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BMW E46 M3 track car

Hi, I am toying with the idea of selling my E46 M3 track car and moving onto a new project

This is not your average track car with a few cheap bits bolted onto it, it is 95% to being a competitive race car.  It has taken me 8 years to get to this stage but am now thinking about going in a different direction.

It really only needs a fire extinguisher and a swirl pot setup to be ready to race, for endurance racing it would be wise to fit a diff cooler as well.

Last time I weighed the car with ¾ tank of fuel and no passenger seat it was 1230kg, should be easy to get under 1200kg with fiberglass bumpers, 5 speed box and a few other bits and pieces.

2002 BMW E46 M3 in carbon black, I do have the service history which is complete to when I bought it in 2014 but fairly irrelevant now the engine is basically new.    This is a track car so the bodywork is by no means perfect but no rust in the rear arches and everything else is grp/carbon.  Wings, bonnet, boot and front bumper all recently painted.

The car has had minimal use in the last 2 years, last trackday was Donington April 21 and in 2020 it only had 4 outings, 2 of which were evening sessions so minimal use since the engine and diff were built.

Suspension

Intrax 4 way suspension with black titan coating, Anti Roll Control and Spring rate adjusters.  Setup at the factory for a 1200kg car. £7300

Intrax weld in top plates for front shock towers with extra camber adjustment

Adjustable aluminium front drop links from mdmotorsport

All bushes are Powerflex black except rear outer ball joints

All other bushes and ball joints changed

Rear subframe recently powder coated

Eibach adjustable aluminium rear camber arms

Engine

High compression race engine built by Butler motorsport, with approx. 30hrs use.  Oil changed every 3-4 hours.  The full rebuild was done in September 2018, top end build with cams and springs was done in May 2019.

Butler motorsport custom high compression pistons

Arrow rods

ARP bolts

Schrick Cams 288/280

Shrick dlc followers

New BMW shells, headbolts etc

Headgasket, valve spings, seals etc done in 2020

VAC motorsport enlarged ITB’s

Butler motorsport custom exhaust

Modified headers to accept Butler Motorsport exhaust

BMW motorsport thermostat

Twin fuel pump kit

Goeff Steel carbon airbox with Aluminium flanges and full size ITG filter

Oil catch can and breather

New seals, bolts and bearings on everything

All done the engine parts including labour is about £14,000

Dyno shows over 400bhp at Chip Wizards Bosch dyno, will supply the dyno sheet with the car

Cooling

Driftworks supercool radiator

CSF oil cooler

Improved Racing Oil thermostat, AN-10 hel piping and fittings

Moroso header tank

Bespoke radiator / oil cooler shroud

New BMW rubber hoses all round

Drivetrain

TTV lightweight flywheel and clutch, fitted 2019 when engine was built.

New bmw prop doughnut

Standard 6 speed box (Ihave a 5 speed box, ttv clutch plate, clutch release bearing etc for the car with 90% of the parts to fit.  This is an 18kg saving)

Drexler LSD with BMW motorsport 4.1 CW&P built by butler motorsport.  Built May 2019 £3800

Wheel stud kit

Brakes

Front AP Pro 5000 R calipers (CP9660)

Bells and brackets to fit BTCC discs

Used BTCC discs and pads

Rear AP calipers

Standard E46 M3 discs and CL RC6 pads

Chassis

Vibratechnics engine & gearbox mounts

Purple tag steering rack with nylon limiters

Solid steering coupler

Interior

Saftey devices bolt in roll cage with every option

Rear subframe mounting points reinforced

Sparco Grid drivers seat and side mounts

Macht schnell seat mounts

2 sets of Scroth clubman belts

Sparco Sprint passenger seat

Battery tray removed, rear shelf removed           

Lightweight Odyssey extreme battery relocated to behind passenger seat

Electronic power cut-off with latching switches on dash and wiper panel

CAE Ultrashifter

Works bell quick release steering wheel hub

Sparco 330mm steering wheel

Strack pro control gauges for water temp, oil temp and oil pressure with parts to fit

Longacre extra wide mirror

Switches for fuel pump, injectors and heated screen on dash

Exterior

Jeff Steel carbon doors with light weight mirrors

ACW motorsport plastic windows except screen, naca ducts in rear quarters

Ricky Evans heated front screen

E92 M3 carbon roof

Carbon roof scoop with drainage

Jeff steel rear wing

Flossman front splitter with custom mounts

Std front bumper on quick release aerocatches

Std rear bumper

Butler motorsport fiberglass bonnet with Goeff Steel bonnet vents & aerocatches

Butler motorsport fiberglass front vented wings

CSL style fiberglass bootlid

Black bonnet grilles

Rear diffuser

Hard motorsport brake ducts in front bumper

Swapped the xenons out for lighter standard headlights

Wheels

Apex Arc 8 9.5x18 with good BTCC slicks

Team dynamics 1.2 9x18 with good BTCC wets

Team dynamics 1.2 9x18 with good extreme inters

Other than the cage installation and engine rebuild I have not included any labour charges which span into the thousands.  There will be thousands of pounds in fittings and other small parts that I haven’t specifically listed.

All in the car owes me over £60K.

Looking for sensible offers around £35,000

If it doesn’t sell, I will be looking at breaking the car as I believe I will get more out of it.

I also have a large spares package, extra tyres, brake discs and pads and a beaver tail trailer by separate negotiation.