After a tire flat, decided to go with some new wheels & tires, as was the plan for this coming fall anyway. We switched to 15×6 MSW wheels for weight, narrower width, and taller tire, all to improve the drivability and comfort of the car. The 15’s barely cleared the calipers (previously 17s) but TR…
I’ve been on a mission for the last few years now to get the evo’s exhaust as quiet as possible while still being a free flowing 3″ exhaust. This has been an ongoing quest of mine pretty much since I’ve had the previous black Evo in 2011, 2012. I’ve never been a fan of loud,…
After some deliberating, I decided to get a new set of CE28n’s for 2019. I was going to powdercoat the current wheels anyway, and discovered that there was going to be a final production run of the CE28n’s – I decided to jump on the opportunity, thanks to some really great Black Friday deals from…
Despite literally just getting a new battery for the Evo (here), I wasn’t entirely satisfied with my choice and decided to swap out for a Deka ETX16L. There are a lot of options in this mid-range, and the Deka ETX16L is a ~17lb battery (12 lbs heavier than the Shorai, 11lbs lighter than the D51…
Post will be updated as I continue to get new parts in Speed cloth powered front seats 10/21/18 Schroth Quick Fit Pro 10/21/18 Black armrest 10/29/18 Black Leather Door Cards 11/24/18 Headlight Condensation & Dry Out Cloth Interior 1/9/19 The only thing I didn’t quite care for on the M3 that I purchased was the…
My old battery, a 5lb Shorai LFX36L3-BS12 unfortunately crapped out on me while the Evo was down for the differential swap. I think I had let it die one too many times and one of the cells was gone, so the battery was no longer able to start the car, even while on the trickle…
After years of running the Cusco RS 1.5-way (55/20) rear diff in my car, I have finally swapped it out for an OS Giken 1.5-way (38/25). Since increasing tire and wheel widths, the Evo had been experiencing some push that has been nagging me. The car physically will tend to push due to most of…
Ended the 2018 season: 10th in Stl Solo 1st in BSCC The BSCC championship was extremely close – I led by 2 season points coming into the last event, which could easily slip through my fingers – however, with the last minute rain cancellation for the last event, the championship fell to me! With this…
As part of STM’s holiday sales, they had an absolutely insane deal on a set of titanium lug nuts. While these are “meant” for the Evo, they are open ended lug nuts using the 12×1.5 thread pattern – same as the E92 M3’s studs. I likely won’t swap these out for the chromoly ones until…
For the 2019 season, I’m switching from the 24mm Whiteline rear sway bar (BMR65XZ) on the Evo to the 26mm bar (BMR65XXZ). Making this switch as part of a general effort to reduce the pushiness of the Evo. While I suspect much of this is due to the tires on the car at the moment,…
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