Vehicle Owner

Member ID: eagle483

Location: Rockton, IL

Vehicle Info

1999 BMW M3

Bought: Oct, 2005

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile13.96 sec @ 100 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed145mph
  • HP246
  • Weight3000lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Ratings

    • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Sep 14, 2009

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Calvin’s BMW M3
“Danica”

  • Currently 4.0695652173913 /5 Stars.
124 guestbook comments

Well, I was home for leave before leaving for Iraq, and did a TON of work on the car.

Rebuilt calipers
TCKline 6pt Rollcage
New Control arms, tie rods, UUC FCABS, boots, clamps for the front suspension
Upper/lower ball joints in the rear, Powerflex subframe bushings, front diff bushing, 2 rear diff mounting bushings, inner bushings on upper spring ar
SPC adjustable lower trailing arms

Some pics rebuilding my brake calipers with new SS pistons, new seals, dust boots, and brass guide pins, and a pic of how the calipers USED to look like

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

The new SS piston with the dust boot on it, and piston inside caliper waiting for dust boot to be put in

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

My tool bench with some new subframe bushings, and all the new front suspension stuff for the refresh. New control arms, tie rods, boots, clamps, and UUC FCABS

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

New tie rods going on the car, and the control arms with the new UUC FCABS installed ready to go in as well

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

Garage torn apart with all the parts, and picture of the rear end with NOTHING left of it

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

Rear subframe with 13 new bushings installed, ready to go in, assembled with new SPC adjustable rear lower control arms as well

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

Before the new subframe could go in though, I found some cracks around the swaybar mounts, even though I had installed the reinforcement tabs. Fixed the bracks, cleaned up the welds, and then rustoleum'd the whole subframe. Second pic, with the entire rear end back together

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

The old sparco harness bar. Getting the rear prepped with the rear section of the 6 pt TCKline Roll cage

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

Front part of the cage installed with the door bars installed as well, and then the middle brace in the rear is installed

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

Seats installed, and the harnesses put back in

eagle483's 1999 BMW M3 eagle483's 1999 BMW M3

Page 1- Modification list, and car pics
Page 2- Stereo progession/Interior mods
Page 3- Basic Mods
Page 4- Friends/Family rides, cruise pics
Page 5- Blackhawk Farms on track pics
Page 6- Road America on track pics
Page 7- Track Oriented Mods #1
Page 8- Track Oriented Mods #2
Page 9- Track Oriented Mods #3 (NEW)
Page 10- Auto X Pics
Page 11- Future Mods and current mods, just not installed yet (New)

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GunplaySurfer  

Posted by: GunplaySurfer

09/16/2009 07:08AM

cool ride

seulz0r  

Posted by: seulz0r

09/14/2009 06:48PM

very nice. 5/5

M173XM37  

Posted by: M173XM37

09/13/2009 11:48PM

Good work, frienD! Dont stop! We want to see a resulT! 6 stars are got by your masterpiece...

Opalka  

Posted by: Opalka

08/25/2009 01:51PM

Nice ride man 5 stars for sure! come check out my ride

zero_shift  

Posted by: zero_shift

07/16/2009 07:30AM

awesome car! really envy your sparco seats! 5stars!! come check my car out tell me what you think

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: eagle483

Location: Rockton, IL