Badass pic of my instrument cluster

[thedream2147]

Hahaha..I found an old pic of my instrument cluster. For those of you wondering how fast an M3 can go, here is your answer..

The car is pretty stock for the moment minus bolt-ons...and just for information purposes, the car redlines at 8,100 RPM so I had a couple thousand RPM's left.

[©hris]

holy ****.... i think that says 170 lol

[thedream2147]

lol..yea 170..i backed off at 172...

[Scotsman]

nice haulin ballz!

[white_rice]

dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[eraser4g63]

Wow.. when and where?

[thedream2147]

Wow.. when and where?

A few months ago...and it was in middle of nowhere south georgia...those long open stretches in farmland georgia where the population is so little that there isn't even a McDonalds anywhere near.

[SpooL'DGsR]

holy top end !!!!!!!!!!!!

[mushroom_toy]

Incriminating yourself on a public forum....priceless.

Other than that though...looks like fun.

[thedream2147]

Incriminating yourself on a public forum....priceless.

lol..yeah..i don't care about that..if the authorities want to come get me in Seattle , more power to them!

[Ronsam2006]

God damn...prolly took you like a minute to get there from 150 right?

[thedream2147]

God damn...prolly took you like a minute to get there from 150 right?

it is not nearly as explosive as my Supra Turbo was to 180 mph..but...

Not really...getting to 155 was easy ......and it only took a few seconds after 155 really...it helped that I had a slight tailwind though. The M3 really IS an autobahn cruiser. This should also show why even supercharged M3's only run low to mid 12s even with 500 whp....the gearing is really designed for top speed.

[ZeDFuNk]

Going that fast can cause danger to the manifold and cause the welds on your intake to blow. Be careful.

[thedream2147]

Going that fast can cause danger to the manifold and cause the welds on your intake to blow. Be careful.

The supercharger kit comes with a new intake manifold amongst other things..so no worries.

[c_riley]

cool picture and 172 is pretty damn quick

[osnap]

good shiet. ^^ lol @ Kayfunk's F&F reference

[koukis14]

Nice

[MR. 200SX]

Once I did 140 and I still regret it. I'm glad I don't have the balls to go that fast. It seems like you have enough juice left to do 180mph.

[thedream2147]

Once I did 140 and I still regret it. I'm glad I don't have the balls to go that fast. It seems like you have enough juice left to do 180mph.

yea..M3's will hit over 180 mph stock once you remove the top speed limiter!

[koukis14]

Once I did 140 and I still regret it. I'm glad I don't have the balls to go that fast. It seems like you have enough juice left to do 180mph.

Why did you regret it? I have done almost that on the street and 156 on a track. It is fun as hell if you do it in the right place.

[Ronsam2006]

^^ sure is.

[MR. 200SX]

Why did you regret it? I have done almost that on the street and 156 on a track. It is fun as hell if you do it in the right place.

Because is dangerous and stupid IMO. But like you said I wouldn't mind in the right place but there are hardly "right" places here in GA.

[Fr33way]

That's moving! Pic could have come better but I wouldn't be holding a damn camera at 170 lol.

[fucksohc]

damn man... movin eh?

[speedminded]

Hahaha..I found an old pic of my instrument cluster. For those of you wondering how fast an M3 can go, here is your answer..

The car is pretty stock for the moment minus bolt-ons...and just for information purposes, the car redlines at 8,100 RPM so I had a couple thousand RPM's left.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...icture1056.jpg

What year M3? M/T I assume?

[umairejaz]

good sh itt

[thedream2147]

What year M3? M/T I assume?

2004 M3 ...all M3's are manual, but mine is the SMG- Sequential Manual Gearbox

[speedminded]

2004 M3 ...all M3's are manual, but mine is the SMG- Sequential Manual Gearbox

lolol, no true manual transmission has a button for fully automatic mode. I wouldn't count a clutchless electrohydraulically controlled clutch a manual, it's a automatic that operates like a manual...take a pic of your clutch pedal for me If you can't stall on launch and mis-shift its still an autotragic, just slightly more entertaining.

I was just trying to figure out what differential the car has anyways, the one i'm building should top out at 160.....in 4th :boobies:

[thedream2147]

lolol, no true manual transmission has a button for fully automatic mode. I wouldn't count a clutchless electrohydraulically controlled clutch a manual, it's a automatic that operates like a manual...take a pic of your clutch pedal for me If you can't stall on launch and mis-shift its still an autotragic, just slightly more entertaining.

I was just trying to figure out what differential the car has anyways, the one i'm building should top out at 160.....in 4th :boobies:

I DO in fact have a pressure plate, clutch disc, and throw-out bearing...in fact, the SMG transmission is the exact same ZF gearbox as the traditional six speed. I have no torque converter. The SMG is a true manual gearbox with simply a hydraulic arm engaging the clutch when you shift. In fact, my clutch went out a month ago and I ended up with this badass piece of work:

Clutchmasters twin-plate unit!




And you better tell Formula 1, CART, WRC, and Indy that SMG gearboxes are not real manual transmissions..Oh , might want to tell Ferrari, Lamborghini, VW/Audi, Bugatti, Maserati, and Alfa-Romeo that they screwed up by using SMG and Twin-clutch gearboxes without a clutch pedal.

If a computer can engage and disengage a clutch faster, more precisely, and match revs perfectly...who am I to argue with it.

[STI101]

Sweetness

[Sammich]

good shiet. ^^ lol @ Kayfunk's F&F reference

lol good catch i knew i heard that nonsense before

[ZeDFuNk]

The supercharger kit comes with a new intake manifold amongst other things..so no worries.

just be careful. Don't use your double 300 shot of nitrous and have your computer beeping at you and ignore it. That could blow your floorboard of your car.

[thedream2147]

just be careful. Don't use your double 300 shot of nitrous and have your computer beeping at you and ignore it. That could blow your floorboard of your car.

BUT, wait, I have extra synthetic muffler fluid!

[dkjohnson04]

full synthetic blinker fluid will go great with that syn. muffler fluid homie!! oh and dont forget to check your V-TTTAAAKKKKKK fluid. lol j/k nice car though man. 170 FTMFW

[ZeDFuNk]

BUT, wait, I have extra synthetic muffler fluid!

Ah, i have underestimated your skrills. I am sahrry massah.

[thedream2147]

guys, I need to know if you guys suggest Nopi stickers or just the APC Racing stickers for optimum aerodynamic thrust?

[DinanM3atl]

lolol, no true manual transmission has a button for fully automatic mode. I wouldn't count a clutchless electrohydraulically controlled clutch a manual, it's a automatic that operates like a manual...take a pic of your clutch pedal for me If you can't stall on launch and mis-shift its still an autotragic, just slightly more entertaining.

I was just trying to figure out what differential the car has anyways, the one i'm building should top out at 160.....in 4th :boobies:

He is right Jason. Same exact ZF Unit

To the instrument cluster shot... Very stupid to do that anywhere on a road in the US with the dumbass drivers we have. Take it to the track please.

[thedream2147]

He is right Jason. Same exact ZF Unit

To the instrument cluster shot... Very stupid to do that anywhere on a road in the US with the dumbass drivers we have. Take it to the track please.

Yeah I know I know. Lets just say where I was, I had a higher probably of seeing a grizzly bear than a person.

[DinanM3atl]

Do you know what happens when you hit a grizzley bear at 170mph?

Or a deer? Or **** a raccoon?

[thedream2147]

Do you know what happens when you hit a grizzley bear at 170mph?

Or a deer? Or **** a raccoon?

oh well, i'd kill a deer and myself. There are worse ways of dying.