E28 M5 CSL - The Beast From Sweden - Sold to a new owner!

[Jean]

EPIC! Awesome!

[alijonny]

I wish I could keep something like that so clean! this car is absolutely eye candy no matter what stage it was in.

[wkohler]

Hell, even the shop is gorgeous.

[Wes]

WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!

That is the most gorgeous E28 I have ever laid my eyes on.

Any interest in making more molds of that kit and reselling it?

[Shawn D.]

One of the coolest E28 projects I've ever seen -- great work!

[twin55]

Hi guys!

Im new to this forum, and thought it would be a good place to publish the car we have been building for some time.

Since the E9 3.0 CSL is possible to buy, we didnt choose that easy path when it was time to build our new race car...

First, we retired the E28 M535i we used to run in the racing series.

From that....


to this...

And when all is put together and the colour scheme was completed, it made its first apearence in the race!

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Awesome!

[Mats Kinnby]

Thanks guys for all the nice words

Updating the thread with a few pics from the race we had in August.

Just some true "Eye Candy" for you all.

Photos taken by a BMW Car club member Micke Olsson.

[Nebraska_e28]

Excellent build. What are some specs on the motor? Is it a>a or w>a turbo or N/A?

[Mats Kinnby]

Excellent build. What are some specs on the motor? Is it a>a or w>a turbo or N/A?

Hi! Thanks!

Motor is S38 B38 24 valve six fitted with a short stroke high rev crankshaft from S38 B36. Intake and exhaust manifolds is the B38 and also the electronics so far, but original aluminum airbox will be replaced by a high flow carbon type and mapped with a DTA programmable engine control unit shortly.

Will solve a lot of problems the S38 brings with it when its not connected to a E34 instrument cluster... Limp mode, limp mode and limp mode...

[bivola]

Hi guys!
Awesome job , congratulations from Bmw Club Bulgaria

I want to ask you about the exact dimensions of the wings, because I can not find them anywhere, but we decided to make one in Bulgaria

Excuse me for my bad english

[charlie]

Any interest in making more molds of that kit and reselling it?

x2
and yet again that car is awesome man keep up the good work

[Mats Kinnby]

Hi guys!
Awesome job , congratulations from Bmw Club Bulgaria

I want to ask you about the exact dimensions of the wings, because I can not find them anywhere, but we decided to make one in Bulgaria

Thanks!

What do you mean with "exact dimensions"?
The car is overall 20 cm wider in the rear (8") and 16 cm in front (6,3"). Wheel base is extended 35 mm, and many many other things.
It took about three years on and off to complete the build and the design and manufacturing of all molds and chassis.

Any interest in making more molds of that kit and reselling it?

x2
and yet again that car is awesome man keep up the good work

No plans to sell parts of the molds, not yet anyway. Would be to expensive to market and to difficult to ship. We are located in Sweden and its far away form the US.

But things can change, and it might be for sale in future.

[shagrath]

Hi guys!
Awesome job , congratulations from Bmw Club Bulgaria

I want to ask you about the exact dimensions of the wings, because I can not find them anywhere, but we decided to make one in Bulgaria

Thanks!

What do you mean with "exact dimensions"?
The car is overall 20 cm wider in the rear (8") and 16 cm in front (6,3"). Wheel base is extended 35 mm, and many many other things.
It took about three years on and off to complete the build and the design and manufacturing of all molds and chassis.

Any interest in making more molds of that kit and reselling it?

x2
and yet again that car is awesome man keep up the good work

No plans to sell parts of the molds, not yet anyway. Would be to expensive to market and to difficult to ship. We are located in Sweden and its far away form the US.

But things can change, and it might be for sale in future.

Freakin sweet! I love the car man! Keep up the good work!

[Mats Kinnby]

Ok, i guess its time to write some technical information about the car, if you dont mind.

Some short and basic information:

Body: BMW E28 w/o sunroof, rebuilt to coupé, extended FIA safety rollcage, raceweight aprox ~1100kg with driver. Vented body - 200mm (8") wider in rear, 160mm (6.3") wider in front.
Engine: BMW S38B38 (6-cyl 3.8l-24v 365hk/8000rpm)
Gearbox: Getrag 260, shortshifted 5-speed.
Final drive: BMW M3 Group A limited slip, 4 different gear ratios available.
Front brakes: 6-piston aluminum calipers, 330mm (13") rotors.
Rear brakes: 4-piston aluminum calipers, 303mm (12") rotors.
Wheels front: 10x17” BBS (rain), 10.5x16” BBS (slick).
Wheels rear: 12x17” BBS (rain), 13x16” BBS (slick).
Tires front: 275-17” rain, 11,0-23,5-16” slick.
Tires rear: 335-17” rain, 12,5-25-16” slicks.
chassis / suspension front: BMW Motorsport/Schnitzer 635CSi Grp.A. Suspension arms extended to allow more aggressive settings, wheelbase extended by 40 mm (1.6"), and track width extended by 80mm (3.1").
chassis / suspension rear: BMW Motorsport/Schnitzer 635CSi Grp.A, Suspension arms fully adjustable for camber/caster and toe. Reinforced A-arms and all stiff mounted joints, no rubber in attachement points.

A lot of the spec is similar to the E9 3.5 CSL when it comes to tire dimensions and type, spring setting is also similar to the ancient race car, shock settings are similar to the classic E24 635 factory racers and the data has been partly collected from BMW Motorsport, Germany.
The rollcage is a copy of the one used for 1982 ETCC winner BMW 528i E28 once the aluminum cage was cancelled.

There is a lot more to write, but this is what comes to mind at this point. Let me know what you need information about, and I will be hapy to provide you all with it.

Attaching a pic that was taken for a car magazine a few weeks ago.

[E28CFX1]

...and now I have a new desktop picture. Thanks!

Fox
Denver, CO

[landshark]

I think we need all this pics in high-res, they are HOT!

[babisbabou]

Oh my how did i miss this?

Nice work done, one unique E28

[red535t]

just came across your thread

What an awesome job. 3 years in the making sounds about right with all 'em mods.

Hope it stays together long enough to bring home some silverware .

thanks for sharing,currently considering building an e28 for our bmw open class that runs down here.
dont think i'll convert to a CSL,but it will be turbo'ed

cheers marty

[Nanajoth]

Do you know of any video of the car in action?

[Mats Kinnby]

Do you know of any video of the car in action?

There is a little testrun on the following link...

http://www.kinnby.com/forum/anderstorp.wmv

[Nebraska_e28]

Very good stuff, thanks again for sharing!

[babisbabou]

Nice video, would be nicer with English subs and at youtube

Nice save there with the E21.

[Mats Kinnby]

Nice video, would be nicer with English subs and at youtube

Nice save there with the E21.

Thanks!

Will be another one posted later on, we are running in the final race of the season this weekend and will hopefully have onboard camera during the race. Will make sure to get it up on youtube and use english comments then.

Br Mats

[bdigel]

Great to see a fellow 5 er racer! got any pics of your front suspension??
why did you mount the fuel cell so high? and no straps to help hold it in place?? not sure it would pass tech in the States??

great looking car!!
BD #112 black and blue

[Mats Kinnby]

Great to see a fellow 5 er racer! got any pics of your front suspension??
why did you mount the fuel cell so high? and no straps to help hold it in place?? not sure it would pass tech in the States??

great looking car!!
BD #112 black and blue

The fuelcell is mounted right above the floor, the lowest point of the fuelcell is the suction ports in the rear of it as seen on the picture.
Its attached with 1x1" square washers to avoid the bolt to slip through the four feets of the fuelcell, No straps needed according to euro regulations and the design is very ridgid.

Not racing in the states so Euro regulations will do just fine (FIA).

No pics of the front suspension at this point, will have a look to see if i can find any.

Tanks

[Mats Kinnby]

Here is a short movie from the final race of the season. I hope you like it, it didnt really end the way we expected...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ5kVtIt9Os

Mats

[bdigel]

Great video, Don't feel bad about getting stuck in the kitty liter, did that my self in my e12 racer a week ago, except at a lot higher speed, !
Looks like your fighting a push with that car?? looks like your pushing esp. at turn in??
Thanks for the vids
BD #112

[Mats Kinnby]

Car actually handles very well, got rid of the understeer i had before by rising the rear suspension a little bit, and its now a lot more "easy driven".

All race I was struggeling with the fact that the ECU engine electronics went into limp mode and after 1.5 laps from the race start the engine dropped down from 8000 rpm to 6500 rpm as its max limit. This also made the competitors behind to catch up a little and i had to start braking very late in the end of the long straight to keep my place, unfortunately, some car had dropped coolant fluid on this spot a lap before and i didnt get the proper grip on the final lap, so i went from 4´th place to DNF in 5 seconds

Another movie clip from the outside for you guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfEJ8imRYY

race on!

[bunty]

Dear god, that is sooooo bad ass! I love it!

instant fan of your avatar

[brutus87]

at what point do i stop drooling?