{"id":1539,"date":"2019-08-09T08:43:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T16:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2019-08-09T08:43:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T16:43:56","slug":"chainsaw-massacre-e46-m3-v8-widebody-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/chainsaw-massacre-e46-m3-v8-widebody-update","title":{"rendered":"Chainsaw Massacre E46 M3 V8 Widebody Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/Track-Test-MSRC-062619\/i-FCPHscf\/0\/b80d0400\/M\/_D4A6316_sat-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been a bit behind on our well known &#8220;Forum Build Threads&#8221; but we are catching up! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7335-vorshlag-bmw-e46-m3-csl-v8-downforce-monster-track-car-chainsaw-massacre?p=58831#post58831\">In this update<\/a> we show some fabrication progress work on the V8 powered widebody BMW E46 M3 our customer named &#8220;Chainsaw Massacre&#8221;. This is a beast of a car with a giant 7.7L HPR 468&#8243; LS7, giant aero, giant tires, giant everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Chainsaw-BMW-E46-M3-LSx\/i-xxnQwNW\/0\/3344ce42\/M\/DSCN1092-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7335-vorshlag-bmw-e46-m3-csl-v8-downforce-monster-track-car-chainsaw-massacre?p=58831#post58831\">This round of posts<\/a> covers the exhaust system construction, detailed pictures showing the dry sump oil system plumbing, AeroCatch trunk closures, chassis wiring, the Motec ECU integration, Mk 60 ABS plumbing and wiring, and a custom strut tower brace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Chainsaw-BMW-E46-M3-LSx\/i-tqNbpMr\/0\/30604785\/M\/FirstFire-041718-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, we show the very first time the HPR 468 was fired to life. The heavens parted, angels sung, it was glorious. \ud83d\ude09 As always, you can see all of the pictures and details of this work on the forum starting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/7335-vorshlag-bmw-e46-m3-csl-v8-downforce-monster-track-car-chainsaw-massacre?p=58831#post58831\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been a bit behind on our well known &#8220;Forum Build Threads&#8221; but we are catching up! In this update we show some fabrication progress work on the V8 powered widebody BMW E46 M3 our customer named &#8220;Chainsaw Massacre&#8221;. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/chainsaw-massacre-e46-m3-v8-widebody-update\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539","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=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}