Robs E46M Street to Track Build

[robgill]

Saw you made 370whp and almost 300wtq, would love an update on the engine rebuild whenever you have a moment.

Still going strong!! Im going to try and get it back on RK Tunes new dyno in a few weeks. Its been a few years so would be good to check the power. Got it out on Palmer a few weekends ago with EYEHAVEYOU and it pulled hard on the hills. Had some nice in car video but forgot to turn on the remote mic 🤦♂️. Wish I could get it out on track more but got to many projects going right now.

[cornerbalanced]

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Saw you made 370whp and almost 300wtq, would love an update on the engine rebuild whenever you have a moment.

[robgill]

New classic BMW Motorsport clock roundels!

[Onefastsicilian]

Frank!! Love that you're still lurking on E46M threads 🤣. Now I just need to get a track day, Maybe Lime Rock in Late June??



Agreed! I'm really liking it, especially in black.

I’ll forever be an e46 guy!!! I’ll own another one day when/if prices come down.

let me know if you find a good event at LRP, I’ll join!

[robgill]

Car looks great with the wrap! Nice choice Rob.. hope all is well.

Frank!! Love that you're still lurking on E46M threads 🤣. Now I just need to get a track day, Maybe Lime Rock in Late June??

Great work! The Clubsport wing reminds me of the GTR Strassenversion.

Agreed! I'm really liking it, especially in black.

[m3_aaron]

Great work! The Clubsport wing reminds me of the GTR Strassenversion.

[Onefastsicilian]

Car looks great with the wrap! Nice choice Rob.. hope all is well.

[robgill]

Something about the Clubsport wing and being in the Bronx just looks right haha

Needs more White Castle to be even more authentic.

Car looks great!

White Castle one block away 😂!

[Sharocks]

Something about the Clubsport wing and being in the Bronx just looks right haha

Needs more White Castle to be even more authentic.

Car looks great!

[robgill]

Beautiful car. I’m glad this popped up on my feed. I’m going to go ahead and demand that you post a new diff review haha. I’m eyeing that exact diff with those exact specs for my home track, VIR. Wrap looks awesome too. I see you have the Hard low profile ducts on? Do you run 275’s? Rack limiters? I tore mine up quickly. Great build(s) and respect for documenting them.


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Thanks! Yeah I’m looking forward to getting to Watkins Glen next month to give the diff a proper test👍.

I do run rack limiters and currently have 265/30/19 with tons of space. I have also run 275/35/18 with no rubbing.

[Fresh1179]

Beautiful car. I’m glad this popped up on my feed. I’m going to go ahead and demand that you post a new diff review haha. I’m eyeing that exact diff with those exact specs for my home track, VIR. Wrap looks awesome too. I see you have the Hard low profile ducts on? Do you run 275’s? Rack limiters? I tore mine up quickly. Great build(s) and respect for documenting them.


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[robgill]

All back together and out for a test drive. Breakin in the new diff for a couple hundred miles then a fluid change and a track day soon! Very happy with the black clubsport wing, I think it looks better than a color match.

[robgill]

what's it like owing two of the same cars with different tuning philosophies? do you ever drive one and wish you were driving the other or is it vice versa?

Yeah very different cars. This car is not fun to drive on the street. Way too stiff, bucket seats, engine is tuned for high RPM. It's a blast on the track and I can do things with it that I wouldn't want to experiment with on the street car. I also don't have to stress about the paint!

Rosso on the other hand is a blast on the street. Comfortable interior, not too loud, torque at lower RPM. Rosso definitely my preferred car right now 😆.

[usdmej]

what's it like owing two of the same cars with different tuning philosophies? do you ever drive one and wish you were driving the other or is it vice versa?

[robgill]

New diff finally arrived after a 3 month wait. My old diff needed a rebuild and decided to go all in with a new one.

I went with a 3.85 gear, 3 Clutch 35/60 Ramps & REM® Polishing.



Would have been nice to have this when I rebuild the subframe but the timing just didn’t work. I needed the track car out of the garage so I could work on Rossos SMG to manual conversion. Unfortunately that is still in progress so I had to drop Rosso back onto it wheels and squeeze the track car in to get it in the quickjack and swap the diffs. Need my core refund and track day at line rock next Tuesday!



I need a bigger garage 😂