European Car Tuner GP!

Dackelone · 12-30-2014, 06:44 AM

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The field for the 2014 European Car Tuner GP, presented by Continental Tire, was stacked full of high horsepower and fast lap times. At Streets of Willow we saw lap times drop into the 1:23 range courtesy of Platte Forme AG and their 2015 M3. We also saw insane dyno numbers at Church Automotive go up into the 600WHP range by 034 Motorsport’s Audi A3 and a relatively low horsepower E36 M3 almost take the overall win. The competition was very close but there could only be one winner!

VMRWheels · 12-30-2014, 02:42 PM

Great vid, thanks for sharing!

tom @ eas · 12-30-2014, 03:10 PM

ECGP was a blast, we've been participating for a number of years. Here's some pictures with our M4 on the track:

Full coverage of the event should be in European Car magazine on newsstands soon.

991brothers · 12-30-2014, 04:19 PM

Wow that was a really cool video. Nice job EAS and Platte Forme AG!!!

Diver · 12-30-2014, 05:58 PM

Nice pics, how many Go Pros going on that M4?

tom @ eas · 12-30-2014, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Diver

Nice pics, how many Go Pros going on that M4?

I think all of them. The EC guys were sticking them on wherever they could in order to get footage.

Black Gold · 12-30-2014, 06:04 PM

Strong showing by the m cars!

Love that the manual mineral white sedan won

Need more info on the mods to the platte form car.

Only bad thing about this review is that they don't all use the same driver. So that's def a factor in lap times

Still cool vid!

FormulaMMM · 12-30-2014, 07:14 PM

Great vid. 564 at the wheels is nuts.

Didn't Motor Trend run a stock M4 around there in the 1:23 range?

krnnerdboy · 12-30-2014, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

Great vid. 564 at the wheels is nuts.

Didn't Motor Trend run a stock M4 around there in the 1:23 range?

Exactly. Was there a tire handicap?

I know Amir and his e36 is much faster than his posted 1:25!

I mean I'm a novice driver and put down 1:27 in my boss302 completely stock. I'm estimating I would get at least a 1:27 on my f80 completely stock....

GOLFFRR · 12-30-2014, 08:11 PM

Tom if you didn't have all those GoPros on board you prob could have shaved a second or 2 lol.

very cool video!

Alpine F31 · 12-30-2014, 08:14 PM

Needs more GoPro's!!!!!!!

Loved the video! Interesting that the E36 almost won outright, proving that newer is not necessarily better.

tom @ eas · 12-30-2014, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by krnnerdboy

Exactly. Was there a tire handicap?

I know Amir and his e36 is much faster than his posted 1:25!

I mean I'm a novice driver and put down 1:27 in my boss302 completely stock. I'm estimating I would get at least a 1:27 on my f80 completely stock....

Since Continential holds the event, all cars are running Continential ContiSportContact tires with being restricted to what sizes are offered.

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Originally Posted by GOLFFRR

Tom if you didn't have all those GoPros on board you prob could have shaved a second or 2 lol.

very cool video!

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Originally Posted by Alpine F31

Needs more GoPro's!!!!!!!

Ha! tell me about it.

chiplee · 12-30-2014, 08:19 PM

Man that turn from 5:05 to 5:08 looks like a no shitter and look at that M4 roast the tires from 8:12 to 8:15. Impressive.

Really looks like a good portion of the win credit can go to the driver in that M4, and I'm very happy to see F80/82 shops out putting their money where their mouths are and laying down lap times. That's what will sell me on performance parts and get my M3 into a shop for a tune. Nice work, fellas.

Anderw · 12-30-2014, 08:26 PM

Im most impressed with the GSR 228i , 335whp and lap time right with the EAS m4 !

though that m4

tooch · 12-30-2014, 08:35 PM

Putting down great numbers!

ska///235i · 12-30-2014, 09:00 PM

Awesome

The 228 putting up numbers close to a AMG cla...wow

consolidated · 12-30-2014, 09:03 PM

The E36 was well driven, my guess is a shite ton of set up and testing and a driver who can hustle it at it's limit. Streets of Willow does not favor HP however. That's the difference between a race car mentality and a tuner car.

JEllis · 12-30-2014, 09:14 PM

Looked like a great time!

hellrotm · 12-31-2014, 12:04 AM

228i banging off a lap time .2 off the EAS M4. Impressive.

DarkstarZero · 12-31-2014, 12:50 AM

Wow, a 228i almost beats EAS's M4 by less than two tenths of a second and they're both running on the same tires. Goes to show, weight is everything. I think a stock 228 track pkg would be faster around a track than a stock M235 just because it's so much lighter and is 50/50.

hellrotm · 12-31-2014, 02:44 AM

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Wow, a 228i almost beats EAS's M4 by less than two tenths of a second and they're both running on the same tires. Goes to show, weight is everything. I think a stock 228 track pkg would be faster around a track than a stock M235 just because it's so much lighter and is 50/50.

The 228i time basically matches Randy Pobst's time in the M235i on Michelin Super Sports (a softer tire).

matthewcornish · 12-31-2014, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Alpine F31

Needs more GoPro's!!!!!!!

My thoughts exactly

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