Madison - E39 M5 - Thread

Jdesign

Welcome! I love the E39 M5's. Im also in the Madison area and will keep a look out for you!

vbhargava

TehRaydarlover said:

Looks nice! Yeah, cam position sensors are a pain! Let me know if you need any help when you decide to tackle rod bearings haha.

huh...at what point should I consider doing the rod bearings?

vbhargava

i_love_cars said:

Every time I see these cars I want to buy one. E39 M5 looks so good.

Now is the time. Nice ones are becoming harder to find and more $$$. Plenty of project version available cheap too.

TehRaydarlover

vbhargava said:

huh...at what point should I consider doing the rod bearings?

You're probably okay for a while at 100k. just something to keep in mind if you ever have the upper oil pan off for some reason. These were mine after 154k:

Old bearings are all out and new WPC treated ones are in 🖒

Cylinder 8 bearing definitely looks the worst, but minus the first two cylinders they all look pretty worn, very glad I decided to change them.

vbhargava

Jdesign said:

Welcome! I love the E39 M5's. Im also in the Madison area and will keep a look out for you!

Looking forward to seeing you around Madison. I just bought an E30 that I'll post about shortly.

vbhargava

Finally got around to getting the car paint corrected and detailed.

patsbimmer1

I love it!

YoungCR

Paint looks great!

vbhargava

Minor update: Went to install a shark injector tune to find out that it already has a tune on it. Not sure what it is but certainly explains the excessively sensitive throttle response

Jdesign

vbhargava said:

Minor update: Went to install a shark injector tune to find out that it already has a tune on it. Not sure what it is but certainly explains the excessively sensitive throttle response

Well thats a nice surprise!

SteelBlue

This is still probably one of the best cars BMW ever made

vbhargava

Finally got both Bimmers out at the same time

vbhargava

Headed over to Accumoto for a suspension consultation. Ended up raising the car 1 inch all around for a more comfortable daily ride and less twitchy backroads experience. Car is feeling much better and just needs to go back for an alignment next week.

YoungCR

Accumoto is a cool place, that E36 is fresh!

vbhargava

New pedals and windshield washer pump! Pretty simple but taking off the wheel well liner can be a pain.

B C

What pedals are those/where can I get some?!

love it!

vbhargava

B C said:

What pedals are those/where can I get some?!

love it!

Turner Motorsports but bought through ECS. Contact @patsbimmer1 to order ECS parts at a good price.

My only piece of advice for the install is to make sure you have good sharp drill bits. I went and bought new ones near the end and it would have saved me at least 1 hour. #facepalm