peter's canadian imola ZHP project

[Vas]

nice.....

[BMWCurves]

Sounds great! Glad it all came together and you're enjoying it. My fear after doing my suspension is that I would somehow have made it worse than before. It's not likely some schmuck like me knows better than the engineers at BMW, so I always have that feeling in the back of my head "maybe, just maybe, I shouldn't do this."

Congrats!

[Rovert]

I sometimes wish my car had a less aggressive diff ratio. It's a crapshow even with M track mode on and I go WOT from 2K. All it wants to do is burn rubber in the first two gears. LOL

The ZHP is for sure that ideal in between mode to have lots of fun like a Miata but not make a huge scene.

[johnrando]

Good stuff

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[ELCID86]

Awesome update. Glad you're loving it. What mods after another 233k ??



Tumbs, fone, TaT. ;-)

[slater]

Sounds great! Glad it all came together and you're enjoying it. My fear after doing my suspension is that I would somehow have made it worse than before. It's not likely some schmuck like me knows better than the engineers at BMW, so I always have that feeling in the back of my head "maybe, just maybe, I shouldn't do this."

yeah, i can appreciate that. i definitely went a bit overboard. but i thought a lot about what i liked about the stock car, and what changes i wanted to make. i'm pleased so far, but i still need to get an alignment and then i will be able to tell.

I sometimes wish my car had a less aggressive diff ratio. It's a crapshow even with M track mode on and I go WOT from 2K. All it wants to do is burn rubber in the first two gears. LOL

The ZHP is for sure that ideal in between mode to have lots of fun like a Miata but not make a huge scene.

for sure - even with my more hardcore mode going on now, it's not spinning the tires like that.

oh, i am running those michelin pilot sport AS/3's right now. they seem pretty nice - lots of grip, nice balance. i like the PSS better under braking though.

Awesome update. Glad you're loving it. What mods after another 233k ??

haha. that's 233K KMs, so around 143K miles. no more mods for a looooong time - just maintenance and driving!!

[Rovert]

Can you give a review after a few more miles unless you already can feel it. AS3 vs PSS. Advantages/Disadvantages. My friend just ordered AS3's for his 135 M sport over PSS just for the little snow we get in Vancouver.

[az3579]

Can you give a review after a few more miles unless you already can feel it. AS3 vs PSS. Advantages/Disadvantages. My friend just ordered AS3's for his 135 M sport over PSS just for the little snow we get in Vancouver.

I don't even have to drive a car with AS3's to be able to compare. Night and day.

[slater]

Can you give a review after a few more miles unless you already can feel it. AS3 vs PSS. Advantages/Disadvantages. My friend just ordered AS3's for his 135 M sport over PSS just for the little snow we get in Vancouver.

sure, no problem. i have a 5hr trip to do today, i will leave some notes here tomorrow. so far, the PSS are much better under braking.

I don't even have to drive a car with AS3's to be able to compare. Night and day.

well, different purposes here. in vancouver, they get very little snow. but they get a lot of rain in the winter months. so the AS/3's could be a viable choice over winter tires. the average daytime highs in the winter are usually around 40-45ºF (right, trevor?).

[BMWCurves]

well, different purposes here. in vancouver, they get very little snow. but they get a lot of rain in the winter months. so the AS/3's could be a viable choice over winter tires. the average daytime highs in the winter are usually around 40-45ºF (right, trevor?).

Huh, sounds like a Canadian Portland, OR, weather-wise. I had no idea. Maybe being on the water helps keep the temps up.