Has Ca Created Fastest M3 In Uk /europe ?

[CA Automotive UK]

....we will know tomorrrow , as we are taking our latest creation to Brunty with BMW CAR magazine to have it officially tested , along with MARKSG 's E46 330 that we recently supercharged and fitted suspension etc to .

I have not been posting up too much recently , as we have been flat out with some company expansion , setting up a new workshop partnership ( as per recent post by Nick ) and building some cars ,will expand on all this in a future post :)

Anyway , back to the M3 .
We kept this one quiet until now .
This is CA 's own car ( ie roys , not to be confused with Merlins car ,which is same colour and also one of our cars , more on that one later too ) , a 2003 SMG M3 coupe , bought in completely standard form .

The car has been fitted with active autowerke stage 2 supercharger and, according to the dyno this is by far the most powerful one we have built to date , (thanks to a few new in house secret tricks :) , 460 bhp measured on two seperate days, and yes we have verified dyno charts :D . We have used the same dyno to test all 5 M3 cars we have so far supercharged to maintain consistency. Not quite up to active's claim of 490 ish but close enough, and it feels like a rocket !

The car has the usual peripheral upgrades such as :

pss9 coilovers
stoptech front and rear BBK s
Vorsteiner carbon fibre csl boot and new design full width front splitter Vorsteiner csl rear diffuser , which is being changed for a proper DTM functional downforce diffuser also in carbon
carbon interior everything ...
Michelin PS2 tyres
laser jammers front and rear
rear shock mounts
powerflex bushes
eisenmann exhaust
racing catalysts
x pipe
votex exhaust unit
carbon side gills
angel eyes
usual CA lighting upgrades
LED rear lights

We have been at Bruntingthorpe for past two weekends testing the car , biggest problem being traction and fried clutches ! The modified E34 M5 clutch originally supplied just was not up to the smg 's demands .

Finally ZF Sachs came up with a custom unit capable of taking 600 Nm torque , just finished fitting it and so far so good , will know for sure tomorrow when we give it proper welly .

The car easily goes off the clock at the Brunty straight , thats over 185 mph indicated !! we have not had chance to properly test 0 - 60 and 0 -100 due to the aforementioned clutch issues, again will do so tomorrow .

I will post up the results ( as long as itdoes not rain ) Friday or weekend .
meanwhile here are some preview pics taken at Brunty Sunday last , meanwhile some pics for your perusal

all the best

[BigFas]

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Can't wait to see the results of tomorrow's thrash. I did wonder where you had been hiding and now I see the time has been well spent! best of luck tomorrow, and that number plate kicks ASSSSS!

[CA Automotive UK]

thanks Fas

fingers crossed

btw .....please PM me address to send you a cheque for tyhe fees we owe , obviously the paypal thing is not working for some reason :) let me know total owed

[CA Automotive UK]

am off for early night now , as anyone who knows me can tell you , me and early mornings are not friends , so have to try and get sleep .

see you all in couple days :)

[mystic sport]

:eek: Can't wait for the results!!!

[mattj]

very nice! love the detail on the front splitter

[adood84]

we need some vids Roy every kind you can make (0-60 , inside car , exhaust , engine , top speed vid ...ect) this car is sick well done

[CA Automotive UK]

oh ok , just one more post then ......

the black convertible m3 in background of one of the pics is our next feature car , wont say too much at this point , but the theme will be carbon , carbon ...and then more carbon . We plan to make it the most carbon infested M3 around .
We are talking interior trims , door cards front and back , st wheel , cabrio hood cover , bonet , cills , door handles inside and out , mirrors etc etc etc ......oooooh ...I think I just spurted , excuse me must find kleenex quick

nite

[adood84]

I can just imagine it now Teddy going to Roys shop and living in that M3 with Roy as a room mate :D:D:D:D

[RDG 40]

Roy you are setting a standard for the WORLD of BMW enthusiasts to follow.

You just get more and more adventurous awesome work

[lee330sport]

Fock! Didnt know you'd done all that to it!

So you gonna let me take it for a real drive:D

Cant wait to see it in action.

[Mits]

Very nice Roy, kept that project quite :cool:
I would be interested in that clutch or similar, as i'm having problems sourcing one for an smg model that is reliable and tested. ;)

[318:(]

Thats my sort of tuning!

Good luck with that


And is a audience welcome? :p

[peppernick]

Roy dude ........... you kept that well QUIET! But DAMN!!!!!! She' awesome!

I must say CA has taken BMW tuning in the UK onto a different level [cool Congrats, all the best for the shootout.

Yoy have to take me out for a spin ;) :D

[BigFas]

PLEASE say you're bringing that M3 to the 'ring!! Please, please, please, please, please!

[Juber]

wow that is truly amaing! Cant wait to see the results, Also if you can videos will be awesome! Good luck 4 tomorow! [cool

[AJ.]

I second that, please make sure that makes it to the Ring.

[Saggers]

Gorgeous! Would love to see it action?

[ryan]

both cars are lookin mint..
Cant wait to see the carbon covered beemer...will be NUTTS

[Nickleback]

:eek: Awesome project Roy, results should be stunning - bring it on @ the Ring, please!! [jam [bow

[Raj]

:eek: :eek: :eek: SCHWEEEEEET. That is gonna fly if you put wings on it. It has definitely gotta come to the Ring... :cool:

[CA Automotive UK]

to my very deep regret I dont think I can go to teh Ring now , even though I have paid for the tickets and everything .....just too much work on . Am gutted about it for sure if I cant go , wont know for certain for another week tho ' .....fingers crossed

[phat///M3]

inspirational to say the least, great job, cant wait for results...

Steve

[CA Automotive UK]

evening gents

well unfortunately rain stopped play today :(
despite a promising sunny start to the morning, the second we got to brunty it started raining .

So in short we could not lay down any times .We will be going back next weekend with BMW Car magazine to do dry proper runs.

Good news is the new custom Sachs clutch seems awesome , not more smg problems or slow changes ....for now. This fits manual and smg cars , I highly recommend it even for mildly tuned Ms , it just so strong yet you can still poodle in traffic no problem .

We did attempt some top speed runs in the rain and got to an indicated 180 mph , but the car is still on oem brakes so we had to brake far sooner than normal so due to this and the rain results were low . I am estimating there is another 15 - 20 mph there , the car was not near the redline at this point either , as you will see from the video we will post up soon . The runway is just too short.

Traction was a major issue on the rather rough surface and "repaired with frictionless material " areas of the track. As Lee will verify we actually "hopped" sideways at least half a lane width on the main straight at about 160 mph at one point ( am having surgery to remove my sphincter from its new location at bottom of my throat ) .

We all had 160 degree moments today .

Top speed runs were not helped by fact that half of the available width of the track was taken up by other cars doing high speed control training ....whilst coming towards us ! ..and occasionally overcooking it and sliding towards our half of the track . Oh yeah , and then just after that ( we are at about 150 mph now ) there on our left we have ....lorries doing skid pan training ! I kid you not....

Just for the hell of it we tried a few timed o- 60 runs , with traction , with a wet track ( not moist but wet ) WITHOUT the smg using launch control facility , just stamping on the throttle ,and to my surprise managed a best of 6.2 secs . Think about it ... traction control on ,wet surface , no launch control , no clutch to balance take off / spin ... and still 6.2 secs . For the record , most M3 struggle to achieve under 5.7 ish secs in the "real word " in perfect dry conditions , without dsc etc . Not bad .

all the best

[Juber]

this car is sick! i would love to sit in the car to experience the speed of the motor! by the sounds of it this thing is a beast!

[CA Automotive UK]

it can be arranged ...:)

best way I can describe it is this , bearing in mind I am still getting used to the car : Remember as a kid going into a fairly rough wavy sea and "catching" a big wave and it would carry you all the way to the shore ? well its like that only the shore never comes , the thing just keeps pulling and pulling then pulls even more until you hit the rev limiter . I am not just bigging up our own product here ..ask Lee etc who drove it :) Alex and Dan will tell you the same , It spins changing into third in the dry when at full pelt :eek:

[CA Automotive UK]

AND NOT LEAST ...a BIG thanks to Lee , Teddy and Gary for taking time off work to attend and support in the apalling conditions , real troopers [cool

[marksg]

Top speed runs were not helped by fact that half of the available width of the track was taken up by other cars doing high speed control training ....whilst coming towards us !..and occasionally overcooking it and sliding towards our half of the track

Same thing happened to me - seeing a Lotus Elise sliding towards your side of the track at an approach speed close to 200mph does focus your attention! :eek:

[CA Automotive UK]

dont know about you Gary , but I am absolutely knackered after all that :o

[marksg]

Roy - would be quite happy to get up at stupid o'clock again tomorrow and do it all again. ;)

Big thank-you for organising and inviting me along!

See you next time!

Gary

[Juber]

Wicked! thatl be great if you could arrange some thing like that!

and jeeees, 200mph!!! fliping hell! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[marksg]

Juber - we were driving towards each other (well there was a row of cones between us!)- even though a 2 mile straight seems a long way, I (only!) made it to an indicated 140 mph before thinking the car park was approaching rather quickly!

[CA Automotive UK]

please pencil in next weekend Gary ( not this one coming ) , lets hope for dry weather [hmm

[m3cslboy]

F'ing SICK ! ! !

that car is a total sleeper !

I'm really intrested about the C/F converts M3, that is going to be sick !

[marksg]

please pencil in next weekend Gary ( not this one coming ) , lets hope for dry weather [hmm

No problem Roy! :D :D

[rahrah]

...am i going mad...you have too diffrent licence plates!! :D

[BigFas]

LMAO, he's right!!!!!!!!!!!

[CA Automotive UK]

LOL ....damn you for noticing :p

yes , I made the first plate up in arush and got it slightly wrong :cool:

[Mits]

Roy i'm really going to have to take a spin in your motor mate :D

I was thinking about changing to a 911TT next year, but if the upgrade you have is reliable and can be used everyday...this could be another option while saving £££ and not changing cars.

Will discuss with you when I see you...but the clutch is a definate, maybe after were back from the Ring :)

[benny boy]

That car is amazing well done Roy what love to have ago in it need to have ago in a standard m3 first lol

[CA Automotive UK]

Mits ,
Lee and also Gary i believe, were in the M3 when I was testing it and quite easily out accelerated a Ferrari Modena and Porche GT3( or was it GT 2 guys ??) on the straight ....and they had a head start !!

I have covered 1500 miles in her now since conversion and she has not missed a beat . She poodles along in heavy stop- start traffic for hours as easily as she fills my pants at an indicated 180 or more on the track .

You have to experience it for yourself , I never imagined a car could be so "best of all worlds " as this , I am not just saying this because we sell these kits and build the cars , ask anyone who owns or drives one :)

If you are serious then come along saturday Mits , I promise you an eye opener of an experience ....