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Took my Xi to Watkins Glen this weekend
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10-05-2008, 06:47 PM | #1 |
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Took my Xi to Watkins Glen this weekend
Great day, ran HPDE class 2 with my E90 335Xi. First time running this car on a race track and also first time running with my JB3 tune. Still had the factory runflats on, not bad but the car under-steered and could use something bigger than 225's up front. I am probably going to a square set-up with 245's all around. Brakes were surprisingly good. Oil temp only hit 250
( have factory oil cooler) but temperature only in 40-50's so maybe not a hard challenge. The JB3 gave me all the power I could use, hit 135 in the back straight and 124 in the front, unfortunately I was sliding more than I would like on the turns. Still working on my driving skills...... JB3 gives this car more power than the M3's present ( although modded Corvettes are a different matter). Very pleasantly surprised by this car.
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10-05-2008, 07:41 PM | #3 |
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Not yet, but should have some photo's later.
A friend's girlfriend was taking some telephoto shots and PDA ( which ran the event) had a photo company working the site: www.trackphotos.com but these are not up yet for the event ( which was finishing today). I ran on 10-4-08 and had a black 335Xi sedan with 55 as my number.
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Thanks for the comments.
I understand that I have to practice.. practice.. practice first to learn to drive better. Luckily, still in the steep part of the learning curve and improving each time I go out. The square 245's all around sounds like where I need to go to track this car. Will set that up next year.... this was going to be the family sedan. Like I said, was pleasantly surprised (read a lot of the complaints on stock handling in the other sections with the Xi). Have considered the KW's, but worried that the ride would get harsher in normal usage. I know they are adjustable, just not sure how much... the softest equal to stock?
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