E46 M3 TOTAL REBUILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[M3_FTW]

Silly choice

Sell the M5, use the cash on the M3 if you want to do that. You will make more money selling it directly than parting it out.

 

[jeff_denning]

Why not just keep the M5, no selling or stripping needed.
Can't you source an E60 M5 motor somewhere rater?

Will be sad to see an M5 stripped down

 

[J1gga]

Eish loaded people, sometimes they don't know what to do with the <b>big 5's</b>

please post some pics of the M5 that every1 "except juju ofcourse" is raving about!!! :biglol:

 

[Scouse]

How much for the M5 :rollsmile:

 

[kabal]

I am guessing an ETA of 2 more years till this car is running, and a million+ ZAR budget

I would go as far to say as the V10 conversion will never be completed, please prove me wrong.

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I thought people would find this interesting regarding the V10 gearbox, from trackculture (btw, the only V10 E46 conversion I can find with a little googling)

What I've learnt for myself (and I'll update this a lot as I have a lot to learn) :
The E90/92/93 M3 6 speed manual bolts straight up without a single modification. My research showed that the S65 V8 in the E90 is derived from the S85 V10, but until I bolted up the gearbox it was one very expensive gamble.
The M5 twin plate clutch fits into the bell housing and using an M5 release bearing (£120 ) It all seems to go together as stock. (whether the clutch pedal feels like stock or not I don't know

 

[M3M5POWER]

My E60 BEAST:inlove::joy::thumbs:raise:

:rollsmile::rollsmile::rollsmile::rollsmile::rollsmile:

 

[zaleonardz]

You are sooooo kidding right....

I have ducks on ice.... so that means hard ones.....

 

[Yulz9081]

Don't fck that M5 up bud. seriously!

Source a S85 motor for the E46. You won't lose as much as you would parting the M5.

 

[zama]

Those wheels again.... :thumbdo:

Other than that :inlove:

 

[NSH_335i]

Rumour has it that it will be turbo'd :fencelook:

Supercharged is my bet :rollsmile:

I agree...."safest" bet. Too many things to possibly go wrong on a car not turbo'd from the factory.

I agree...Supercharged......but i remember hearing turbo and that was the day we went for a spin.

Awwww its like that now.......
Turbo would be more fun but SC would be more reliable.

 

[zaleonardz]

There is a fairly bashed M5 at City deep Auto...

Car is in a front end, and obviously a write off with suspension bits looking like swiss cheese but the motor looks good....

 

[M3M5POWER]

There is a fairly bashed M5 at City deep Auto...

Car is in a front end, and obviously a write off with suspension bits looking like swiss cheese but the motor looks good....

Really :thumbs::thumbs:
gonna check it up.NOW :thumbs:

Good idea.
Thanks bud.

 

[Psymon69]

oh please do it! just listen to this video its eargasmic!!!

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[Sankekur]

I thought people would find this interesting regarding the V10 gearbox, from trackculture (btw, the only V10 E46 conversion I can find with a little googling)

What I've learnt for myself (and I'll update this a lot as I have a lot to learn) :
The E90/92/93 M3 6 speed manual bolts straight up without a single modification. My research showed that the S65 V8 in the E90 is derived from the S85 V10, but until I bolted up the gearbox it was one very expensive gamble.
The M5 twin plate clutch fits into the bell housing and using an M5 release bearing (£120 ) It all seems to go together as stock. (whether the clutch pedal feels like stock or not I don't know

Have also heard the same from local sources.

 

[Karthik]

Don't strip the M5 OMG NOOOOO ,

 

[Andy1GP]

I have to agree stripping the M5 seriously doesn't sound like the best idea, thx leonard for pointing him in the right direction :thumbs: :thumbs:

 

[M3power!]

step away from the M5..... slowly. Now hand over the keys until the M3 is finished...and turbo'd :idea:

 

[Psymon69]

theres lots of M5s around man, maybe with the stripping you can make enough to buy a new one:rollsmile: or put the S54 in the M5 (worlds first?) and turbo the crap out of it:rollsmile: either way V10 in the M3.

:fencelook::fencelook::fencelook:

 

[M3M5POWER]

There is a fairly bashed M5 at City deep Auto...

Car is in a front end, and obviously a write off with suspension bits looking like swiss cheese but the motor looks good....

I called city deep spares .The car is sold ,gone gone .:argh::argh:

Back to forced induction.:idea::idea:

 

[M3_FTW]

Good. Go the HPF route (turbo) or Active Autowerke route for SC