Rawspeed Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 I have been browsing this forum on and off for a while now and finally decided to start posting.. I had the honor to do a lot of work on this 1M and thought I would share. I always admired these things because I thought they were a smaller turbo charged E92 M3.. We started off by installing AKG bushings in the rear subframe, sending the diff out to increase the lock, and installing Ground Control coil overs with MCS shocks. Since we had the whole rear suspension out, the owner wanted to install a sway bar since the only way to do it is drop the whole rear end. Next we worked on turbo inlets and outlets.. I must admit they weren't very fun, the rear turbo is very tucked in there and you have to cut out the stock inlet to even remove it from the back of the motor. I forgot to take pictures of the intercooler but we put on a 1000hp core that was massive. Definitely over kill for stock turbos but he plans on going single turbo in the somewhat near future. To finish off the intake system, we fabricated a custom charge pipe so it could fit in the now tight drivers side. We used a 335d coolant reservoir and a custom power steering bracket to be able to use the turbo inlet set up he wanted for the passenger side. Wish I took some pictures of it so I'll have to remember that next time it's back in. The tires came in and we were able to squeeze a 295 on the rear and a 275 on the front, should have plenty of grip for this car. Now was time for the exhaust fabrication. The owner really liked the Meisterschaft exhaust but wanted to keep it 3.5 inch and I felt up to the challenge. With not a lot of room to play with made these custom tips outta mandrel bends in order to fit two 3.5in tubes inside the opening in the bumper of 7 5/8. The dual 3 in downpipes came with 2 bolt flanges on the end but they necked down to 2.5 in holes so we decided to convert them to v-band and make them true 3 inch. Then came the task of making the custom Y pipe to go from dual 3 inch to 3.5 inch single. Luckily I had a piece that converted 4 in oval to 3.5 in round that made my life a little easier. The rear section was very time consuming but was worth it. That's pretty much it, thought others might enjoy some pictures of this car as much as I enjoyed working on it! I'm very eager to see how this thing does at the track, maybe I can report back soon! suspenceful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Glad you shared with us. I've been following your Facebook page, very impressive work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Banana Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Super cool stuff. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Amazing fab work with the exhaust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Awesome job man! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawspeed Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Thanks guys! Glad you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Hey, another 1-series! This is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Wow, that exhaust is incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 very cool! and dear god, how many bushings/control arms/joints are on the rear end of one of these things?! my wallet is trembling and i dont even own one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawspeed Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 47 minutes ago, straight6pwr said: very cool! and dear god, how many bushings/control arms/joints are on the rear end of one of these things?! my wallet is trembling and i dont even own one. Yeah there's a lot.. I feel like every sports car now a days has some kind of 5 link in the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 You're at road america! I waved to you! I was just creeping the car at your camp site! Edit: Just read your thread and realized it's not your car, regardless, it's bad ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawspeed Posted August 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 On August 6, 2016 at 2:19 PM, patsbimmer1 said: You're at road america! I waved to you! I was just creeping the car at your camp site! Edit: Just read your thread and realized it's not your car, regardless, it's bad ass! Yeah Sam, the owner, camped up there with the car this weekend. I'm sure he appreciated the wave haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hi Jayraaw and welcome! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawspeed Posted August 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 23 hours ago, Jdesign said: Hi Jayraaw and welcome! Nice work! Hi Mr. Jason. Thanks! Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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