My 1997 BMW 328is

Specs:

Exterior

• Original Madeira Violet Paint
• OEM M3 side mirrors
• OEM M3 side moldings (with BMW Motorsport insert)
• OEM BMW clear front, side, and rear indicators
• OEM ZKW Ellipsoid headlight assembly
• McCullough 4300ºk HID low beams
• Racing Dynamics K55 Hurricane front bumper cover w/ Hella ellipsoid fog lights
• Racing Dynamics side skirts
• Racing Dynamics rear bumper cover
• Kidney grill surrounds painted Madeira Violet
• disabled daytime running lights (replaced Canadian spec high-beam relay with a US spec one)
• disabled front parking lights, enabled city lights in the ellipsoids
• Street - 17x8" BBS RK rims w/ Toyo T1R 235/40R17 tires
• Track - 17x8" BBS RK rims w/ Toyo RA-1 235/40R17 tires
• all fender lips have been rolled to increase tire to fender clearance
• JT-Designs front bumper under tray

Interior

• Sparco Evo L driver seat (black)
• Original Dove Grey interior w/ passenger sport seat
• Momo Commando steering wheel (black/grey)
• Momo steering wheel hub
• Momo Shot S shifter knob
• OMP adjustable steering wheel spacer (silver)
• Racing Dynamics manual pedal set, w/ dead pedal
• BMW fire extinguisher with factory under seat mount
• Factory BMW 10-speaker cassette AM/FM stereo and 6-disc changer
• Odyssey PC680 lightweight battery (15lbs)
• Euro fog light switch
• Rear seat delete
• Rear seat sound deadening delete
• Spare tire and jack delete

Suspension/Chassis

• Bilstein PSS coilovers, removed helper springs and spring spacer on struts.
• Ground Control Race Camber/Caster plates (front) (solid mount)
• BMW Motorsport front strut mount reinforcements
• Eibach Anti-roll bars (soft front, stiff rear setting)
• BMW Motorsport X-brace
• Ground Control street (urethane) rear shock mounts (bushings in track position)
• 96+ M3 control arms
• 95 M3 rear trailing arms
• Racing Dynamics front strut bar
• Powerflex Urethane offset front control arm bushings (set wide, increased caster)
• +96 M3 trailing arm bushings and Ground Control shims
• removed under hood foam liner

Brakes

• M3 front and rear calipers, modified front M3 caliper carriers (machined down 0.295"/7.5mm around spindle mounting holes).
• Euro M3 floating front rotors
• OEM M3 rear rotors
• Hawk HP+ front and rear brake pads
• Technafit steel braided lines
• 95 M3 master cylinder

Drivetrain

• OEM Sachs E34 M5 (3.6L) clutch kit
• UUC Stage II lightweight flywheel (8.5lbs)
• Homemade clutch-stop (thanks MP328)
• ZM3 shifter, lead-weighted selector rod (check www.understeer.com for more info)
• UUC ERK (effort reducing kit) cup
• UUC delrin shiftcarrier bushing
• UUC transmission mounts w/ enforcers
• M3 halfshafts/CV axles
• M3 3.38:1 limited slip differential
• Clutch delay valve delete

Engine

• Carbonio cold air intake w/ 6" carbon pipe extension
• fan delete mod (check www.understeer.com for more info)
• Racing Dynamics Sport cat-back exhaust
• removed ASC+T throttle body, replaced with 98 M-roadster intake boot.
• removed AC belt (extra throttle response, and only in the colder months)
• UUC underdrive pulleys (blue)
• ECU/DME socketed by Eurospeed
• Eurospeed EEPROM with AA M50 intake manifold software
• M50 intake manifold with Eurospeed M50 intake manifold kit
• 99 M52B32 camshafts (from US spec M3)
• Ireland Engineering urethane engine mounts
• Aluminum thermostat housing

Fluids

• Engine Oil - Mobil 1 5W30 (colder months), Mobil 1 15W50 (summer)
• Transmission Oil - Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF
• Differential Oil - Redline 75W90NS
• Engine Coolant - 30/70 mix BMW blue coolant and distilled water, w/ 710mL of Redline Water Wetter
• Brake Fluid - ATE Super Blue Racing

Misc

• Bell Sport III helmet
• CSC Racing Karting neck brace
• I/O Port Racing headrest camera mount
• Sony NetMD MZ-N505 w/ tape adapter
• BMW glovebox cigarette adapter
• homemade ELM323 (ISO) v3.0 chip OBD-II scanner
• G-Tech Pro Competition v4.0
• Motorola i305 and i205 (used for GPS readings and mapping)
• IBM Thinkpad T20 (for GPS, G-tech, and OBD-II logging)
• HP iPAQ H2200 (for music, GPS, and OBD-II logging)

Performance Numbers 

• Top Speed¹: 241.8km/h/150.2mph (gear limited, 7000rpm redline in 5th gear)
• 0-100km/h²:  6.393
• 0-200km/h:  24.75
• 0-60MPH:  6.048
• 0-100MPH:  15.147
• Standing 1/4 Mile³: 14.190 @ 96.53mph
• Horsepower⁴: 190bhp (141.7kW), approx. 170.7rwhp (123.3rwkW)@ 5250rpm (going to the dyno in the Summer)
• Torque⁴: 206ft-lbs, approx. 190rwft-lbs. @ 4000rpm
• Weight: approx. 3120lbs/1415kg (I'm getting the car weighed in the Spring)
• Power to displacement ratio: 67.86 hp/L
• Power to weight ratio: 60.9hp/ton (134.23hp/metric tonne)

¹ Top speed was measured with a Motorola i305 GPS receiver, and was measured on November 12th, 2004.

² 0-xxx figures from G-Tech Pro Competition

³ ran at Toronto Motorsport Park in Cayuga, ON on October 23th, 2004, 13.5ºC

⁴ power figures taken from a 97 328i baseline dyno chart from Active Autowerks.

Alignment Specs

* ride height measured from wheel centre to top of fender lip

Upcoming installs/modifications  (waiting for warmer weather and time)

• 18 button OBC conversion
• Rear subframe reinforcements, urethane rear subframe mounts, solid differential bushings (yet to buy)

Wishlist (maybe within the next years)

• VDO vision gauges, oil pressure, oil temp (switched between engine, transmission, differential, coolant temp)
• 4-point weld in roll bar

For Sale (preferably buyers local to the Toronto area)

• Stock 328 exhaust with chrome tips
• US spec headlight assemblies
• Daytime Running Light module (fits 96+ e36's without DRL)
• stock airbox (fits all 96+ inline-6 e36's)
• 328 side mirrors, (Madeira Violet)
• 328 sport package front and rear anti-roll bars
• non-M e36 door and fender moldings
• e36 325/8 lower rear bumper trim (good for 318/320/323 upgrading to twin tip exhausts)
• e36 trailing arms
• e36 rear calipers
• e36 parking brake cables
• e36 15" wheels
• e36 16" sport wheel (my spare)

Thanks to:

• MaxBimmer.com and it's members (especially Bruce, Randy, John, Bryan, Miguel)
• DTMPower.net
• BimmerForums.com
• Rob @ UUC Motorwerks
• James @ Bimmerworld
• Alex @ Eurospeed
• Guys @ Carbonio
• Gerry, Rolf, Pat, and everyone at the BMW Club, Trillium Chapter
• Paulo at Switch
• Charlie at Bimmersport Automotive

For any questions or comments, feel free to email me at thinair@maxbimmer.com, or on MSN at npapel@hotmail.com

Last updated May 27th, 2006