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The death and rebirth of a DSP E46 330Ci
I bought this car halfsies with a friend of mine back in 2011. We actually picked it up at the Solo Nationals in Lincoln, Nebraska, having negotiated a sight-unseen deal with the caretaker of the car. The owner had gotten into some marital strife that caused the need to divest himself of the car. That buying process has taught me a lot about trust and what questions to ask when buying a competition car, but I won't get into a lot of that.
The car was originally built by a shop in Colorado called Bimmerhaus. I'll say no more about that, other than the only parts of the car that are the same as when they left that shop are the VIN tag and most of the interior. Here is the bottom line up front: Chassis: 2002 BMW 330Ci 5-speed Sport, sunroof delete Miles: 7,825 Japan Red / Tan A/C removed 3# lithium battery in trunk Custom spoiler and front splitter Recaro SPG 8# seats (on sliders) Momo 320mm steering wheel Deleted radio and speakers Competition weight (no driver) 2,930lbs Engine: Blueprinted, bored 0.2mm over with factory overbore pistons Skimmed cylinder head for max compression, thin factory head gasket, decked block. Calculated 10.4:1 compression ratio Balanced rotating assembly Baffled oil pan ATI harmonic damper Kromer-Kraft equal-length headers, custom Burns collectors, 3" exhaust ending in two straight-through mufflers Cylinder head port matched to M50 intake manifold ZHP Cams Lightweight pulleys Megasquirt 3 engine management E85 Fuel, with flex fuel sensor Innovate LC-1 wideband O2 sensor M50 intake manifold Custom big bore 68mm M50 throttle body, E46 323i pedal assembly and throttle cable Bosch "green giant" fuel injectors Walbro high volume fuel pump E46 M3 in-tank fuel baffle Deleted A/C, air pump, catalytic converters, fuel tank ventilation Stewart water pump 252rwhp at 5,900 RPM Drivetrain: Junkyard 5-speed trans (original grenaded in 2015) ACT 10# flywheel, six-puck sprung disc, competition pressure plate AKG short shifter Solid delrin transmission and engine mounts Custom-fabricated solid aluminum subframe and differential bushings Replacement rear subframe (original cracked at diff mount in 2013) Jim Blanton-built differential, 40/90 ramps, 60# static preload, 3.23:1 18x11" Forgestar wheels with 315/30/18 Hoosier A7 tires Suspension Moton Motorsport aluminum-bodied struts and rear shocks, remote reservoirs, custom valving Vorshlag camber plates Custom rear shock hats with spherical bearings Treehouse racing "eyeball" front control arm bushings with custom Delrin inserts ZHP front control arms Stock BMW Z4 rear trailing arm bushings with delrin limiters -3.2 degrees front camber with 1/8" total toe-out -2.0 degrees rear camber with 1/8" total toe-in ARP wheel studs Brakes Wilwood ultralite four-piston calipers front / rear Custom front rotors with aluminum hats E46 M3 ZCP rear rotors Hawk HPS pads Braided-steel flex lines Last edited by John V; 04-09-2016 at 03:53 PM. |
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