Re: Bridging Handling Between the E92 M3 and E92 335
FR: My objective was to eradicate as much as possible the shortcomings on handling post performance mods. After all, there is a limit as to where the ZF can take, on an end on the torque band above 600 nm. But the previous problem of rear end wobbling on corner-in and corner-out was the biggest headache of all....
So I undertook the following changes:
- From Bilstein PSS9 to JIC Cross with 8/10 kg/mm linear springs
- Quaife ATB LSD
- H&R Sway Bars
- M3's Front Strut
- M3's Front Control Arms(tension struts/wishbones)
- M3's Rear Subframe Bushing/Mounts
Previously, on PSS9, the car squats and bottomed out whenever I take off from stationary. Besides, it excerbated the understeering problem, and did not help the rolling issue. Mid-corners I can feel that the springs are too soft. To solve it, I need better spring rates / linear springs ...... either the KW CS or the JIC Cross.....
With the new set-up, corner-in and corner-out, the car felt tight and planted. JIC Cross has a pillow ball upper mount for camber adjustment. Cornering-in, the grip and the LOW REAR REBOUND erased that wobbling feeling. Cornering-out, the high compression at the rear kicks in, and the squating feeling is gone. To be fair, with the M3's control arms mods, the JIC camber plate's negative 2 degrees adjustment is overlapped, but still, the car felt so much tighter than before. Now I am waiting for the rear arms......
Of course, I reckoned it is still far far away from the M3's chassis and set-up, but one would still need to improve on. A pariah will remain a pariah, far away from a pedigree, but the pariah is trying to play catch-up. Toto say one.
