Transmission Problems at Donington Park - M3 MR2 Trackday

Mixed emotions from Donington Park as we snuck in a trackday before the UK restrictions were imposed last week.
Big thanks to Tom @mtrwks_tom for letting me drive his M3 once again, and to Katie from www.krfphoto.com for getting some great pics. Track Obsession hosted a great day!
Some action, and a lengthy final onboard where I say goodbye to my reverse gear after struggling to get into 5th a few times. I've swapped the gearboxes over the weekend just gone and will go into more detail in that video what I think happened.
For now, track action!

[@neilstewart1208]

those upshfts are really good for an smg box, not heard one that positive before

[@deanodrives4966]

Everytime I watch your video's I want an MR2

[@LupinYonderboy]

come here facebook.com/groups/598755820207002/ and have a chat with us owners.

[@simplyd8972]

The footwell camera always catches me 😂

[@ChrisBeevor0511]

Footwell cam? I thought it was the Silvester School of Motoring

[@fonzeyontrack5212]

BSM trackdays should definitely be a thing

[@ChrisBeevor0511]

@@fonzeyontrack5212 Driver steers and passenger does gears and pedals? Now that does sound interesting

[@davey6024]

Dan no denying the m3 is a beast but iv got to say looking back to the way you drove the k swapped mr2 it just blew me away. Its like that type of setup was made for you. I would love to see you behind the wheel of a caterham or an atom, even a radical. You would dominate in that type of category.

[@dannyDC2]

The MR2 is a standard engine lol, but thanks!

[@davey6024]

@@dannyDC2 Am not talking about the one your driving in this vid you built for the mr2 series im not really a fan of it. im talking about the black one you built with the k20. Imagine this one did have a k swap tho you would come 1st every race 🤣

[@dannyDC2]

@@davey6024 haha yeah this is good for the skills though would be faster in a kswapped one now i reckon and more stable. smooth = fast like they say

[@thedownshiftchannel]

Tom is also in the no ABS TC m3 club

[@jamesward7425]

@1:04 hehe

[@MrShameless90]

Them money shifts 😐

[@dannyDC2]

Need SMG MR2

[@jorredegendt5408]

Some scary shit with money shifts 😬

[@dannyDC2]

Yeah less than ideal

[@jdmfreak22]

Pedal cam is back (L)

[@dannyDC2]

(Y)

[@thetumanshow]

The MR2 looks like a lot more fun to drive. As a E46 owner and a MR2 owner I know this to be a fact

[@leonread8583]

Dan that's a tune mate for the video opening introduction. Now then yewtewb

[@nizam_mr]

Wangan midnight vibes

[@nomessininc.]

Was a pretty good day apart from the red flags. Shame about yours and joes cars but nice to chat to you both 👍

[@MotorworksTV]

I didn’t even see a shift light in the m3... it’s goes to 8200 now

[@dannyDC2]

vtec

[@ChrisBeevor0511]

If you can’t find it grind it! There all in the box somewhere!?
In every track day video it’s always a Porsche that is reluctant to get offline for a faster car coming through 🤔

[@amancars3807]

A superlight mr2 with a tiny lil sports wheel. It looks so damn fun!

[@MotorworksTV]

Thanks for bringing it home safely again lad

[@lukepoynter5635]

How far in advance are you booking your track days, i had a look up north, all fully booked! Are you a member of a club?

[@DarrenAMSPorsche]

Hit the wall last year just past Starkey's bridge. Great track but will punish you if you get it wrong

[@Sideburns892]

Gotta get me some of those R888 for my own trackday MR2. Impressive stuff.

[@quentinrs2507]

👍🏻🔥

[@markevo6]

Another great video , what have you done to that 1ZZ to make it sound so incredibly good !!

[@ribbo1]

1:02 it's always a fking cayman/boxter that you throw the anchors on to stay out the back of lol

[@cedriccope178]

Will the type r be ready to go in the near future???

[@Michael-yz4mc]

Ah I haven’t heard that song in ages! Legend

[@daveyofyeshua]

Absolutely flying chap 👍

[@misterLukeG]

really Hope my dec trackday goes ahead there. love that track

[@ltnaldoraine2437]

Error Piston Rings not found.exe

[@USMANKYOUSAFZAI]

Nice. Love the track. How was the SMG vs your manual on track?? And did you notice the difference in standard gearing vs your 4.1 on this track?

[@dannyDC2]

With SMG you pull the paddles behind the steering wheel to change gear. With manual you have to press the clutch and move the stick. I don't think there's any difference in pace but I do with SMG had a wider brake pedal like a proper auto. The stock gearing is longer. There aren't many occasions where longer gearing is better.

[@meister_harris5623]

Got to love the Mister2 and an E46 M3 in one video!

[@jonathanblease244]

Top effort - good pedalling and choon

[@misterLukeG]

Enjoying the content mate

[@Legotruck82]

Hopefully the Z30 just needs shift cables or a bush, Toyota tran's are usually pretty reliable at stock power levels, save for the synchros wearing out, at least in my experience

[@dannyDC2]

Interesting

[@dannyDC2]

@@statementleaver8095 indeed statement leaver, I am quite a careful shifter so that did hurt a little bit but always interesting to see what the third parties reckon. I'll be uploading the video of the stripdown shortly. As I know what caused it (I wont ruin the surprise) your comment hurt even more haha

[@chuckyfinster3686]

If the camera in m3 was mounted a little higher would be perfect

[@dannyDC2]

Indeed

[@chuckyfinster3686]

Just a bit of constructive criticism, hope you dont mind. Btw mr2 camera is perfect 😎

[@whoisgoogle]

Yes dan

[@ziorxkomtuper]

whats the song at the beginning?

[@exploreendurodiscover8775]

Roberto Surace - Joys 👍

[@samuelburton9182]

Cables???

[@dannyDC2]

Fuck off

[@Shite_Night]

Love the vibes man