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http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1298930945 UPDATE: SORRY HAD WRONG AIRBOX DOWN - IT IS A KARBONIUS NOT G STEELE $20,000 for bimmersport members. Can do deal with airbox,underdrive pulleys and schrick cams if you want to Engine was build by Chris, one of the VAC Motorsport mechanics for his personal use. We imported it for use in a new E46 race build but have decided to go to an S65 for that race car. Build is as follows 11.5:1 CP Pistons (actual compression is approx. 11.7:1 after head & block machining) Pistons are coated with a tough skirt coating and ceramic dome coating. SP Components forged h-beam rods with ARP bolts ARP head & main studs VAC Motorsports coated rod & main bearings VAC High volume oil pump with upgraded shaft & sprocket -VAC Stage 3 Ported & Polished head ($US 4,000) - all new gaskets and O-rings -Vanos Puck modification. All s54's benefit from it with tighter tolerances - Vanos is rebuilt to its fullest extent with Biesan Vanos seals and anti-rattle kit. -Cam and Vanos bolts upgraded -new breather parts and related hoses/ pipes - all new timing chain ramps - new oil pump chain - new idle pulley Also have available at extra costVAC under drive pulleys and belt (frees up to another 11 HP) Karbonius CSL replica air box. A great HP and sound upgrade. With a set of matched headers this combo was built for a 390BHP beast with a 9,000 RPM redline on standard mapped ecu. Capable of more with aftermarket ECU and cams and followers. (have a set of Schrick available at extra cost)Designed for sprint and endurance events. Ideal E36 conversion engine or targa beast. Advertised elsewhere. Am also selling a full S50B32 engine/headers/airbox/computer/lo­om. Which ever one sells first, the other one is going into my E36 M3 race car

they're on now, Paul. It was on the rack and aligned straight afterwards. The new suspension will need a few thousand kms to settle in, then I'll have it re-checked. I'll just scrub in those new boots carefully over the next week. The old rears were cracking badly on the inner sidewalls. The fronts will be going onto a drift pig, apparently. No sales work for me, life is easy.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1298941179 $13,000 for Bimmersport members. This is close as you'll get to a plug and play race engine. BMW S50B32 race engine newly build bmw m3 s50b32 engine been run in on a dyno around 360 - 365 BHP. Has done two race meets and a track dayport and polished head Green uprated injectors to match more air from airbox King race bearings ARP blots on BMW OEM crack type rods std OEM pistons with gorzen rings new S54 oil pump std M3 3.2 evo cams VAC de vanos kit with new timing chain race head gasket Stainless steel exhaust manifold matched to airbox GTR type inlet air box and front scoop OMEX standalone ecu and harness all balanced. Brought off a guy I know in the UK (where I got my race car) who is upgrading to a S65 in his sons E36. It was going in my E36 M3 to replace by S50B30 but I have an option on a trick S54 The ECU is set to go and tuned for the airbox and headers (noting it was tuned with a side exit exhaust) Advertised elsewhere. Am also selling a full S54 engine which was going in an E46 build. Which ever one sells first, the other one is going into my E36 M3 race car over winter.

I have no doubt this will be a lot of fun to drive, if a slightly detached driving experience (rather like another manufacturers V12 twin-turbo luxury saloon from - say it quietly! - nearly 15 years ago). "The V12-engine combines two turbochargers to deliver a maximum output of 448 kW at engine speeds of between 5,250 and 6,000 rpm, propelling the vehicle from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 3.7 seconds. At the same time it’s incredibly fuel-efficient thanks to High-Precision Injection, consuming just 12.6 litres of fuel per 100 km with CO2 emissions of 299 g/km." I doubt it consumes 12.6l/100km while travelling from 0-100 in 3.7s! Yeah... OK. I'm being pedantic. I think it is a car I would prefer to be driven in, rather than drive, but without either experience that is pure conjecture. More info here.

Enjoy that! When I put new suspension in the front of the Touring, I also put RE003 all round. A much different car afterwards.

All a matter of taste - I don't think E63s are too bad at all. Here's one without black wheels (yay!) ; and another vehicle's interior which I think looks nicer with contrast.

some videos from today at pukekohe went better with the ASC turned off fully managed to knock a second of my quickest time from last time I was out.

After owning 2 e39 M5's with and without cats, I'd definitely choose cats. The smell at times gets in the cabin and it's not pleasant.

and so you should!

I spoke to the owner of Car Folie a few weeks ago and he doesn't do work for Jo public anymore, only commercial. He also informed me he cancelled his sponsorship for this forum some time ago as well

I followed a black 745Li this morning. Dark tinted windows, big plastidipped wheels (maybe 19s, with peeling), scabby-looking tyres with well-scrubbed sidewalls, slammed, bouncy suspension, loud exhaust, broken near side mirror, and a driver who threw rubbish out of the window on to the road - looked like a Bundaberg bottle cap. Y'know - the pull ring type. Change lanes without indicating, accelerate hard (loud exhaust) before swapping lanes at traffic lights (no indicator), then sit with arm dangling out the window holding a cigarette. At least there wasn't evidence of a multi-MW stereo playing music for the whole neighbourhood to hear!

The 30-something driver of teh white X5 that pirouetted of the road in front of me last night was unlucky. Or maybe the other drivers motoring along like it was a bright and sunny afternoon were lucky? Torrential rain. Spray. Poor visibility. Standing water. Dark. Line of cars travelling at 80-90km/h but that wasn't fast enough. Came tearing past me on the inside, pulled into the outside lane. My spidey senses were tingling so I backed waaay off and then - the left hand indicator of the X5 comes on, so he's pulling back to the inside lane? Then a twitch from the back of the X5. Hmm. Then a wriggle. And then I could see the side of the X5. He'd hit a patch of standing water, perhaps while making his lane change, possibly while accelerating. A big ol' Merc handles water quite well so I was able to slow while watching the graceful rotation of the X5 as it gently spun off the side of the road and down, well out of harms way. As I started the thread about BMW drivers it seemed appropriate to post this, but in fairness that driver was far from alone - so many people in a huge hurry with no regard for the road and weather conditions. It was probably a combination of big fat tyres, standing water, and an ill-advised manœuvre that was his undoing. No one was hurt, but one of the attending police officers was preparing a lengthy lecture on 'driving to the conditions' when I left.

Got a few sneak photos in of the ol boy at the wedding. Will upload some of the shots we had done when they get developed. Didnt quite get to finish what I wanted before te big day, but a good success all in all. Drives pretty sweet on the bagged suspension. needs some fine tuning, but after honeymoon I will bring him out for a meet and great.

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Don't tell Ron.....