Indeed!
The Supersprint race section I sold a few years ago. Man time flies.
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wow, quite the update there! glad to see you still own it and are making good progress on it still. bummer about the mold, and the loss of your e91, but on the plus side, it means the M3 gets some more drive time.
if you want to sell your old Supersprint race parts (provided you still have them, several years later), let me know!Leave a comment:
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Life happened for a few years. In 2017 I moved, and car no longer was in a covered space.
In 2018 - Installed the BBS RC’s, and had Prova go over on the drivetrain (new seals, fluid flushes, bearings, bushings, etc.). Also did a Supersprint resonated section with their Sport muffler.
Nothing to the car in ‘19, put very few miles on it in this time (<1000) and covered it for winter. Uncovered it spring of ‘20 to find the interior had grown some mold. At that point I gutted the interior and cleaned everything up.
In April ‘21, both my 328i wagon and wife’s daily driver were totaled by a drunk driver while parked in our driveway. This summer was one of the worst times to be in the market for a car. Long story short we ended up in an X5 40i as a single car for daily duties.
In a different turn of events, just gained access to a garage spot for the M3. The M3 has never been water tight due to the roof being replaced in the ‘90s, and not done well, and is how moisture got in and mold was able to grow winter of ‘19. After sitting outside for last 4 years, the clear coat and a portion of the paint on the roof and trunk lid has peeled away. Now that we plan to use this car a lot more than we had been the past few years, I am working on rectifying those issue.s The car is at a body shop now getting much needed attention to the roof and various seals.Leave a comment:
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looking good man, did you end up selling that supersprint center section?Leave a comment:
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Awesome progress! This thread will be a great help once I get mine back from the body shop to start ordering maintenance parts. Send me a PM if you decide on selling the Supersprint exhaust and old 15" center caps. :)Leave a comment:
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Thanks!
After my experience with the M2 I decided I wanted to make this car drive as much like it as possible. Seems a bit backward when so many people praise the e30 as being the benchmark. The M2 just never seemed to run out of front end grip, and when the back end broke free it was so natural and so controllable. I am starting to wish I would have opted for a tighter steering rack, but I should be able to get by for a few years with this one.
I recently found out BMW is producing a special version of the M2, with manual non-heated seats, no H/K stereo, single-zone climate, etc. Funny thing is, this is the spec of car we drove at BMW Performance Center West in Palm Springs. I doubt the ones we drove had the M performance goodies that the new version will have.Leave a comment:
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Damn, im so jealous of your ride, Daniel. Very nice progress on the ///M. Just make sure you keep me in mind when you decide to sell her for that M2 ;D
EDIT: Oh and i've experienced the same issue with that in-line fuse in the trunk. Such a pain in the ass trying to trace the issue!Leave a comment:
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Just kidding! The relays were not the problem. The next chance I had to go for a drive the car would not start again
I finally traced the real issue to a 50A fuse that is wired in the trunk on a ~10ga wire that runs direct from the battery to the main relay, ~1' from the positive battery terminal. I tested the resistance of the fuse and it showed 21,600 Ohms. The new fuse is 1.5 Ohms. The part # is 12411706111.
Big thanks to Prova Motorsports for ordering the new fuse at no cost to me. I let them know that I had traced down the problem on Friday, and they had me the new fuse by EOD Monday.
I am happy to report that after splicing in the new fuse on Monday I have driven the car 4 times and it has started and ran fine since.
I also swapped in the 370mm wheel
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New 370mm:
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really nice ! i loved the sound of the supersprint race muffler hahaLeave a comment:
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So I mentioned in another thread that I was having running issues. Originally I suspected it was a faulty Crankshaft Position Sensor, as this sensor provides the engine speed to the tachometer, and when the car died on the highway the tachometer immediately dropped to zero rpm. I replaced the two CPS's around Christmas, but unfortunately it didn't make a damn difference.
After that, I suspected a faulty relay or faulty ECU, but didn't really know how to diagnose further. I wondered about the fuel pump or spark issues, but neither would explain the tachometer dropping to zero rpm while in gear. It got to the point where it would only run for a minute or two tops, and in many cases would just crank and crank without firing. I had it towed back to Prova last week and they did some diagnosis and also suspected a relay. To be safe they replaced the Main relay, Fuel Pump relay, and Ignition Switch relay. So far so good. I picked it up today and it didn't have any issue on the 30 minute journey home.
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While they had it in the shop, I opted to order up 1" taller Eibach springs for the rear of the car, 6" vs. 5" (same #450 spring rate), as the rear still felt very harsh over expansion joints and pot holes even with the new Koni sport struts and the adjustable ground control perch set to the highest setting. I am happy to report that they made a huge improvement to the ride quality. The increased ride height seems to allow the back-end to load-up and set better for a turn. I can't wait to take it for some weekend drives now!
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Lastly, in celebration of paying off my wagon, I bought a refurbished 370mm Mtech 1 wheel with ///M stitching from brycemartin on here. I will get this installed some time next week :)
When I started this thread a year ago I mentioned I was at ~150k miles. I think I only put about ~500 miles on it last year, because I just passed 149,500 today. Here is to putting several hundred (or maybe thousand) more on it this year :mrgreen:Leave a comment:
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