[R44_Rhys]

Back to the track.. we drove around 300 road miles and put a stock G80 Geo on the car.

Back to Bedford Autodrome to see the results of lowering and Increasing the stiffness.

Results were great! Wanting to make the front a bit harder to push the car harder into corners.

Overall what a car! Really impressive on track, huge amounts of grip but able to have it sideways if wanted.

The adjustable brake pressure also makes a huge difference! Stock brakes are great for OE.

Back out in a couple days!

[CC M3C X]

Hey Rhys - Your G80 is almost the same exact spec as the 22 that I have ordered. The main difference is that I ordered an Xdrive due to our winters. Wont be a primary winter car but want to be able to take it out if I choose to do so. My question is do we know yet if the spacers and lowering springs that you have on your shop car are going to be compatible with the Xdrive version? I would love to get these ordered before taking delivery of the car. Planning on doing the same set up as yours (12F - 15R). Thanks

[R44_Rhys]

Back to aero design.

While I’ve been out with the workshop team suspension testing. The R44 Deisgn team have been working hard on Deisgn.

Front lip, we are aiming for a GTS style with two ducts that line up with the BMW Carbon duct covers. We will be releasing a twin duct design that will increase aggression of the front end, main reason for a clean splitter Deisgn.




We will be obtaining all stock fixing positions on the front lip, fixing locations are easy to find with 3D data.


Side skirts, a clean OEM+ Deisgn not going crazy but line up with the front lip Deisgn. Always found when building cars skirts are a MUST to widen the look. The new G8X is a huge car and a skirt with a flick in my eyes doesn't work too well, more of an M2 set up.


We are retaining all gloss black plastics on the SP1 and SK1. They would take further development time / increased products cost. Personally I quite like the gloss black accents on the cars.

[R44_Rhys]

Originally Posted by CC M3C X

Hey Rhys - Your G80 is almost the same exact spec as the 22 that I have ordered. The main difference is that I ordered an Xdrive due to our winters. Wont be a primary winter car but want to be able to take it out if I choose to do so. My question is do we know yet if the spacers and lowering springs that you have on your shop car are going to be compatible with the Xdrive version? I would love to get these ordered before taking delivery of the car. Planning on doing the same set up as yours (12F - 15R). Thanks

Hey! Soo not 100% on the X drive suspension due to have one in my workshop this week so we can have wheels off and take some parts off.

99.9% sure the spacers will be the same no reason they won’t be as the centre bore and stud pattern is the same on G series cars.

Always welcome to touch base with the team and they’ll confirm end of next week.

Congrats on the order 👊🏽

[R44_Rhys]

After a few Deisgn meetings with all team members, we locked in final splitter and skirt designs. All process take place in our London office and silverstone Factory.

Due to complexity of the splitter we wanted to make a rapid prototype. We use foam on a CNC machine to create large parts. Pro’s are the speed, cost and ability to make large products.

3D printing is another option but hard to get such a large bed size and the time it takes isn’t cost effective.

[R44_Rhys]

Also pros of foam prototypes we can alter the Deisgn and re scan to gather data.

After some minor changes we skinned the parts carbon so we can see the final Deisgn 🤟🏽

[CC M3C X]

Originally Posted by R44_Rhys

Hey! Soo not 100% on the X drive suspension due to have one in my workshop this week so we can have wheels off and take some parts off.

99.9% sure the spacers will be the same no reason they won’t be as the centre bore and stud pattern is the same on G series cars.

Always welcome to touch base with the team and they’ll confirm end of next week.

Congrats on the order 👊🏽

Thanks man! I will reach out to the team in a week or so! Love the stuff you guys are doing!

[mattssi]

Sweet! Can't wait for the air ducts!

[kbanga]

Originally Posted by R44_Rhys

R44 team didn’t waste any time with some suspension changes.. time to drop the car!

About 2/3 weeks into ownership we wanted to make our own springs. Dial in our own ride height and stiffness. With talks with suspension companies such as H&R we knew the drops they’ll be offering will be around 30mm front and 10-15 rear on the M3 platform and more on the M4.

So we had a development spring to work from. After fitting a few options we found the Rev1 set up. 35mm Front 35mm Rear.

Next we’ll visit more track sessions / carry out road testing.

We have now tested a fair few springs and have our final springs being bench tested in coming weeks. R44 LOW Springs will drop around mid/late September

Check the video we made when dropping the car : https://youtu.be/I_-34rM0xJA

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Any rubbing with 12/15 spacers and the springs? Did you have to modify anything on the car to relieve the rubbing?

[ashmostro]

Originally Posted by R44_Rhys

Sure you’ll be impressed. Any questions pop over an email 👊🏽

Got my ducktail G82 spoiler and have some constructive feedback about the quality. Will shoot you a PM or email with deets!