Had a nice visitor in the shop today

onelove · 06-01-2011, 10:46 AM

Formula D is at PBIR this weekend, so a few drivers stopped by our shop to get their cars prepared. One of them just happened to be the Turbo Z4 of Mike Essa which I have seen quite a few questions asked about the car. I've got the driver and crew here today, so I've been able to get quite a few questions answered about the car and it's setup. They'll be here a few more hours, if anyone has any other burning questions they'd like to have answered let me know.

BlackMoupe · 06-01-2011, 10:49 AM

Needs facelift body haha. Very interesting car for Formula D, goes well with the V10 E92

onelove · 06-01-2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SSKE92

Needs facelift body haha. Very interesting car for Formula D, goes well with the V10 E92

This car has the Turbo S54 powered by a Pectel ECU, very cool setup.

They're actually going to have a closer look at it vs my Z4MC to see how hard it would be to convert this over to a MC.

BlackMoupe · 06-01-2011, 11:25 AM

Z4MC drifter would be cool. I wonder what they'd do to the powertrain since our S54's are never turbo'd. I think a ECU swap, or n54/S65/S70 would be appropriate.

onelove · 06-01-2011, 11:28 AM

Car has a custom transmission, rear end, and the wiring harness is custom as well run entirely by Pectel.

BlackMoupe · 06-01-2011, 11:33 AM

Looks like the light switch is the only thing untouched haha.

ZStig · 06-01-2011, 11:52 AM

Ask them how much it would cost to mass produce a kit for us

Twisted Six · 06-01-2011, 12:18 PM

I'm surprised that they have yet to design a better airflow to teh inter-cooler since they went with the horizontal lay-out ??

Their will be some freed up ponies to gain with denser/cooler air by forcing more air passed the bar & plate IC.

I wonder if they are getting higher HP numbers than the Super charged cars ??

onelove · 06-01-2011, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Roffle Waffle

Ask them how much it would cost to mass produce a kit for us

This kit would probably not be possible as a mass produced street kit, quite a few things would need to be moved to make room for AC, full fender wells, etc. Since it's a Pectel and has a Mil spec harness that would also be an issue.

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Originally Posted by Dark Schnitzer

I'm surprised that they have yet to design a better airflow to teh inter-cooler since they went with the horizontal lay-out ??

Their will be some freed up ponies to gain with denser/cooler air by forcing more air passed the bar & plate IC.

I wonder if they are getting higher HP numbers than the Super charged cars ??

V-Mount is a very popular setup for these types of cars. They're not run for super long durations, and the air is designed to flow up through the center ducting, through the radiator, then intercooler and back out the hood. A better hood with more aerodynamics built into the air evacuation would be a nice option, but for the limited time they're running it probably isn't as necessary as it would be on a circuit racing application.

From what I gathered the engine is still internally stock, I'll inquire on horsepower numbers in a bit.

psygnosis · 06-01-2011, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Roffle Waffle

Ask them how much it would cost to mass produce a kit for us

It's a 2003/04 with an M3 S54 in it, I don't think they can really make a kit for that.

pokeybritches · 06-01-2011, 01:42 PM

I believe Mike told me that it's making over 600 rwhp.

ga41 · 06-01-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SSKE92

Z4MC drifter would be cool. I wonder what they'd do to the powertrain since our S54's are never turbo'd. I think a ECU swap, or n54/S65/S70 would be appropriate.

Well apparently there's this rather easy on the eyes Hungarian girl named Nikolett Szántó who drives a modified Z4 M Coupe with a widebody kit and an E39 M5's V8.

She also drives in a very exuberant manner i have to say..

BlackMoupe · 06-01-2011, 01:51 PM

^ knew the car, not the face.

Package deal.

VinnieAces · 06-01-2011, 10:14 PM

would marry

shitbrownMcoupe · 06-01-2011, 10:34 PM

prefer the body kit of the driver.

ZStig · 06-01-2011, 10:38 PM

heh

bhoch · 06-02-2011, 07:20 AM

and.. the car is not to bad either!

boydgti · 06-02-2011, 09:54 PM

Car, what car haha

arggg45 · 06-02-2011, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SSKE92

Looks like the light switch is the only thing untouched haha.

Stock BMW ECU, regardless of tune map, requires the light switch and iirc a window switch to function properly...

onelove · 06-03-2011, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by arggg45

Stock BMW ECU, regardless of tune map, requires the light switch and iirc a window switch to function properly...

Stock ECU is gone. They do use the factory harness though modified to run the Pectel, and drift cars run under the lights so that may explain the switch still being there.

papitosabe · 06-03-2011, 04:49 PM

daaaamn...pretty creepy, but I got a boner watchin her drive..

MIKe86 · 06-07-2011, 08:07 PM

Cool, I saw him do a run on friday during qualifying. I went down with my buddy as he had a team going down and I came along for a weekend getaway. Spent most of my time on south beach tho

If I remember correctly, he (mike) barely qualified and didn't make it past first round but I could be mistaken.

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Twisted Six CarbonFiber Engineer @ ZeroMassMotorsports 40 Rep 1,481 Posts Drives: Z4si-coupe Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: -Laguna Beach Ca. iTrader: (6)	I'm surprised that they have yet to design a better airflow to teh inter-cooler since they went with the horizontal lay-out ?? Their will be some freed up ponies to gain with denser/cooler air by forcing more air passed the bar & plate IC. I wonder if they are getting higher HP numbers than the Super charged cars ??
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