What is it like to drive a race car in a door to door endurance race? Well in this video I show you our 24hours of Lemons e46 BMW and our team’s first time on the race track. After installing a fire suppression system, battery cutoff switch, roll cage, and containment racing seat with a full 6pt harness, we are ready to race… Well, so we thought… What we expected to be a weekend of racing ended up being a weekend of swapping a blown motor with a new junkyard motor into the race car.
Tech Inspection Checklist: https://bit.ly/LemonsTechSheet
Fully Loaded Teng Toolbox: https://bit.ly/TengToolBox
Containment Race Seat: https://bit.ly/HaloRacingSeat
Racing Steering Wheel: https://amzn.to/35zskod
Cool Suit: https://amzn.to/3M7fEWr
Picking our Endurance Race Car: https://youtu.be/_U5XcrifRjQ
How to Replace Power Steering Pump: https://youtu.be/04iDF3I6dTo
Complete Weight Reduction Episode: https://youtu.be/MCiNGmwopx4
What Happened to the Lemons BMW: https://youtu.be/IbPhor1mnCA
How did the BMW Engine Blow Up?: https://youtu.be/SMuSqESZ7_8
How to Install a Quick Release Steering Wheel: https://youtu.be/bIGDhqY6KpE
0:00 24 Hours of Lemons Race
0:23 New Jersey Motorsports Park Thunderbolt Race Track
1:09 Race Car Tech Inspection
4:07 24hrs of Lemons BS Inspection
6:44 ChrisFix Endurance Racing the BMW
11:35 Aaron Wheel to Wheel Racing the BMW
15:00 We Find a Rod Through the Engine Block
16:30 Swapping an M54 BMW Engine
21:55 Finishing the Endurance Race
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The new video is up showing you guys the new engine going in and the complete tear down of the old engine and what failed: https://youtu.be/SMuSqESZ7_8
Chrisfix I dont know if you're still reading this 2 years later, but your oil pump nut fell off. That's why the engine blew up. Common issues on M54B30 engines that see the redline a lot.
Why are you not allowed to have coolant? Will it over heat with just water ? Can someone please explain
I have a 325i and i am going through the same issue if needing to swap out the M54 for a new one.
About 46°C. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was heatstroke 10:39
Yes but why didn’t the red thing pop off 2:27
Yes but why didn’t the red thing pop off 2:27
1:19 "Cuz this is pretty dangerous if its not safe"
anyways lol love your vids they make me wanna drive fast cars which really isn't something that should be encouraged but oh well
$15,000 later…
In your power steering repair video of this car, it is BLATANTLY clear you had a MASSIVE leak of the oil filter housing gasket. If you've never done one of these, I don't blame you for skipping it, but it's really NOT bad at all. I dreaded getting in there and fixing mine, but after diving in, it was really super easy. I couldn't believe I had fretted over it as much as I had. It was nothing to fix.
were the wheels, steering wheel, brakes, and power steering not counted in the cost? i get the roll cage and seat as very expensive safety components getting a pass, but im unsure what the rules are on those parts.
Losing that front view camera is tragic man sorry that happened to you
Impressive Chris!!
1:57 expiration date!?!?!
to make this video more tense, you should've left some more (metaphorical) spoilers: you maybe shouldn't have spilled the beans on the events that were about to happen
The fact that no one is mad about what happened shows how amazing this experience was for them.
I am imperest but a vehcle hyundai hi have the same problem 😂
This is great! It motivates me to look around if there are any local "Lemon Race" events around here
Chris fix never show his face?
For me, a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice is the first car I owned
My uncle is racing lemons
How do the repair costs like the power steering, exhaust, new brakes, wheels etc. fit into the $500 rule?
Hello Chris I'm huge fan for you and I need to reply to me please it's a serious thing I want to tell you ❤😢
Remember in the weight reduction video some one commented abiut removing the engine lol
Well you was beated in this race even before the start cuz you went for the wrong car brand, see if you swap to Mercedes next time you will be crossing the line on the final lap.
Chris should make shoes called “Hey Guys” kinda like hey dudes
I know what a weekend of failure is like lol. I’ve raced my 2-stroke Seadoo against my uncles honda 1500cc turbocharged ski and ended up blowing up my engine halfway up the river, what I expected the be a weekend of river riding and racing ended up being a weekend of swapping an engine in the seadoo
Rich kid sport
19:52 but before putting it in, u have to make sure it works on its own aint it? how would u make sure that this engine is not faulty from the get go?
yes, i dont know much about cars, so, just hypothesizing.
18:11 why shn laughing :-
11:38 ;s the helmet also connected to the actively cooled suite
0:57 full livre
1:20 "this is pretty dangerous if its not safe" 😂😂
Was this inspired by the Top Gear endurance race? As it is the same sort-of car and all. If anyone hasn't seen it I highly recommend after watching this.
Props to the Dodge Aspen team for not being afraid to run a fugly beast. 🙂
Get him 10m subscribers
Why are airbags forbidden? On the street they save a lot of lives.
god save me from ever owning a BMW
I've been loving this series, but there's no way that's a 500 bucks car.
Man, I am pretty sure that only the wheels cost more than 500 bucks 😀 And the same goes for the tyres 🙂
It is odd that they require water, not coolant. The collant protects the system from corrosion and also lubricates the water pump.
What happened to the driftstang
Why this is called a race if you didn't start at the same time?
good tip. never look behind you, you can see in the side of youre eye if someone is passing you trust if tehre behind you, its there foult if they end in the grass. (ive ben driving go kart for 3-4 years, and ben tairend by a le mangs driver).. but awsome youre actualy driving in the race cool vidio
wait, did the piston fly out of the engine?
ngl you put yourself and others in danger when you go slower to the point every other car thats racing pass you