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Thank you. That is what i was origanlly leaning towards then i start thinking hell 5 spd should do just as good. There is a e46 m3 6spd trans on local craistlist for $800 currently

So i plan on doing the auto to manual conversion over winter on my 97 m3. I may do it sooner if i can get all the parts faster. I just got done moving into a new apt. Which costed substanially more than i antisapated on spending. Anyways..just wondering if any of you guys on here have done the conversion..i have read most all of the how tos i could find but never really got to talk to someone who has done the swap.

Kinda of curious on what the difficulty level is. I am by no mean a rookie. I have done at least 25 auto to manual swaps just one 240's not to mention countless other cars..i do all my own work. I have all my own tools and i love turning wrenches so im looking at this as being fun just like any other project on a vehicle.

This is my first bmw that i have owned and worked on. I am aoooo in love with this car is crazy. And when i stopped out at scooters i saw a light green boosted m3 e36 which has got me itching to get boosting again. But first things first. Have to have a manual swapp done before anything else. Well coilovers are coming first then the auto to manual swap..

Anyone have any in sight on this subject you'd like to share??

Btw i have been leaning towards the e46 m3 6spd swap. Anyone prefer the m3 5 spd over 6 spd or whats a prefrence to everyone?

Ok im in the falls ill head over

Is this at someones house? And is it open to anyone to come?. I really dont know anyone around that area or anyone off this forum for that matter

I am thinking of stopping out. Never even heard of it but came across my facebook. Will also be going to king dyno open house and trying to make it over to lmt's dybo and open house. I have no idea where any of these places are e cept king because i had a bunch of tuning done by them on my previous cars..ill have to look it up..too much for one day

On sunday is the indutrial meet as well

I too plan to make it out as i only live 10 miles away. Again my car is nothing special but love seeing others cars.

Yes i sure am. 97 m3... and i never tested it on the road to see if traction control was on or off before hand. But it is worling fine now

I was told when i bought it that it was on hr springs. But come to find out they are cut i beleive. Im fixing things as i go. I ordered a used shift cable. Guy sent me wrong onne. So i just ordered one from the dealer in milwaukee and am having it overnighted. Tomaro that will be fixed. Then i will be ordering racelands

Goes into climate controled shop in winter

Anyways so yesterday my blinker was working but i wasnt hearing it clicking in the dash. To i tapped on the top of dash. Well the asc light works now!!?! But blinkers dont click when flashing but all blinkers work..

Thanks guys. Wheels are powdercoated

Well, the vibrations were to a minimal. Barely felt anything. Although i heard it and staryed getting louder day by day. I drove it for sbout a week with those hack parts on ( not knowing it was that bad ). I mean to me. The guy spent the time taking the center support off to weld. Why not just order one ys knkw!!!

As for the "fur" looking material. Guibo's have thin strands of rope/cord inside of them. When inslecting a guibo you with either see cracking or what you see in mine is the rope coming apart or you will see both..immediatly replace if you do. The noise i was hearing was coming from the guibo.

Suspenceful- are you talking about the chome trim around the ceenter grill section? If soo good idea.

Any other advice is much appreciated. Ordering raceland coilovers hopfully friday and then will start prdering and gathering parts slowely for the e46 m3 6spd trans swap i plan on doing over winter!

Well i have not taken any of the wheels off since i have had this car? The button is kind of sticky. Do you think maybe it was stu k being pressed down could have caused this?

So i recently got this m3 last week. And my parts finally came in for the center support and bearing and the flex joint for driveline.

I go to replace them both yesterday, which btw i read all kinds of how tos and what now( this is my first bmw and first time working on one) and everyone said it was a pain to do these jobs, which in fact was super easy!!

Any ways. So the guy i vot this m3 told me he put a temp. center support in..so ok i order the oarts they come in and i go to remove the old flex joint and center support..and this is what i found

I have never in my life actually seen something so rigged and retarded. Now mind you i have owned oh well over 100 neons. A couple handfuls of s13's-s14's few toyota cressidas. I mean i have had many cars and this is beyond anything i have seen some people do!

The previous owner had welded some nuts to the OUTSIDE OF THE BEARING SHELL TO THE INSIDE OF THE CENTER SUPPORTA.....WHAT !! What in hell was going thru this guys head!?!?!

Also here is the flex joint that i also replaced

Annndd car back on the ground fixed..awaiting my new shifter cable should be here today!

So yesterday i dropped the exhaust, and driveshaft to replace the center support and bearing and i also replaced the guibo/flex joint.

My traction control button it now showing the light on the dash now. Now i dont know if it has something to do with dropping the driveline. It was working like 3 days ago because i flipped it off for a bit of fun in the rain! I did not unplug anything while doing work on it yesterday so thats whT has me stumped. Now im new to bmw's.

Oh btw the car im speaking about is my 97 m3 sedan automatic.

Any advice on where to start sear hing and diagnosing wouod be much appreciated.

Thank you

Cause my car is hott!?!?!?

Haha..a tually in order to put a r1 motor into a r6 frame it involves cutting on some of the frame and welding new mounts on for the bigger motor of the r1..ver unsafe

Yes it is, just a nice cruising bike. Wasnt put on for any purpose but looks. Bike was all stock minus slip on.

And thank you!

Well the guy i got the car from HACKED A temp center support. When my new one comes in i will take pix and post them on here i could not beleive what i saw this guy did....and i have to work sorry

Wax on.....wax off!

Front bumper full of rock chips..will be getting repainted soon!

Rear seats..mint!

I recently got this m3. I have been searching and searchingg for a 3 series. Right at ghe end of winter i traded a da integra for the bike pictured below...i had the bike up until last week. It got backed into at my job and tipped over cracking most plastics on the left side, did $4,000.20 in damage to the bike. I got the insurance money and then the kid i traded my integra for this bike texted me and said he was interested in trading this m3 back for the bike. I explained to him the damages but the bike held a clean title still. So i traded him the bike BACK for this bmw m3....plus i still had gotten the money from the insurance company for damages to the bike, which i did not fix the bike i just kept the money...and thats how i obtained this beautiful m3

Bike picture..2003 yamaha r6

Here are some pictures!

Thoughts, advice, compliments and even negativity is all welcome!