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Bought a 2003 e46 m3 last month, mines came with facelift features since it was late production car. Has 142,000 miles. I paid 15k. Titanium Silver/Imola red interior. Subframe done, vanos inspected and rod bearings but both look good and don’t need any replacement yet. Came modified, Apex Wheels, Tune, smg to 6 speed manual swap, Diablo exhaust. Honestly just want second hand thoughts on this purchase, since regardless it felt expensive for me to buy a 20+year old car for 15k, Thanks !

Welp, if my M57 ever dies, this is what the beautiful e39 body will get! Thank you for inspiring! Great build!

just copped a 01 bmw m3 carbon black , black nappa 6 speed! 12.7k clean title!!! damn i came along from my comment 4 years ago about my 300$ e46 330ci !!

love this guy. awesome build!

HINT: Remove the hose clamp and hose BEFORE you loosen the large retaining ring with your mallet and screwdriver. HINT: Install the new (blue) gasket on the fuel pump itself, BEFORE wiggling the whole assembly into the tank.

The pulling the fuse step is a nice touch, BUT... if the pump is completely dead (usual case), it does zero good--engine won't start at all. BOTTOM LINE: you're going to spill a couple ounces of fuel from the hose when you remove it from the old pump, ergo... *have a rag handy,* simple. Also, leave the rear seat up/removed for a while, and *drive around with the windows down* to evaporate any spilled fuel.

Still sounds like a bmw v8 strangely

Big three are a foot note here but in reality can swing the value of a car more then almost anything else. 120k miles SMG coupe 02 coupe with the big 3 done can sell for more then a 80k 05 manual with none of them done. The Big 3 are not nearly as expensive and painful as they used to be compared to to the price of the cars though. PS the statement about 04-06 having resolved the rod bearings and it not being an issue, uh nope still an issue. The root issue is idiots believed the 15k mile oil change and ended up sandblasting the bearings due to how tight the tolerance is. It’s being seen that cars that got oil changes every 3-5k miles and get the bearings replaced at 150k or even 180k miles were perfectly fine and didn’t actually need the work. It’s the fact that natural use of the mechanics will cause small shavings to get into the oil. 15k miles means you get way more tan 3k or 5k which is the problem. Kinda like how BMW advertised lifetime transmission fluid. Yeah if you want the lifetime of the car to be 100k miles.

Interesting that the one I just picked up for $25k is still right in line with 2020. Metallic Gray on black 71k miles SMG older enthusiast owned never tracked all upkeep done at BMW. The SMG is known for issues but the second it goes bad car will be a manual, the conversion isn’t that expensive and is easier to find someone to do then fix the SMG

Did you have misfires?

I have driven and owned an SMG. With the upgraded CSL shift logic it's really good.

its worth as much as people are willing to pay for it

LS swap *yawn* show some skill and build the BMW M62 or S62...and waste the LS and not destroy the value of the car

Awesome analysis. Did you export the data directly from the website?

This is the best and straightforward video

That whine is so beautiful 🤌🏼

Its basically a 4 door Corvette now

awesome video! its 3 years later. Are the prices of E46 M3s even higher now ffor excellent and concurs level cars? Or has the market softened because of the economy?

We need more videos of this.

I just traded in my 188k mile E46M3 for $12k toward a G87 M2. It's Vanos system was showing signs of an impending failure after a long, happy life (including an epic morning where I got 20 back-to-back runs on the Tail of the Dragon during Covid). I also drove her through two hurricanes, Snowmaggedon in Atlanta, and she made many treks between Baltimore and Florida over the years. I miss her dearly and I hope the young man who bought it treats her right....

sooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stuart i just got done watching your video and yeah i was meaning to talk to you about this. so i watched your reaction when you removed the housing and i'm sorry stuart but i'm not sure what kind of reaction i was suppose to be looking for so now im dealing with another failed thermostat cause i missed your reaction stuart. cool great talk hope to catch more educational videos

We’re can I get a imola red interior need one for my car

Why was the intake tube removed to begin with?

Incredible build, sadly LS engines in europe are crazy expensive. I'm going to add supercharger to my M62 non vanos. I thought about LS3 swap (without supercharger) but engine price is SICK here sadly.

Plz make a update on e39

Man I want to do this to my E39. Unfortunately beyond my mechanical skills.

I have a bmw 330ci in i really could use your help on making my car faster than now and being u can make make it faster

Living legend

It's already a classic

I watched this video multiple times during the removal of my e39 transmission. Can't thank you enough for the easy to understand and follow walkthrough. This video is e39 gold!

What about automatic transmission models?

I’m curious mounts transmission and ecu used on the swap aswell as manifolds

I have a E39 a was considering scrapping. I also have a crate LM7 from summit. Was the work worth it to you?

I just did this job. I used the dawn soap trick and it worked great. The whole job took 40 minutes using a replacement set. I spent more time just getting to the bushings than replacing them. The soap was the real advantage.

Wtf is that cool❤

With the "killer chiller" do you still have enough cooling for functional interior AC or do you essentially have to give that up?

Does the AC still serve its normal function?

how do i get the car to stop kangaroo hopping in sport mode especially

We all said Jesus at the start of the video

I wish I would’ve bought mine 3 years ago

Awesome work! What exhaust are you running on that? I’m LS swapping a 740il and I don’t want it to sound like a freight train…

About to LS1 swap my e39… thanks for the inspiration!

What are your wheel sizes on the apex? Offset wise? Thanks

Used too much fuel ⛽️ it’s not worth it , get a Tesla faster better Technology. E 36 for those grandpa driving 🤪

How you compare to a N52? I know its an M engine, but just curious

Complaining about injectors being $1300 for a set of 8 look at the diesel game you could maybe get 2 new oem bosh injectors for a 06 cummins for that much it's not unheard of paying $3-5k for good aftermarket injectors

Omg it’s real!

Is it right when u bleed the system u leave the engine off ? The thermostat will be closed when the engine off

Good work driveshaft for t56 ?

I have an E38 that I plan on doing an LS swap with eventually. How did you handle the tachometer and other electronic connections to the car.