A few pics of the e46 330cd

[pidsy]

...toddles off to peruse the classifieds

[jackmontandon]

pidsy said:

...toddles off to peruse the classifieds

do it, you wont regret it one bit

[Tonberry]

Congrats on a lovely example. Always had a soft spot for the E46 Coupe.

[emicen]

jackmontandon said:

Powerrr said:

Been looking at these myself. How is the.clutch holding up with the map and all that torque? Whats real world mpg post map also? Nice car Op, any still photos?

It seems to be doing fine and im far from gentle with it, it's been this power for around 30k
Yeah I will get some still pictures up later on tonight.
Mpg wise I average 32mpg round town and the other day I drove 110 miles 3 up with all our camping gear at 80mph and average just over 50mpg

Is that trip computer or manual calc. Bloody good if the latter!

[jackmontandon]

emicen said:

Is that trip computer or manual calc. Bloody good if the latter!

Manual calculation, was very impressed

[r1tey]

any sound clips yet please?

[jackmontandon]

r1tey said:

any sound clips yet please?

tried to get one yesterday but sounded crap with all the wind, going to get another tomorrow

[Adz The Rat]

That does look very good, the wheels and dark grille suit it.

[Gooly]

Absolutely awesome. Is it on an open diff?

[jackmontandon]

Gooly said:

Absolutely awesome. Is it on an open diff?

Yeah open diff, would love to fit an lsd but in all fairness the handling is as good as i would ever need on the road anyway, truly amazes me how quickly it can go round corners!

[pidsy]

jackmontandon said:

r1tey said:

any sound clips yet please?

tried to get one yesterday but sounded crap with all the wind, going to get another tomorrow

you need a dead cat.

[jackmontandon]

pidsy said:

you need a dead cat.

a dead cat :/

[pidsy]

yep:

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Acc...

[RyanB88]

Nice motor, alloys really suit it!

What is the difference between the E39 530D engine and the E46 330D engine?

Why is the 5 series 193bhp whereas the E46 is in the 200s? It's more than mapping aswell as the E39 only maps to 240bhp tops

[Gooly]

jackmontandon said:

Yeah open diff, would love to fit an lsd but in all fairness the handling is as good as i would ever need on the road anyway, truly amazes me how quickly it can go round corners!

Fair enough, on the public roads I cant imagine it would make too much of a difference, I was just curious.

If you did want one, would an E46 M3 LSD fit on it, or would you have to go down the full aftermarket route?

[jackmontandon]

pidsy said:

yep:

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Acc...

haha never heard of one of those before :O

RyanB88 said:

Nice motor, alloys really suit it!

What is the difference between the E39 530D engine and the E46 330D engine?

Why is the 5 series 193bhp whereas the E46 is in the 200s? It's more than mapping aswell as the E39 only maps to 240bhp tops

Thanks, the wheels suit pretty much any car!
And its different turbo and injectors i think, along with ecu differences, the e39 is the smalled turbo, think the smaller turbo units are only 5 speed as well

Gooly said:

Fair enough, on the public roads I cant imagine it would make too much of a difference, I was just curious.

If you did want one, would an E46 M3 LSD fit on it, or would you have to go down the full aftermarket route?

Yeah im happy with how it is atm, as for fitting an lsd I dont think its as simple as fitting an m3 one (have read that up but cant remember why) and a quaife diff is 1k+

[daymoon]

Looks really good! Loving the colour too!

[jackmontandon]

daymoon said:

Looks really good! Loving the colour too!

Thanks its one of the less common colors

[r1tey]

please can we have a sound clip?

[jamieleehodgson]

What 1/4 mile times u getting in that? (i pressume thats what u were doing in some of the pics?)

Was thinking about a 335d but 270bhp 330 sounds a better buy.