128i love

[Kgolf31]

Originally Posted by pj.rodriguez

Awesome! I'm so glad you were seriously determined to get those 245 up front!! Spring is closing in on us northerners, I'm excited to see what everyone has going on for this summer!!

The fronts were kind of the easy part, lol.

Originally Posted by Daft Auto

Looks proper. What's the rear camber set at?

-2*

[pj.rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Kgolf31

The fronts were kind of the easy part, lol.

Interesting. I thought the PITA was rolling the fronts lol. I guess it was trying to get those rears to fit no problem.

Do you think running 235 would be fine without rolling?

[Kgolf31]

Originally Posted by pj.rodriguez

Interesting. I thought the PITA was rolling the fronts lol. I guess it was trying to get those rears to fit no problem.

Do you think running 235 would be fine without rolling?

Nope, the front lip is basically sitting at a 45* angle, so if you hit it with a heat gun you can basically just tuck the lip and make it flush with the fender.

The rears are just much more stiff, and have double thickness so you can't fold them over as easily.

235 up front or rear? With our odd offset, I still think you'll need camber up front and rear....you still might cut it close with 235 rears at ET40

Here is a pic of 245 up front with ET40 and a 5mm spacer (essentially ET35)

[Taskmaster]

I should have gotten a 1series, then I wouldn't have to look through countless tacky cars on ugly 19/20's wheels.

[pj.rodriguez]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

I should have gotten a 1series, then I wouldn't have to look through countless tacky cars on ugly 19/20's wheels.

Haha. That is somewhat true. Every time I go on the tires and wheels for sale section is either 19 or 20" wheels, which just don't go so well with my eyes and the 1er

[Obioban]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

I should have gotten a 1series, then I wouldn't have to look through countless tacky cars on ugly 19/20's wheels.

Originally Posted by pj.rodriguez

Haha. That is somewhat true. Every time I go on the tires and wheels for sale section is either 19 or 20" wheels, which just don't go so well with my eyes and the 1er

I just ordered 17" BBS's for my wife's e91 LCI

[TheSt|G]

Just put my 17" BBS summers back on.

[MarkkyyMan]

Originally Posted by TheSt|G

Just put my 17" BBS summers back on.

Supposed to get down in the 20's here next week.

[631twentyeighteye]

Here's a guy running a 100% race prepped 130i. 335bhp with valvetronic locked in full tilt, custom intake manifold with e36 throttle bodies, a race exhaust manifold(used by BMW south africa?) as well as cams and a flowed head etc. Proof that with enough work the n52 can be a great race motor.

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=525570

[Obioban]

^but that would be a TERRIBLE street car engine.

Also not certain that is a "great" race engine. An s54 (admittedly .2 liters more) with that level of prep would be 420-450 hp.

The n52, IMO, excels at being an exceedingly light weight, reliable, smooth, well rounded street engine.

[631twentyeighteye]

I don't disagree at all, i'm sure that setup has little to no low end torque. I think it would be a lot of fun to drive on a track, where as an S54 at that prep would be a mighty handful in comparison. In my hands at least since i have 0 track time.

It's just nice to see what numbers are possible from the old BMW "base" motor.

[Taskmaster]

Originally Posted by 631twentyeighteye

I don't disagree at all, i'm sure that setup has little to no low end torque. I think it would be a lot of fun to drive on a track, where as an S54 at that prep would be a mighty handful in comparison. In my hands at least since i have 0 track time.

It's just nice to see what numbers are possible from the old BMW "base" motor.

Meh, if low end is less than what you had stock (stock 328I manifold) then yeah, probably it would be terrible. But when it comes to "race" engines, that's probably not the case:


Stock M54 manifold vs ITB on a Dmod motor. Still making 200lb-ft as low as 2500rpm.

If I had the cash, I'd have the head ported, custom headers and bask in 260whp+ goodness.

[andrey_gta]

Hey Guys

If you recall, this Brunswich Racing Green 130i in UK with ITB in the No Love thread:
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showp...&postcount=774

Guess what, they were featured in the BMW Car Magazine.

I bought a copy, enjoy the read. I like the rear suspension discussion.

[631twentyeighteye]

I've been noticing some low speed low RPM flutter/misfiring with mine lately. It's only happened 2 or 3 times and It happened when i'm merging in 1st or 2nd gear from a slow roll. It feels like a single misfire/DISA flap shutting for a fraction of a second and then it goes away and doesn't happen for another week or so.

It's been driving fantastic other than that so i guess i'll keep an eye on it.

[Taskmaster]

Coilpacks.

[kobeballer96]

Originally Posted by andrey_gta

Hey Guys

If you recall, this Brunswich Racing Green 130i in UK with ITB in the No Love thread:
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showp...&postcount=774

Guess what, they were featured in the BMW Car Magazine.
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I bought a copy, enjoy the read. I like the rear suspension discussion.

E36 head lined near perfect hmmmmmmm that's good and just end needed to Redrilled for stud and moctec ecu. Sounds easier now then it was before lol

[631twentyeighteye]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

Coilpacks.

all 6 spark plugs and coil packs were replaced 10k miles ago at 50k(currently at 59.8k miles)

[TheSt|G]

Originally Posted by 631twentyeighteye

all 6 spark plugs and coil packs were replaced 10k miles ago at 50k(currently at 59.8k miles)

That's an oddly short coil pack interval...

[Kgolf31]

Originally Posted by TheSt|G

That's an oddly short coil pack interval...

I blew a coil in my S54 at 23k miles. It can happen

[TheSt|G]

Originally Posted by Kgolf31

I blew a coil in my S54 at 23k miles. It can happen

Yes I agree, but my point is that he replaced all 6 massively early.

[631twentyeighteye]

I had a misfire after i swapped to the DISA manifold and i just wanted to be preventative. The first owner had 3 NGK and 3 Bosch plugs installed so i wanted to correct that and make sure everything was back to the way it should be.

Though to be honest, it felt more like it was one of the disa flaps shutting and reopening suddenly. The misfire's i had after the manifold swap were much more pronounced than this little hiccup.

I also kept my old 5 functioning coil packs to use as test packs for when i have more coil packs go back. If the engine throw's a CEL for misfire i'll start swapping coil packs around to see if that's the issue.

[TheSt|G]

Originally Posted by 631twentyeighteye

I had a misfire after i swapped to the DISA manifold and i just wanted to be preventative. The first owner had 3 NGK and 3 Bosch plugs installed so i wanted to correct that and make sure everything was back to the way it should be.

Though to be honest, it felt more like it was one of the disa flaps shutting and reopening suddenly. The misfire's i had after the manifold swap were much more pronounced than this little hiccup.

I also kept my old 5 functioning coil packs to use as test packs for when i have more coil packs go back. If the engine throw's a CEL for misfire i'll start swapping coil packs around to see if that's the issue.

As a point of reference, OE coil packs generally start to let go around 150k+ on non M cars.