Hi All! I'm new to the forums. I hope you can accept a bimmer on this board.

NEW PICTURES COMING SOON! MORE UPDATES MADE TO CAR! I JUST HAD IT TINTED AND PROFESSIONALLY DETAILED!

1996 BMW M3
-72xxx miles on chassis, ~5k on rebuilt motor
-5-Speed Manual Transmission
-2 Door Coupe
-NEVER driven in snow/rain
-Weekend Summer toy ONLY
-Garage kept (with BMW e36 car cover)
-Non-smoker
-Rarely ever driven with more than 1 passenger; NEVER with more than 2 passengers (nobody sits behind me... I don't scoot my seat up for anybody!)
-No Food/Drinks EVER allowed in car, except for bottled water
-NEVER tracked/roadraced

Factory Options
-HK Premium Sound System
-6 Disc CD Changer
-Electric Power Sunroof
-Heated Leather Seats
-OEM Car Alarm

Exterior
-Cosmos Schwarz Metallic (Black) original paint in excellent condition
-OEM US spec headlights
-OEM Clear Euro BMW taillights
-Smoked side markers (side lights)
-Limo smoked front corner lights (still transparent with amber bulbs; lights up amber at night)
-Front bumper velocity splitters
-Fog light delete covers painted to match Cosmos Black
-Side moldings and side marker moldings painted to match Cosmos Black
-Front plate delete
-Kidney Grills painted to match Cosmos Black
-35% Legal Tint on rear 5 windows

Interior
-Manual Vaders (seats)
-Dove Grey leather interior
-3spoke Steering Wheel
-Gauges (Boost, A/F, Oil Psi, and Temp)
-Full OBC (On-Board Computer) Display

Engine
-s52 3.2L OBDII
-Rebuilt motor (approx. ~5k miles)
-Rebuilt (port & polished, 5angle valve job) head by Pete McHenry with all new guides, springs, valves; resurfaced face
-VAC Multi-Layered Steel (MLS) Head Gasket (0.070 stock thickness)
-ARP Head Studs
-CP Pistons 9.0:1 compression (High temp thermal coating by LO-KO Performance)
-New Rod Bearings & Bolts from VAC
-Stock BMW Forged Rods
-Underdrive Power Pulleys
-New OEM Motor Mounts (less than 5k miles)
-New Engine Gaskets from VAC Motorsports (less than 5k miles)
-New OEM Radiator (less than 5k miles)
-New OEM Thermostat & Waterpump (less than 5k miles)
-M50 Intake Manifold
-Custom Exhaust (No Cat)
-Walbro 255 High Flow Fuel Pump ***hard-wired to Battery
-Mass Air Sensor (3.5” HFM) provided by: Nick Glantzis
-42# Fuel Injectors provided by: Nick Glantzis
-New Oxygen Sensor replacement (less than 100 miles)

Turbo & Components
-Garrett T60-1 Turbo T3/T4 .83 turbine, .70ar compressor, stage III wheel
-Turbonetics T3 Turbo Manifold (High Temp Thermal Coated)
-Front Mount Intercooler
-38mm Greddy External Wastegate (9.6mm spring)
-Tial ByPass Valve
-Greddy Profec-B Spec-II Boost Controller
-VDO Gauges: Boost, Air/Fuel (AEM Wideband), Oil Pressure, Oil Temp
-Tuned by: Nick Glantzis (Technique Tuning.com)
Software changes include: (Increased engine rev limiter, Increased vehicle speed limiter, Remapped fuel and spark maps for custom mass air meter and larger injectors)

Transmission
-5-Speed Manual Transmission
-3.23Limited Slip Differential
-SPEC Stage 3 Clutch & Flywheel
-Rogue Transmission Mounts
-New Bosch Starter
-New Flex Disc/Guibo
-AA Differential Support Bracket

Suspension
-Eibach Springs & Sway Bars
-Bilstein Sport Shocks & Struts
-Motorsport X-brace
-Sway Bar reinforcement plates
-Ground Control rear shock mounts
-Ground Control Shims
-OEM rear trailing arm bushings
-New OEM Control Arms
-New OEM Tie Rods

Brakes
-Brembo Rotors
-Hawk HPS Pads
-Stainless Steel Brake Lines
-Brake Calibers painted semi-gloss black and Rotor Disc centers painted matte black

Wheels/Tires
-Fikse Mach V Wheels 17x8.5 on
Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 245/40/17
Less than 1k miles on tires (<11/32nds)

OR

-Replica Lightweight M3 Wheels 17x7.5 on
Yokohama AVS ES100s 225/45/17 (nearly bald)

Spare:
-Authentic Lightweight M3 Wheel 17x7.5 on
Michelin Pilot SX 225/45/17 (~10/32nds)


Additional Notes
-Motor is capable of pushing 21+psi. I have personally driven the car on 21psi with no issues at all and it is FAST! Though, the car is tuned to 15psi and is typically driven on 9psi on the street. This thing is FAST. I'm talking Z06 killer! With forged rods, low compression pistons, thick MLS headgasket, and rebuilt head - this motor is bulletproof.
-SHOWROOM Condition
-Very minor rock chips (mostly front bumper and a few on the mirrors and fenders)
-ASC Light wills always be on dash (ASC disabled thanks to Nick Glantzis’ software update)
-OEM BMW Battery just put in (less than 3k miles)

-Solid Compression Test Numbers
Measured Fall 2009; roughly 58 degrees outside
Cylinder 1: 154
Cylinder 2: 150
Cylinder 3: 152
Cylinder 4: 152
Cylinder 5: 152
Cylinder 6: 154

-Last Dyno Numbers using Dynojet @ APG Performance:
435 rwhp / 377 @ 15.1 psi

-VIN# WBSBG9320TEY72748

I originally purchased the car in June 2003. During this time I had ran a carfax and even took it to Patrick BMW Dealership in Schaumburg, IL, for an inspection. The carfax turned out clean and the inspection came out in all good news.

A couple of years ago, I posted this car up as a feeler and somebody had ran the VIN via Carfax. An accident had been reported on my vehicle in Iowa from year 2001. This did not appear linked to the VIN # until 2008 --- 7 years later. It did not come up in the Carfax report when I originally checked in June 2003.

Since then, I've been in contact with Carfax to see if there was a mixup in VIN #s and why this was not on the original carfax report that I ran. Apparently, police reports may take up to years to be reported and linked to a VIN. My M3 sustained some kind of damage to the driver side.

On the plus side, I had this car professionally inspected and have had no issues driving it for the 7 years that I've owned it. Any potential buyers, I will gladly let you fully inspect or take to a local dealer to do an inspection.
I hide nothing and still label this M3 as MINT/CLEAN!

I've owned this car for 7 years and only put 20k miles on it since. This car has been babied. Seriously, I've been made fun of for lack of driving it. I'm just too paranoid to take it anywhere and want to keep it in prestine condition. I don't see what's wrong with that. Ha!



I am looking for $19,250 with the Fikse Mach V wheels /Advan Neova tires, as currently on the car --- or, $17,250 with the replica LTW Wheels/Yoko ES100 tires.

Serious buyers or any questions, please PM.

-Mark

 

 

 

 

Here is a pic of most of the receipts during my ownership and some even prior.

I am going to have them all on PDF soon. Buyer will receive history.

 

Photos from this weekend. Thoughts?

 

More photos:






Photos edited to show amber corners and "clear" corners:

 

That's a nice car man.. free bump

 

Thank you!

 

that beemer is sick nasty. If I had the cash money I'd buy it now.

What are your opinions on the coated pistons? Do you think they contribute a noticible amount to performance or did you do if just because you wanted to go all the way with the build?