My E30M3 S14B23 -> S50B32 -> RB26DETT. We are alive!! p.28

[mitchlikesbikes]

holy mother of santa claus shit. awesome build man.

i feel like i never see beefy fitment and BBS on m3s anymore. it looks incredible.

[Mr. Horsepower]

Fuck i love your car!

How much was the Intrax setup?

What happened to the old suspension?

I sold the KW's for 10.000NOK and got a set of stock front struts that I send to Intrax for building.

This setup was 4780EUR including shipping to Norway.

[Loupoz]

Fuck i love your car!

How much was the Intrax setup?

What happened to the old suspension?

[Mr. Horsepower]

So...here we go!

It started with a sound from the gearbox/clutch area. When I pulled the gearbox i found this:



All that was left of the pilot bearing




Yes...


New clutch, same, but with stage 3 disc



When first having the gearbox down, I choose to change the rod bearings and add ARP bolts. Note that the rods are forged in one piece, then cracked in two. This allow more or maybe equal square inch of aerea that the two aereas are laying against eachother. (bad word use)



Made more room for the headers



Oil pan was washed in a industrial washin machine



Sandblasted the BBS RC's centers



Motorsport Hardware bulletnose 82mm race studs and titan extended race nuts





New engine mounts from Demon-Tweeks in UK



Differential was VERY sloppy, so new had to be bought. I choose the best. OS-Giken 1.5 way Superlock LSD







Mounted with all new bearings and seals. $$$$$$!!!!!!!!!







V-Band clamps on the exhaust



Took the oilpump out and cleaned it. Also spot welded the nut





All new bearings, stock clearance, with ARP bolts mounted. Hope this last.



All new Performance Friction 11 Compound race pads. I demand only the best. This is the shit.



Motorsport Hardware 15mm spacers



Polished the lips on the BBS's



Clutch fitted





New OEM rear rotors was needed. E36M3 rear as well





The biggest treat this year. I have waited for this for three years now, at last I got the money! Intrax 1K2 with Anti Roll Control and Black Titan coating. Springs at front is 100/180mm and rear is 30/200mm. This does NOT fit the car. I had to modify the rear upper mount a lot. This because I want a very low ride hight. When using the upper mounts that follow this set, I was hitting the bump stop when I was at ride hight.



My solution





If you look close, you can see I had to cut a bit off the metal that covers the tank ventilation in order to get enought travel for the reservoir on the damper.



At front I have removed the inner fenders and grinded the egde that is inside there and spot welded it upwards. This to get more room for suspension travel. I will re weld the whole inner fender at some point later.



Fitted



Had to grind some on the front calipers in order to clear the BBS RC's



Almost like on the DTM cars



New mid silencer, the old one was cracked and welded 10 times. It was more a amplifier than a silencer. Since it is oval, I cut it open and weld it flat to get more ground clearance.







Modified the engine mounts. I have had the engine on M20 rubber in the holes that are closes to the beams. I measured the engine and found out is was missalligned. So I had to allign it, and with that I put on these E36M3 mounts and modified the stock aluminum arms to fit. Now the engine is dead straight in the car and also about 5mm more backwards in the car.



Ducts to the engine







Getting new tires on all of my rims. For thouse who are interested in cars, and not only BMW, my daily is a 96 Audi S6 2.2t. About 330hp.



BBS was finally restored. (No point asking for the gold color code)



First time on the ground since january. Not adjusted in the hight here. Pretty low at the rear. Had do adjust it up to get the jack out!





A solid round of detailing was done!



And a small photoshoot
















My OZ Mitos' are not fitting any more at the rear. So they will be sold and there will be bought some new show/road rims in 8.5 and 9x18. I have choosen Work Meister S1 3piece as my new wheels. Good thing I just fitted new tires to the Mito's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0oCScBwBeY

[Loupoz]

Give us pictures naow! :D

[ThatOneEuroE30]

This is my dream m3 amazing work dude

[2mAn]

this thing is awesome. Ive driven the ring in a rental, can only imagine how much fun it would be with a 300hp E30

[Mr. Horsepower]

I can, I can :)

New is:
-Rod bearings and ARP rod bolts
-Singlemass flywheel and stage 3 clutch
-Vibra-Technics E36M3 competition engine mounst
-OS-Giken Superlock LSD 1.5way with all new bearings and seals
-Zimmermann OEM rear brake discs
-Performance Friction 11 Compound pads on all four
-Intrax 1k2 ARC Black Titan suspension
-KK Motorsport / Motorsport24.de ackermannarms with neutral ackerman angle
-Mounted the Z3 steering rack in the center in stead of the bottom
-Allinged the motor for the new mounts, getting it 5mm more backwards
-Making more room for the headers in the subrframe
-V-Band clamps instead of stock flanges on the header/exhaust
-New mid silencer
-Finished the restoration of the BBS RC090 and got new Yokohama A048R Medium compounds on them
-New Pioneer head unit for the stereo
-New oil and filter for the engine
-New oil on the gearbox, diff, powersteering and Performance Fricion brake fluid
-Removed the JPS stickers

Think that was it :)
Got some pictures on my computer at home.

[allmotorguy]

I know that you have some news! I seen at facebook! Could you share with us your amazing BMW and newest upgrades and what have you done? :)

[Mr. Horsepower]

Thanks! Well, not any updates yet. But the car is in bits and pieces at the moment :)

[allmotorguy]

Hey mate! Your car is awesome, my dream car and dream engine!
Any new updates?

[litu]

Coool M3

[Mr. Horsepower]

So, I made this video to round up the 2013. Hope you like it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN5p184kwBk

Also a couple of videos from the last track event this year!
Chasing E92M3 and 135i:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y3FGMhdBbY

Driving behind firends E34M5 while he drifts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOYnIEOx1U

Also some shots from the events:













We also had a small BMW event at a local gokart track!

[litu]

Cool project ;)

[318isbmw]

Hm...

Makes me wonder if the US s5x motors need the e36 fuel filter as well.

US S5x's don't run on 5 bar, so they're ok with stock e30 filters.