Obioban's 2005 IR/IR Coupe

[Projecte46m3]

Waiting to see how this CF driveshaft goes...

[Obioban]

Hmm. Just pulled the M3 out of winter storage and the coolant was low.

No sign in the oil.

No puddle or residue under the car.

Where did it go?

[heinzboehmer]

Heater core leaking?

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/main-forum/e46-2001-2006/176277-best-way-to-drain-heater-core

[Obioban]

Heater core leaking?

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...in-heater-core

I hope not.

Zero coolant smell in the cabin.

Going to pressure test the system.

[5676879]

I hope not.

Zero coolant smell in the cabin.

Going to pressure test the system.

Any update? Can't have the mythical obioban m3 off the road!

[Obioban]

Any update? Can't have the mythical obioban m3 off the road!

Ha, I’ve been driving it.

Pressure tested it and it held pressure. No further coolant has disappeared.

Hopefully it just burped over winter 😜

[Obioban]

Kind of a boring update, but the old driver door arm rest cracked, so I bought a new one. Feels like the kind of part that will soon be NLA.

[1bluemcm]

I'm discovering that the list of NLA parts for M coupe/roadster seems to get bigger and quickly. Problems with low production numbers. I also try to pick up extras of things that seem to be getting harder and harder to find.

[gnoy26]

hey man! glad to have found you, good that youre still active.

need some advice, what bump stops should i use for eibach and sachs?

[Obioban]

hey man! glad to have found you, good that youre still active.

need some advice, what bump stops should i use for eibach and sachs?

Don't really know, never looked at it. Stock is probably fine-- the eibachs are a pretty reasonable drop.

[Obioban]

Doing a little spring project on the M3, which is fun-- with building the house, the e60 M5, etc, haven't really had time to do anything with it for a while. Changes:
1) new/updated/lighter/not crumbled under back seat sound deadening pad
2) Bry5on's additional exhaust mount point
3) Higher flow injectors (Bosch 0280156063), with new OE BMW injector o-rings and vacuum rail o-rings.
4) one step colder plugs (Denso ixu27)
5) creating a little spacer to allow my OEM (Die Wethje) CSL airbox from before CSL's existed to use the factory CSL air filter (my filter is slightly larger in one corner, so it doesn't get a good seal as is with a factory filter)
6) replacing two of the power steering lines that are slightly weeping
7) installing a wideband so I can use the forum partial throttle auto tuner
8) moving to an HTE tune, to update for my new injectors and colder plugs, as well as tuning the WOT with the wideband/data logger.

All my recent car projects have been e60 and e82. The e46 is so nice and easy in comparison. Really missed it.

[George Hill]

All my recent car projects have been e60 and e82. The e46 is so nice and easy in comparison. Really missed it.

I thought I saw you selling the E60, did you decide to keep it?

[Obioban]

I thought I saw you selling the E60, did you decide to keep it?

Nah, just waiting for spring. Winter didn't seem like the time to get the best value :P

[George Hill]

Nah, just waiting for spring. Winter didn't seem like the time to get the best value :P

Lol fair, where are you going to list it. Its 6spd converted right? I have a client that might be interested in one if you want to tag me when you get it posted or bump this thread.

[0-60motorsports]

Doing a little spring project on the M3, which is fun-- with building the house, the e60 M5, etc, haven't really had time to do anything with it for a while. Changes:
1) new/updated/lighter/not crumbled under back seat sound deadening pad
2) Bry5on's additional exhaust mount point
3) Higher flow injectors (Bosch 0280156063), with new OE BMW injector o-rings and vacuum rail o-rings.
4) one step colder plugs (Denso ixu27)
5) creating a little spacer to allow my OEM (Die Wethje) CSL airbox from before CSL's existed to use the factory CSL air filter (my filter is slightly larger in one corner, so it doesn't get a good seal as is with a factory filter)
6) replacing two of the power steering lines that are slightly weeping
7) installing a wideband so I can use the forum partial throttle auto tuner
8) moving to an HTE tune, to update for my new injectors and colder plugs, as well as tuning the WOT with the wideband/data logger.

All my recent car projects have been e60 and e82. The e46 is so nice and easy in comparison. Really missed it.

Nice. Have you seen the equal length stepped headers for the E60 M5 from Euro Power Sports? He has a video up with stock exhaust and those headers and it sounds just amazing and right.