Hi, my name is Mike. I've been a youtube content creator since the early days, but wasn't very serious about growing the channel until recently.
I enjoy building things, and fixing stuff. I do most of my own auto repairs, and home repairs. I also enjoy DIY projects. And I usually have at least one project car.
Speaking of project cars, I have an E46 BMW that I'm turning into a race car. I got it cheap, because it was really rough! I'm also modifying my daily driver to make it more fuel efficient.
If this kind of stuff interests you, then you might want to stick around!
Thanks for this helpful video. I think the squeaking noise at the end of your video could be D-bushing. Over time that rubber becomes hardened and gets brittle. Thanks!
WOW! That man is truly a legend. When my friend had to get a new transmission for his brothers mini cooper S, it was an automatic like this but for a FWD so it was different of course but he straight up cut everything with a knife and then emptied all the atf onto the ground I heard and also removed the TC 🤦♂️ so you really made out with this one dude u got super lucky lol
increasing 1kmp milage by any fule combustion system or fule injector system is called very less improvement in milage , but when you get 1kmp increase in milage by reducing friction means it had to reduce friction too much , means ceratec worked huge in what it claimed i hope u got my poin of view
I am planning on using a 'Separation Edging' before the mirror to deflect the air outwards, and if that proves to be ineffective, I'll use the 'Hood Ducting' to deflect air from hitting the mirror.
Where was the arm from? If it was OEM then I guess I would fight the ball joint. If not 3 nuts on the bottom and your done. The OEM is better than aftermarket
you have to take into account that ceratec claims 30k miles of the ceramics staying inside the engine, reducing engine wear, for high mileage engines I think it's worth it besides improving mpg
If you were using that stainless steel socket instead of an impact socket that could have been your issue. The stainless will flex too much to allow the proper transfer of force from the tool to the bolt.
For my air-cooled classic car, an engine rebuild cost about $20k at least if not more. I am glad you proved that Ceratec improves MPG for your auto. I am using it to reduce the engine wear.
Hey nice your job for us! I have a question: Have you ever heard a noise coming from the steering wheel that goes "knock-knock"? Could it be the steering gear?
Yes, I do get a clunk sometimes. I've replaced almost the whole suspension (because it was worn out), and the clunk is still there. So maybe it's in the steering rack? I'm not sure.
hey buddy im Sure you have a video in your inventory somewhere but whats this "catch can"? Is it for oil that is leaked/spilled/burnt? thanks in advance
I'm restoring an old HF trailer. Can you please tell.me how to get bearings out of the hub? They are deep in a round pipe. Or how do you get the hubs of the axle. I don't know what I'm doing but am trying. Thank you.
I have no logical reasoning behind this, but I feel like I'm never going to try an oil additive in my 09 Prius. I will try and have tried gas additives.
Did you get the friction disc LSD or the helical? I'm planning on doing the friction disc one, mainly because I occasionally get the inside wheel off the ground while racing, and the helical really has a issue with that
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I've just found this series a few years late it seems. I was looking for header videos and found yours, the format is great and good information. I've also just seen you have some 90+ videos on this e46 project up until now! Not enough views on your videos so far in my opinion.
You should consider getting an N52 engine. It will swap right in and makes a lot more HP compared to the older M54. Could be bit more fragile though is you intend to supercharge later on. The SI variant of the 3l makes about 264bhp here in the UK. Peach of an engine. Luv and Peace.
I'm from the UK so not sure exactly what E85 is but i'm guessing it's some higher octane fuel less prone to pre-ignition. I think if the tune you had previously had retarded timing before any engine pinking then there probably won't be much extra power if any. That said you can now probably get a lot more aggressive in your tune with cam timing now the fuel is less prone to pre-ignition. Luv and Peace.
Here's the video where I talk about the E85 conversion. I explain E85 and why I'm doing the conversion, in the first 90 seconds or so. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wK9-l3clqCM.html
You may have already got some lightweight wheels, but if you don’t that could help your times as well as your differential. Also the traction control programming is there to minimize one tire fire and save the diff and the only real way to get around leaving it off is to have more tire width on all driven tires. No wheel spin = better time
I don't recall if you have played with the tune (fueling, etc... the Shark tunes aren't cheap, but I would be curious to see if you could measure an improvement on the strip...). Rear diff helping the channel with extra content, haha. Sorry!
