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Nice car, certainly a lot of skill, money and work gone into this.

Not sure on motor mods, which if this is a non vanos model, would be limited, 300 + odd hp for over $100k asking price is difficult to market in any body shape.

This sort of car to wow, needs one of the M3 3ltr turbo variants IMO.

Yeah, I find adding anything new, from hardware to software takes a day or two, maybe 4-5 start/ stop runs to perform smooth.

Lol, certainly jaming gears alright! Don't think a clutch pedal is involved in those shifts, does sound strong.

Has anyone else tried the MHD latest add on to V9 maps?

Sliding scale setting, throttle pedal signal  reducing function as used on the 1M it says.

Loaded it yesterday, works great! Set at 70%,(less delay from stock), feels just like a cable unit, improves manual auto shifts noticably(xhp stg2).

Also for $80 odd, loaded stge 2 MHD maps V9.

Not sure on numbers, is a versatile pump, but quite large in length, runs hot, so ignition/ timing/ tuning a big thing.

Have not or ever looked, but was quite a number of bolt on, albeit left hand drive kits available in the US 10- 15 years ago for the M52TU and M54.

Would certainly save you hundreds of hours and $$ one would think.

Have you checked out the second hand/ used units on say ebay in US?

Maybe something? Lot of work for 300hp starting for scratch.

Can't get a grip on the value, either in money or drivability terms, of such an expensive manual conversion of a 240 ish crank HP car.

Poor dollars spent in my view and I have owned two of them.

Good luck with your mod, great car.

M Tech Autos, if out Henderson way.

Great service and BMW Audi specialist.

Just arrived, released late last year, metal core 200 cell high flow cats. Dynoed to add 20-25 hp and 25- 30 tq at wheels over stock.

Very well made, guaranteed to fit L & RHD without mods. On special last week from Turnermotorsport, US$ 429.00.

Manufacturing has certainly changed for high end products around the world.

Pirelli and Michelin, even their highest performance rated tyres are made in China.

They have the best tyre making equipment and production processes.

Jon, Vehicular DIY has a vid on his channel with a digital pressure gauge with alarm which addresses your concerns, was aftermarket but fitted neatly behind dash vent from memory.

Have a look on You tube.

No, will not include shipping, but 7 odd kg of oil will bump it up.

Have found their rates good with general parts, with Fed Ex, super fast. If trans is working well and smooth thru shifts, maybe just fluid and pan locally.

Not sure on your model number of ZF trans, but FCP Euro do a mechtronic kit for the 6 HP 19Z with ZF oil for US$ 333.91.

Hard to beat.

Sold!

Certainly is a pair.

New, Garagistic poly, track, sport, trans mounts.

Fit nearly all E models, 2-  3  series right up to E90s.

$45.00

As per pic description, near new, used for couple of hours, bit to thick.

$80.00

My car took about 3 days to wake up to the new found volume and flows.

Off boost part throttle response marked improvement, on spooling big gains in torque delivery, ( bum dyno) in stock turbo band range.

Any 6 speed auto owners here imported/ installed service kit?

FCP Euro has pan, filter, 4 valve sleeves, mech connection sleeve and 6lt of ZF fluid for around US$330.

Thanks.

looks good to me!

No need for nut, but a small flat washer, blue tacked or super glued lightly to mount face will protect somewhat the cooler mount and vehicle mount mating surface.

Lube with oil or silicone, pipes and recieving ends of cooler.

Easily also with wriggling for clips to seat in a locked position.

I found fitting clips after pipes were fully engaged into cooler an easier option.

Had a couple of boxes fittted yesterday from a milltek cat back system, lot of tweaking to fit oem axle back piping, nice deep tone, car going better today, more noticable spool speed.

Still have both sets of cats fitted.

Nice car indeed.

I had a 2004 M sport E46 325 touring, great car.

Not sure on your wheel size, but if your looking for a different look....

19s, $600 set.

3 hours ago, HalfJobHarry said:

 

Thanks if Jon didn't claim these already I'd be more than happy to cover your costs on them! Failing that, is there a part number on these? Looks like they screw in to the 'factory' holes then some other bolt goes over it? .

EDIT: Totally missed the posts about the hangar bolts and what they do...makes sense and I should get hold of these. 

 

6mm nyloc or crimp loc nut with washer is all you need.

Part number on bag, not readable.

But welcome to these.

Corrected, thanks Jordan.