peter's canadian imola ZHP project

[Vas]

cool. i'll check realoem.com for the part #.

16112229656

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16112229656

thanks vas. i ordered:

- VDO/Siemens pump
- new victor reinz gasket
- M3 fuel pump baffle

[Vas]

thanks vas. i ordered:

- VDO/Siemens pump
- new victor reinz gasket
- M3 fuel pump baffle

Nice. I need to do the same for Sketchi

[slater]

really thinking about getting some 911 bilstein PSS rears, 6" 500lb springs, clevis top mounts and doing a rear coilover conversion.......! i'd be able to run less spring rate in the rear and it, in theory, is a lot less stress on the rear floor. hmmmmm.....

did an oil change on wednesday night, @ 249243km.

need to do tie rods and steering coupler soon, then alignment.

likely doing the fuel pump w/ M3 baffle this weekend.

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installed the new VDO fuel pump, gasket and M3 fuel pump baffle today. 250994KM.

[Vas]

Thought again on the stoptech street pads since you put more miles on them since install.

Pedal feel, dust? etc?

[Rovert]

Less cold temp initial bite. But totally adequate for the street. High temp endurance is great. I bedded them with over 10 60-10 slowdowns and not once did I feel them fade or smell anything burning. Dust is light orange/brown and it takes maybe two to three fuel tank fulls to show. That was when I had my ZHP.

[slater]

Thought again on the stoptech street pads since you put more miles on them since install.

Pedal feel, dust? etc?

i think they're now called stoptech 'sport' pads, the 'street' ones are different.

i need to bleed my brakes again as i think i have a bad bleeder valve - i've got air in the system. so initial pedal feel is not really accurate right now, but i can say that dusting is low and modulation is good. initial bite is decent, but again, i need to re-bleed and then i can make a good call on that.

i will say that rain performance is very good - i experienced the 'no brakes' fun when driving in the rain with my old pads (PBR) and it was not fun - it took a few hard stabs to dry out the brakes. i drove in some torrential rain last night (unfortunately several hours from my house - we didn't get any, and we need it badly!), and i had brakes every time i needed them.

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kind of exciting: i placed a deposit on a 'vince' no-weld RACP (Rear Axle Carrier Panel) reinforcement kit (it's an epoxy and rivet-on install). my imola ZHP will be the first non-M car to use it, and while i don't think there will be any issues (the M3 RACP is the same as the non-M), i'm going to be the guinea pig. i'll put together a thread on the process later on - it's going to be pretty involved. vince is also thinking about making some epoxy and rivet-on rear floor 'cups' for the subframe mounts, which i will hopefully be testing as well.

unfortunately i found a small crack in my rear floor the other day by the LR subframe mount, which is what's prompting this. crappy, but at least i caught it early and it's going to be as good as possible when done. i'm also going to drop the trans and replace the clutch and flywheel (SMF conversion) at the same time. looking into buying a low-profile trans jack for the job(s).

more info (and a lot of pics) on the 'vince' kit: http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=546116

i'm kind of curious if higher spring rates in the rear (with my bilstein PSS kit - even though they're not that stiff) contribute to RACP separation and cracking. moving to a true rear coilover would allow me to run much softer rates as the spring is a lot further outboard - i'd be able to use 350# springs - and i've read of quite a few M3 guys who do this for street and track use - apparently the moton setup is like this. it also would allow for more rear suspension travel.

all in all - another massive fall project for this car. i won't be getting the reinforcement kit and floor 'cups' until mid-september, so i will be driving the car sparingly until then. this means i really need to get the estoril car done soon. and, it means i might considering putting the full M3 rear end in from my new parts car. hmmm.....

[san]

You recently changed all the sub frame bushings correct? So you didn't find any cracks then?


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