Welcome! Read this first

[M3_mann]

Thanks for reviving the m3f. Such a bummer we lost all the years of content.

[Teemmy]

Excited to join this forum! I was looking for something like this as I am a new e46 m3 owner. Looking forward to learning all about the platform.

[jpy1980]

BTW love this site! As a new to me e46 M3 owner (previous F80 owner who lived on BP), this is the best site for information on the e46 m3! Thanks so much!

[jpy1980]

thank you for the introduction. Question, is there waiting/grace period before a new member could post a "WTB/for sale" thread?

I'm a new member and I heard you need 50 posts or 6 months on the website

[ldmiller78]

thank you for the introduction. Question, is there waiting/grace period before a new member could post a "WTB/for sale" thread?

[Allnightlong]

Thank you all for this great place on the net!!!

[Casa de Mesa]

I just found this after a friend referred me - looking forward to learning from y'all!

Welcome aboard!

[PabloCruise]

I just found this after a friend referred me - looking forward to learning from y'all!

[jma]

Thanks for saving this. I finally re-registered on here from M3F.

[aa240sx]

This makes me want to cancel the import project

Hey fellas - Super glad to see the thread on how to do a manual swap resurrected. As you can see, I'm not OUT...

When I first made that comment over a year ago I was super frustrated that the old forum disappeared, but I'm glad the community seems to be here now. Truthfully, I've rocked my SMG to 6MT swap now for over 3 years and it's great because I did the whole job 100% in my garage, including the coding (which I sent money to someone in the UK, downloaded the file, and used that to code the swap...) and managed to avoid the bell housing nonsense by using the RTD shifter (detents built in with reverse lockout). Saved hundreds and time just on these two steps alone.

Anyway, after three years of driving my manual swap, I do still get the stalling issue. Generally, it happens on cold start and seems to happen when the car goes down my somewhat steep driveway (not sure if it's an angle thing). Anyway, only does it once but I still would like to figure out why it stalls at startup, but is fine the rest of the day. And no, I don't any CEL, ABS or other lights on in my dash. I rank my swap right up there with swaps done my pro shops like Lang, etc., save for this odd stalling issue.

Any solutions in 2021?

[Rabidfox]

This forum is showing up more and more on Google searches. As more people search for "how do I do XYZ” and get diverted here, this community will do nothing but grow. Ton of knowledge here. Welcome to the party.

I was a sad panda when the old one went down and just happened across the renew. Time to build the post count back and try to find all those glorious Obioban posts I had bookmarked

[Casa de Mesa]

Oh how I have missed this

This forum is showing up more and more on Google searches. As more people search for "how do I do XYZ” and get diverted here, this community will do nothing but grow. Ton of knowledge here. Welcome to the party.

[jrgatfh]

Thanks for bringing this forum back. I had an E46 M3 back in the mid/late 2000's and always regretted selling the car. Happy to say that I'm an E46 M3 owner again, I missed this car a ton.

Looking forward to being a member of the forums again.

[Rabidfox]

Oh how I have missed this

[nahvkolaj]

New M3 owner here, ‘03 Black/Black SMG w/ ~125k miles. This is my 3rd BMW, sitting alongside my ‘01 Z3 3.0i and ‘01 X5 3.0i. I love this era of BMWs.

This forum looks like a huge wealth of knowledge, so thank you for keeping it alive!!