E92 Tuning Blog
E92 - TMS Aero & Bodywork Changes
by Thorney Motorsport - Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:36
This month is a bit of a work in progress really as a race cars aerodynamics can only really be fine tuned and fettled whilst out on circuit (sadly we lack the £40m odd needed to run our own wind tunnel, although we do have access to one) so the initial stages of design are developed on the chassis in a static state. The very subject of aerodynamics tend to bring out the worst in people, everyone happily quotes drag coefficients, down force levels and anything else they’ve managed to learn from the internet usually losing sight of the one key feature that matters above all else – there is no one feature above all else – aerodynamics and bodywork design has to cater for so many requirements that there is no one single design that can do everything, you have to compromise.
Performance BMW Magazine Article
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E92 - TMS E92 M3 Roll Cage
by Thorney Motorsport - Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:28
We seem to have more phone calls and questions on cages and
their fitting than anything else these days, be them for full race car
preparation or just track day use there does appear to be a lot of misunderstanding
about what a cage is designed to do it seems.
In simple terms there are two kinds of cages for cars – a safety cage
and a chassis cage. A safety cage is exactly as it sounds, a cage installed
into the car to protect the occupants in the event of a crash, its purpose is
simply to prevent the occupants getting squashed in the event of a side impact
or worse still a roll over. Pretty much all bolt in cages are safety cages...
Performance BMW Magazine Feature
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E92 - Strip Down
by Thorney Motorsport - Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:54
Its not been a bad development for the E92 M3, over the last
9 months we’ve upgraded the suspension, wheels, brakes, exhaust and power
nicely so overall we’re pretty pleased with the development thus far. There
have been some notable highs, such as a spirited drive from Cornwall to Milton
Keynes in the early hours which demonstrated the Moton suspension and AP brakes
to their finest as well as countless times where the roar of the Akrapovic
exhaust simply made us smile just for being in the car. Hearing the Safety Car
Drivers of the CSL Cup describe the car as the ‘best safety car they’ve ever
driven’ was nice as well as well as comments from owners saying that at last
they thought the car looked good also stand out.
Performance BMW Magazine Feature:
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E92 - BMW M3 Performance Seats
by Thorney Motorsport - Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:30
Original seats.
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E92 - Suspension Modifications
by John Thorne - Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:00
Well thank God for that, we’ve finally managed to fix the E92 M3’s
biggest problem – handling. Now I’ve been fairly critical of the E92’s
handling in general, indeed the standard car on standard suspension I
think is just way too soft for a sports car that the M3 represents but
it does reflect BMW’s seeming intention to re-classify the car as more
of a GT car. For me, if I wanted a mile munching BMW GT car I’d get an
M6, for me the M3 represents the hard edge sporting end of the M range
and the M3, on standard suspension just doesn’t cut it...
Performance BMW Magazine Feature:
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E92 - Akrapovic Exhaust System
by John Thorne - Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:04
A lot of people ask me how Thorney Motorsport started and
how I got into car tuning and as with a lot of people in this industry my story
is pretty similar; mad keen on cars, modified and tuned my own cars then
friends cars, then set up on my own, all pretty typical. However where I think
Thorney Motorsport and myself are a typical is what we think of the tuning
industry generally, in short its crap..
Performance BMW Magazine Feature:
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E92 - AP Racing Brake Kit Upgrade
by John Thorne - Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:32
We love BMW; they
create some of the greatest drivers cars on the planet. Cleverly styled,
impressively engineered, expertly marketed and perfectly packaged as the
ultimate drivers machine. So why on Earth can’t they provide an M sport car
with a decent set of brakes? I shouldn’t complain of course, without BMW
fumbling the ball on brake set ups on M3’s then companies like Thorney
Motorsport might not be as successful...
Performance BMW Magazine Article:
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E92 - Pads & Springs
by John Thorne - Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:53
It's a different month this month, thus far we’ve covered cat
back exhausts and detailing and the plan this month was to cover some aspects
of brakes or suspension in detail but we’ve only gone some way in both these
areas so we thought we’d cover them this month by introducing the cars other
role as the CSL Cup Safety Car.
Performance BMW Magazine Article
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E92 - Exhaust & Dyno
by John Thorne - Tue, 12 May 2009 14:30
I do have huge sympathy for car designers, they must develop and
deliver product to an ever widening customer type and attempt to supply
the impossible to very demanding owners. However just because I
understand the difficulties they face does not mean I’m not unhappy
with the obvious shortcomings of the product...
Performance BMW Magazine Article
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E92 - The Detail!
by John Thorne - Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:00
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