensationally songs.

But the bit that generally causes some argument is the SMG to automated manual gearbox.

I work for Jaguar Land Rover as a vehicle dynamics test driver.

Bmw E46 M3 Videos Professional Motor Racing

Ive got a history in professional motor racing from single seaters to endurance GTs to Formula One and now Ive found my niche and escape plan.

I put my CSL in 2015 I first wanted one after I saw on TV in 2003.

Ive owned a few cars from that era, I think I was quite impressionable as someone just learning to drive in 2003 so I also own a novel m 12 before this Focus RS.

Ive settled on a M3 CSL because its just such a great all around car.

It just does everything I need it to, and its just a real The company started from just a hobby, when I was racing by myself in M3.

It seemed like the right car to drive to and from work to park up when I was away for old time while I was racing.

Went on the forms to get information from people, found out that a lot of the guys couldnt find someone decent to build UNKNOWN So I bought one, took it apart, worked out how they worked, decided that I would start rebuilding them, built up a little customer database in the hobby I was doing and eventually work got in the way and I handed in my notice and followed follow the dream really followed the hobby.

The reason I bought this car is because its a high mileage one.

I keep it clean, is meant to be June its 142,000 miles Now, if youre gonna convert one, thats the one you do it too.

Now, and Ive got home with it actually, you get used to it you learn to drive around there, but there were things that I didnt like about it.

And to be honest, I just wanted to change really, I think I asked about manual conversions on the forum before I bought the car, as an option, and no one had done it at that time.

Its been five years to kind of be brave enough to do it to the car because the car is rare and its kind of held on its clean and people worry about values, but its mine.

So I finally got around to the i i was i think i was Thinking of selling it, and I couldnt think of anything else that could match it.

Finally, being brave enough to convert the car and thats where we got to the SMG system.

But essentially what youve got is a hydraulic pump and a computer.

So, You have a hydraulic shifter, hydraulic clutch actuation which is all done through the DME, the ECU in the car hydraulically.

And basically, to do the manual conversion, were basically deleting all of that electrical components, all the hydraulic components and putting it purely to And an analog manual car.

There is one other modification that David and Dara have recently made to the transmission of this M3.

And although not as visible, it is probably just as influential to the way it now drives.

The standard P46 M3 differential is GK and whisker lock so it has a viscous coupler so, Standard normal LSD is a plated ramped LSD, which is purely mechanical.