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      07-23-2020, 01:54 AM   #1
CravingBavaria
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2011 BMW E92 M3  [9.81]
2011 BMW E82 1M  [8.25]
Advice! Turning a stock E92 into a force on the street?

So I was always the one to say "I'm only doing aesthetic mods to my car", but my friend just got a '19 GT PP2 and I don't wanna get smoked...

I'm starting a list to make my car a force to be reckoned with on the street, without supercharging it or doing serious engine work, and keeping the appearance OEM+. The thing is, I have no idea how to go about this.

For aesthetic starters, the car is going to have a high kick spoiler, and the Mporium skidplate with a GTS style lip. After that, I'm lost lol.

I have 69k miles on the car, 2011 E92, babied, tracked once by the previous owner. Do I need to get the RB's taken care of before even thinking about this stuff? The plan is to do it before 80k anyway.

ECU tune - Evolve? For someone new to ECU stuff, what should I think about? I want the power gain and some of the other cool stuff, top speed limiter delete, higher redline, any other suggestions? How do the DCT tunes work? How does a race fuel setup work and is it worth it? Is running E85 or 93 a good idea?

Body stability - Sway bars? Anything else?

Exhaust - This is one of those things I don't want to spend a lot of money on, and I don't want the car to be obnoxious or a pain in the ass. Is catless the only way to get any good benefits?

Wheels/Tires - I have spacers and 275x255 4S's and am thinking about 285x265 next time I get tires. How do those fit on 359's? I was tempted to get EC-7's and put 295x275, but that's the next level and I like the look of the 359's. I also like the look of 19's over 18's. I guess 18's with square tires is a good track setup?

Yep this is a lot. I would love to document it on here if I end up going through with the transformation! Maybe there are some threads on here with people doing exactly what I want to, I'll search around but wanted to put this post up here so I can have conversation.

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