A look at things to come

[nando]

You wont get good coated bolts like stock ones at a hardware store - and we have a fantastic one.

[White325is]

You can also let them sit in purple power over night and that shit will about eat anything off them. You won't even have to wire wheel them. or at least i didnt.

Exactly, That shit is mean. I use it to clean engine bays.
You can get one of them vibrating bowls from harbor freight that has the stones or whatever in them. I dont know what they are called.

[Jand3rson]

Woo-hoo! Another reason to go spend money at Harbor Freight! I can always get down with that.

[Matt-B]

Picked up a Full 325i exhaust last night for 150$ still need to pay luke.

Also My e36 325 driveshaft arrived on saturday.

[White325is]

Is it a e36 or e30 exhaust? The e30 exhaust pipes are way to small for any 24V and choke it I think.

[Matt-B]

e30 325i

custom cat back and possibly a cat delete

[White325is]

So your going to gut the OEM converter? Does it have a custom cat back now?

[ck_taft325is]

Is it a e36 or e30 exhaust? The e30 exhaust pipes are way to small for any 24V and choke it I think.

Nah, on my S50 I'm running stock 325i cat back currently and it's passive and mellow. It doesn't get attention but then again, this is r3v so that might be out of the ordinary. I enjoy the mellow, civilized feel of the stock e30 cat back with the massively mean engine bellow when you open it up.

As for restriction, I don't think on an M50 it'll matter much.

[White325is]

I just think the e30 exhaust is to small for the M50. I would rather fit the e36 exhaust and know its big enough and still get the OEM sound.

[ck_taft325is]

I get that.

Having heard the e36 exhaust note on a stock muffler it's a bit raspy and "high pitched" for my tastes. If anything, you'll end up with a nice throaty but fairly loud exhaust setup if you do it "proper". But, if you can't do 2 1/2" all the way back, "i" exhaust is a fantastic, cheap solution for an s/m/50/52 setup.

[Jand3rson]

I got the middle-back section of an E36 M3 exhaust with the stock muffler for mine, just going to have some pipes welded up with a universal high-flow cat to go from there up to the headers, shouldn't cost much at all.

[hcash]

Exactly, That shit is mean. I use it to clean engine bays.
You can get one of them vibrating bowls from harbor freight that has the stones or whatever in them. I dont know what they are called.

Tumbler?

[gregslow318i]

I get that.

Having heard the e36 exhaust note on a stock muffler it's a bit raspy and "high pitched" for my tastes. If anything, you'll end up with a nice throaty but fairly loud exhaust setup if you do it "proper". But, if you can't do 2 1/2" all the way back, "i" exhaust is a fantastic, cheap solution for an s/m/50/52 setup.

told you would come to like it....

[Matt-B]

So were all good then. Does SuperSprint or remus sell just muffler, or only cat backs?

[Matt-B]

Input and output seal for tranny ordered. 50$ worth of hardware also :)

EDIT: also a Blower motor (new) and 2 new control arms