After three and a half months, it's back and boy is it fast!

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psportoveloce
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Post by psportoveloce »

It lives!

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It weighs a touch over 3000 lbs and has about 400hp. Dinan originally planned to build 50 cars to this spec, but only ten were actually built. Two of them are coupes, and the other one is no longer street legal, making this one a sort of one-off. Here's a pretty exhaustive list of what's on it:

Dinan Supercharger with CAI/all high flow back to Shrick intake manifold, free flow exhaust and stage 2 suspension and Xenon conversion added Oct.2003.

During the recent conversion at Dinan's factory, the following changes were made:
Engine: CAI, High Flow Throttle Body and High Flow Air Mass Meter into Shrick High Flow IM, underdrive pulley for Supercharger (increases boost from 6 pounds to 10psi). The Integrated Engine Oil Cooler, Intercooler with Supplemental Fan, High Flow Cold Air Intake, and Enhanced Fuel Delivery System (requires its own software!) all operate during boost with larger High-flow Fuel Injectors to provide ram air effect sucking through the new integrated ducting in front bumper. Along with reprogrammed Engine Management Software, Free Flow Exhaust completes the engine update;

Suspension: Stage 4 (a matched system of performance springs, with specially revalved ISR Koni/Dinan shocks, bigger (and) adjustable swaybars, front camber plates, camber-adjustable rear subframe and strut tower brace), Differential Mount Reinforcement Kit, and Fikse wheels (17x 8.5" with 255/40-17 front and 17x 9.5" with 285/40-17 rear tires);

Drive Train: Lightened Aluminum Flywheel (15lbs lighter), heavy-duty Stage 2 Clutch with 20% higher clamp rate and Final Drive lowered to 3.38:1 via LSD rear end;

Brakes: Cryoed and cross-drilled Brembo rotors and cryoed Porterfield R4S street/comp pads.

Abundant Dinan advertising (badging, carbon fiber engine covers, embroidered headrests, floor mats etc.)
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Newman
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Post by Newman »

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Evan
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Post by Evan »

Sweet! Those things are crazy fast. Soo much torque for such a little car. Back when I used to work at the local BMW dealer, we had a couple of those pas through from time to time, I only got to drive them around the block, but it accelerated like no other. When the car was on our lot, we were instructed by our manager as well as the general manager NOT TO TOUCH THE CAR. I guess back in the late 90's/early 00, a customer had his M-roadster shipped to Dinan to have the ISC3 kit put on his car and then had it shipped back to the dealership for him to pick up. One of the porters (19yrs old) was instructed to drive the car to the gas station and fill the car up for the customer. Pulling into the station, the kid floored it and wrapped the car around one of those cement pillars at the gas station. He took the keys and walked the 2 blocks back to the dealer and handed the keys to the manager and simply said "I quit". And well, now we aren't allowed to touch the ISC3's when they some through. Luckily it wasn't me, but crazy story none-the-less.
booker
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Post by booker »

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Wow.

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Skeen
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Post by Skeen »

I was impressed when a friend let me drive his stock M Coupe at Lowe's Motor Speedway. I can only imagine how much fun you'll have with that!
Kr173
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Post by Kr173 »

one word, WOW!
Yellow2
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Post by Yellow2 »

~0 That really is the only face that can describe it. If it were black I would have shit my pants. Get a video PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE :D
T_C_D
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Post by T_C_D »

Congrats. 10psi is really healthy on that motor. Should make great HP. Will you ever drag race it?
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Post by Azure »

Damn... what width are those barrels posing as your rear tires?
Layton
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Post by Layton »

That.... is just awesome! Beautiful car! Wow . . . . . would I love to have that for a day at Road Atlanta!
Hunter has a Bimmer3
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Post by Hunter has a Bimmer3 »

I love M coupes. ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0
BDK
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Post by BDK »

That's my favorite ///MCoupe, color and everything else....beautiful and Congrats!!!

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Special
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Post by Special »

O_O ...need i say more...
Tjn182
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Post by Tjn182 »

Let me know if you ever get tired of it ;)
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