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Project E46 M3 sitting pretty on lightweight D-Force wheels and BFG Rival tires. We’ll discuss these, along with our new brakes and tires, in detail, and include real-world testing, later in Part 6.…

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AEM’s Infinity Plug & Play ECU For U.S. Spec BMW E46 M3

Jeff Naeyaert

AEM’s Infinity Plug & Play ECU for U.S. Spec BMW E46 M3 AEM has released its Infinity Plug & Play programmable ECU for the North American 2001-’06 BMW E46…

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Project E36 M3: Part 1 – Taming the Wobbly Beast

JonathanLawson

Project E36 M3: Part 1 – Taming the Wobbly Beast by Jonathan Lawson I'm an addict. A full-fledged, mainlining, E36 M3 addict, and I haven't been able to lift myself out…

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Grand-Am Road Racing at Kansas Speedway

JonathanLawson

Grand-Am Road Racing at Kansas Speedway by Jonathan Lawson While Kansas City has had its share of professional racing at Kansas Speedway, the only thing missing was a professional road…

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Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man’s M3, Part 5 – Intake and Software

JonathanLawson

Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man's M3, Part 5 – Intake and Software By Jonathan Lawson In Part 4 of our Poor Man's M3 project, we added a more…

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Radium Fuel Surge Tank Kit For The BMW E46

Jeff Naeyaert

Radium Fuel Surge Tank Kit For The BMW E46 Radium Engineering is proud to release a newly developed Fuel Surge Tank installation kit for all BMW E46 models (excluding…

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Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man’s M3, Part 4 – Exhaust

JonathanLawson

Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man's M3, Part 4 – Exhaust By Jonathan Lawson Now that our E36 323is is hustling through the corners a bit more sure-footedly, there's…

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Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man’s M3, Part 3 – Brakes, Wheels, Tires

JonathanLawson

Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man's M3, Part 3 – Brakes, Wheels, Tires By Jonathan Lawson Next up on our Project E36 323is is giving it more grip…

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Radium Engineering Releases A Line Of Products For The BMW E46

Jeff Naeyaert

Radium Engineering Releases A Line Of Products For The BMW E46 Radium Engineering has just released a line of products for the BMW E46 chassis. These include a comprehensive…

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Project E36- How to Install a Seibon Carbon Hood

NicholasBetz

Project E36- How to Install a Seibon Carbon Hood By Nick Betz Project E36 is a pretty well used car. It has been a non pampered, non garaged daily driver…

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Fall-Line Motorsports

PabloMazlumian

A Tour of Fall-Line Motorsports “So, if money was no object…” by Pablo Mazlumian If you like Porsches, BMWs, boosted imports, domestics and all-out racecars, check this out. We take a…

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Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man’s M3, Part 2 – Suspension Overhaul Completion

JonathanLawson

Project E36 323is: Building the Poor Man's M3, Part 2 -Suspension Overhaul Completion By Jonathan Lawson The next stage of our suspension overhaul—replacing dampers and springs—is where most…

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Sneak Peek: Mike Essa and GSR Autosport’s E46 Build

Khiem Dinh

Sneak Peek: Mike Essa and GSR Autosport’s E46 Build By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…

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2013 Modified StreetCar Shootout – The Rules, The Cars, The Big Tease.

WesDumalski

2013 Modified StreetCar Shootout – The Rules, The Cars, The Big Tease By Wes Dumalski and Sarah Forst Like all good stories, this one starts on the airplane while in…

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Project E46 M3, Part 1: Dyno and acceleration testing

PabloMazlumian

Project E46 M3: Part 1 – Dyno and Acceleration Testing – Can We Hit 300 WHP? by Pablo Mazlumian The E46 M3 is a dream car for many enthusiasts. It's fast, has…

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Project BMW E36 323is, Building the Poor Man’s M3 Part 1

JonathanLawson

Project E36 323is: Part 1, Building the Poor Man's M3 Part 1 – Suspension Overhaul Basics By Jonathan Lawson The BMW 3-series has been widely accepted as one of…

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Global Time Attack Round 6 – Buttonwillow Raceway II

JustinBanner

Global Time Attack Round 6 – Buttonwillow II By Justin Banner For a while there, it seemed like there would be only one team that would dominate the Global Time…

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Avon Tyres British GT Championship : Round 1 – Oulton Park

ColinHolte

Avon Tyres British GT Championship : Round 1 – Oulton Park By Nat Twiss Sitting comfortably? I'll begin with the format of the championship – 25 cars were lined up…

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Berk Technology Continues Win Streak at ETGP

Jeff Naeyaert

Berk Technology Continues Win Streak at ETGP Each year EuroTuner Magazine invites the top US tuning shops to compete in a three day battle dubbed the EuroTuner Grand Prix…

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Driver Blog: Tyler McQuarrie

EfrainOlivares

Driver Blog: Tyler McQuarrie By Tyler McQuarrie People say “winning isn't everything”, but in racing it is everything and the reason we are all out there. To win! Going into…

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MotoIQ’s Guide to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series

EfrainOlivares

MotoIQ's Guide to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series By Efrain Olivares While no doubt some of you have heard of the 24 Hours of Daytona, I'm…

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Turbosmart – New Kompact BMW Kit

Jeff Naeyaert

Turbosmart – New Kompact BMW Kit Specifically designed to suit the latest turbocharged BMW cars, the Kompact BMW Kit consists of two Dual Port or Plumb Back Kompact…

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Auto Talent M3 – A Cheetah in Zebra’s Clothing

Khiem Dinh

Auto Talent M3 – A Cheetah In Zebra’s Clothing By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…

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TESTED – ST Suspensions’ BMW E36 M3 Street Suspension Reviewed

Mike Kojima

ST Suspensions' BMW E36 M3 Street Suspension Reviewed By Mike Kojima The BMW E36 M3 is a car that that was destined to become a cult classic. The E36 was…

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Event Coverage: MFEST V “The Ultimatum” – Las Vegas

LauraHeng

MFEST V “The Ultimatum” Las Vegas April 22 – 24 By Laura Heng, Photos by Anthony Massie and Brian Nguyen, European Auto Source MFEST is a journey all BMW ///M…

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Hard as F*ck!- Mike Essa’s BMW Z4 Drift Monster

Mike Kojima

Hard as F*ck!- Mike Essa’s BMW Z4 Drift Monster By Mike Kojima In the 2010 Formula D season, GSR Autosport/Nitto Tires driver Mike Essa grabbed plenty of Media attention with…

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INDUSTRY NEWS: Fastbrakes 2004-2007 BMW 5 Series Kits

Jeff Naeyaert

Fastbrake’s New BMW 5 Series Front and Rear Brake Kits Fastbrake Enterprises LLC announces the release of 2 new kits for the 2004-2007 BMW 5 series. The front kit…

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Afterhours Automotive’s Carbon BMW 850 Roof!

Jeff Naeyaert

Afterhours Automotive's Carbon BMW 850 Roof! MotoIQ Staff Report Afterhours Automotive is one of the shops MotoIQ uses when we have a special project. Master fabricator Brian Kono, owner of…

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Performance Friction’s Killer BMW 135i Brake System. Track Tested, Street Durable!

Mike Kojima

Performance Friction’s Killer BMW 135i Brake System. Track Tested, Street Durable! By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert In a Time Attack car, the brake system is just as…

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How To Rebuild Brake Calipers

Mike Kojima

How To Rebuild Brake Calipers (example shown on an E36 BMW M3) By Billy Johnson Rebuilding the brakes is not as challenging as it may seem. There are only a…

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BMW
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Berk Technology’s BMW 135i Time Attack Demonstrator

Jeff Naeyaert

Berk Technology's BMW 135i Time Attack Demonstrator Text and photos by Jeff Naeyaert When Berk Technology set out to build a time attack car, their intent was not to…

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A Look Inside: The Rahal Letterman ALMS GT BMW M3 Coupes

Mike Kojima

A Look Inside: The Rahal Letterman ALMS GT BMW M3 Coupes By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert Thanks to our friends at Volk Wheels, the technical staff at…