E39 Project

[B C]

L O L

I could see how you were building up to that with the pictures of the M5 in the first post.

You should take great joy in knowing that your car could slaughter mine in a race in 6th gear from a stop with the e-brake on.

[Rowleym]

HAHAHA!! These last two post made me laugh for a straight 3 minutes. That was epic. I love this forum. Haha

[YoungCR]

Rowleym said:

HAHAHA!! These last two post made me laugh for a straight 3 minutes. That was epic. I love this forum. Haha

Wait until you come to a meet up I lol'd pretty hard too

[mkaehly]

I've read the first post and i can tell you this build is impossible

[B C]

mkaehly said:

I've read the first post and i can tell you this build is UNpossible

fixed.

Are you his friend, just here to bust his balls?

[mkaehly]

Snap Understeer said:

fixed.

Are you his friend, just here to bust his balls?

Yes and yes...

Hey Bob...because race car my man...because race car...

[REKIII]

Mkaehly? we don't like audi guys here......

[REKIII]

Well, got back from the PRI show in Florida yesterday. Among other really good automotive porn, I think I found a viable tuning solution for the car.

[mkaehly]

REKIII said:

Mkaehly? we don't like audi guys here......

Your just mad because I got to drive my M5 upside-down. . .

Best of luck on the build - I know you will crack it. . .while I am turning 11's with my stock piece-o-crap audi

edit: for your reference in your project

[REKIII]

So pretty. That audi is very nice. And yes, while I hope I never drive my 5 upside-down, I am jealous that you got to.

Until I build the motor in mine, i doubt I will break into the 11's.

[REKIII]

Well, it looks like I finally settled on my suspension upgrade/change. I like the car low, but hate that I smash bits under my car all the time. My KW V3's need a rebuild, so I was looking into otheroptions. I fully explored Air bags, and still feel they would be a good option, even in a performance sense, if done correctly, however I just couldn't pull the trigger, as I really like the coilovers.

So, I found a Company that builds air cyliders that a custom fit over the top of the coilover and allows the front of the car to be raised almost 2" at the push of a button. When the cylinders are in the down position, the coilover acts completely as it would normally. The unit only adds 1/4-1/2" in height and with the new hallow spring doesn't add any weight. It really is a cool set up.

So I am going to send the KW's out for rebuild, then to this company to get the install done, then they will bolt up to the car.

Hope to get more updates soon.

[B C]

Slick idea, just like the old Diablo VT

[Ryan...]

Nice!

The new Gallardo and all Murcielagos have that option too I believe. Very handy and a better option than going with bags on an M5!

[YoungCR]

Sweet. What company produces them?

[REKIII]

http://www.umbrellaautodesign.com/

Kinda bummed that they don't make them for the rear of my car. We had an NSX in the shop with the system and it worked REALLY slick.

[Brian.]

I'm sure they could...

[REKIII]

I'm actually going to be asking him about it. See if he would be interested in doing it, if I sent him my rear KW's to play with, since he will have the fronts.

[Brian.]

Nice! Hopefully he does something!

[REKIII]

Well, it was good I asked him! Since he works mainly on italian and NSX stuff, he never even looked at the rear of an e39, and assumed it was shock/spring like the e30. I sent him some pics and he was all excited that he will be able to offer a full 4 corner system for the e39.

[Brian.]

Score! Nice job! This should be good!