135i build thread. I'm done hobcobbling posts together
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What I am saying is the coils/shocks is what will regulate a harsher ride. The solid rear bushings and such mostly just make road and differential noise louder. If it were me I'd do solid aluminum subframe bushings with the Mfactory diff bushings as that will cut down on most of the noise. Also do all m3 control arms in the rear at a minimum. I have the GC camber arms for more adjustability. I'd keep sway bars till the end after you drive it and see what you like. For a e90 set up a lot of people for track wise at least do the e90 m3 front sway bar and remove the stock rear sway bar completely and run nothing. But again this depends what coils you run. I run JRZ rs pro's with remote resvoirs so it's a couple steps up from your kw cs.
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Dan frodl at kummrow. He's a friend and does all of their track setups and adjustments.
I certainly appreciate the input - the rear suspension and how far that gets taken at the outset has been an ongoing question for me because a lot of people focus on the front but I don't think those people track much. I think I will hold off on the rear swaybar for now but stick with the e93 m3 front swaybar, and look into sourcing more bushings for the rear. I hear you on the control arms in the rear but what about guide rods ?
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
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Kumrow...o boy. As far as the m3 arms just get the Turner kit. It includes all 4 rear arms you need.
Classy
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I know people have a mixed bag feeling about kummrow and I don't want this thread to become a referendum on that so I'll just say on the rare occasion that I've needed them to work on my car, the work has been good, and Dan is a friend who has been helpful and legit in my circle of car guys.
I will scope out the turner kit, thank you
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
Don't worry, I took pat's place for faulty N54 injectors. Cyl 5 & 6 leak pretty bad. Gonna be doing a refresh with all index 12's this weekend.
Don't forget to get them coded to the vehicle afterwords.
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Don't forget to get them coded to the vehicle afterwords.
Yup, I need to confirm INPA works with my MBP through bootcamp on windows 10. The jb4 app always gave me trouble for whatever reason. The coding is relatively straight forward.
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Yup, I need to confirm INPA works with my MBP through bootcamp on windows 10. The jb4 app always gave me trouble for whatever reason. The coding is relatively straight forward.
Setting up INPA was the biggest pita of the whole process for me. Once I got it working then it was a breeze to code them.
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Otherwise i have a working inpa system on my laptop
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Setting up INPA was the biggest pita of the whole process for me. Once I got it working then it was a breeze to code them.
Otherwise i have a working inpa system on my laptop
Any tips or good tutorials to follow?
I've seen some, but some say INPA works on 32bit only, granted that was from 2012. I've got windows 10 64bit on my laptop.
Were you on 64bit windows?
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Any tips or good tutorials to follow?
I've seen some, but some say INPA works on 32bit only, granted that was from 2012. I've got windows 10 64bit on my laptop.
Were you on 64bit windows?
Pm sent, averting thread jack.
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I've made a few adjustments to my plans.
I returned the rear subframe bushings and am planning to just move forward with the coilovers, front swaybar, and control arms. Not having to remove the subframe to do RSFBs will allow me to install the aforementioned parts on the floor in my garage and save a couple bucks. I think I'm going to leave the suspension at that and not take it further. I worry that I will fall into a black hole of track-prepping a car that is the wrong engine and chassis to begin with. As we start talking about additional suspension in the rear, solid bushings, a race seat and harness, and the list goes on - it adds up to an amount of money that I would rather just not spend.
The coilovers will allow me to get rid of my janky unbalanced H&R sport springs, and stabilize the car a bit more for track days and I'll continue to use it as my track car for the 2016 season. That should be good enough and is appropriate for the car, I think. I'll probably be on the lookout for some sort of truck/trailer/track-prepped e36 m3 package further down the road.
I found out my bonus on Friday and once that gets deposited at the end of the month, I can safely say that I will be ordering my Pure stage 2 turbo that i've been fiending over for the past 9 months. More to come on that hopefully in early 2016.
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
Sounds like you got a well deserved bonus. Time to enjoy the fruits of your hard work!
too bad 14k of it is going to taxes to fund social benefits to lazy people who don't work that take advantage of systems designed to help unfortunate people who want to work / get back on their feet!
had to get that in there. Yes, I'm bitter.
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
well, bad news is I decided to sell all the suspension parts I got. So I recouped my 2800 bucks. Because I will not be tracking my 135i ever again.
The Good news is.......shipping out at the end of January
Kummrow quoted me about $1300 to install (thanks Andy) but I don't really want to spend that so it's gonna happen in my garage, in the middle of February. I'm banking on El Nino to help me out with garage temps.
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
Does that mean you no longer plan to track any car or did you make a purchase on a track ready vehicle?
you may notice something gray tucked in the corner of my garage near my BMW with a hardtop, rollbar, racing seats, and so on.......it may also have a turbocharger, i don't know, i'm not an engineer
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i
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