razahyde

i know i am, but i know there are 9 others on here who have kits coming in.

who is installing their own goods?

what clutch kit are you running with your kit?

-R

gsfent

I'll be doing it with my buddy, he has done work for Renntech, so I am good hands. We will do some maintenance while the car is down for a couple of days, including time for the ECU to be reprogrammed.

I am going to run CNS. Only one that made sense to me.
Regards,
Jerry

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'01 Black/caramel
Dinan Stage 3 suspension, SS jet coated headers, ESS SC kit w/ 1 range colder NGK's, 92mm pulley, 440 Big Greens, Evolve MAFless tune, RK plenum plates, CNS 10.5 dual mass clutch, open brake ducts, Hamann front splitters, TEC cupholder, U.S.(Euro style) tilt/slide armrest, 6k HID fogs, 6k super white low beams, V1/Stealth1, dual head LI, 2.65 diff w/40% lockup/2x dynamic, compact spare, Euro trailer hitch, Mocal oil cooler, ACS type rear spoiler, Rogue custom SSK and tranny mounts, ST 355 BBK (fronts), BP sway bar brackets, Bluetooth retrofit, Speedhut boost gauge, Dinan TB's and VS, KB BAP, Howerton/HFS-3 Aquamist WI trunk setup.......

midtwnman

I hate you both...

Super-saloon

Ditto!

Love to see some images as you install guys....

Rich

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2002 Carbon Black e39 M5 Super-Saloon
Miltek Cat Back exhaust system
Miltek Racing 100 cell CATs
De-limited
Re-mapped (Superchips/Thorney stage 2)
AP Racing BBK
KW Variant 3

gsfent

raza can do it over lunch, it will take me a little time to get it scheduled!
Regards,
Jerry

Blockdoc

FWIW,
Roman said it took their shop guys about eight hours to do it on my car...he said it took longer than expected because some of the parts had to be sent out for refabrication. He told me the next one they do will probably take 6 hours or so.

Evidently, replacing the fuel injectors with the higher flow ones in the kit is the most difficult part.

Brian

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2003 Sterling Grey M5
ESS kit #1 with RK AUTOWERKS Upgrade! (RK/EVO software, Injectors, Fuel Pump)
Dinan Free Flow Exhaust, Dinan Rear Sway Bar
Super Sprint Headers
Rogue Octane SSK and WSR
CNS Racing clutch and flywheel
DICE Ipod connectivity
Bimmian Black Kidney Grilles
AngeliBright V3 6000k LED Upgrade, HID Fogs
Ultimate Pedals
BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade/BSW Subwoofer
Rear Wheels Up Front (275s all around)
Aquamist HFS3/Howerton Engineering Tank (pre/post SC nozzles)
RK Autowerks CNC Plenum Plates

razahyde

did you have yours shipped out friday? i believe 5 sets went out friday, im number 9 or 10 on the list.

my estimated ship date is suppose to be this friday, we'll see how that goes. im going to push for express shipping so i can get the sucker in by the next weekend. i should have the V12 clutch wrapped up soon as it comes in tuesday.

wtf the fuel injectors is the hardest part? this will be a cake walk then! LOL!!!

herrubermensch

Roman just sent me a tracking number for my kit, so I should have it very soon. I will be installing it myself at the same time I install my RMS intercooler setup. Only makes sense to do that at the same time as the SCer, given that the RMS setup includes the CNC plenum plates and o-rings and bolstered aluminum plenum. I'm surprised to learn that installing the larger fuel injectors is the most difficult aspect of the installation, as I would think that would be plug and play. Anyway, I'm going to wait to install the water/meth injection. I need to send the kit out to have the seals upgraded to take 100% meth and to have a tank made that will fit in place of the spare tire compartment anyway, so that aspect of the installation will have to wait regardless.

I have a Rogue Stage 3 280mm v12 clutch kit with a JB Racing LTW flywheel (as yet uninstalled). I don't mind a little flywheel noise, and the entire setup was balanced, which if you talk to some of the more sophisticated tuners is the critical step that has to be taken to ensure that a 280mm conversion works well. Apparently, UUC does NOT balance their 280mm setups, so the tuners I'm referring to always do it themselves as part of a UUC clutch installation. The Rogue setup just struck me as the best alternative to the UUC 280 mm setup, and I was not willing to put up with the CNS break-in period, nor was the CNS flywheel sufficiently lightweight for my purposes. Also, one of the tuners I use and have had a good experience with in NoVa, funktionAuto, highly recommends this setup and has experienced poor customer satisfaction with the CNS setup based on the horrid break-in period. I have no doubt that the CNS setup is more durable than the Rogue, but I'll trade that durability for getting to skip the break-in period.

Probably going to do the installation over Labor Day if I can get my suspension work done and clutch kit in by that point.

--Peter

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The Beast
2001 E39 M5 LeMans Blue with Black/Blue Sport Interior and Titanium Trim with some great mods and a blown, balanced and blueprinted S62

Blockdoc

Before you guys get all worked up, LOL....let me clarify.

I believe that he said replacing the injectors was the most time-consuming part. Remember that his kit was designed to be as "bolt on" as possible...that was the niche they were after.

In fairness...I have not even seen the installation manual. I had to extract all this info myself
I am anxious to compare notes with some other M5board ESS owners!

My headers are on...I pick up the beast Monday...and then the ECU is off to ESS for final reflash

Cheers,

Brian

BTW...the CNS clutch is awexsome at this point. It took about 1500 miles for me, but it now feels pretty close to stock (of course I have also learned to use it better). Money well spent IMHO

gsfent

I was travelling Thursday and Friday, mine should go out Monday.
Regards,
Jerry