e46 m3 touring sport

[v8m3]

well guys fed up with the power of the 330 so decided to change complete running gear to e46 m3 should be on the road this time next week,, cant wait this will supprise a few people.

[Pork]

Sounds interesting!

Is it just a straight swap or has it required a right load of work? What mods have been needed?

What do you have to do 'aesthetically' - wider arches? 19's? Bulge bonnet would be a must, surely?

Any pics of the work in progress?

Good luck with it, looking forward to hearing about it.

[v8m3]

its near enough a straight swap no bulged bonnet or big wings want it to look standard we have changed suspension diff steering rack front struts engine and box and having an exhaust made

[dan101smith]

As far as I know, that'll be only the second M3 Touring in the UK.

Nicely done, Sir.

Oh, and pics!

[_Neal_]

Sounds very interesting indeed - it'll be an excellent sleeper, that.

To reiterate the above, post pics when you have them

[Vixpy1]

v8m3 said:

its near enough a straight swap no bulged bonnet or big wings want it to look standard we have changed suspension diff steering rack front struts engine and box and having an exhaust made

I thought the Diff would not fit under the touring floor?

Excellent project

[militantmandy]

Vixpy1 said:

v8m3 said:

its near enough a straight swap no bulged bonnet or big wings want it to look standard we have changed suspension diff steering rack front struts engine and box and having an exhaust made

I thought the Diff would not fit under the touring floor?

Excellent project

Splendid idea! Keep us updated!

[v8m3]

car is up and running just need to sort clocks and sport mode switch bleed brakes and fit m3 air con fan, diff fits fine in the m3 carrier should all be finished on tuesday, the only problem we have come across is my csl brakes wont fit in the mvs so have at to sort some standard m3 discs and callipers, looks like a factory conversion already had people want to buy it be nice to have 2 sleepers , my ls1 powered lexus is200 549 bhp and now my touring, will post pics s soon as possible

wayne

[5 wh]

I dont understand why BMW didnt make a M3 Touring in the first place.I think it would have been a great success.

[v8m3]

well guys m3 touring is at last finished and im driving it,why oh why did bmw not build one of these they would of sold in thousands,my answer to the rs4 with economy, came across a few minor problems but all sorted now and everything works,fitted the clocks and the sport button now also.I didnt want to cut the boot floor out to except the m3 exhaust so top gear in west brom made a rear section to fit onto the m3 exhaust, this car drives as its just come out of the factory,the engine still feels tight but it has only covered 745 miles from new so this was to be expected suspension feels tight and very positive,brakes are awsome i have built a few different cars now and this is by far the most complete, just looking for 2 more front csl rims now to finish the package.

must say i should have done this along time ago

[MattOz]

I know of 2 other tourings and they look fantastic! One is an SMG too. I'd love one and just wish BMW had made it.

Look forward to seeing the pics.

Matt

[darronwall]

they are missing a big market!

[asbo]

Pics Now!

[mat205125]

asbo said:

Pics Now!

+1!!!!!!!!

[AngryApples]

And another!

+1

[v8m3]

can any one tell me how to post pics on here then and i will

wayne

[E30M3SE]

v8m3 said:

can any one tell me how to post pics on here then and i will

wayne

Host them with photobucket, flickr or similar then link them across to here inserting [img]picture location[/img].

Edited by E30M3SE on Thursday 2nd April 18:53

[krallicious]

v8m3 said:

can any one tell me how to post pics on here then and i will

wayne

[Pork]

Sounds superb, looking forward to the pics.

MattOz - an SMG E46 Tourer!? Tell me that you have links to that!?

[MattOz]

Pork said:

Sounds superb, looking forward to the pics.

MattOz - an SMG E46 Tourer!? Tell me that you have links to that!?

The black car is a manual. The silver grey car is the smg. From a meet we had a couple of weeks back











Matt