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On 4/15/2018 at 3:32 PM, YoungCR said:
Are there no after market solutions for the motor mounts? Every 50k is crazy
There are but they all involve more NVH and I'm trying to preserve the street manners of the car since I don't intend to track it ;(
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absolutely, almost nobody does it all alone but still good skills to have and a very impressive amount of work going into this
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I'll have to use my touring for this because my M3 is already sorted the way I want.
Ideal build for the touring would be
- respray in Imola with shadowline window trim
- S54 swap / RWD conversion with a nice set of apex wheels
- all the E46 aesthetic bits that I haven't done and probably never will - headlight conversion, black kidneys, mtech II bumper shroud, etc.
I'd still use it as my daily at that point.
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Ok so everyone else is doing cool builds and as usual I don't have anything unique to add to the conversation - just basic beta bitch mods like bolt-on superchargers.
I walked away from the deal for the used 625 kit that had the red painted manifold. It looked good in photos but I know it was also a $15 rattle can job. Not a professional paint job like you'd get from iND or something. The guy wanted $6250 for his kit and on top of that you need to drop $1000 to get a new tune from ESS because they are locked to a VIN. I just couldn't fully bring myself to spend that kind of money for a used supercharger kit compared to the price of a brand new one that comes with a 2 year warranty.
So I called up EAS and they quoted me $7720 shipped for a brand new kit (which includes a tune). It's a no-brainer at that point to just buy it new. The extra $500 guarantees no missing parts and everything works.
I also ordered a set of BE rod bearings and ARP bolts. They were back-ordered until March 31 (i placed my order on March 22nd or so) and I'm glad I did because as of now they are already backordered again until July 1. Lots of S65 owners are buying up these bearings because they have increased clearance, but not so much that there is any real impact to oil pressure at high rpms.
The supercharger showed up earlier this week and I'm still waiting on the bearings. Install plans have been delayed because ....well I mean just look outside. It's cold in my garage too.
I will be outsourcing the rod bearing install to Efab Motorsports in Lake Zurich. They are doing a labor special on rod bearing service for $700 during the month of April. I'll have them throw in new motor mounts while they are at it because for whatever reason the mounts on this car are a 50k mile maintenance item and the subframe will be down already. The shop owner has a VO 1M that I am excited to look at when I go down there.
I am scheduled to drop the car off for RB service on May 1 and pick it up May 3.
- SteelBlue, Jdesign, suspenceful and 1 other
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On 2/22/2018 at 7:17 AM, jc43089 said:
Are you sure the coolant was mixed strong enough to prevent freezing? Could have frozen and that's what caused a leak just sitting? Doubtful because it's such a new car though, likely it hasn't been touched yet.
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The prior owner had coolant flushed on annual basis at the dealership (kinda weird?), and I had 0 problems storing it last winter but then again it wasn't nearly as cold last winter compared to the huge cold snap we had this year in Deember/January.
I borrowed a coolant pressurizer from Dan Frodl and couldn't reproduce a leak anywhere. That said, the thermostats on these cars are a common failure at my mileage anyway so I picked up a new thermostat and a couple of orings for the elbows that go to the cylinder heads off the thermostat housing (which is where the coolant leaked from). I've put several hundred miles on the car over the past month without any issues so I'm almost 100% sure it was only due to the extreme cold we had and orings shrunk. Either way I'm not leaving it to chance. This stuff is going on when the supercharger goes on since the manifold will be off anyway.
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On 4/9/2018 at 10:02 AM, suspenceful said:
Will do, I'll probably make an update in this thread when the time comes. Anyone is welcome to swing by if available... as long as you don't mind starring in a vlog!
LMT is local so I'd definitely show up to check this out. I'll always find an excuse to go do car stuff! lol
If the timing works out maybe I'll bring the M3 and see if I can come to even within 150 hp of this monster
I'd like to see if I can crack 550 without going catless
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wow dude, great progress. Fabrication is foreign to me, I only know how to take things apart and put them back together.
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5 hours ago, suspenceful said:
Ben is messing with you. His diesel swap has been a can of worms to say the least.
Either way, glad to see you on here! Don't flake away like 90% of the newcomers. There are a variety of builds going on here, at completely different ends of the spectrum.
right? we must be something like 2/10 for newcomers actually sticking around. I'll take part of the blame because I attack people about their poor financial decisions.
OP Welcome to the group.
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Cosmetics indeed. The best part about these cars is that you don't need to do a "build". Everything is done well out of the box. ZCP wheels fit 295 tires in the rear which is plenty enough to put traction down even with a supercharger. The suspension is good, the chassis is good, the diff is good.
For 25-30k plus some cash for BE rod bearings, there isn't much more car you can really buy. Throw a supercharger on it and for well under 40k all-in you've got something that has a very nice interior, handles and brakes well, bespoke V8, and can gobble up the power because the chassis is built well and the clutch won't cry because you still have realistic amounts of torque, and you won't have to worry about bending rods.
Your 335 was a good platform, but after watching Longboarder's NFZ videos of his M3 with DCT + ESS 650 supercharger just crushing M4's with upgraded Pure turbos and many other cars in the 600+ power range, it's hard to argue with the simplicity of being able to basically have it all if you are willing to throw a blower on your M3 at some point. Literally nothing else needs to be done to your car, and it runs on pump gas, lol. Compare that to everything you had to screw around with on your N54, and that in order to be at the power levels of your M3 with a blower (once you put it on), you'd need to do a clutch, probably port injection, guaranteed need to find E85 stations, LSD, better suspension, etc.
Or just drive it and be happy with a car that does everything except accelerate fast - I can say I've never really "wanted" for more power with the car, and the only reason I just threw dollars at a supercharger is because I have always been the guy who goes over the top with cars. It's what I do. You will get an awful lot of enjoyment out of the car as it stands this summer, without needing to do much. Although I still stand by my statement that you *need* to get an xpipe sooner rather than later.
IMO you picked the right car and it serves all your summer driving needs, can be tracked, and with a blower it will poo-poo on literally anything you run into on the street other than the occasional GT-R, Z06, or other highly modified muscle car while losing none of its drivability and manners. It should be a car that you can keep relevant while having a unique V8 for many years and I'm happy you have joined this particular club with me.
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yeah that's a nice wheel for that car.
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If there's one thing I know, it's that the new car will have no problem gapping my M3.
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That actually looks like a properly non-rusted-to-hell E39. For me it's gotta be an M5, though. Someday.
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16 hours ago, mke_m2 said:
I would likely get a set of apex ec-7 wheels, 18” which are about $1,500 then a set of blizzaks are about $1,200ish. So $2,700 without mounting approximately. Sorry for my over estimate.
But then again, I may just get a second car for the winter. Haven’t decided yet.
Nevertheless, I don’t have to worry about that for some time and can enjoy the upcoming nice months.
Does anyone know about upcoming meets in Milwaukee or Chicago?
If you want to have "nice" wheels like a set of new apex ec-7, then yeah it'll cost you. My point was that you can make this a much more realistic proposition by getting some used OE BMW wheels - and 18" blizzaks are more like $800-900 mounted and balanced. I've mounted multiple sets of 18" Blizzaks as recent as 2017, including my old 135i. Go to Big Bear Tire in oconomowoc. They will price you right. You shouldn't have to spend more than $1500 on a full setup that includes brand spankin new Blizzaks if you get used OE wheels.
Not trying to be a dick, but literally everything you've been saying are "wants", not "needs" and to me it looks like you're finding every way possible to keep blowing your money away, and I'd rather see you be able to say "I can drive my car when I want regardless of the fact that I live in Wisconsin".
Or just buy a beater - which would be my preferred approach and honestly I agree with your logic right now because we're mid-March so there's 0 need to buy a beater car. You definitely have 7 solid months to plan for that.
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@straight6pwr I agree with it being pointless to "preserve" a mass-production late model car from the elements - I would argue though that for most of us, we care a lot about these cars, and quite honestly in winter the odds just go up immensely in terms of being hit by other people on the road. I think it's needless risk to drive my M3 in winter, not to mention salted roads in the cold provide 0 grip for fun spirited driving anyway, and so you're basically just meandering around in your toy car burning mileage for no fun driving experience, and at risk from other people. I've been rear ended at a stop in rush hour on I-94 before in winter from people not paying attention and it being too slippery to stop in time, and I was really thankful that I was driving a beat out piece of shit Corolla and not my BMW.
as for OP - no offense but it sounds like you want to be broke if you say you are short on money and you think you need 3-4k for a winter tire/wheel setup. You don't need to spend that much.
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On 3/12/2018 at 1:05 PM, Old School said:
Speaking of track days...... Will the prodigal son be making his return this year to the asphalt playground?!?! Any plans?
You will see me at Road America in my old E30, now being used as a track rental car.
You will not see me in my M3 - I am emotionally attached to that car so I feel it's a poor candidate for track duty lol. Hitting 1 tire wall in 5 years of track days isn't a bad ratio, but I'd still rather not take that risk with this car
We will, regardless, need to do a brunch or lunch again sometime when the weather gets nicer.
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2 hours ago, Jdesign said:
Thats a really beautiful car, but like you said, IDK about that price though.
the thing that really makes me salty about the guy is that he's asking 26k. The final hammer on BaT fell at 23,750, so he's basically asking for that PLUS the fees that WOULD have gone to BaT. It's not like he even would get those fees as the seller. They are paid to BaT. It's ridiculous that he's looking for basically an additional 2250 over and above the already ludicrous price of 23,750.
Fuck that.
- KaiserRolls and m42b32
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15 hours ago, RobZR said:
Have done this 6 times now. I'm only 50/50 on reliability. I had one alternator fail. Had to replace it in an AutoZone parking lot, Limped home another alternator with bad bearings, and had a thermostat stick open on another. All just on the trip back. For non car folks that would be terrible.
agreed in terms of being disastrous to non-car people, but to me something like an alternator failing in some way shape or form has nothing to do with BMW. That's something at risk for any car with any decent amount of mileage on it.
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I 'member when I thought for daily purposes an auto would be ok.
Good pickup either way. When my friend was looking for a new daily we test drove a few of these with the ZF 8 speed and you definitely cannot argue that they shift really smooth and work well. It is amazing how far automatics have come. But...still....man pedal.
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he's goading me to make him an offer. I don't think he realizes how lowball it would be because to me that thing isn't worth more than 15k
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Look what just resurfaced after BaT:
https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=420950
Looks like the BaT buyer was in over his head and couldn't muster $26k cash for this car (shhhhhocker).
I really wanted to buy this car. It still just seems like way too much money for what it actually is, despite being really clean.
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I love seeing a repaint like this. That looks really good, hope to see it at the e30 picnic for sure
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I honestly wish I could say that because it would actually make me feel better about my purchase LOL - as it turns out, it's moreso that I am just completely incapable of leaving well enough alone.
Yeah I have digital torque wrenches so doing this with proper accuracy shouldn't be hard, but at $700 it was a no-brainer. I figured I can justify the cost after all the thousands upon thousands I saved by DIYing my E46 manual swap
My stance on the supercharger is that if you want the car to be a drag car, then just buy an N54 instead - but if you like everything else you get with an S65, then a supercharger makes the car "competitive and relevant" in the modern age to essentially give it a new lease on life. FIrst you say "someday" which is exactly what I did....then before you know it barely a year later you're installing a 625 kit LOL. To quote Family Guy - "it's like sex with Kobe - you can fight it all you want but, it's gonna happen"