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Everything is subjective, including any claims of HP gains, it all depends on the circumstance. This is a sales trick for noobs. Pod filters only work if you have a sealed cold air box around it with adaiquite air supply into the box at max RPM. The problem with most pod filter applications is people remove the filter and box setup. This is a bad thing because instead of your engine sucking in cold air it is sucking in warm/hot air form your engine bay. All modern ECUs which measure air temparature will retard ignition etc as the air temp goes up. This is a safety reaction to stop pre-ignition in the cylinders. Ideally you want a flat filter to evenly distrubute the air across the MAF sensor. However this is minimal and in real world examples dont make much difference in a normal NA setup. Something like the M3 CSL filter which is inside the carbon airbox it is more critical, because it is closer to the intake plenium chamber where swirling or uneven air pressure is more of a problem. The M3 CSL isnt tuned using a MAF so can get away with this setup more practically. Here is mine, A 89mm pod filter with cold airbox (pod obviously inside the box). My engine is dynoing slightly higher than stock @ the same ambient air temps. Mine is a Simota brand which Ive had in the car for 4 odd years now and its been awesome. K&N at the time didnt do a 89mm pod filter so I went with these guys. Been impressed. http://www.broomfish.co.nz/shop/index.php?cPath=500_580_591 I would like to build a carbon airbox type setup with flat panel filter system .. There are some companies who make this type of setup for my engine, but it is very very expensive. It would only improve the look and sound in return. I would also need to realitically retune for Alpha-N instead of MAF.

Its essentially the same as this one http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-867194444.htm

Source: http://www.bmwbuzz.com/prototype-bmw-7-series-g11g12-crashes-into-police-car/

Make sure when your searching that the search selection is on forums not news or something like that. Also Invision Board doesnt support small 3 letter word searches for database performance. Which is hella annouying when everything is 318, BMW or M62 etc

Wait till the schools realise one of their puples has a zoo connection ....

Not exactly a BMW. Helped a mate out remove a snapped bolt in one of the heads of his GC8 WRX v3. I love my mill ... makes doing this sort of stuff effortless.

Make sure (when replacing wires) you use the correct gauge wire .. EG match the thickness of the metal part of the wire you're replacing.

Awesome work dude ... keep it up!

Wife New little boy on the way Family Friends Beer Challenging career Learning new stuff Goal smashing for the last 10 years Writing music Being a geek, and being practical about it and applying it to everything I do. Opening the bonnet and smirking.

I have a 2.7 turn z3 rack in the e30 on 8 1/2 fronts .. works really well. oversteer has never been so easy.

Here I just put my wind screen wipers on.... for some reason they don't come near you.Ps this thread is awesome

A date with a tooth brush, some resene revive and new plastics wouldnt go a miss in the engine bay. Cheap fixes for easier command of price. No body really likes a dirty engine bay.

Freeze poo ... cheese grate it into carpet. You cant vaccum marmite. Always winning

hahaha rants: Woodstock drinking types up the road on their drift trike who think its cool to ride up and down out caldersacs skidding even after I had a polite word. Time to sh*t in their letter box.

GST threshold at the moment is $400NZD _including_ shipping. Anything above that take the total NZD (incl shipping) and x 1.15 = your amount incl GST. That doesnt account for customs handling fees, but thats why you use a non third world carrier like DHL or FedEX as they have customs agents in NZ landing depots. Instead of paying NZ customs for tax on top of tax mis 'handling fees' . even so .. all of this for top end tires is exponetionally cheaper than the importers here. Which seems to be the case with a lot of importers these days. I love it when you can just go-around these days.

Why does an e46 get a 4 star ANCAP safety rating when it previously had a 5 star rating & and a 2015 Suzuki Swift which failed its independent crash test result get a 5 star ANCAP rating? I know the answer to this .. and it has nothing to do with safety.

Yeah anyways ... tirerack.com still have PSS super sports for $347 USD + tax + shipping each so looking just over 1k landed... not too bad for 20s. Will be here in 3-4 days. Then around 20 per wheel to fit. Will be new rubber, not new old stock. actually just banged in the full set.. $2400 NZD inc shipping and tax by the last lot of tires I got off them. Still cheaper than 4k which is what tire shops hear will want for them.

Yeah I had a bad experience with auto trans as well .. They just wanted to walk away from the job despite spending north of 7k with them at the time. Long ass story but was less than impressed with the outcome. In the end I work through my problem at the time myself ... and learnt a lot in the process. Turns out they stuffed the valve body putting it back in which cause mine to thump. (on my e46 330) As for 540i trans .. the source of all evil is cooling issues. The EGS will hold gears when the system is running over 138 degrees. Live data will show this. Unfortunately a lot of generic trans shops dont have the proper software to read the data stream in an EGS. Blockages are a problem in the 540 trans. its not a great design ... works great when its working .. but not when its not. Also, what helps sometimes is if your EGS apaptions are reset .. in warm or cold weather periodically this can help calm things down a bit on a older trans.

That accent ... dunno if you could take the show seriously with that accent, The english might get it but the rest of the world doesnt. Also car show with a bike guy. The beebs has lost it.

Very nice red 2002 driving north bound off the Harbor Bridge. I haven't seen it before. If it was anyone on here, very nice car ... sorry for the fright on sneaking up on you and waving in the e30... haha

cheap cheap http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-INSTRUMENT-CLUSTER-SPEEDOMETER-E46-M3-SEQUENTIAL-SMG-83-239-MILES-/181687971639

Instrument cluster is the same with different coding as a manual Tom. Just recode it = done

Just order them and stick the standard wheels and tires back on for a while .. had to do this on my 330 with its 19s once ... you get use to get it even if you die a little inside.

380,000ks on the e30 ... everythings has been replaced mind you. In other news, replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses again on the 540i ... gotta love that design. Qaulity. These ones lasted 70,000ks

https://youtu.be/IQ8DHtR9P7w enjoy