What have you done with or to your M3 today?

Peertwelve · 05-21-2020, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Sure

thing of beauty.

Gorgeous! Is this the Eventuri plenum? Is it a cosmetic mod or does it enhance performance in some way? Would love to see it installed.

akkando · 05-21-2020, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Sure

thing of beauty.

Gorgeous! Is this the Eventuri plenum? Is it a cosmetic mod or does it enhance performance in some way? Would love to see it installed.

For JUST the plenum I believe there's no performance gain just looks and a lot more sound from the engine at wide open throttle.

ItsGary · 05-21-2020, 02:23 AM

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Updated nav maps to 2020 version for a 20 hp increase then installed the Alex@Alpine stage 1 - 91 octane tune. I don't think the 91 octane ethanol free fuel I usually use played well well the tune but 93 octane Shell fuel seems to be doing better.

Waiting to get an answer back for scheduling coding.

What's not playing well with the tune? Engine knock? If so, that seems common with 91 unfortunately.

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I want to get one but the E90 one is discontinued from the looks of it

Put out the WTB post and I'm sure someone will come to your rescue!

True, but I'm on the fence about cosmetic mods.

Too be quite honest I have no idea what I really want to do anymore. I don't know if I even want to get wheels at this point.

I've tossed suspension out for now. Just till I figure out what I really want to do.

What are some other NA Mods I can do? I don't like the idea of going down the supercharger route.

Currently I have

• AFE "stage 2" carbon intake
• Test Pipes
• AlpineMSS stage 2 ecu
• GTS DCT

What other mods could I do to increase power? I was thinking about going down the HFC X pipe route so I can run an actual exhaust that isn't going to get me an excessive noise ticket.

wyatth · 05-21-2020, 02:31 AM

^ An underdrive pulley is about all that’s left.

wyatth · 05-21-2020, 02:34 AM

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noobie question
Can you/do you need corner balance if the setup is like camber plate+B12+aftermarket sway bar+adjustable endlink?

just put on a new sets of suspension but not so sure what level of alignment should be done

You can’t corner balance your setup since they are not height adjustable.
Just get a proper alignment. Good recommendations are stickied in the suspension subforum.

akkando · 05-21-2020, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by wyatth

^ An underdrive pulley is about all that’s left.

And weight savings. battery, seats, wheels, brakes and rotors are a good place to start.

CF drive shaft sounds like a good mod to me, though I have not researched it. People like the solid subframe mounts and stiffer diff bushings.

SAMM3Y · 05-21-2020, 11:11 AM

@ItsGary what about shortening your final drive. That'll liven up the car

Scharbag · 05-21-2020, 11:21 AM

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@ItsGary what about shortening your final drive. That'll liven up the car

Or going to 30 series rubber - that gets you from 3.85 to 4.01 sticking with 265/35/19 in the rear. If you run 275/30/19 in the rear, you will effectively have 3.97 gears.

If you need the meat, 305/35/18 is still a 3.84 effective final drive - so that is good to know.

Cheers,

SAMM3Y · 05-21-2020, 11:39 AM

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@ItsGary what about shortening your final drive. That'll liven up the car

Or going to 30 series rubber - that gets you from 3.85 to 4.01 sticking with 265/35/19 in the rear. If you run 275/30/19 in the rear, you will effectively have 3.97 gears.

If you need the meat, 305/35/18 is still a 3.84 effective final drive - so that is good to know.

Cheers,

Or do both

Scharbag · 05-21-2020, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SAMM3Y

@ItsGary what about shortening your final drive. That'll liven up the car

Or going to 30 series rubber - that gets you from 3.85 to 4.01 sticking with 265/35/19 in the rear. If you run 275/30/19 in the rear, you will effectively have 3.97 gears.

If you need the meat, 305/35/18 is still a 3.84 effective final drive - so that is good to know.

Cheers,

Or do both

Yeeeesssssss. 4.10 with 275/30/19 FTW!!

SAMM3Y · 05-21-2020, 11:54 AM

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@ItsGary what about shortening your final drive. That'll liven up the car

Or going to 30 series rubber - that gets you from 3.85 to 4.01 sticking with 265/35/19 in the rear. If you run 275/30/19 in the rear, you will effectively have 3.97 gears.

If you need the meat, 305/35/18 is still a 3.84 effective final drive - so that is good to know.

Cheers,

Or do both

Yeeeesssssss. 4.10 with 275/30/19 FTW!!

That's my setup I love it

Patcho · 05-21-2020, 12:07 PM

Watched it sit on ramps for almost 2 weeks while I wait for VIVID racing to send me the missing hardware for the Dinan exhaust.

wyatth · 05-21-2020, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by akkando

And weight savings. battery, seats, wheels, brakes and rotors are a good place to start.

CF drive shaft sounds like a good mod to me, though I have not researched it. People like the solid subframe mounts and stiffer diff bushings.

Absolutely. I took him literally with power mods, but you are right that you can hit the same result from the other side of the equation.
CF driveshaft and solid subframe mounts are probably the only big items left on my realistic want list.
Gearing changes are nice, but not without trade off. They'd be on my shortlist with a 6MT, but less so with DCT.

kcdedric · 05-21-2020, 05:33 PM

F10 M5 knob, new OEM undertrays, and a little engine bay cleaning while I wait for something special

wyatth · 05-21-2020, 06:44 PM

^ I thought you sold/were selling the car? Glad ya kept, always liked your silver Brembos behind 359s on LMB.

roastbeef · 05-21-2020, 06:45 PM

Lightened her up a lil bit.

SAMM3Y · 05-21-2020, 07:10 PM

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Lightened her up a lil bit.

I hope you're cleaning up all those edges or it'll be like working on a 90's civic... body by Gillette! 😂

irokwrx · 05-21-2020, 07:36 PM

Got rid of some gray hair today....RB replacement

SAMM3Y · 05-21-2020, 09:17 PM

Checkout this interference clearance, brake cooler backing plates are gonna live aside these ST 380mm rotors.. 😳 .. one like and I'll paint the calipers in Valencia Orange too..

ItsGary · 05-22-2020, 12:56 AM

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@ItsGary what about shortening your final drive. That'll liven up the car

Currently the car is still the daily driver. On the fence about wanting to sell it again.

Kinda want an E70 X5M since the F chassis is trash.

SAMM3Y · 05-22-2020, 01:09 AM

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@ItsGary what about shortening your final drive. That'll liven up the car

Currently the car is still the daily driver. On the fence about wanting to sell it again.

Kinda want an E70 X5M since the F chassis is trash.

Love those cars

romero1990 · 05-22-2020, 01:29 AM

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Checkout this clearance, brake cooler backing plates are gonna live aside these ST 380mm rotors.. .. one like and I'll paint the calipers in Valencia Orange too..

are you also replacing the hub. how bad is it to remove/reinstall? my FR wheel bearing seems making noise. thinking about replacing it altogether next time doing the brakes

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05-21-2020, 12:07 PM	#12728
Patcho Private 109 Rep 80 Posts Drives: 11' E90 ZCP IB, 23 G80 M3 Cx Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Nova, VA iTrader: (1)	Watched it sit on ramps for almost 2 weeks while I wait for VIVID racing to send me the missing hardware for the Dinan exhaust.
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