Jobe from BigTime (frmr Donut) starts work on converting his E46 to CSL-like spec

[oceansize]

Plus M539 Restorations has essentially shamed all other BMW centric youtube automotive channels. That isn't to say he is perfect, but I can't think of anyone else providing the same level of content on a regular schedule. His builds are incredibly well done. My only complaint? He doesn't seem to have much love for the S54. His wheelhouse with respect to preference seems to be BMW V8s, V10s, and V12s.

[dustyice]

How to write off your bmw modifications sponsored by Turner/ECS. Seems like a smart move to me.

Check out their harbor freight video, basically another way to write off 15k worth of tools as a business expense.

The CSL bit is just for click bait so they can put "I saved $100k!" with the YouTube face in the thumbnail. Unfortunately it's just what you have to do on YouTube these days, wouldn't take it literally.

[dukeofchen]

Can't hate the playa, and it was entertaining enough to kill free time watching

[bhoom_S54]

This!

I watched his videos and thought the same. Even when he was talking about the Turner sway bar thickness. I thought about the the post on this forum about suspension and geometry. But everyone has their taste and budget. Can't hate the guy for it. The videos are entertaining tho!

[nextelbuddy]

Plus M539 Restorations has essentially shamed all other BMW centric youtube automotive channels. That isn't to say he is perfect, but I can't think of anyone else providing the same level of content on a regular schedule. His builds are incredibly well done. My only complaint? He doesn't seem to have much love for the S54. His wheelhouse with respect to preference seems to be BMW V8s, V10s, and V12s.

I like sreten he's a good guy, was awesome when he was active on the ZHP Mafia forums with his E39 m5 build back before he got famous

The only thing that annoys me about him is that he shakes his head at anything that isn't 3 pedal and thinks that anything he does is the Platinum standard..he has a bit of an elitist attitude. He is an amazing person and mechanic with a great work ethic but some of his choices just scream he asked for it lol

I just wish he wasn't so close minded to anything but 3 pedal..SMG II in the E46 and III in the e60 had their place and were the stepping stones into DCT and even the 8hp torque converter tech of today.

[bmwfnatic]

Plus M539 Restorations has essentially shamed all other BMW centric youtube automotive channels. That isn't to say he is perfect, but I can't think of anyone else providing the same level of content on a regular schedule. His builds are incredibly well done. My only complaint? He doesn't seem to have much love for the S54. His wheelhouse with respect to preference seems to be BMW V8s, V10s, and V12s.

I think it also has to do with price, these cars aren’t cheap in Europe.. and there isn’t a big price delta for i.e. a high milage SMG vert which would go for sub 10k in the US, would still be 25k in Europe.

The few times a cheap M3 comes up for sale here it’s a salvage title car that has been repaired with bondo by eastern europeans and I don’t think that really matches his vibe.

[0-60motorsports]

I like sreten he's a good guy, was awesome when he was active on the ZHP Mafia forums with his E39 m5 build back before he got famous

The only thing that annoys me about him is that he shakes his head at anything that isn't 3 pedal and thinks that anything he does is the Platinum standard..he has a bit of an elitist attitude. He is an amazing person and mechanic with a great work ethic but some of his choices just scream he asked for it lol

I just wish he wasn't so close minded to anything but 3 pedal..SMG II in the E46 and III in the e60 had their place and were the stepping stones into DCT and even the 8hp torque converter tech of today.

Elitist.....as he became famous it was fun to see his attitude and how it changed...he started becoming more and more, how shall i say....arrogant......I don't know if others have felt/seen this but I have. Then again its my job that enables me to see what others don't. And with the amount of money he is making he should really hire an editor and stop pumping out videos once a month only (two if people are lucky and don't forget if its more than two a month its from a few weeks months ago).

I don't watch his videos much or at all as its starting to get boring for me now especially after the E9X S65 engine build (Which was very informative).

As far the S54, he really should have stopped fucking around and wasting sponsor funds on the E46 wagon and dropped in an S54 in it by now and FI it. Simple. yes yes its the same as others but it works. He is already half way there.....

[dukeofchen]

Elitist.....as he became famous it was fun to see his attitude and how it changed...he started becoming more and more, how shall i say....arrogant......I don't know if others have felt/seen this but I have. Then again its my job that enables me to see what others don't. And with the amount of money he is making he should really hire an editor and stop pumping out videos once a month only (two if people are lucky and don't forget if its more than two a month its from a few weeks months ago).

I don't watch his videos much or at all as its starting to get boring for me now especially after the E9X S65 engine build (Which was very informative).

As far the S54, he really should have stopped fucking around and wasting sponsor funds on the E46 wagon and dropped in an S54 in it by now and FI it. Simple. yes yes its the same as others but it works. He is already half way there.....

He's pretty obsessed with OEM+ so I would think that aligns with the sentiment here that could be similarly construed as “elitist”.

Plus the E46 wagon is his first track build as a neophyte to performance driving, so an M54 with a supercharged powerband isn't that nonsensical.

[shibui]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyGicn-pycE&ab_channel=BigTime

Is it just me or is his S54 down on power? I thought Dynapacks are supposed to read higher than Dynojets and Mustang dynos?

Even if they read lower, 254 whp seems rather low...

[dustyice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyGi...hannel=BigTime

Is it just me or is his S54 down on power? I thought Dynapacks are supposed to read higher than Dynojets and Mustang dynos?

Even if they read lower, 254 whp seems rather low...

This was my exact thought when watching too, I thought stock a typical number was close to 260-270 stock. 225 seems insanely low.

[Slideways]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyGi...hannel=BigTime

Is it just me or is his S54 down on power? I thought Dynapacks are supposed to read higher than Dynojets and Mustang dynos?

Even if they read lower, 254 whp seems rather low...

I would not be surprised if the headgasket has gone.

[fattycharged]

That Valvetronic Sec3 killing 30hp closed??? Crazy


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[Ramps]

He should take it to another dyno and see what it puts down, if it is still low, then he needs to figure out what’s wrong. He should be close to 300whp with an air box and tune even with US headers.
Really nice car though, I love IR with those wheels. Great combo.

[CrisSilberGrau]

That Valvetronic Sec3 killing 30hp closed??? Crazy


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If you look at the design its one of the worst you can possibly put on the car. Two pipes into 1, that creates a hard dead end, then turbulent exhaust goes back up stream against flow into the x merger to go through the muffler. In the muffler it looks like it does a hard 180 and then empties into the final section abruptly to then also hit up against the valve again. It's some brain dead shit. And the straight pass through is the most low effort design ever, not even a rounded off pipe end on the passenger side duals. Wild that people vote with their dollars for insane stuff like this.

[CrisSilberGrau]

This series had promise, but man, this youtube hotboi garbage has to stop somewhere. And then talking like I am now about stuff like this just "seems" like hate, but IMO its not. This is such a nice platform, like most BMWs of the era, when even done with literally OEM parts. Then when you put all these parts on, exhaust, CSL intake, it still insane to me that people dont take the time to find a proper tuner for their car. On what planet does a massaged S54 (high mileage albeit) make 230-250whp, and then how do you come to the dyno math that because the said operator sees X whp on whatever M3 you can now extrapolate losses and apply it to you situation.

Having hope for good content is such a silly notion. I kinda also dislike my "get off my lawn" demanor but fucking hell man how can you not be like that when you see stuff like this. Mind you its not all garbage but a solid 85% is. /rant