Greg111

Few IS's down here with them, have never seen them painted as the above ones though?

What year is the car?

Good money for the milage, obviously not a rocket ship but would be a good run about etc.

You can buy SLX LL01 from repco.

I'm sure it'll still go nuts as it has to if it's sporting the M3 or M4 badge on the back, when it comes to working on V6 engines which is what i'll be doing, not such fun. Yes they wwill break.

Unsure about boot spoiler? Never seen that kind before?

SLX 5w30 as above BMW recommends Castrol

I actually quite like it, the rear window spoiler is an add on that you can purchace, be it dealer or trademe etc. Must have a fair bit of doof.

I have to eat my own words! BMW's new 450BHP twin-turbo V6 M3 will hit showrooms much earlier than expected. Because of BMW's plan to use the a new M4 nameplate for the performance versions of the coupe and convertible. Spy photos look much the same as the previuos. The M3 or now M4 is dead to me if they do use this platform. Straight six has more torque and to me a better noise than the V6 varient. In other news, BMW's M performance division will turn its hand to tuning a new tripple turbocharged V8 diesel for the 5 series. The model is tipped to be called 550dxM.

Ha i can't get over the hype and bull that goes on with these things, if indeed called an F80 then they certainly got through the F series stupidly fast no?The magazine is somewhere on a very small island in Fiji so can't scan it at the moment, was a good write up on it, word going round that it will be called an M4 as BMW is turning the 3 series into a 4, doubt that too.

Never heard of the F80? I could put a small wager on the fact the next M3 won't be a V6. Was goona scan the article but the mag has disappeared, big spread on the F30 M3.

V8 is gone, no doubt about that, V6 will never exsist in a BMW.

Sweet, look forward to lots of pics.

The shocks aren't bottoming out, the springs are that stiff there is hardly any shock movement at all.

No if, will be a 420bhp straight six turb'd.

Ok so if i stiffen the rear will that help turn the front as the rear is pretty stable at the moment.

Happy birthing day.

More Camber and toe could work, the car doesn't get used a hell of a lot really, sits in the garage for most of its life so not too worried about the tyres.Yeah the tyres were getting really hot quite quickly and towards the end of the stints starting to over heat. Slicks might be a go for the next round i think, the wheel alignment was done quite recently at the height it's at now so should be set up for that height. Damper isn't adjustable on these shocks so the Teins are it, it is very harsh on the road, i tried to use it for a daily a little while back and thought f**k that after one day! (HawkesBay roads) I forgot to mention, the swaybars are also adjustable, they're on the soft setting at the moment (links on the outer hole), don't know what this will do to turning if moved to the inner setting? Cheers Josh and others for the input, always good to learn new things, haven't really been a suspension person, just know this car has had an extensive amount of money spent on this setup.

Unfortunately you're gonna have to drive it at some stage.

Not sure what specs they are, don't have the sheet with me.More negative camber? Toe in, out?

Thought i may as well take advantage of this service to ask Josh a question. The Taupo day just been the M3 was excellent on the track, had no oversteer probs at all except for when the tyres were cold which is understandable but had a tad bit of understeer which i resolved with more steering (as you do). My question to you is, how can i eliminate this with out having a butterfly effect on everything else. The current setup in the front is: Bilstein adjustable ride height shocks. Stupidly stiff Tein springs 800-900 pound (Competition use from what I'm told). E36 factory modified bottom arms. Enlarged Eibach Swaybar with solid bushes. Alpina strut bar, can't imagine this does much other than stop my strut towers cracking further. Underbody cross bar. All new bushes etc. New swaybar links as this car is a link killer. Won't list the rear as the list will be twice as big, is there anything i can change, modify, replace etc that will cure a little of the understeer? The car has also been seam welded some time in its life too. Cheers. Edit: Race slicks may be on the cards as well which I'm sure will improve.

I'll be doing this sometime, or something like it, one of my many many goals in life.

Haha, you guys are good comedy.

What are the graphics like? Pretty sh*t? Thinking bout getting when back in NZ.

BMWs 94 and onwards have EWS, 1995 onwards have EWSII which is just a better version of the previous.