E92 M3 Race Car Preparation

By Thorney Motorsport - Racing

New for the 2010 Season in the CSL Cup, Britcar, and GT Cup is our E92 M3 GT3. We will be officially applying for homologation to GT3 spec later in the year once all of the development work is finished.

We can prepare an E92 for any race series, for a range of budgetary requirements. The crucial part of the development is the cage, whilst bolt in cages provide additional safety to a shell; a full multi point weld in cage is essential for multi series racing or racing on slicks where the extra stress of the tyre grip manifests itself in chassis flex in a bolt in caged car. We design our own cages based on many years of direct race experience, our E36, E46 and E92 cages all share a variety of common design features proven in racing and (sadly) in impacts. Our E46 cage survived a 60mph sideways hit into concrete wall with near zero intrusion into the passenger compartment despite the impact folding the shell over itself. Below are images of all the cages we fit into all of our E92 race cars.

Rear View of Cage

Centre of the Cage

Front Seat Cage View

Rear View of Cage

Getting the weight down on the E92 is relatively straight forward, a lot of course depends on the series in which the car will compete but carbon fibre or composite bodywork and lexan / perspex windows will alone make a dramatic difference.

For the E92 we offer our own specification of Carbon Fibre Boot, Bonnet, and Front Bumper.

With suspension a lot is determined by your budget and again series regulations. Bilstein have a well developed range for the E92 and are the preferred choice of a lot of German teams and are an excellent choice at all price points. However both Nitron and Moton have excellent race proven options that we have used to great effect, 2, 3 and 4 way adjustable options are available.

Brakes are a simple choice – Alcon or AP Racing, both have effective race kits readily available which we mate with Pagid RS29 pads, still unbeaten in our view.

As with all race car builds the devil is in the detail, we can provide any level of race car engineering you desire for any level of racing from Kumho through Britcar up to and including British and FIA GT. The race car building process is very much a partnership between us and the owner to achieve the perfect build for the right price.

Of course we also offer a complete racing package from simple race weekend support to complete car storage, preparation and season team preparation, the choice is yours.

Contact John directly on 01908 238 798 to discuss any requirements.