2013 BMW 125i 6 on the floor (N52)

[bodhi]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

just looking but the 135 has different drive shafts

Engine in the 135 can be a little more problematic - although obviously if you're tuning it it has far more headroom than the 125.

However a supercharged 125i would be hilarious.

[Court_S]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Now after reading all this I'm really after one!
Chances are it will be a vert because there is many times more for sale and need one fairly soon

My wife had a can for two years; it was a great little car. It needed a remap to wake it up because the stock 125i engine is flat as anything in it’s detuned state (there was a massive between the 125i and the 130i I had at the same time).

We used it for the NC500 and it was a great companion for that (shameless pic)



It was largely a really reliable car with the only thing causing us issues were the wheel speed sensors and a leak from the oil filter housing / cooler gaskets. With the roof up it was plenty warm enough and refined enough for motorway slogs.

[s m]

bodhi said:

Engine in the 135 can be a little more problematic - although obviously if you're tuning it it has far more headroom than the 125.

That would be my plan

[B'stard Child]

s m said:

Trustmeimadoctor said:

i dont see why 11 years after production a drive shaft would be NLA

Well I don’t either…..but trust Iain to tell it how it is

From BMW they are an exchange item and you pay a hefty surcharge - once side is available the other not - my only conclusion is that the returns weren't servicable for some reason

I could have bought two of the side that were available and rebuilt one of them with the actual shaft from my car and then exchanged them back so there was a way round it.

However there was actually nothing wrong with mine - it was just the reluctor rings that had expanded - I've rebuilt them - repainted them and put on new reluctor rings and when I get chance they will be fitted back to the car

Mines only done 77 K so I'd be really surprised to replace failed shafts at that miles - I've had cars with 250 K miles on original drive shafts as long as you don't run them with split boots and lose all the grease they are pretty robust items.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

or silly high torque and get them all twisty twisty

[B'stard Child]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

or silly high torque and get them all twisty twisty

Not a specialty for normally aspirated engines

They do like to rev but if you take notice of the "gearshift nanny" it'll have you changing up every time the rev counter hits 1800 rpm So they do have a reasonable level of torque if you don't need to spank the red line

Nothing like the level of torque you get from the 135i but that's what force feeding an engine does for you