Video from my in-car camera
Its been a while since I posted anything relating to my race car, so I thought I would share a couple of videos from the track. I filmed these last Sunday at Virginia International Raceway ("VIR").
My car is a 1989 BMW 325i (E-30). It still has the original un-modified engine with about 250,000 miles on the odometer. The rest of the car is purpose built for the track - it has a roll bar, racing seats, 5-point harnesses, a racing suspension, racing brakes, racing wheels, racing tires, and a stripped interior. I bought it about 4 years ago and slowly have been building it to compete in the SPEC E-30 racing series, which is a racing series for 3-series BMWs built between 1983 and 1991.
1) In the first video I pass a 1990's era BMW 3-series (E-36) and then get passed by a couple of corvettes. I spend the rest of the video chasing the Vettes. As you might expect, I have a hard time keeping up with the Vettes in the straights because they have 8 cylinders and somewhere between 300 and 500 horsepower, which is more than twice my car, which only has 6 cylinders and 168hp. Despite the lack of power, I was able to keep up with one of the Vettes.
2) In the second video, I pass the red Vette and then spend the rest of the time chasing a Porsche 911 Carrera 2, which again has substantially more power than my car.
At the end of the two longest straight-aways I was going between 115-120 mph. The silver Vette easily hit 140 mph. For some reason, I wasn't filming on Saturday - a day on which I had separate incidents where I (1) spun out and (2) skidded off track.
The videos may not be too exciting (nobody crashes, spins, or runs off track), but they give you some sense of my hobby.
My car is a 1989 BMW 325i (E-30). It still has the original un-modified engine with about 250,000 miles on the odometer. The rest of the car is purpose built for the track - it has a roll bar, racing seats, 5-point harnesses, a racing suspension, racing brakes, racing wheels, racing tires, and a stripped interior. I bought it about 4 years ago and slowly have been building it to compete in the SPEC E-30 racing series, which is a racing series for 3-series BMWs built between 1983 and 1991.
1) In the first video I pass a 1990's era BMW 3-series (E-36) and then get passed by a couple of corvettes. I spend the rest of the video chasing the Vettes. As you might expect, I have a hard time keeping up with the Vettes in the straights because they have 8 cylinders and somewhere between 300 and 500 horsepower, which is more than twice my car, which only has 6 cylinders and 168hp. Despite the lack of power, I was able to keep up with one of the Vettes.
2) In the second video, I pass the red Vette and then spend the rest of the time chasing a Porsche 911 Carrera 2, which again has substantially more power than my car.
At the end of the two longest straight-aways I was going between 115-120 mph. The silver Vette easily hit 140 mph. For some reason, I wasn't filming on Saturday - a day on which I had separate incidents where I (1) spun out and (2) skidded off track.
The videos may not be too exciting (nobody crashes, spins, or runs off track), but they give you some sense of my hobby.
4 comments:
I bet my 99 Sienna would be passin' at them sucka's. It's stock, but it is bad and black, with a wing on the back
Don't you have another kid to take care of?
I'll bring both my girl's babies, strap 'dem in the mini, and still be passin' 'dem cars. Did I tell you the mini's got a V6? Oh yeah, that's 3.0 litre's of Japanese power.
Great vids buddy! Its the "talent" thats keeping up with those more powerful cars. Wish I could have been there...... Keep me posted dude.
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