{"id":1244,"date":"2017-04-20T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T22:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T22:17:40","slug":"vorshlag-bmw-e46-m3-csl-clone-v8-downforce-monster-track-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/vorshlag-bmw-e46-m3-csl-clone-v8-downforce-monster-track-car","title":{"rendered":"Vorshlag BMW E46 M3 CSL clone V8 Downforce Monster Track Car!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have started a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=8484\">new Project Build Thread<\/a><\/strong> and this one is even crazy enough for 4\/20 day. This 2003 BMW E46 M3 CSL clone will get the full array of Vorshlag upgrades and modifications: giant V8, giant tires, giant aero, motorsports level suspension\/brakes\/safety, and massive weight removal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Chainsaw-BMW-E46-M3-LSx\/i-SML8cL3\/0\/M\/B61G3332-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image above shows where the progress on this car is April 2017, just before the major body mods began. The new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=8484\">build thread we have started (here)<\/a><\/strong> starts at the beginning. We explain the what\/why\/how this project started, then show the beginning stages of the build: finding the chassis, getting it square, stripping the interior and panels we won&#8217;t use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Chainsaw-BMW-E46-M3-LSx\/i-ZXJTB79\/0\/M\/B61G0995_wide-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In our next installment we will show the roll cage construction and many other fabrication steps, but <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=8484\">this first series of posts<\/a><\/strong> is all about &#8220;laying the foundation&#8221; for this crazy build. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have started a new Project Build Thread and this one is even crazy enough for 4\/20 day. This 2003 BMW E46 M3 CSL clone will get the full array of Vorshlag upgrades and modifications: giant V8, giant tires, giant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/vorshlag-bmw-e46-m3-csl-clone-v8-downforce-monster-track-car\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-build-thread-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}