Engine ticking after autocross

[mLuMaN83]

I would have been tripping. I freak out over any noise in my car lol.

Glad to hear it's normal!

[HokieZHP]

Yeah I was a little worried but it went away so I figured it wasn't bad.

[Johnmadd]

I trust the track guys, they have experience.

[M0nk3y]

Perhaps a dry sump oil system would alleviate future lifter ticking as a result of extreme driving?

S54s have a semi-dry sump and I get ticks from time to time.

Yeah it went back to normal after a couple minutes.

You can also rev to 2.5k and hold it there in GRID to help get rid of the noise...but doesn't matter. It's just a noise that makes non-BMW owners come up to you and ask if your car is okay

[HokieZHP]

You can also rev to 2.5k and hold it there in GRID to help get rid of the noise...but doesn't matter. It's just a noise that makes non-BMW owners come up to you and ask if your car is okay

GRID?

[M0nk3y]

GRID?

During an event, all cars during a heat are stationed in an area where you park the car and wait for next run, it's call Grid.

I always get the car in grid, idle it for a couple minutes and turn it off (because usually it's around 10-15 minutes before next run). I spray my tires to cool them down and check pressures. I start my car back up a couple minutes before hand going back out to maintain operating oil temp (200*F for me)

[HokieZHP]

Oh gotcha. Well I found out that on the re-configured course, I ran 4 seconds behind the one who won the class I would have run in. The best I did was a 59.8 and the winner did a 55.6 I believe.

[M0nk3y]

Oh gotcha. Well I found out that on the re-configured course, I ran 4 seconds behind the one who won the class I would have run in. The best I did was a 59.8 and the winner did a 55.6 I believe.

You'll get faster...give it time.

Took me 3 years to finally beat the guy that has been teaching me all along, and it was by 0.305 seconds on a 59 second course...

Only reason I won was because it was a HP friendlier course. He was running an E36 M.

[HokieZHP]

Yeah I mean I was happy with that considering it was my first time. I'm thinking of getting into AutoX though. Just gotta get another set of wheels/tires.

[M0nk3y]

Yeah I mean I was happy with that considering it was my first time. I'm thinking of getting into AutoX though. Just gotta get another set of wheels/tires.

Learn with what you have. If you get better tires it will mask your errors.

As well, loop the car next time out...seriously. You don't know the limit until you break it.