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      03-05-2012, 06:01 PM   #23
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the first week i had my 535 kit i took it straight to north carolina for a week then florida from NY. After the break in period of course. I redlined it every chance i got and drove it through the nice southern hot weather. I didnt have one issue with that kit the whole 30k it was on my car, i have a friend running a 650 kit. Hes moving onto his 3rd m3 and probably has close to 90k on his actual kit, never one issue. Thats what i call reliable.
90K Has he had the same kit on all 3?
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      03-05-2012, 06:21 PM   #24
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the first week i had my 535 kit i took it straight to north carolina for a week then florida from NY. After the break in period of course. I redlined it every chance i got and drove it through the nice southern hot weather. I didnt have one issue with that kit the whole 30k it was on my car, i have a friend running a 650 kit. Hes moving onto his 3rd m3 and probably has close to 90k on his actual kit, never one issue. Thats what i call reliable.
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      03-05-2012, 09:40 PM   #25
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He's got a total of 100K on the kit !
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      03-05-2012, 10:28 PM   #26
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Fawwwwwwk! That's seriously impressive!!! ESS FTMFW
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      03-05-2012, 11:06 PM   #27
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      03-06-2012, 08:59 AM   #28
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How long have you had your ESS kit installed, and how many miles driven since? Any issues with the engine so far that might be related to the SC kit?
8 months, 6000 miles... not a single hiccup!
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      03-06-2012, 03:00 PM   #29
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8 months, 6000 miles... not a single hiccup!
Nice! Mine shipped yesterday
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Nice! Mine shipped yesterday
Congrats! How do you like the BMW M performance Exhaust?
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Congrats! How do you like the BMW M performance Exhaust?
Love the M-Performance! But I'm going with a new set-up, need to lose the CATS
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