You're right about adding power to E46. Same thing with my M3. You have to go forced induction which really cost a lot of money. It's not worth doing a supercharger. These engines need a Turbo. 300 wheel on an M3 is actually very easy. Just delete the cats and get a cheap pair of eBay headers and a free-flowing exhaust and mid pipe. Not cheap but getting 300 RWHP is easy as standing on your head. you get about 25 horsepower from the cat delete and really only about 5 horsepower exhaust system. I don't care what they advertise. I did everything by the book and even had an expensive Dyno tune and ended up with 301 horsepower at the rear wheel. It's scoots, but it ain't no Turbo. There is absolutely absolutely no kick in the pants when it comes to torque. Torque is non-existent unless you put a turbo on. Then you can get huge numbers and torque and horsepower are both. Getting anything above that is not worth it unless you go forced induction. Superchargers have a gerbil power curve and give you very little torque. I'm doing voice to text I meant to say terrible. But gerbil actually works too. LOL. Superchargers totally suck on these cars. But a good turbo setup will make your balls disappear for a month. They will drop back down eventually. You can make Yuuge power with turbos. But the cost is horriffic. But totally worth it.
Its weird that you both dislike the power that the e46 put out. I kept my e46 2003 sedan and spent big bucks to keep it running good because of the power it puts out driving uphills on mountain grades. I also like driving it on snow when its on the S MODE. Overall its the most fun car i have ever driven all year round and i have driven expensive cars but nothing beats the e46 all season driving experience.
I need to make one of these videos. I have to say man I'd definitely get rid of that pointed shift knob and put the stock steering wheel with updated airbag back in. Safety 1st. Also the second E46 color is great, pretty rare too and very clean. What is that color called?
The Valve Cover and Oil Filter Housing Gasket/Vanos line are definitely possible for the average person to do with ramps. The Oil Pan Gasket is the bitch because you have to really have balls to get and engine brace to tackle that one. Outside of that, i've found the e46 to be relatively easy for the average person to work on. The one area you didn't mention is that when you start replacing the cooling system, don't even mess around with just doing the expansion tank and those components when they fail. Go ahead and just replace the radiator if its never been done while you are there; especially if the car has over like 120k.
You must know by now that the wood trim interior is by far the easiest thing to update on your car surely? It pops out in seconds and can be vinyl wrapped, dipped or resprayed to your desires. As for the bumper well yeah it sucks but for $100 (unpainted) you get the M sport or M3 style.
For a notchy transmission drain your fluid and put in an equal amount of Redline D4 ATF. Do some research this is perfectly okay with BMW. call Turner Motorsports in Massachusetts. Ask for Doug. Talk to him about it. They have packages with Red line products for both your differential and your transmission. Some guys using MTL, some guys use Royal Purple synchromax. Listen to Turner Motorsport and use Redline D4 ATF. No more. notchy.
Don't look at any other video that shoplife vlogs for fixing window regulator and many other things. The guy is superb and lives and breathes E46 Beemers.
Jason is fantastic and his girl also. Their work ethic is unbelievable! Bet you dream about an M3 engine conversion in yours too huh! Did you watch the E46 with the V10 M5 conversion on a different channel? Holy hell!
This is the best channel about the e46 in total, great videos! Keep it goin but you just never got back to me about the steps to the custom exhaust you did!
Notification gang‼️Keep up the great vids bro! Quick question if you don’t mind. Being a college student and having project cars such as the g35 and bmw, how do you manage between school and car parts? I ask because I’m about to start my senior year of high school and well your vids are inspiring. Love from Chicago💨💯
Arnold Rodriguez I'm a currently a senior still but graduating very soon. I currently only own the BMW. The G35 was sold to a relative. I work a part time job and waste 90% of my income on my car. I also have a small RU-vid income to help out with bills. It's very hard building a car with little cash but to make an impact in the RU-vid scene you have to make sacrifices! All I can say is, if you're financially responsible and work hard, you can do it! Thanks for the support!
What is more expensive on maintaining when it come to a 330ci or a g35. I’m thinking about the 330ci but might have to go with a 35 sedan since I heard it’s a bit more reliable. Also, how much would you say I should save before I purchase either one in case something does go wrong. Thanks!
The 330i is more expensive to maintain if you're not doing the labor yourself. G35s are more reliable on my experience but burn oil like no tomorrow. Depending on where you live will determine how much you need to save up since each state has roughly different prices. Here, a good condition e46 or g35 goes for 6K. I'd have 2K on the side for maintenance for both!
What a BUNCHA PUNKS! Nah lol love your vids. But i live in Orlando fl. An my mechanic (no bullshit indy shops) charges $80 valve cover an $200 oil pan gaskets. Had 3 e46's an always went to him! Seems pricey where your at 😥. An to bruce. The comment you made about 3 series Bmw's not being made without much power like the S2k. I'm unsure if you've heard of the BMW 330i 🤔 or for that sake the 330i ZHP package that makes around 235hp! 🙃 time for a upgrades perhaps 🤔
Thanks for watching! Here in California it's much more expensive! My 330i only makes 225 to the crank which is close to the S2K but it has two more cylinders. Obviously compression and other factors come into play but it's pretty crazy seeing smaller NA engines with less cylinders put out more power.
Wow ...you poor tha ng....I think you should buy a 4 cyl.you miss the whole torque game .Bmw now uses many turbo s to make horses.......in my e39 540 I it's 70 mph at 2100 ...high torque at low rpm. A 2.5 naturally aspirated motor is a great power plant ....dinan makes great stuff also...
bro you don't know e46 if you think it is hard to get 300whp out of an m3, my friend has an smg(horrible) comp and he has just headers and a tune putting out 320whp.
