Seems like forever since I put the car up for the winter.... but it is soon to be back in the streets.
Here is a crappy pic of one of the mods i did over the winter. Recaro toplines. I also put longer 3.15 gears in..(used to run 3.64's), took out the 86lb. stereo system in the trunk... and also replaced the SC'r pulley, tensioner pulley, and the crank pulley. Went from an 8 rib... to a 10 rib.
So now the car is about 170lbs lighter without losing ANY of my creature comforts. The recaros are heated!!
Now I just have to get the bumper painted (sitting in primer for 2 months).. and she'll be ready to go.
Anybody else have some projects they have been working on over the winter....?
I've been doing mostly electronics, replacing the stereo with a lightweight (one Alpine PDX-5 amp, Alpine replacement speakers in the front doors, Audio Control DQXS with stock HU, and two 10-inch subwoofers comparable in weight to M-Audio subs they replace running IB in the rear deck) system that sounds infinitely better, adding a video adaptor and DVD/CD player to replace the stock CD player and enable video while in motion through the stock HU (for my wife on long trips). Also replaced a broken button in my environmental control unit--what a PITA!--and finished installing ultimate pedals (again, a real PITA, but worth it). Before Summer, I still have to get the Zionsville radiator and fan in, and new Evosport power pulleys. Go back and forth on seat replacements. Going to do it, but can't decide between Recaro Sport Toplines (very cool and full featured and light relative to stock, but heavy compared to other less full-featured seats) and Corbeau TRS racing seats (which are extremely light and very cool, but bare bones when it comes to features). How hard were your Toplines to install and whence did you source them?
--Peter
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2001 E39 M5 LeMans Blue with Black/Blue Sport Interior and Titanium Trim, ESS Supercharger, RMS In-Plenum Intercooler, RMS Plenum Plates and "Shorty" Velocity Stacks, Dinan TBs and Headers, CNS Catback Exhaust, Evosport High-Flow Cats, Dinan 3.45 Differential, GC Coilovers (550 Front/325 Rear), Dinan Front and Rear Swaybars, Dinan Monoballs, Dinan Wheels (18 x 9 Front/18 x 9.5 Rear), Bridgestone RE050 RFTs (275 Front/285 Rear), UUC EVO3 SSK with DSSR, Voltphreaks VPR-S40P Endurance Battery (14 lbs.), Setrab 16-Row Oil Cooler, Dinan Under-Plenum Heat Exchanger Removal Kit, Vorsteiner Double-Sided CF Hood with Open Vents, CA CSL-Style CF Trunk Lid, Zionsville Super Duty Cooling System, OKD Plasma Ignition Coils and Plug Boots, Smoked Hella Tailights, Clear-Corner Hella Euro Headlights, CA ACS-Style CF Front Splitters, Custom Stereo Using Stock HU, PLX Digital Gauge, V1/S1 Mounted in UGDO Location, Recaro Sportster CS Seats, Schroth 4-Pt Street Harnesses, and Various Other Bits and Pieces
Coming Soon!
Stoptech "Trophy" Brakes, TC Designs Roll Bar, TC Designs Rear Sway Bar Brackets, Aquamist HFS-6 Meth Injection with Custom CF/Aluminum Trunk-Mounted Fuel Cell Designed by Howerton Engineering, XRP HS-79 Hosing, Rogue Stage 3 280mm Clutch with JB Racing LTW Flywheel, Dinan Differential Subframe Reinforcement and Dinan Foglight Deletion Kit.
Heh, I thought there was only pre-summer, summer and post-summer. Brace yourselves Houstonians. Its going to be a hot one.
Vic
I grew up in Houston and left there as soon as I could. Swamp weather 75% of the year, and absolutely unbearable for about four months (95% humidity and 95 degrees). Fun city, though. Lots of driving--everything is so spread out.
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2001 E39 M5 LeMans Blue with Black/Blue Sport Interior and Titanium Trim, ESS Supercharger, RMS In-Plenum Intercooler, RMS Plenum Plates and "Shorty" Velocity Stacks, Dinan TBs and Headers, CNS Catback Exhaust, Evosport High-Flow Cats, Dinan 3.45 Differential, GC Coilovers (550 Front/325 Rear), Dinan Front and Rear Swaybars, Dinan Monoballs, Dinan Wheels (18 x 9 Front/18 x 9.5 Rear), Bridgestone RE050 RFTs (275 Front/285 Rear), UUC EVO3 SSK with DSSR, Voltphreaks VPR-S40P Endurance Battery (14 lbs.), Setrab 16-Row Oil Cooler, Dinan Under-Plenum Heat Exchanger Removal Kit, Vorsteiner Double-Sided CF Hood with Open Vents, CA CSL-Style CF Trunk Lid, Zionsville Super Duty Cooling System, OKD Plasma Ignition Coils and Plug Boots, Smoked Hella Tailights, Clear-Corner Hella Euro Headlights, CA ACS-Style CF Front Splitters, Custom Stereo Using Stock HU, PLX Digital Gauge, V1/S1 Mounted in UGDO Location, Recaro Sportster CS Seats, Schroth 4-Pt Street Harnesses, and Various Other Bits and Pieces
Coming Soon!
Stoptech "Trophy" Brakes, TC Designs Roll Bar, TC Designs Rear Sway Bar Brackets, Aquamist HFS-6 Meth Injection with Custom CF/Aluminum Trunk-Mounted Fuel Cell Designed by Howerton Engineering, XRP HS-79 Hosing, Rogue Stage 3 280mm Clutch with JB Racing LTW Flywheel, Dinan Differential Subframe Reinforcement and Dinan Foglight Deletion Kit.
Seems like forever since I put the car up for the winter.... but it is soon to be back in the streets.
Here is a crappy pic of one of the mods i did over the winter. Recaro toplines. I also put longer 3.15 gears in..(used to run 3.64's), took out the 86lb. stereo system in the trunk... and also replaced the SC'r pulley, tensioner pulley, and the crank pulley. Went from an 8 rib... to a 10 rib.
So now the car is about 170lbs lighter without losing ANY of my creature comforts. The recaros are heated!!
Now I just have to get the bumper painted (sitting in primer for 2 months).. and she'll be ready to go.
Anybody else have some projects they have been working on over the winter....?
Very cool seats.
__________________ The Beast
2001 E39 M5 LeMans Blue with Black/Blue Sport Interior and Titanium Trim, ESS Supercharger, RMS In-Plenum Intercooler, RMS Plenum Plates and "Shorty" Velocity Stacks, Dinan TBs and Headers, CNS Catback Exhaust, Evosport High-Flow Cats, Dinan 3.45 Differential, GC Coilovers (550 Front/325 Rear), Dinan Front and Rear Swaybars, Dinan Monoballs, Dinan Wheels (18 x 9 Front/18 x 9.5 Rear), Bridgestone RE050 RFTs (275 Front/285 Rear), UUC EVO3 SSK with DSSR, Voltphreaks VPR-S40P Endurance Battery (14 lbs.), Setrab 16-Row Oil Cooler, Dinan Under-Plenum Heat Exchanger Removal Kit, Vorsteiner Double-Sided CF Hood with Open Vents, CA CSL-Style CF Trunk Lid, Zionsville Super Duty Cooling System, OKD Plasma Ignition Coils and Plug Boots, Smoked Hella Tailights, Clear-Corner Hella Euro Headlights, CA ACS-Style CF Front Splitters, Custom Stereo Using Stock HU, PLX Digital Gauge, V1/S1 Mounted in UGDO Location, Recaro Sportster CS Seats, Schroth 4-Pt Street Harnesses, and Various Other Bits and Pieces
Coming Soon!
Stoptech "Trophy" Brakes, TC Designs Roll Bar, TC Designs Rear Sway Bar Brackets, Aquamist HFS-6 Meth Injection with Custom CF/Aluminum Trunk-Mounted Fuel Cell Designed by Howerton Engineering, XRP HS-79 Hosing, Rogue Stage 3 280mm Clutch with JB Racing LTW Flywheel, Dinan Differential Subframe Reinforcement and Dinan Foglight Deletion Kit.
winter time project included brakes, headlights, new nav, hid fogs, ssk, and next week bluetooth..... we have way too much snow and way too much salt to pull the car out... I have taken it out maybe less than 10 times Nov-March
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2001 ///M5 Ti Silver, Black sport interior
UUC Big Boy Clutch Stop V3
RPM North Exhaust Bypasses
Resonator removed
Stoptech Slotted Front and Rear
Stoptech SS Brake lines
Axiss ULT Pads Front and Rear
ATE Blue brake fluid
E60 550i SSK w/ RE WSR w/ ZHP knob
DDMTuning Headlights xenon 6000k
DDMTuning Foglights xenon 6000k
Ultra HD 60+ LED angel eyes
Matte Black kidney grills
Matte Black rear diffuser
Matte Black ///M5 badge
Chrome/amber bulbs
20% Tint all windows
V1 hardwire
OEM ///M5 floormats
OEM trunk cargo net
OEM Black M5 plate frames
MK4 DVD navi
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