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4 hours ago, Nick_F said:
well this is pretty interesting and might piss off a couple Mercedes folks
Confused boner here. There are plenty of capable MB mills to swap but im also an M20 nerd.
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Very cool, Mike!
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I had only heard of the term “third coast” for the first time this week.
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What engine is your M2? N55, right?
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I need to see coco mats in person because honestly I don’t get it. I know they are popular but I don't look at them and get excited.
This is not me being a hater/dick, by the way. I’d love to see them in person to better understand the appeal.
Nice find on the ACS stuff 👍🏼
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160,712 miles
Parking brake shoes and hardware replaced. The shoes were original (no surprise as they dont wear much) and had plenty of meat on the bones. The weak park brake was more a function of glazing and adjustment.
the drum surface received a good scuff and the adjusters were cleaned and slathered in anti-seize. Once it was back together, the handbrake cable was adjusted to factory spec and now the park brake holds the car on my sloped driveway while in neutral.
Im pretty sure I ordered an FTE clutch slave cylinder (OE) but here I am with a Sachs brand. Notice that the pushrod is a bit longer than the FTE. In this photo the stock slave cylinder binds at the last 1/4” of travel and so part of the length discrepancy can be attributed to that. I am not sure that the sticking affected performance while under pressure but it would not surprise me if the seal was affected and able to pull a minuscule amount of air for a brief moment while moving past that rough spot.
The stainless clutch line did not have the same pregnant section that the stock rubber line does so I trimmed it off and attached it since there exits a decent chance of rubbing and abrasion between the corner of the oil pan and the new line.
Transmission mounts were not replaced as the exhaust was in the way of the passenger side mount. I will save them for a future project when the exhaust is dropped.
The MT-LV is the ticket though. I took a few laps around the neighborhood in the cold weather and between the new clutch hydraulics and the trans oil, there were no grinds on the cold 1-2 shift.
It is now parked and on the battery tender again until hopefully March
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You take good care of your stuff. E46 are getting old enough that some of them are approaching 1 failed emissions test from the scrap yard. she’s a keeper!
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That IS a phenomenal build!
The 420g is not one of the great manual transmissions ever crafted, hence my efforts to do a few small things to make sure it has its best chance at living its best life. If I ever needed to swap transmissions I would grab a cheap low mile SMG trans and swap bellhousings. The manual transmission cost and availability is not great and with the SMG you know a computer was shifting it instead of a pretend racecar driver. Which all E46 drivers are, including myself.
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Fired it up to get it on ramps so I can replace a few things.
-Parking brake shoes-Stainless clutch line
-Clutch slave cyl.
-Try out some Redline MT LV in the trans per Bimmerworld’s recommendation
-AKG Motorsport trans mounts with the cuppy-thingies
-jack point surface rust removal/POR15
I think that’s all for now. I’ll report back tomorrow once im covered in blood and grease and have made little progress
- P_Roloff, patsbimmer1, Rekpoint and 2 others
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I launched a list of secret santa pairings over to Chris, he noted a couple errors and corrected them and by now I cant even remember who has who. @Bassboy3313 any ideas on who had you?
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Yes^^
TJ’s Butt-dyno is one of the best in town
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The Grand Tour Is back Friday!
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Its been a few weeks.
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Hopefully at least one person thought of the Tom Segura bit about how he yells “Bikes!” when you saw the thread title because that was completely intentional.
This is the thread where we talk about bikes. I know at least 1 or 2 of you are into bikes as much as you are into BMWs.
@m42b32 went on a few early morning rides at Minooka before work which I have enjoyed and hope to do more of this next year. Now that I know I will get my moneys worth out of a better bike, I have spent the last few months shopping, test riding, and not having much luck finding what I want. Looking into ordering what I want new, and it might be May/June at best for delivery.
I finally found what ive been looking for on the used market. Its a 2021 Giant Trance 29, only a few months old. It should arrive this week.
Trails on the list for 2021:Camrock
Little Switzerland
Alpine Valley
John Muir/Emma Carlin
Eventually I’d love to make it up to Copper Harbor but that is unlikely this year.
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So good!
Don’t burble tune it
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Related, popped up on Pandora today
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My wager is $9,100 Bob
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I dont suspect the lean codes relate to the swap. I would recommend, in this order:
-see how the car drives with the MAF unplugged
-check for intake leaks with a smoke test, namely intake boot.
-check condition of spark plugs
-replace fuel filter
-replace MAF
-replace O2 sensors
-replace spark plugs and coils
-replace/clean injectors
It is most likely related to intake leaks but multiple weak areas can add up to a single issue
The E46 M3 Journal
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Wow, I had dismissed the Avant head unit figuring it was just another android auto type touchscreen radio, all of which are neat but not a huge advantage over a phone and an aux input cable. Seeing how that has the OBC built in is really cool! The stock nav system/radio feels like something out of a prototype car. Half of the buttons don’t do anything, and whatever functionality remains is pretty limited.