BMW E46 M3 Driven Hard - POV (Full Bolt Ons/Headers)
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Weather is decent and roads aren't salty so the M3 comes out for a run. Mods below.
Status Gruppe Headers
Catless
Megan Racing Axle Back Exhaust
Injen Cold Air Intake
Dinan Stage III Tune
Lightweight Flywheel
M5 Clutch
Reinforced Subframe/Poly Bushings
UUC Short Shifter
INTRO 10/10
SOLD.
Adrian HELL YEAH.
Do you have an Instagram account i can reach you through to ask questions about the E46 M3?
Adrian Yep just search BuzzytheBlue. I’d be happy to answer them.
Much appreciated! Just sent a DM!
No endangerment of other people, two hands on the wheel, good pov, sick car, sick sound, driven hard.
This is it.
Thanks man, some people don’t get that public roads have other people who didn’t agree to be a part of your track day 😂
Wicked vid bud. Was on the brink of selling my m3. This video has made my mind up 😉
This should be on pornhub...
Alex Getov LOUD GERMAN BABE GETS THROWN AROUND
So much usable power! I’d love an E46 M3 but here in Sweden, they’re worth more than gold :(
Nice to see a new video!
Jake Did not many get imported, so they’re rare over there?
And thanks! Hoping to post more often as the temperature goes up.
BuzzytheBlue Yes that is correct. Every other M3 that’s out for sale is imported. The E92 is more common, but that is way out of my budget right now.
Jake How about other E46s? Like a 330 ZHP. Could make a good alternative until you can get an E92 or something.
BuzzytheBlue I have sadly never seen a ZHP for sale. Ever. More rare than the M3 even. I may have to hold on to my E91 325i and hopefully get an M3 or at least a 335i N55 in the near future :)
The ZHP stuff is a North American thing. No such thing in Europe.
This video never gets old, thank you!
in love with that heel toe sound
It’s Christmas in that dah board lol.
TheBlackdragon936 Haha I knew someone would see that. No bad ones though. Washer fluid, fog lights on, traction control off, check engine (it’s catless).
BuzzytheBlue I’m doing rod bearings now :( well preventatively though but still expensive.
TheBlackdragon936 How much are they costing you if you don’t mind me asking? Is your E46 your daily?
That shift to 3rd at 2:30... got these headers on the way I cant wait
Sounds Glorious 👍
Some crispy shifts 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
That noise is what I miss most since I supercharged my M3, it's not a lot different but it's not like it used to be fo sho
Looking forward to new Videos from your Z4M! :)
I bought a Z4M in Rubyblack a couple of weeks ago, your Z4M Videos encouraged me to get one. Now I'm waiting for better Weather without salty streets here in Germany...
Dathumm Congrats! Glad I could help with your decision. I’ll be posting more soon. Like you, I’m waiting for the roads to be a bit cleaner where I live. 👍🏼
You have make me want one of this.
seems like so much fun , great video, thank you! can't wait to get mine =)
Sounds amazing 😎
Love the S54
What mic do you use?
Sascha Reihl Thank you, here I was using a GoPro Hero 3 on the trunk lid and a Zoom DR-05 in the cabin.
BuzzytheBlue so no external mic?
Sascha Reihl The GoPro was mounted externally, on the trunk. I used the audio it captured and overlaid it on top of what I got from the mic in the cabin. I find two microphones gives the most “true to life” audio.
@@BuzzytheBlue should have put the mic in the car dummy.
Follow The Grow “DR-05 *a mic* in the cabin” Read next time, dummy.
ayyyy that's where i took my MSF course
Nice.
I already have a megan racing full catback-but running stock headers- sound is just "OK" and I get drone between 2200-2800. You are right , the biggest sound improvement on these engines are the headers. I have ordered a set of status gruppe headers and cant wait to see how they sound with the megan catback. if its not a good combo - I might put the stock mid section back in
I’m betting it’ll sound great with the full catback system. I’d also wager that your drone will get significantly better or go away completely once the headers are on. The M3 in these videos is extremely loud but has zero drone whatsoever with its setup.
@@BuzzytheBlue how is the driving noise under normal driving or idle? Wide open sounds great
Cool video!
Jesus those are the tallest gears I’ve seen since the 3000GT.
Surprisingly the stock final drive is 3.62, so not insanely tall, but still top of 3rd is about 100. 3.91 or 4.10s make a lot of sense on these cars.
It's not that the gears are tall, it's that the engine has long legs. The 8000rpm lets you stay in a gear a lot longer than in other cars.
imagine this thing was the rival of RS4 b7. Audi is ahead in time,same with R8. R8 was a spaceship in 2007.
I mean, not exactly. The B7 RS4 was only just coming to market when the E46 M3 was on it's final year of production (2006). The E46 was introduced when the B5 RS4 was on sale lol. Agree on the R8 though, it looked like a concept car in 2007.
Please make more vids like these!
Do the Catless headers really make the car that much louder, or is it where you have the mic when recording this video? I love the sound out of your S54 :)
Thats the way to do it! Car sounds good and looks like you got some fun roads to enjoy it on, wish we had backroads like this in Miami. What city is this?
Machine Spirit Miami Yeah I’ve heard Florida doesn’t have the curviest of roads. This is in Connecticut so we’ve got decent backroads but terrible weather half the year haha.
1:33 😍😍😍
Dope
Hell yea
It has a interesting sorta high pitched throatyness
Seems at least via the recording to sound much different than mine.
I have CPI single step headers, Aero AR20 x2 section 1, stock section 2, Racing Dynamic Section 3. Also have the build Journal B spec tune but without the burble/backfire.
Now that its warming up a little i hope to drive the car a bit more did the work in Nov and its been a lot of snow & ice.
Greg's Depot The status Gruppe headers really seem to have a unique tone to them. A bit like the Fabspeed if I had to compare. How do you like the B spec tune? We’re running Dinan at the moment.
+BuzzytheBlue likeing the tune so far that said I have not got to drive it a ton yet, but seems to recover so of the low end compared to untuned headers, also throttle response without sport is better and the revamped sport mode is less jarring I remember correctly.
The cool thing is they are continuing to build on it and i think updates are like $0-20, they now have 6MT launcher control but its swapped for the dyno mode feature. Right now I don’t really want to have to buy a new clutch so ill stick to the dyno mode feature.
That said I’m happy M3 Clutch prices are reasonable vs the the NSX I had in the past.
Loved the vid! Could you do another one on your z4 M in the spring ( I don't know if you have it under wraps for the winter). Still looking for one like yours btw😂
Tom Walsh Thanks Tom! I’ll definitely be doing more videos of the Z4M soon, the weather is finally getting better. And good luck with your search!
From the inside the cabin it looks like a coupe.
Idk the exact interior differences but this is a convertible haha
I am currently waiting to install status gruppe headers and I am also running a megan exhaust. Do you recommend going with the ar25 resonated section 1 or doing a high flow cat section 1? I do not want it to be super loud either, so I am leaning towards the resonated section 1 to also eliminate any rasp.
A Rod Honestly if you aren’t concerned with emissions then I’d go with the AR25, I think that will tame it a bit more than the high flow cat will. I’m not sure how much it will do though because we ended up just leaving ours ungodly loud lol.
If you still have this car, can you post a video of how it sounds from the outside at normal driving levels? Don't want this to be too loud for morning/evening drives in the neighborhood.
Will make a new video with it soon; but I would warn you this setup is probably too loud if you’re worried about volume at all lol. If you drive it “normally” it can be somewhat tame but as soon as you get on it everyone in a mile radius is aware.
@@BuzzytheBlue Thanks for the reply!
Nice video what type of headers do you have and the Cost...I have 06' E46 M3 SMG
They are status Gruppe catless headers. Retail around $800.
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Sound so awesome broh, whats the song at the end of the video..?
Sandiso Madiba Thanks, the song is Xandra - Guardian
Very very similar sound to mine ahah goddam i miss the thing but subframe crack and few other bits were annoying. Ill wait to find a clean one in a year or so again. These new m cars are great but they always get me in trouble.
Yeah this one had to have the subframe repaired as well. To me, the big issues on E46s are ones you just address once up front and then enjoy the car hassle free.
@@BuzzytheBlue i had the crack go pretty much the whole width of the car. And 2 where the diff is and also if yiu lifted stuff from trunk the metal was bent there a bit too from the stresses down low. Anyways fix was essentially free and made 3k profit on car after 60k km pf owning it sooo win win i guess. Still what a car i really miss it alot.
와우 m3 good
Without context I’d think this is a Lexus LFA
Man I want this sound but I don't want to run catless... hopefully relocating the cats to section 1 won't mess with the sound too much. Have you heard any M3's with a setup like that? Or perhaps tried it yourself?
I haven’t heard one with this setup catted. I’m sure it would still sound great just slightly quieter and maybe a bit less raw/more refined.
Yesterday when I opened the hood at my e46, coolant was everywhere, my mechanic replaced the coolant draining bolt, the one right behind the coolant filler cap. I am so depressed because of that shit... luckily the engine was at idle when this happened, but unfortunately when I checked the exact temperature it was at 217.4 F, do you think I done any harm to the engine. At least after replacing that bleeding screw temperature is normal, but I never had any of this problems before with the cooling system...
Normally your engine shoooould be ok. But impossible to say sure from a distance
have you been on dyno with this thing?
Did the almost same setup
Autowerks catless
Borla exhaust
Sounds the same only problem I have it smells of exhaust and gas do you have the same problem
Any catless car will, but even with the top down it’s never really an issue in ours. If it bothers you though you could always add a catted section 1 to reduce the smell.
@@BuzzytheBlue
The smell was extreme I have a convertible too but I think I have a problem with thermostat or temperature sensor which may cause me running rich a P0128 code appeared . Running rich with catless headers surely doesn’t help
Looking for a new car after moving back from the city. Would you recommend this being a solid daily for bit before I get a true beater/daily?
Did you leave the sound insulation under the hood or did you remove it?
Anthony Ong Sound insulation is still in place.
Who makes the headers? Where did you get them?
Status Gruppe, ordered directly form them online.
Do you think it'd be possible to get an external shot of this exhaust setup with some flyby's? I'm wondering how loud and what it sounds like from a distance as it passes people.
KvnS S Absolutely. I’ll work on getting that. In the meantime, it is hilariously loud on the way by. For reference, I live in a wooded area that should in theory mask sound from far away. But I hear this car on the main road about 1.5 miles away from the house lol. I’d say sport bike noise level. But when you short shift and keep your foot out of it it’s fairly tame.
I just did this setup and it’s super loud hahaha. Drones though for me. Catless headers, stock sect 1/2, megan exhaust. Any ideas on reducing the drone? Or after a break in period will it dissipate?
xXxXKlutch interesting. We’ve had this setup for probably 2 years now so I’m trying to think back. I really don’t remember there ever being much drone. I’m betting it will subside as the muffler breaks in. At any RPM, even low down at 2-3K there’s no drone or resonance in ours. It’s very loud but doesn’t drone. Do you have a coupe or vert?
I have a vert and my 20 minute commute makes my head hurt haha. Just put it on yesterday. Might have to take it off even though when you rev it out it sounds very nice.
Link for parts please?
Noob question, but what exactly do poly bushings do?
Petrol Juice No such thing as a noob question. They do the same thing OEM material bushings do, provide a buffer between suspension components and subframes so they aren’t metal on metal where they connect. Stiffer bushings will result in a stiffer overall car, and can tighten the handling somewhat, but too stiff and they can make the car a rattly/crashy riding mess. Poly typically is a bit harder than stock, but still very street-able.
Thanks! Your car sounds unbelievable. Love your channel!
To each their own; that noise would drive me nuts in very short order.
The volume isn’t for everyone for sure, the car is purely a toy, doesn’t get driven every day.
How is drone on the highway with this set up???. Seems like it sounds civilized at low rpms until you get on it.
Albert Ayars This specific setup has zero drone really at any RPM. It’s just extremely loud lol, the video doesn’t really do the volume justice. Like you said though, if you keep the revs low and don’t gas it you can keep it fairly quiet.
Rad.., I have been wanting to do some exhaust but don’t want to go crazy on long drives. Love the sound of those headers! I take it that the dinan tune cancels out the post cat o2 sel? Have not looked at dinan much because I’m a cheap bastard.
Albert Ayars It actually doesn’t, the evolve alpha N tune is the best bet if you’re running catless. But the Dinan tune was available right then so we just threw that on, getting a dyno tune would be my first choice. We are likely adding in high flow cats at the section 1 soon anyway.
is there a reason why you would prefer to go high flow cats over catless section 1?
Felix Nguyen Really just to be able to get through emissions easily. Otherwise the car would be left exactly as it is in the video.
How do you get that camera point of view?
Ramo If you’re talking about the first person view, it’s a GoPro Hero 5 Black on a headstrap using the widest field of view setting.
HP ?
I really wish I could swap my stock headers out for literally anything, but California laws are against me...
What's a guy in California supposed to do in order to get a good sounding E46 M3??
KvnS S Even adding cats and 02 sensors back in to the system isn’t enough? Because there are aftermarket section 1’s that have cats.
KvnS S lol move like I did
Leave it alone :) it sounds awesome already!
Just put em in your garage. My homie drives a straight piped mustang out here lol.
Can you not fit euro headers with the underfloor cats?
Regular bmw m3 driver...
As opposed to an extra special M3 driver?