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    I have owned a total of 3 E46Ms now; first two being garage queens. My most recent one I purchased I decided to make my DD. I love the balance of the E46 in comparison to the E36 vs. E92. You can never have a bad day in the E46 ///M.

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      Looking to add an E46 M3 for a daily driver, missing the usage of back seats.

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        Originally posted by rbizet View Post
        Looking to add an E46 M3 for a daily driver, missing the usage of back seats.

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        Awesome, unfortunately my 996 GT3 now needs an engine rebuild, it's so sad to see it in the garge a paperweight.

        Beautiful car, I think the 996 GT3's & Turbos are aging well.
        2004 Silbergrau Metallic 6MT
        Karbonius/OEM Snorkel/Flap/HTE Tuned
        Ssv1/Catted Sec. 1/SS 2.5" Sec. 2/SCZA

        OE CSL Bootlid/AS SSK/BC Coils/4.10 Gears/ Sportline 8S Wheels/Cobra Nogaros
        RACP Plates/Vincebar/CMP/Turner RTAB/Beisan

        2006 M6 Black Saphire SMG
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          2017 gls 63amg for me and 2016 cayenne gts for the wife. I’ve been really impressed with the gls, it drives great and the powertrain is awesome

          weekend car is 2005 m3 slicktop manual seats and 6mt
          Last edited by Ragincajun5220; 10-19-2024, 09:23 AM.

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            Originally posted by Cubieman View Post

            Awesome, unfortunately my 996 GT3 now needs an engine rebuild, it's so sad to see it in the garge a paperweight.

            Beautiful car, I think the 996 GT3's & Turbos are aging well.
            Sorry to hear that, it is pretty rare, Mezger engines are known for their reliability. What happened?

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              Originally posted by rbizet View Post

              Sorry to hear that, it is pretty rare, Mezger engines are known for their reliability. What happened?
              Not sure, my dad and I do an open road race each year here in Nebraska and at the end the car was misfiring badly.

              I got home and started looking around and found cylinder 5 spark plug had bent electrodes and almost all the porcelain insulation had come apart inside the cylinder. Cylinder 5 failed terribly in a leakdown, it's leaks both into the crankcase and out of the exhaust valves.
              There is borescore in cylinder 5 from the debris and the head and/or valves likely have an issue as well.
              Cylinder 4 also had the same thing happen in regards to the spark plug, but leakdown test went fine. Both cylinders 4/5 have the tops of the pistons absolutely peppered with the debris.

              I can only assume a pre-detionation event happend for some reason. We have only 91 octane here in Nebraska and I question it's quality, that car wants 93.

              The vehicle only has 28k on it and has been babied it's entire life so its very strange. It's going to be LONG time before I can afford the 25-30k price of a rebuild.

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              Last edited by Cubieman; 10-19-2024, 06:29 PM.
              2004 Silbergrau Metallic 6MT
              Karbonius/OEM Snorkel/Flap/HTE Tuned
              Ssv1/Catted Sec. 1/SS 2.5" Sec. 2/SCZA

              OE CSL Bootlid/AS SSK/BC Coils/4.10 Gears/ Sportline 8S Wheels/Cobra Nogaros
              RACP Plates/Vincebar/CMP/Turner RTAB/Beisan

              2006 M6 Black Saphire SMG
              Instagram

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                Originally posted by rbizet View Post
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                Do it. You won’t regret it. Gorgeous GT3

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                  Originally posted by rbizet View Post
                  Looking to add an E46 M3 for a daily driver, missing the usage of back seats.

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                  To match the GT3, you need a non-metallic color like Imola Red or Laguna Seca Blue!
                  GT4 Composites

                  2002 BMW E46 M3 TiAg 6mt Track car project
                  2006 BMW E46 M3 Estoril blue 6mt Garage Queen
                  2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Black DD/Tow Truck

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                    Just added a low mileage 2001 4Runner to the fleet. Hard to believe the 3rd gen 4Runner is almost 25 years old. This will make bedding the e46 M3 down for the winter a little easier.

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                      Originally posted by Cubieman View Post

                      Not sure, my dad and I do an open road race each year here in Nebraska and at the end the car was misfiring badly.

                      I got home and started looking around and found cylinder 5 spark plug had bent electrodes and almost all the porcelain insulation had come apart inside the cylinder. Cylinder 5 failed terribly in a leakdown, it's leaks both into the crankcase and out of the exhaust valves.
                      There is borescore in cylinder 5 from the debris and the head and/or valves likely have an issue as well.
                      Cylinder 4 also had the same thing happen in regards to the spark plug, but leakdown test went fine. Both cylinders 4/5 have the tops of the pistons absolutely peppered with the debris.

                      I can only assume a pre-detionation event happend for some reason. We have only 91 octane here in Nebraska and I question it's quality, that car wants 93.

                      The vehicle only has 28k on it and has been babied it's entire life so its very strange. It's going to be LONG time before I can afford the 25-30k price of a rebuild.

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                      Not cheap but if you have to do a full rebuild might as well go for a 4L and get some crazy performance out of it.

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                        Originally posted by Gt4 View Post

                        To match the GT3, you need a non-metallic color like Imola Red or Laguna Seca Blue!
                        Great colors for sure, also like interlagos blue.

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                          Originally posted by fattycharged View Post
                          Yes on mpg, adding larger tires absolutely kills the economy, but I'd have 35's on before I made it back to my garage 😈


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                          Finally on 33’’ BF Trail Terrain with 1’’ spacers & OEM roof rails/cross bars,
                          GT4 Composites

                          2002 BMW E46 M3 TiAg 6mt Track car project
                          2006 BMW E46 M3 Estoril blue 6mt Garage Queen
                          2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Black DD/Tow Truck

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                            Originally posted by Gt4 View Post

                            Finally on 33’’ BF Trail Terrain with 1’’ spacers & OEM roof rails/cross bars,
                            Nice! next stop portals and 37's!

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                              Originally posted by fattycharged View Post

                              Nice! next stop portals and 37's!
                              Haha! I would like the look of 35’’ but the 4 cylinders engine would feel even slower…
                              GT4 Composites

                              2002 BMW E46 M3 TiAg 6mt Track car project
                              2006 BMW E46 M3 Estoril blue 6mt Garage Queen
                              2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Black DD/Tow Truck

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                                X5M is up for sale, picked up a British Racing Green X3M Comp

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                                2004 Dinan S3-R M3
                                2023 X3M Competition

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