E46 M3 fast road - track car

[e21Mark]

Beedub said:

PBMWsam said:

Same here I really like the OEM wheels I'm square, would have been long replace if not. Do like the compmo TH's but I need wide 18 with a low offset so they don't work witout a lot of spacing which I'm not keen on doing. Plus I atleast want a wheel that can show off the brakes.

Yes! Vibra-Techins engine mounts cannot be beaten, I was amazed the differance they made. You will not be disserpointed with them.

i have the VT mounts, although i went with the competition units due to well north of 500hp.... they are incredible!! i agree, differences in places you just wouldn't expect!

Just need the Mrs to ask what I want for Chrimbo now.

[BlackST]

Estoril blue E46 M3

[Simmo6pot]

What does "BBK friendly" mean?

[ManOpener]

Simmo6pot said:

What does "BBK friendly" mean?

BBK = Big Brake Kit

[Beedub]

StuntmanMike said:

Thats a lovely Z4, are those wheels standerd?

no... they are the stock ferric grey 18" wheels from the v8 m3. rare, light, and look awesome to my eyes, took me AGES to find a good set. These work much better on the e46 m3 however due to the aggressive offsets, on the z4m you need some pretty extreme track biased suspension and alignment.

[Captainawesome]

Is this the PBMW car? Been following this from the start if it is.

How much did the brakes cost if you don't mind me asking?

Lovely car

[StuntmanMike]

Beedub said:

StuntmanMike said:

Thats a lovely Z4, are those wheels standerd?

no... they are the stock ferric grey 18" wheels from the v8 m3. rare, light, and look awesome to my eyes, took me AGES to find a good set. These work much better on the e46 m3 however due to the aggressive offsets, on the z4m you need some pretty extreme track biased suspension and alignment.

Thanks, they awesome to me as well, the Nankangs, would you recommend them for a lowly E46 330 that never gets tracked?

[Beedub]

StuntmanMike said:

Thanks, they awesome to me as well, the Nankangs, would you recommend them for a lowly E46 330 that never gets tracked?

Definitely, they do a medium compound ( road ) they are a proper semi slick and will out perform the top boys in terms of DRY grip, i have tried them in the wet and cooler conditions but have seen great reports too, obviously they are a semi slick so come with the usual issues, don't last that long, noisy and give a hard ride, forgive this and they are awesome!

[bigags]

Great car

you have just made the list for mine even bigger lol

[Trtj]

With the square setup on the stock m3 wheels, how do you source the right width with the different offset for the fronts? Or have i missed something?

[jelluzz]

Trtj said:

With the square setup on the stock m3 wheels, how do you source the right width with the different offset for the fronts? Or have i missed something?

They only come in 18x9 et26.

[PBMWsam]

Thank you guys

LanceRS said:

Looking good, you've come a long way since the 328. How is it to live with?

The way my 328is went taught me a lot with this. It's okay to live with, shifter at times is a arm work out but all in all in keeps you on your toes.

Captainawesome said:

Is this the PBMW car? Been following this from the start if it is.

How much did the brakes cost if you don't mind me asking?

Lovely car

Yes correct, same car. Brakes from memory came out about 3k give or take as I added extras.

jelluzz said:

They only come in 18x9 et26.

Yes they do only come in ET26. I machined 3mm off the mounting face making them ET29 higher offset so they would sit further in at the front to avoid killing my arches with chunky tyres.

[PBMWsam]

Few tiny updates

Prodably the least I'm ever going to spend in BMW. This tiny piece of foam that goes in the end of the gearbox selector to reduce slop from the old worn out one.



UUC double sheer selector rod



Mock up of of how big I want a sun strip using tint, have ordered some vinly (photobomb from rocky too)

[PBMWsam]

Few more little updates:

Some HardMotorsport front bumper brakes ducts are on there way to me from the States.

http://www.hardmotorsport.com/hard-motorsport-e46-...

Removed Air Con, haven't used it in well over a year and turns out there was no gas in it anyway




Got some front track pads from WP pro. Can go harder for longer, just puts out a little more dust which is no biggy.



Pulled out all the audio. I had wide screen TV, sat nav, amp, bluetooth and a Ipod kit. All in perfect working order but when I found out how much the factory stuff was worth I pulled it all out straight away as dead money and weight sitting in a track focused car.







I did though keep behind/re-wire cables for the speakers and radio aerial if I were to one day return to basic audio, made a screen blank for time being.



Lastly a good bubby of mine over at Walton fabrication welded me in some nuts for harness eyes hocks to add a 5th and 6th point to my Sabelt harnesses.



If you can notice from the photo I've gone back to clear tail lights as I've upgraded to LED tail light.

As always there will be more to come. Wouldn't might getting it on weigh bridge again, before it came in at CSL book figure with audio and AC.

Edited by PBMWsam on Thursday 11th December 12:17

[LanceRS]

Looking good, I've not seen this one around. I take it you're not still around Risborough?

[PBMWsam]

LanceRS said:

Looking good, I've not seen this one around. I take it you're not still around Risborough?

Thanks man. No I moved out of Risborough 11 months ago now.

[Falsey]

Nice to see a proper wheel and tyre setup on an E46 given the current trends.

[joema]

PBMWsam said:

Hello PH'er been meaning to stick up a thread on here for ages.

Edited by PBMWsam on Friday 21st November 12:15

Edited by PBMWsam on Thursday 11th December 12:11

Good work.

Whats this?

And what size rear tyres? I have 12mm spaces on the rear and run 245s. Dont hink i can run 255s without increasing the height.

Any benefit to loosing the SAI?

Edited by joema on Thursday 11th December 19:51

Edited by joema on Thursday 11th December 19:52

[PBMWsam]

joema said:

Good work.

Whats this?

And what size rear tyres? I have 12mm spaces on the rear and run 245s. Dont hink i can run 255s without increasing the height.

Any benefit to loosing the SAI?

Edited by joema on Thursday 11th December 19:51

Edited by joema on Thursday 11th December 19:52

Its a uprated prop shalf bush

Im running 265 35 and able to run a 20mm spacer on road tyres and 15mm on tracks.

Seconder air pump? Just frees up room and a pointless component.

[ClarkyboyS]

StuntmanMike said:

Thats a lovely Z4, are those wheels standerd?

E92 M3 18" I'd Say

Proper cool on the z4M