M3 Stablemates: What else do you have in the garage?

[Nate047]

Yea especially with a little tuning the G01 can be an amazing daily. Good looking too. X3M is overkill in a lot of ways but I feel like it kills two birds with one stone if you have an itch to get a G80.

What’s the weight difference between the X3M and M3? I drove my friends X3M a few weeks ago and it was awesome.

[Atluisg]

Not a VW/Audi guy but I have no choice. They are company cars 😁.
2024 Q7 & 2024 GTI and the sim is my daily since I wfh LOL.

[Will]

I've had this for 10 years been my main piece of transportation for school and work. Also 1986 535i that I just got running and driving after sitting for a decade, not sure what I will do with it.

IMG_3777 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

Very cool! Euro headlights and everything!
Reminds me of my '88 e28. Super fun car.

[samthejam]

This thing is so cool.

Here is the build thread if you wanna read more about it. mye28.com is having some cert issues but still should be accessible.

https://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=126811

Also post a lot about it more frequently Instagram @sam.the.jam

[kaiv]

What happened to the project, why did you cancel it? Was it a personal that you sold off or the client went elsewhere for the last bit?

The plan was to build a CA legal street car but once I realized that's seemingly impossible I lost interest, reverted the car back to stock and sold it.

[George Hill]

I did not, wish I had the time for build journals like the old days. I even had both hoods to retrofit the E9X powerdome and vents but I ended up cancelling the project before getting to that.

What happened to the project, why did you cancel it? Was it a personal that you sold off or the client went elsewhere for the last bit?

[kaiv]

LOL I wouldn't either, but I also wasn't expecting a hoodless reply too, lol. Did you document this build online anywhere?

I did not, wish I had the time for build journals like the old days. I even had both hoods to retrofit the E9X powerdome and vents but I ended up cancelling the project before getting to that.

[George Hill]

I wouldn't run open ITBs ahah. The car was hoodless.

LOL I wouldn't either, but I also wasn't expecting a hoodless reply too, lol. Did you document this build online anywhere?

[kaiv]

Can you elaborate on this, are you saying the car you built didn't run a hood or was running open ITBs?

I wouldn't run open ITBs ahah. The car was hoodless.

[Gearhead55]

The G01 is my favorite SUV for most of the same reasons. My favorite spec is the M40i in my opinion for its purpose. But X3M is an awesome dual purpose car

Yea especially with a little tuning the G01 can be an amazing daily. Good looking too. X3M is overkill in a lot of ways but I feel like it kills two birds with one stone if you have an itch to get a G80.

I've had this for 10 years been my main piece of transportation for school and work. Also 1986 535i that I just got running and driving after sitting for a decade, not sure what I will do with it.

This thing is so cool.

[samthejam]

I've had this for 10 years been my main piece of transportation for school and work. Also 1986 535i that I just got running and driving after sitting for a decade, not sure what I will do with it.

IMG_3777 by Kurvenkamph Motorsport, on Flickr

[YoitsTmac]

Honestly the X3M is a great alternative to the G80, especially since we don't get the wagon in the US. Looks gorgeous, more practical than the G80, great interior, handles quite well (especially with the KW V3s), and has that glorious S58. Completely stock with just tunes they can run in the 10s. People are running in the 9s with ethanol and stock turbos.

The G01 is my favorite SUV for most of the same reasons. My favorite spec is the M40i in my opinion for its purpose. But X3M is an awesome dual purpose car

[Gearhead55]

I wanted to love the G80 so badly but to this day I could never get over the exterior styling. Those came out when I finally started making good money in my career and I wanted to spec one out. But the grill doesn't do it for me among other things. Shame as they're absolute weapons to drive. Mind-bendingly fast.

Honestly the X3M is a great alternative to the G80, especially since we don't get the wagon in the US. Looks gorgeous, more practical than the G80, great interior, handles quite well (especially with the KW V3s), and has that glorious S58. Completely stock with just tunes they can run in the 10s. People are running in the 9s with ethanol and stock turbos.

[GreyM340i]

Traded in my M340i for this amazing I4 M50. It’s a great daily driver with crazy power. So far I love it.

[YoitsTmac]

He said "...mine would've required to cut a hole in the hood for a larger (E9X M) powerdome." Which to me sounds like Kaiv didn't add a E9x power dome, so if he didn't do that what was his resolution?

I'm sure he'll weigh in soon. I'm just saying that in the swap I saw, they thinned the subframe so the engine could sit lower. And even with that, they had to hammer the hood reinforcement/bracing flat where the top of the intake sat. If you couldn't get the engine to sit lower like in that build, you'd have to make other hood modifications.