What have you done with or to your M3 today?

Vuu · 05-11-2021, 07:00 AM

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Did you figure out where the boost leak was coming from?

I have my dyno coming up this Friday!

Yup, 2 spots. First was the HKS BOV, it uses a C clamp style ring that was not seated and 2nd leak was coming from the plenum, I had to stand on it to get it to properly seat. She is all sealed up and will get to 9 pounds when dropping the right foot. Making another appointment when I get back from travel.

Oh nice! I'm glad you were able to troubleshoot it immediately.

I've been suspecting a boost leak for a little while now but can't figure out if it's just reading incorrectly.

Replaced a bunch of parts and the last thing to do is dyno the car. It pulls hard so I'm hoping the gauge is wrong.

XKxRome0ox · 05-11-2021, 11:16 AM

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Changed all 8 coils and hunting down a boost/vac leak.

is there still a shortage of ignition coils?

B8bydesign · 05-11-2021, 11:16 AM

Got the SL's mounted

Edit: Some better photos from the shop who did the mount/balance

Bigtriece · 05-11-2021, 11:17 AM

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Filled her up... again

$4.60 a gallon? Jesus Christ.

EricsE92 · 05-11-2021, 11:40 AM

Cruised up Angeles Crest!

Vuu · 05-11-2021, 11:45 AM

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Cruised up Angeles Crest!

Are you local?

There's a good handful of us that go up together pretty often.

Bigtriece · 05-11-2021, 12:29 PM

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Cruised up Angeles Crest!

What's your suspension/spacer setup?

XKxRome0ox · 05-11-2021, 01:24 PM

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$4.60 a gallon? Jesus Christ.

right? so cheap

Bigtriece · 05-11-2021, 01:55 PM

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right? so cheap

Shit, over here in a free state it's only $3.15 for 93!

Conzyo · 05-11-2021, 02:19 PM

Quick detail spray and wipe

EricsE92 · 05-11-2021, 04:18 PM

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Cruised up Angeles Crest!

Are you local?

There's a good handful of us that go up together pretty often.

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Cruised up Angeles Crest!

Are you local?

There's a good handful of us that go up together pretty often.

Sure am, I live in DTLA. PM me, would love to cruise next time!

EricsE92 · 05-11-2021, 04:22 PM

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Cruised up Angeles Crest!

What's your suspension/spacer setup?

I'm on ST Coilovers, 12mm rear spacer, no spacer up front

tbuck · 05-11-2021, 04:49 PM

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Shit, over here in a free state it's only $3.15 for 93!

I filled up last week, it was 2.739 at Sams here in town. However, due to the pipeline BS I am sure it is gonna go straight up from there. No telling what it will be next fill...

SGM_E90 · 05-11-2021, 05:35 PM

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$4.60 a gallon? Jesus Christ.

Gotta love California

irokwrx · 05-11-2021, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by XKxRome0ox

is there still a shortage of ignition coils?

Nope, I ordered 8 from NGK, and 2 from rock auto for back ups

irokwrx · 05-11-2021, 08:04 PM

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Oh nice! I'm glad you were able to troubleshoot it immediately.

I've been suspecting a boost leak for a little while now but can't figure out if it's just reading incorrectly.

Replaced a bunch of parts and the last thing to do is dyno the car. It pulls hard so I'm hoping the gauge is wrong.

With this set up its not too many places you can lose boost. I did notice after taking off my hood strut so that I could stand on the plenum it went down and made a thump. To be honest, I don't think it was ever seated correctly until now. I also noticed one of the 8 rubber boots was deformed a lil so I am sure I was losing air at that point. I used an endoscope to find the bad rubber boot.

Vuu · 05-11-2021, 09:26 PM

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Oh nice! I'm glad you were able to troubleshoot it immediately.

I've been suspecting a boost leak for a little while now but can't figure out if it's just reading incorrectly.

Replaced a bunch of parts and the last thing to do is dyno the car. It pulls hard so I'm hoping the gauge is wrong.

With this set up its not too many places you can lose boost. I did notice after taking off my hood strut so that I could stand on the plenum it went down and made a thump. To be honest, I don't think it was ever seated correctly until now. I also noticed one of the 8 rubber boots was deformed a lil so I am sure I was losing air at that point. I used an endoscope to find the bad rubber boot.

That's what I'm replacing next. Ive stood on my plenum too but never get it to "pop" in place.

Iyzmi · 05-11-2021, 09:44 PM

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Oh nice! I'm glad you were able to troubleshoot it immediately.

I've been suspecting a boost leak for a little while now but can't figure out if it's just reading incorrectly.

Replaced a bunch of parts and the last thing to do is dyno the car. It pulls hard so I'm hoping the gauge is wrong.

With this set up its not too many places you can lose boost. I did notice after taking off my hood strut so that I could stand on the plenum it went down and made a thump. To be honest, I don't think it was ever seated correctly until now. I also noticed one of the 8 rubber boots was deformed a lil so I am sure I was losing air at that point. I used an endoscope to find the bad rubber boot.

That's what I'm replacing next. Ive stood on my plenum too but never get it to "pop" in place.

The manifold should not require much force in my experience. Make sure those clamps are nice and loose and it falls into place very easily.

Kcurran · 05-12-2021, 09:22 AM

Euro bumper on, front lip going back on next

Ches81 · 05-12-2021, 12:28 PM

Had the car washed today...the owner of the car wash dabbles in photography a,managed to score some cool pics

Vuu · 05-12-2021, 12:35 PM

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The manifold should not require much force in my experience. Make sure those clamps are nice and loose and it falls into place very easily.

Mine fall into place, they just never "pop" in like they do when you install the N/A plenum.

I'm going to replace them anyway because I'm weary of the way the manifold sits. The bottom of the velocity stack doesn't sit flush with the rubber boots.

irokwrx · 05-12-2021, 03:45 PM

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Mine fall into place, they just never "pop" in like they do when you install the N/A plenum.

I'm going to replace them anyway because I'm weary of the way the manifold sits. The bottom of the velocity stack doesn't sit flush with the rubber boots.

Did I say "Pop" if I did I meant to say it was a "Thump" when they were all in place. If you replace your boots let me know what tool you use for the ear clamps at the bottom of the boot (Need a link if you buy one). I used a hose clamp on one, but want to use the OE clamps

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