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Could be leaking injectors (losing fuel pressure + flooding cylinders slightly)
Could be a dirty cold start injector
Could also be some other items. Every little bit will help though and as jc said, its so easy even snap can do it

When is the snow drift this year on Sinisippi? I am preparing an e30 just for this event!

It isn't sprayed in burgandy chalkboard paint is it? 

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Custom ground wires.
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I was glad that i ran megasquirt NA and learned to tune it before throwing a snail at it.

Tuner? Who needs a tuner?
 
THIS IS MEGASQUUUUUUUUUUIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

While not the best hp/$ quotient id run a 272 cam with stock compression ratio. As you research you will discover that many people end up with piston to valve interference when the duration gets above 280 degrees. Interference will need to be checked and corrected with an adjustable cam gear. To make proper use of a cam with more lift and duration than the typical 272 will require portwork and an increased redline which will send your mean piston velocities into the "not quite so long lasting" range (The Metric Mechanic 2900 M20 is rated for ~65k-100k mile service life "when driven hard") and the inertial forces increase by the square of the rpm. Going from 4000 rpm to 8000 rpm results in 16 times the tensile stress in the connecting rods and hardware. 

The cost of the tuned length headers, cam, rockers, springs ,cam gear, stroker parts, machine work, and port work, would get you a VERY nice forced induction setup. An extensive NA build and a FI build will both require upgraded EFI and clutch so that is a wash.
NA builds are great, but you become used to the 15-20hp you can gain with reasonable investment quite quickly and to extract more becomes a mechanical and financial domino rally. 
 
My biggest fear was dumping $8000 into a hot rebuild on an M20, making about 215-225whp, being somewhat underwhelmed with the hp/$ and or dropping a valve/cracking a head/some other mechanical failure rendering it nearly a total loss.
In contrast I could spend $3000 on a FI setup on a stock top and bottom end, make 300-350whp and for the small cost of a used m20, ($800 or less) be back up and running if anything failed. 


And thus you can see why I, eternal lover of the naturally aspirated engine, have caved and decided to do the whole turbo bullcrap thing. 

The more I drive around the more I notice how rare my e46 is u don't see any black on black sport package sedans with a stick

you, me, and the rowley brothers have some similarly spec'd cars then. I hope to have mine finished up in the next two weeks or less.

I think we should put up a graveyard for all those who have gone astray from bmw

This is to let all of you know Laishes bought.... a MIATA????
 

Driven the e46 almost all winter and haven't been special enough to put it in the ditch

Was just wondering how to do that!! I feel retarded on this app!!
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