M3_Power

A few years back I bought a bunch of genuine BMW GT1 units from a computer recycler overseas. All but one was working and the rest had smashed touch screens. I managed to salvage all but one of them (broken mainboard) and replaced the units with brand new genuine lcd panels and genuine touch screen panels and repair the hard drives. I further sourced genuine Sincon 28V power supplies for these. (Extremely hard to find) I was going to repack the batteries but have never gotten around to it - so the batteries are dead. You therefore have to use the units with the docking station only. The units originally came with genuine v57 DIS discs inside the cd drive and together with a set of genuine v44 coding discs I had I modified it to have both diagnostics v57 (up to around Feb 2008 cars) and v44 coding. (Discs not included with sale). The units will also come with a genuine yellow diagnostic head but replica cables from ebay for that authentic experience (these can be used wirelessly unlike the clone heads) Are these better than your laptop version vmware DIS? Yes and no, but you can’t beat the cool and nostalgic factor of having a genuine BMW diagnostic system. The asking price is therefore a reflection of these being a bit of a collectable so it is not for everyone - so leave comments about the price in your head thanks! I have seen working units of these sell on ebay for over us$2000 but I am asking less of course. Genuine working diagnostic heads alone can go for $1000 or more. So you will get: 1 x Group Tester One with new lcd and touch screen loaded with genuine v57 and with v44 coding capabilities( BMW, mini and RR) 1 x Docking Station 1 x Genuine Yellow diagnostic head 1 x Replica OBD2 and 20 pin round plug cable $1200 firm Keyboard NOT included

My thought exactly lol! Wish I could afford that genuine Schnitzer car for sale at the moment !!!

Yes same company that makes the csl Airbox, Wethje (I’ve been told by my friends in Germany that you don’t actually use Die for any company as the literal translation is just “the” and you don’t say The Apple, The Nike ect) - so the same folks that makes Recaros. Bit surprised there’s not more info out there for these? Are they sought after these genuine DTM plenums?? Can they be easily adapted to run in a road car??

Can someone with good knowledge of these please educate me on how many versions of the DTM airbox BMW motorsport had for the e30 M3?? From what I can gather there’s 4 versions? 2.3l with 46mm throttle opening 4 injector ports 2.3l with 46mm throttle opening 8 injector ports 2.5l with 49.5mm throttle opening 4 injector ports 2.5l with 50mm throttle opening 8 injector ports? Or am I completely wrong about it??? The more detail the better please - trying to determine something I’ve been offered. Thanks!!

Powder coated in green. Basically brand new used for very low km. $400

Perfect condition. Can be turned into a CSL dme ifnyou desire without the H bridge or made into a fully virgin unflashed CSL dme or any HP dme software version. $700

Price drop $3000 taking up room so need these gone

The subframe is a certainty it’s just a matter of when not if. But the degree of repair required depends on a few factors and it also depends on how you drive the car, what you have done in maintenance bushing wise how often you adapt the smg ect .. the list goes on. The Vanos issue not so much and is blown way out of proportion by the Internet. In fact, a well known German race team that build some of the best E46 M3s and s54s do not rebuild the Vanos with the well known kits out there simply because and I quote “of failures from repair kits”. They use brand new Vanos units from BMW only. The big end bearing to me is a maintenance item like a clutch kit ... so it’s a non issue in reality. SMG ... again these last for many many miles before failure and if you know how to diagnose these they are not a scary technology, in fact they are fairly basic to work on. There’s also abundant information out there about them and repair kits that are proven to be as good and at 1/10 of the price of buying a new pump unit.

Dave Dave Dave, is it so hard for you to admit that your advice was some what lacking? The guy asked which was the TWS equivalent and there was only one right answer to that. I am sure you’ve heard of the Tribunal case of the Maserati owner that lost against the dealership and mechanical Insurer because a non approved oil was used in the engine once and it blew up? Whilst that might not impact you personally or majority of people here I am certain you won’t catch a reputable BMW specialist workshop using non approved oil to do a service on a customer car - imagine the uproar lol!!! Heck they’d double their margins on oil if they swapped one product for another! Perhaps you should be telling them all to get off their high horses and to pull their snobby fingers out of their arses for being pretentious? On a more serious note, I was on three different phone calls with the Castrol technical guy (not saled rep) for an hour over this topic last year and he looked up the formulation (not available to the public of course) and said they are different products - period. Whilst I agree it need not be an “approved” oil for an engine to work, but it surely can’t hurt? Surely you agree on that? Heck I don’t see you use made in China bushes over Lemforder for your cars in your builds. Double standard are we?! And if you’ve bothered to read past posts you’ll see I actually agree somewhat when it comes to other branded oil of the same weight that meets or exceeds the approved oil standards like Liqui Moly, Redline, Motul ect But let’s see how staunch you actually are about your cavalier and simply don’t give a F attitude over engine oil ... here’s my offer to you and let’s put your theory to the test ... I’ll buy you an oil of “my” choosing out of my own pocket each and everytime you need an oil change for your E36 M3 and you put that in each and everytime and run it till the next scheduled oil change? Should we see if Chinese oil is just as good and perfectly suited for M engines? And let’s document it for the forum masses shall we? Challenge accepted?

And here’s for the doubters like Dave Data Spec from Castrol Castrol Edge Titanium FST SN (not BMW M approved) the one used to be sold by Repco and the only 10w-60 available via retail until recently. The famous or should that be infamous Castrol edge TWS (aka TWS Professional) approved by BMW M and used by BMW dealerships until they cancelled their contract with Castrol. And the Castrol Edge Titanium FST Supercar - aka the newly branded TWS edge professional - approved by BMW M, but no longer sold through the dealerships As you can see identical spec to the TWS Edge Professional. And for those that still say don’t get worked up over oil, I am off to pick up a drum of fish and chips oils from my local fish and chip shop, I will happily do an oil change with this stuff for anyone with a BMW M motor - no guarantees however your motor won’t go boom!

And because I put my money where my mouth is

I am disappointed Dave that you take the words of a Repco employee over that of a Castrol technical engineer. But oh well like you said no need to get worked up over oil!

Wtf are you talking about??? It has already been determined by Castrol directly that it is two different product. Castrol TWS = Edge Professional = Titanium FST Supercar Castrol edge = Titanium FST SN (also marketed as Supercars overseas but not the same thing) Only the top one is approved for M

The Supercar oil is the one to get. The back of the container states “approved for BMW M” motors. I guess as the official Castrol Rep stated in the past the retail packaging for this oil has finally come to our shores! Good to see! On another note, various owners in the USA all run the new BMW stuff made by Shell and many track their cars extensively without any issues whatsoever.

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Bump Tyres are off now so bare rims only $1600 bargain!

Sorry fixed

Not sure if this as ever been posted before, but came across these today and thought it was rather good read with excellent high resolution photos. Before the mighty M3 GTR was born ... Apologies if it is repost https://roadscholars.com/current-offerings/public-stock/2001-bmw-m3-e46-gt-sold/ https://www.bimmer-mag.com/issues/126/articles/first-and-last-of-its-kind#.XDcHpqTRWEe

I think the best examples of that are Lexus LFAs .... apparently you can still buy brand new 2010 cars never used, registered or PDI’d.

Technically speaking if you increase output by 20% from the tune the car will need to be Lvvt certified. Some insurers are clued up on the rules some are not of course. Personally I wouldn’t give any insurance company any sort of excuse for declining a claim.

I was friends with the first original HK owner’s son and they offered the car to me back then at $50k. Really kicking myself not buying it now lol!!

The actual product was designed and utilised in Formula car applications for bonding suspension pick ups and void area filling. It is Hard throughout and is both a structural adhesive and gap filler. Bond a bolt to it and you’ll struggle to remove it once set.

I am sorry to say that those that think that’s a $32k car are deluded ... more like $45k by the time you do all the necessary repairs and upgrades needed for this type of mileage assuming nothing has been done at all.

Without trying to sound self promoting but I fail to see why any of the current crop of E46 M3s for sale is actually good value for money ... potential owners really have no concept how much these things cost to bring up to standard properly. $30k I am asking for mine and it’s a full CSL clone and not a single interest with all the expensive hard to do items all done. And then I get messages from all these new owners about how to fix things on the cheap because they’ve decided to buy something on trademe without doing any research. Maybe I should start to charge for my services and advice to others ... Ignore me just having a bad day : P