New to R3V - m50 525i drift
Hey guys, my name is Eugene and I'm new here...
I picked up a 93 525i 5MT M50 (Vanos) almost 2 months ago. This will be a daily for a few months but in reality is my drift car. Yes I said Drift car. A lot of threads on e34 forums about 525 drift cars and the con and pros. I'm not asking anyone if its a good idea or bad......not asking anything actually just here to share.
Modifications which came on the car.
Car came with a tune/chip (unknown which one) but car tops at redline and limited removed so I can assume its chipped. Full race exhaust - Raceland headers going into a halo muffler (empty) going straight back (2pipes) to the back (no res, no muffler = race car loud) Brakes - Slotted and drilled rotors all around with ceramic pads. Suspension - Bilstein shocks all around (on their way out) with eibach springs all around. K&N intake (nothing special) - Driveshaft was recently replaced
P.S - I bought the car from a good friend who is a BMW die hard fan/mechanic - he also has a e36 m3 with a cute little M42T pushing 400hp easy.
Value cover gasket was leaking into 5th and 6th cyl....took everything apart to clean and change gaskets - then did the same for the intake mani and a few other normal maintenance issues normal for a 1993 in 2014. I had a lot of fun taking off the valve cover and cleaning up the engine bay - painted the cover after getting rid of all the gunk. took off intake mini. changed all the vacuum lines. changed all the gaskets. oil change, changed tie roads + wheel alignment, AC removed, misc clips and a few other things i'm forgetting to mention.
I got the car with no clutch fan - (well I have it but its off the car) Installed mishimoto efan cfm 1954 (if I remember correctly) from ECStuning ($83+$17 for the mounting kit) Looking for a nice mishimoto oil cooler for the summer. I have a auto tranny cooler/aux cooler which I will use instead of the shitty power steering cooler. (Since I'll be using the steering more then most of your e34 guys who are use for daily.
DIFF - looking for a nice 3.46 or 3.73 LSD need more torque down low - in the meantime (SORRY GUYS) welded my oem 3.23 so its 100% lock. I have some videos if anyone is interested on how it locks up and slides ;D
Interior coming soon. I like the e34 interior (always have) But its tan and black or race buckets is the way to go. My friend is parting a 95 540i with dove intertior so i might grab the whole thing including head liner (everything except for the drivers seat which will soon be a bucket) Rear is gutted for the track, I just put the back seats in for now to have people in the back (not bolted in but who cares they don't move)
This is a purpose car, daily for now, drift for now and later on full on drift. So please dont tell me i'm ruining a e34 because I know I am. ;0
Hydro brake in but not yet installed. Cant decide on suspension yet as everyone is saying coilover coilover coilovers but I live in a place where there are more potholes and road cracks then normal road so its a tough decision I am making now. Plus I had coilovers on 2 of my other cars so i'm not new to the idea but I might just go with a upgraded cup kit (also Bilstein's) just not sure yet how to play this. Who knows maybe BC will partially sponsor the coilovers, they did it for my friend and we run all the same track days. I need to change my bushing in the rear ( that's next on my list) Especially sub frame bushings which are soon to be destroyed.
Order some nice stainless steel brakes lines from CATUNING out in Cali. I'm sure you guys know about CAtuned as they are well known. I am very happy with this buy. They were $90 shipped to my door with included 2 day shipping. Very happy with the quality of the product. Thanks guys! Excited to get these one when I install my brembo solid rotor setup (getting rid of slotted and drilled - its a myth)
Def more in the past 2 months which I am forgetting to mention. And def more coming up. Can't post pics from this computer so If you guys care enough to check out my e34, my instagram is @slide718
Thanks for looking!!!
P.S. - I love used parts :rofl: I'll be looking around - feel free to comment if you have something you think I can use.
I picked up a 93 525i 5MT M50 (Vanos) almost 2 months ago. This will be a daily for a few months but in reality is my drift car. Yes I said Drift car. A lot of threads on e34 forums about 525 drift cars and the con and pros. I'm not asking anyone if its a good idea or bad......not asking anything actually just here to share.
Modifications which came on the car.
Car came with a tune/chip (unknown which one) but car tops at redline and limited removed so I can assume its chipped. Full race exhaust - Raceland headers going into a halo muffler (empty) going straight back (2pipes) to the back (no res, no muffler = race car loud) Brakes - Slotted and drilled rotors all around with ceramic pads. Suspension - Bilstein shocks all around (on their way out) with eibach springs all around. K&N intake (nothing special) - Driveshaft was recently replaced
P.S - I bought the car from a good friend who is a BMW die hard fan/mechanic - he also has a e36 m3 with a cute little M42T pushing 400hp easy.
Value cover gasket was leaking into 5th and 6th cyl....took everything apart to clean and change gaskets - then did the same for the intake mani and a few other normal maintenance issues normal for a 1993 in 2014. I had a lot of fun taking off the valve cover and cleaning up the engine bay - painted the cover after getting rid of all the gunk. took off intake mini. changed all the vacuum lines. changed all the gaskets. oil change, changed tie roads + wheel alignment, AC removed, misc clips and a few other things i'm forgetting to mention.
I got the car with no clutch fan - (well I have it but its off the car) Installed mishimoto efan cfm 1954 (if I remember correctly) from ECStuning ($83+$17 for the mounting kit) Looking for a nice mishimoto oil cooler for the summer. I have a auto tranny cooler/aux cooler which I will use instead of the shitty power steering cooler. (Since I'll be using the steering more then most of your e34 guys who are use for daily.
DIFF - looking for a nice 3.46 or 3.73 LSD need more torque down low - in the meantime (SORRY GUYS) welded my oem 3.23 so its 100% lock. I have some videos if anyone is interested on how it locks up and slides ;D
Interior coming soon. I like the e34 interior (always have) But its tan and black or race buckets is the way to go. My friend is parting a 95 540i with dove intertior so i might grab the whole thing including head liner (everything except for the drivers seat which will soon be a bucket) Rear is gutted for the track, I just put the back seats in for now to have people in the back (not bolted in but who cares they don't move)
This is a purpose car, daily for now, drift for now and later on full on drift. So please dont tell me i'm ruining a e34 because I know I am. ;0
Hydro brake in but not yet installed. Cant decide on suspension yet as everyone is saying coilover coilover coilovers but I live in a place where there are more potholes and road cracks then normal road so its a tough decision I am making now. Plus I had coilovers on 2 of my other cars so i'm not new to the idea but I might just go with a upgraded cup kit (also Bilstein's) just not sure yet how to play this. Who knows maybe BC will partially sponsor the coilovers, they did it for my friend and we run all the same track days. I need to change my bushing in the rear ( that's next on my list) Especially sub frame bushings which are soon to be destroyed.
Order some nice stainless steel brakes lines from CATUNING out in Cali. I'm sure you guys know about CAtuned as they are well known. I am very happy with this buy. They were $90 shipped to my door with included 2 day shipping. Very happy with the quality of the product. Thanks guys! Excited to get these one when I install my brembo solid rotor setup (getting rid of slotted and drilled - its a myth)
Def more in the past 2 months which I am forgetting to mention. And def more coming up. Can't post pics from this computer so If you guys care enough to check out my e34, my instagram is @slide718
Thanks for looking!!!
P.S. - I love used parts :rofl: I'll be looking around - feel free to comment if you have something you think I can use.