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Hello, I own a 2003 beast and i want to do a lot of upgrades and try to make a rock solid Beast. below you'll find a list of the upgardes that i am thinking about doing. i need your you help to tell me if this is worth the price and will their be a significant increase in power. the beast has a lot of power but i think they bmw restricted the power too much. i am hoping to get rid of those restrictions. i love my beast and am very impressed by it. i also own a 2001 bmw X5 4.4i and share a 1999 Porsche Turbo with my brother. i am most likely going to get the M6 as soon as it comes out. my other dillema is do i take over the porsche completely and get rid of the beast (i can't believe i just said that) and get a 2004 bmw 760i. see than i have a suv, sports car, and a luxury car. or do i stick with the beast and get the 760i and than I will not upgrade to the M6. also, i am looking to start a M5 club of bay area, please email me if you are interested. www.m5club.com with all these upgrades i am hoping for a 80 to 100 hp/ft lbs. tq. increase. will this work or am i just crazy. my brothers are convinced that i am crazy to mess with a car like this. but i am very passionate about this car and i love working on cars and i realy thinking that the beast has a lot of hidden power in it. here goes the list.

product will/thinking about it

tubi style exhaust - complete catback system will
sprint headers-down pipe thinking about it
plasma coil ignition will
velocity stacks will-but doubt if it makes difference
autowerks-intake will - combined with m-gruppe
m-gruppe - intake will - combined with above
front & rear sway bars eibach will
uuc short throw will
uuc flywhell/clutch stage 1 will
ufm air sensor will
brembo or ap racing front brakes will
brembo or apracing rear brakes thinking about it not sure if
the rear needs it
rds sport ecu upgrade will
uuc tranny mounts will

total cost $12k to $16k

what other upgrades could i do? is this a good upgrade package?

tell me of your experiences with your upgrades.

canysmc

What about your suspension besides the sway bars?

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M5 Fever

I would consider the dinan s2 package. Gives you performance plus agility. You can substitute tubi for dinan exhaust and forego the dinan wheels. More money but a complete and "tuned" package.

best of luck

al

Sean@D/A

You cant go wrong with the headers/cats/exhaust/software combo it’s the first mod I’d do in your shoes.

JMHO

Jayson

Tubi is a good sound mod, maybe 2-3 hp.

headers a good mod

plamsa coils are a waste of money

any intake is ok but i'd go dinan

eibach sway bars are nice I'd add a dinan strut brace and some sort of coilover system either kw or h&r

uuc shifter is a good mod

Uuc flywheel is pointless

relocate the sensor is fine

and brakes are always nice.

course for 15k you could do a dinan s2 minus the wheels and few other things.

other big mods round here are the powerchip software ( i think it's just the sport on all the time mod) and the 3.45 gearing thats over priced.

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2003 LeMans Blue Bmw M5-Stoptech 4 wheel brakes, Eibach sway bars, Bilstein PSS9 coilovers, Dinan Brake ducts, UUC short shifter, UUC trans mounts, Dinan Clutch and flywheel.Sirus Radio, Dinan strut brace

mottati

I personally think you'd be lucky to get 50lbs/ft more torque with the basic bolt on mods, and i've read the shorter stacks will actually take away some torque (at least in the stock plenum). No reason not to try though!

Keep an eye on the board, there are many of us in the bay area who get together on a semi-regular basis. I'd be in for a local 'club', there are so many of us here in the bay area, we could do some nice drives, track days etc.
Mike

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Mike
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar

91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 Turbines with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Fahey Suspension with SLS elimination; EAT Chip, CD43; work in progress

SC'dKellenersM5

saleem,

i got your email today and replied back so check your email.

Alot of people are going to suggest the S2pkg by dinan which is to say that it is a good pkg and does carry a warranty but it sounds as if you are after the larger power. As i stated in my email, the amount you are looking to spend could net you to around the magical 500hp number using the SC kit designed and engineered by member shadowman. My car is going to be using this kit except that my car is to be COMPLETELY tuned to handle the power i am looking for.

The basic kit does run about 10 and with some of the other mods and install should net your to around the 16-17 range.

As i stated before, i will attempt to contact you sometime today so that we can speak.

Rob