Building the E92 328csl

Biginboca · 06-13-2021, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Ill come to florida and challenge you to a duel. My 330i vs your 328i

I’m not looking for a duel I’m just out having fun and working on my skills. This is my daily driver and it’s a street car, and I have nothing to prove.

I was just glad to finally get a chance to benchmark against a E46M3, only because it was always my target with this build. I even said so in the opening post of this build thread from years ago. So it feels good to see that I hit the target!

2one3E90 · 06-13-2021, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Biginboca

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Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Ill come to florida and challenge you to a duel. My 330i vs your 328i

I’m not looking for a duel I’m just out having fun and working on my skills. This is my daily driver and it’s a street car, and I have nothing to prove.

I was just glad to finally get a chance to benchmark against a E46M3, only because it was always my target with this build. I even said so in the opening post of this build thread from years ago. So it feels good to see that I hit the target!

We have dogfight! My 255hp stock. Im trying to copy your build but instead with b12 prokit. Yours is legendary tier Bmw now. It should be in Bmw magazine. "Florida Man creates 328i CSL in his Garage!"

Biginboca · 06-13-2021, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 2one3E90

We have dogfight! My 255hp stock. Im trying to copy your build but instead with b12 prokit. Yours is legendary tier Bmw now. It should be in Bmw magazine. "Florida Man creates 328i CSL in his Garage!"

Hahaha… thanks! Ok sounds good…

Btw I don’t have a garage. I have a carport

2one3E90 · 06-13-2021, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Biginboca

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Originally Posted by 2one3E90

We have dogfight! My 255hp stock. Im trying to copy your build but instead with b12 prokit. Yours is legendary tier Bmw now. It should be in Bmw magazine. "Florida Man creates 328i CSL in his Garage!"

Hahaha… thanks! Ok sounds good…

Btw I don't have a garage. I have a carport

AHHH YES. "Florida Man makes 328csl in CarPort in Humid weather without snapon tools!"

Phil325i · 06-14-2021, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 2one3E90

AHHH YES. "Florida Man makes 328csl in CarPort in Humid weather without snapon tools!"

Agreed! Al is a legend.

Tambohamilton · 06-14-2021, 06:05 AM

He does provide some inspiration

Last night I ordered a handful of ball joints for the back end of my e91. Also been swapping in M3 arms here and there, and pondering reinforcements.

P.S. Al, how are your Meyle ball joints holding up so far? I've ordered them for the trailing arms on mine.

Biginboca · 06-14-2021, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 2one3E90

AHHH YES. "Florida Man makes 328csl in CarPort in Humid weather without snapon tools!"

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Originally Posted by Phil325i

Agreed! Al is a legend.

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Originally Posted by Tambohamilton

He does provide some inspiration

Last night I ordered a handful of ball joints for the back end of my e91. Also been swapping in M3 arms here and there, and pondering reinforcements.

P.S. Al, how are your Meyle ball joints holding up so far? I've ordered them for the trailing arms on mine.

Thanks guys! I love that others appreciate the build so much. I mean, I love it but it’s nice to see others do too

The Meyle joints are great! No issues no complaints. Meyle is an OEM supplier so I would have no concerns.

tetsuo111 · 06-14-2021, 11:05 AM

I owe you a call, Al. Have just been slammed. Glad to see your progress!

aphael · 06-14-2021, 09:31 PM

Hey there, been on this build and have been gathering a lot of inspiration from you. Recently just upgraded to the e90 335i brakes and was wondering how you coded sport brakes in? Did you do it through winkfp, ncsexpert, or ista-p? Going to a track day pretty soon, so really excited to see what the car can do against my friends' track s2000 and e36 m3s

Biginboca · 06-15-2021, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by aphael

Hey there, been on this build and have been gathering a lot of inspiration from you. Recently just upgraded to the e90 335i brakes and was wondering how you coded sport brakes in? Did you do it through winkfp, ncsexpert, or ista-p? Going to a track day pretty soon, so really excited to see what the car can do against my friends' track s2000 and e36 m3s

Hey,

I tried doing it through the Bimmergeeks Pro Tool but couldn’t get it to work, so my buddy had to do it with his laptop. He had to use winkfp to change the VO to add “+SPBR”

The use NCS Expert to code the entire car so all the modules will change settings to reflect the new change on the VO.

Biginboca · 06-16-2021, 03:25 AM

I don’t think I ever shared this here. When I did the front F80 spindle swap and wanted to keep my F30 brakes instead of swapping to F80 brakes I had to make a spacer to go behind the brake rotor. This is because of the 11mm offset the F80 spindles push the brake caliper mount outwards towards the wheel face.

If I put a 11mm spacer behind the rotor I would lose the hub lip for wheel mounting, and also the caliper would hit the inside of my wheel. So I took 6 mm of materiel off the spindles which I showed here before.

I also used a 5mm wheel spacer behind the brake rotor to get the full 11mm offset. A wheel spacer has a smaller ID than what fits over the base of the hub. I made myself a lathe set up to open up the ID of the Rotor Spacer I was making and then used a custom Hubcentric Ring to center the rotor against the spacer.

Swipe Right to see all the pics of how I did it on my custom “Premium Unleaded” powered lathe

Tambohamilton · 06-16-2021, 09:05 AM

Love it!

tetsuo111 · 06-16-2021, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Biginboca

I made myself a lathe set up to open up the ID of the Rotor Spacer I was making and then used a custom Hubcentric Ring to center the rotor against the spacer.

Swipe Right to see all the pics of how I did it on my custom “Premium Unleaded” powered lathe

Skateboard lathe?

You win for creativity and fun factor!

IllSic_Design · 06-16-2021, 05:06 PM

Now that's some backyard ingenuity that not even I would have thought of, and I'm good at coming up with crazy tricks/solutions to do things. PROPS!!!!

Tambohamilton · 06-16-2021, 05:25 PM

I love how precarious and ingenious it all is. But I'm fortunate enough to work in engineering/fabrication, so I have (indirect) access to actual lathes, laser cutters, etc for free or cheap...I would have just got some spacers cut from sheet for £5 each at the most!

The use of the skateboard is next-level bodge though. So good!

Biginboca · 06-16-2021, 06:19 PM

New petrolicious video on the CSL. I always enjoy their content but this subject makes it even better!

RealJ22 · 06-16-2021, 11:50 PM

Get it weighed already. I want to see how we compare.

Biginboca · 06-17-2021, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RealJ22

Get it weighed already. I want to see how we compare.

Soon! I have a sagging headliner that I need to address and then will get it weighed.

Tambohamilton · 06-17-2021, 05:10 PM

I like that you can see the tyre deformation on the outside front in this pic

Biginboca · 06-17-2021, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tambohamilton

I like that you can see the tyre deformation on the outside front in this pic

I never noticed that lol. I like how you can see the CSL style Ram intake in that pic. In most front end pics of my car you can’t make out the opening.

tetsuo111 · 06-18-2021, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Biginboca

New petrolicious video on the CSL. I always enjoy their content but this subject makes it even better!

3.0 CSL - It has to be amongst my favorite cars produced by Munich, on a pretty short list. Bravo!

E91Swagger · 06-21-2021, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 2one3E90

We have dogfight! My 255hp stock. Im trying to copy your build but instead with b12 prokit. Yours is legendary tier Bmw now. It should be in Bmw magazine. "Florida Man creates 328i CSL in his Garage!"

You're not the only one, suspect many of us here are trying to copy his build

06-14-2021, 06:05 AM	#732
Tambohamilton Brigadier General 3058 Rep 3,909 Posts Drives: E91 330d Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Herefordshire iTrader: (0)	He does provide some inspiration Last night I ordered a handful of ball joints for the back end of my e91. Also been swapping in M3 arms here and there, and pondering reinforcements. P.S. Al, how are your Meyle ball joints holding up so far? I've ordered them for the trailing arms on mine. Last edited by Tambohamilton; 06-14-2021 at 06:36 AM..
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tetsuo111 Save the Manuals! 1227 Rep 1,239 Posts Drives: E91 RWD 6MT, X3, Ducati S4R Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: PNW iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 E91 6MT RWD &q ... [0.00] 2005 Ducati S4R 996 [0.00] 2000 Ducati M750 [0.00] RIP - 2011 E91 328i ... [10.00]	I owe you a call, Al. Have just been slammed. Glad to see your progress! __________________ 2011 6MT RWD ClubSport Wagon \| 3,185lbs \| 1 of 149 ZSPs delivered in North America Outside: BMW M-Aero, Euro region lighting, Seibon \| Inside: M3 cockpit, Recaro SPG, Prototipo, AutoSolutions SSK, UCP \| Stop: M3 ST-40R, PFC \| Grip: Solid-mounted subframes, rear coilover conversion, M3 Nitron R3, Hyperco, SPL, AKG, ARC8 \| Go: StageFP, CF snorkel, 3IM, MILVs, SuperSprint headers, Dundon Motorsports Inconel exhaust, VoltPhreaks \| Cool: CSF \| PCA #2018100384 \| BMW CCA #505794
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aphael Second Lieutenant 90 Rep 223 Posts Drives: E92 328i 6MT Join Date: May 2020 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 BMW 328i [0.00]	Hey there, been on this build and have been gathering a lot of inspiration from you. Recently just upgraded to the e90 335i brakes and was wondering how you coded sport brakes in? Did you do it through winkfp, ncsexpert, or ista-p? Going to a track day pretty soon, so really excited to see what the car can do against my friends' track s2000 and e36 m3s __________________ 2007 E92 328i 6MT \| KW V3 \| 3SI \| SSR Type-C 18x9.5/10.5 \| AA Headers
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06-16-2021, 03:25 AM	#737
Biginboca Colonel 3764 Rep 2,738 Posts Drives: 2009 E92 328i 6MT Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Boynton Beach, FL... USA iTrader: (3)	I don’t think I ever shared this here. When I did the front F80 spindle swap and wanted to keep my F30 brakes instead of swapping to F80 brakes I had to make a spacer to go behind the brake rotor. This is because of the 11mm offset the F80 spindles push the brake caliper mount outwards towards the wheel face. If I put a 11mm spacer behind the rotor I would lose the hub lip for wheel mounting, and also the caliper would hit the inside of my wheel. So I took 6 mm of materiel off the spindles which I showed here before. I also used a 5mm wheel spacer behind the brake rotor to get the full 11mm offset. A wheel spacer has a smaller ID than what fits over the base of the hub. I made myself a lathe set up to open up the ID of the Rotor Spacer I was making and then used a custom Hubcentric Ring to center the rotor against the spacer. Swipe Right to see all the pics of how I did it on my custom “Premium Unleaded” powered lathe __________________ My E92 328csl Build Thread My 328csl Instagram Page
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06-16-2021, 09:05 AM	#738
Tambohamilton Brigadier General 3058 Rep 3,909 Posts Drives: E91 330d Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Herefordshire iTrader: (0)	Love it!
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IllSic_Design Colonel 2123 Rep 2,758 Posts Drives: 09 E92 335i Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Northern California iTrader: (1)	Now that's some backyard ingenuity that not even I would have thought of, and I'm good at coming up with crazy tricks/solutions to do things. PROPS!!!!
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Tambohamilton Brigadier General 3058 Rep 3,909 Posts Drives: E91 330d Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Herefordshire iTrader: (0)	I love how precarious and ingenious it all is. But I'm fortunate enough to work in engineering/fabrication, so I have (indirect) access to actual lathes, laser cutters, etc for free or cheap...I would have just got some spacers cut from sheet for £5 each at the most! The use of the skateboard is next-level bodge though. So good!
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Biginboca Colonel 3764 Rep 2,738 Posts Drives: 2009 E92 328i 6MT Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Boynton Beach, FL... USA iTrader: (3)	New petrolicious video on the CSL. I always enjoy their content but this subject makes it even better! __________________ My E92 328csl Build Thread My 328csl Instagram Page
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RealJ22 Captain 1039 Rep 753 Posts Drives: E92 CT200h Cayman Boxster RC Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: WI / AZ iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 BMW 335i [0.00]	Get it weighed already. I want to see how we compare. __________________ Long Beach Blue E92 with Carbon Fiber Roof Build Thread
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