2003 BMW M3

Description

Modifications:

- Stock power, 143k miles

- Good gearbox, no grinds

- StopTech 355mm front BBK, Voshlag cooling deflectors, Porsche 996 rear, CT pads, RBF600 fluid lasts all year and never boils or turns dark

- Mk60 ABS wCSL tune - amazing stopping power

- Fresh fluids always (duh), trans, diff, and p/s done with engine oil every 10-12 track hours

- Valves adjusted and all that

- Aftermarket Section 3 only

- Stock cats/headers, passes smog easily

- MCS 1wnr with Vorshlag camber plates, only a few events on them

- H&R big front bar with adjustable end links, rod ends replaced a couple years ago

- 18x10.5 Apex wheels, perfectly straight, 265 RS4s

- Spare set of OE Style 67s, all 9" rear wheels though, with old 265 RS4s

- Full spherical suspension, most of it only a handful of events old

- New bearings/hubs all around, new MSI wheel studs and lug nuts

- Momo full containment seats on BK electric sliders, Schroth 6pt for driver, RaceQuip 5pt for passenger

- Rogue roll bar with harness bar

- Rogue front strut tower bar

- RTD carbon chassis-mount shifter

- CB power steering with cooler kit, runs great on track

- Track Spec hood vents and big SPAL electric fan with thermostat (199*F on, 174*F off)

- Carbon sunroof plug, no headliner for helmet clearance

- Stock rear end, poly mounts on engine, diff, and rear subframe; trans has thick E21 rubber bushes

- Regreased OE axles with Amsoil Dominator and new OE boots

- Eonon head unit, no speakers installed currently

Tons of maintenance, done almost exclusively through FCP. Fresh plugs and coil packs last year, as well as all new wheel bearings/hubs and wheel studs, among other things.

A/C compressor is in the spares box right now, and the condenser was removed for cooling

3,150# with half a tank, no driver

I might be missing a few small things!

Build history

2003.5 M3, bought during COVID to see why they call this the golden standard of sports cars. I can admit I was skeptical, but the car is incredible on track. 6 cylinders, 6 throttles, and 6 speeds, in a perfectly communicative chassis that soaks up hot laps all day.

Blue Texas rebuilt title in my hand and in my name. Car was apparently lightly hit in the right rear quarter back when these weren't that valuable. Look at the interior sheet metal; it barely got tapped. Body straight, aligns perfectly every time, currently tagged, registered, and fully insured by a major carrier.

Big 3 done; rear subframe has additional bracing to the frame rails performed by Vorshlag; VANOS just reinspected when valve adjustment was done last winter; rod bearings were done when the car was built several years ago, and I've had only good used oil reports from Blackstone.

Has airbags and stock belts intact for driving to/from events.

Only the very seldom little drop of oil; typically leaves no trace.

Car has done 1:22 at Cresson and 2:11 at ECR by my hands and on used RS4s. Has been coast-to-coast and border-to-border driving tracks all over the US, some I drove to and some I trailered the car, from Laguna Seca and Thunderhill to Daytona to Mid-Ohio and dozens more.

This car always gets great maintenance; you don't do back-to-back events on long-distance road trips without having the utmost faith in your machine! Same goes for brakes- 150 mph to 50 mph at Daytona T1 lap after lap all day in the heat of summer, no fade, and the fluid hadn't even changed color when I brought it home.

No trades, no help selling. I am just shifting gears with my hobby and moving on to other platforms I haven't played with yet.