My Melbourne ESS 625

[Patrón]

My car is almost finished to the way I envisioned the project two years ago. My only mod left is a BBK kit. Most of the modifications were completed by a local shop called MTechnik and I owe the owner Will a big thank you for guiding me and taking the extra care that he does when installing parts. I also owe my friend Jorge a big thank you for guiding me along and offering advice on mods and configurations. He too had an e92M with the ESS 625 and was the reason I chose the same kit. The photos were taken by a couple of guys from Modified to Drive and I owe them a thank you as well.



























2009 BMW M3 (carbon roof/DCT 7-spd) Melbourne Red
Performance:
ESSTUNING Vt2 625 Supercharger /Vortech V3 Si-trim supercharger unit
Supercharger modifications (ESS TUNING 94mm pulley, black blower housing, black anodized velocity stacks)
Macht Schnell X-Pipe
DINAN ENGINEERING rear exhaust
DINAN ENGINEERING DCT tune by MTECHNIK
PowerHausePerformance 5 gallon intercooler reservoir ice tank, custom line routing by MTECHNIK

Transmission:
used/rebuilt DCT with SSP DCT clutches

Brakes:
ECS floating drilled/slotted rotors & Hawk HPS pads

Wheels/Tires:
DINAN /Forgeline GA1Rs F:19x10 R: 19x11
Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 265/30 F, 305/30 R
H&R Sport Springs

Exterior:
IND reflector delete
Turner Motorsports carbon splitters

Interior:
Turner Motorsports P3 Cars/P3 Boost Gauge (boost, intake temp, water temp, exhaust temp, 0-60)
Macht Schnell DCT aluminum shift paddles


Yes, I am a StarWars fan
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[BrewRifle]

Dead sexy.

[Longboarder]

Wow that's sick. Great job. What BBK/color?

[FMLYSDN]

Looks Great

Love the plenum

[Patrón]

Originally Posted by Longboarder

Wow that's sick. Great job. What BBK/color?

Thank you, I think a very boring black or silver Stoptech or Brembo. anything else will probably not look right. i'm leaning towards black. i'm still undecided to change the oem system.

Originally Posted by tim944s

Looks Great

Love the plenum

Thank you very much, Krylon and I will take credit for that.

[e92livin]

Love all the Dinan bits especially the wheels, your car looks great!

[Patrón]

Originally Posted by e92livin

Love all the Dinan bits especially the wheels, your car looks great!

thank you very much. the wheels are probably my favorite purchase. they are forgelines I bought from a local, fellow forum member and it took me forever to source the dinan/forgeline caps. the caps alone are a milling work of art.

[nm]

Originally Posted by Patrón

Thank you, I think a very boring black or silver Stoptech or Brembo. anything else will probably not look right. i'm leaning towards black. i'm still undecided to change the oem system.

Thank you very much, Krylon and I will take credit for that.

What color Krylon did you use? Did you sand it first? Clear coat? Very interested in doing this on my MR.

[81bear]

^^ Car looks AWESOME man! I wouldn't have any reservations with your decision to build up the E92 vs moving to a F8X.

[Patrón]

Originally Posted by nm

What color Krylon did you use? Did you sand it first? Clear coat? Very interested in doing this on my MR.

i'll start by saying the conditions were horrible, windy cold winter day in the mid 40s.

i took off the velocity stacks and taped off the bypass vavle because i did not have a gasket for it and was in a rush to have the kit installed.

the previous owner spray painted the manifold so I spent an hour or so sanding the old paint down and used that as the primer. i sprayed a light coat of krylon primer and let it dry for a day. the next day i sprayed four coats of the red, with drying it in-between coats with a hair dryer. the sun is the best paint cure. and there wasn't any sun those two days. i then sprayed a metalic red that i thought would match the melbourne but my two critics didn't approve so I sprayed one last coat of the red and let it dry overnight.

if you pm me, i'll look at the kyrlon color on both cans and give you their exact name. i regret not going with the metalic red i chose but it came out ok. next time i remove the mainfold for any reason i'm going to sand it and paint it again with motorsport stripes and the metalic color i have. the blower housing looks professionally painted by the previous owner and the velocity stacks are black anodized. I hope this helps.

[Patrón]

Originally Posted by 81bear

^^ Car looks AWESOME man! I wouldn't have any reservations with your decision to build up the E92 vs moving to a F8X.

Thank you, the same friend that helped me during my build sold his boosted m for an m4 and i believe he has zero regrets doing so, especially since he's now on JB4 software. the m4 is a beast when modded and will certainly be my next car. i'm just unsure when, i love my current car.

[nm]

Originally Posted by Patrón

i'll start by saying the conditions were horrible, windy cold winter day in the mid 40s.

i took off the velocity stacks and taped off the bypass vavle because i did not have a gasket for it and was in a rush to have the kit installed.

the previous owner spray painted the manifold so I spent an hour or so sanding the old paint down and used that as the primer. i sprayed a light coat of krylon primer and let it dry for a day. the next day i sprayed four coats of the red, with drying it in-between coats with a hair dryer. the sun is the best paint cure. and there wasn't any sun those two days. i then sprayed a metalic red that i thought would match the melbourne but my two critics didn't approve so I sprayed one last coat of the red and let it dry overnight.

if you pm me, i'll look at the kyrlon color on both cans and give you their exact name. i regret not going with the metalic red i chose but it came out ok. next time i remove the mainfold for any reason i'm going to sand it and paint it again with motorsport stripes and the metalic color i have. the blower housing looks professionally painted by the previous owner and the velocity stacks are black anodized. I hope this helps.

Thanks for the details! PM incoming

[81bear]

Originally Posted by Patrón

Thank you, the same friend that helped me during my build sold his boosted m for an m4 and i believe he has zero regrets doing so, especially since he's now on JB4 software. the m4 is a beast when modded and will certainly be my next car. i'm just unsure when, i love my current car.

I'm sure he does. I agree the new M4 tuned is definitely a beast and I'm sure will get faster. Have you done any pulls with your buddy? How'd you fair?

If you love your car then just enjoy it... Always have time to buy a new M4 later down the road... You might be experience "the grass is greener on the other side" syndrome... I know I do every once in awhile but am quickly reminded of how much I enjoy my car everytime I take her for a spin, escpecially after have it stored for 4+ months.

[Helmsman]

Wow that car looks good Patron!

[h4nh]

nicely done man! I always wanted a red e92.

[Patrón]

Originally Posted by 81bear

I'm sure he does. I agree the new M4 tuned is definitely a beast and I'm sure will get faster. Have you done any pulls with your buddy? How'd you fair?

We have not run and I've not run any f80/82 m cars.

Originally Posted by Helmsman

Wow that car looks good Patron!

Thank you very much

Originally Posted by h4nh

nicely done man! I always wanted a red e92.

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[Analog Imports]

Originally Posted by Patrón

Thank you, I think a very boring black or silver Stoptech or Brembo. anything else will probably not look right. i'm leaning towards black. i'm still undecided to change the oem system.

Car looks fantastic!! Love MR. Call me crazy, but I think some yellow Brembo's would look amazing , but you can't go wrong with silver/black.

[Patrón]

Originally Posted by Analog Imports

Car looks fantastic!! Love MR. Call me crazy, but I think some yellow Brembo's would look amazing , but you can't go wrong with silver/black.

thank you. i think if i find a used set and they are red or yellow i'm still going to paint them black or silver but yellow brembos are amazing.

[Properstyle]

Damn bruh, car is coming along very nicely.

[Eliminator 429]

Beautiful build, it really doesn't get much cleaner then this!

[Patrón]

Originally Posted by Properstyle

Damn bruh, car is coming along very nicely.

thank you very much

Originally Posted by Eliminator 429

Beautiful build, it really doesn't get much cleaner then this!

thank you very much.

Monday I should have another round of photos from a different photographer. it's crazy what pros can do with cameras these days.

[rjd598]

damn i actually dig those dinan wheels