Mod list as of 3/25/24
- ESS VT1 Supercharger
- 3.4 inch Vortech pulley
- Laptorr Sport exhaust
- StageFP Air to Water Intercooler/Intake Manifold
- Active Autowerke headers
- 1000cc injectors
- PRW Stage 2.5 V2 bucketed fuel pump
- PRW In-tank fuel filter and regulator
- Custom dyno tune by StageFP
- JB Racing flywheel
- ClutchMasters FX350 Stage 3
- Earl's 12 inch Oil Cooler
- Brown & Miller Racing Solutions braided oil cooler hoses
- Improved Racing 185° thermostat
- CSF Racing aluminum radiator
- F30 Performance brakes 370/350mm 2 piece rotors
- E9X M3 brake master cylinder
- Ferodo DS2500 Pads
- TC Kline SA Coilovers [400/600 spring rates]
- M3 upper and lower control arms
- AKG lower shock mounts and upper shock bushings
- 22RPD SSK
- 22RPD DSSR
- Dinan carbon fiber strut tower brace
- E93 M3 front swaybar
- UUC adjustable swaybar end links
- Macht Schnell 75mm stud conversion
- Volk Racing TE37 Saga SL 18x9et23 square
- Advan Apex 255/35/18 square
- M3 subframe reinforcement plate
- UUC Grand Am spec wing
- ECS carbon fiber lip spoiler
- M3 carbon fiber crash bars
- 335is front bumper inlets and fender liners
- BMW Performance carbon fiber front splitter
- BMS oil catch can
- Mishimoto check valve
- BMS cowl filters
- Turner motorsport cowl covers
- Turner Motorsport IAT Relocator
- OMP 1010 pedals
- H3R Performance Halguard extinguisher
Current power figures: 459whp/328wtq. See page 3 for latest power adders and dyno sheet!
Look at me down there wishing for 300 horsepower. Such simpler times.
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I've owned this car for about a year and a half at the time of writing this, so I figured now is a better time than any to start documenting what I've done to it. My goal is to be as close to 300 horsepower and 3,000 pounds as I can while still being comfortable and fairly reliable. I plan to track the car pretty heavily going forward so I look forward to learning about setting up a car for the track.
It's a 2011 328i with a 6 speed manual and the M-Sport package. It's LeMans Blue with a Saddle Brown interior. Here it is when I first picked it up. I bought the car from Nashville, TN in September of 2018 with 55k miles on it. I drove about 12 hours round trip to pick it up.
At the time, I owned a fairly basic automatic 2008 328i coupe with north of 140k miles. It had H&R lowering springs, a 135i "BBK", and AG M355 wheels. That was my first car, and I loved it so much that I wanted to find the best example that I could to build my dream car. Here they are together.
The first mod that I did was an F30/F80 brake upgrade and a set of style 437M wheels. The brake upgrade included BMW Performance calipers, 2 piece front and rear ECS rotors, and stainless steel braided lines. The work was done by Mike, James, and Kaz at DeCoster Autowerke in Salisbury, NC.
Since it's a 328i, some fabrication had to be done to retain the e-brake functionality. This involved cutting and welding a set of 335i e-brake shoes to the existing shoes to space them out. It's a solution that I found on another thread on here, and it works perfectly.
The next mod that I did was a full header-back exhaust system. I went with Active Autowerke headers and had them JetHot coated. From the header back, I have a Laptorr exhaust system.
Here's how it sounds.
Shortly after, I did the 3-stage intake manifold conversion and had it tuned by Bimmer Performance Center. BPC no longer does tunes as Bob has left to start StageFP.
I had it dyno'd by BPC on their first dyno day of the year.
Not too shabby, it made 242whp and 229wtq.
Since then, I have added a Turner Motorsport intake and intake boot.
The most recent mods that I've done are mostly visual. I added a BMW performance carbon fiber front lip for the LCI M-Sport bumper, an ECS carbon lip spoiler, and a UUC Grand Am spec rear wing. The wing gets mixed reviews, but I've had my heart set on it and as a fan of racing, I absolutely love it.
Thanks for reading.
-M2M-