The lil' car is fixed! turns out it was the ignition wires, but over the course of this whole thread I've just made the car so much better than it started out. I'm not even mad about, "wasting" time and money with other parts of the car. My crank pulley was on the way out a bit ago, after a hard drive it would smell like burnt rubber, but now I have an ATI pulley. I fixed the choppy idle because somehow injector one was unplugged :/ and now everything is back to normal! Right now I'm really happy with the car! And I might start autocrossing, there's a local club here.
This is great! Just because it is fix doesn't mean you need to be a stranger. Hang out with us old farts. If you autocross it we will need to send you a MA sticker, it will shave 2 seconds off your time. Pictures are always a good thing.
Yeah you guys helped me so much! I'll definitely be sticking around, I've seen how my dad has made friends on his motorcycle forum, even went up to Montana to meet them all. I think there is a lot that I can learn from y'all, especially with me being so young and dumb. I may continue this thread and either start posting dash cam footage of some of my favorite drives, or my first autocross runs, or maybe just a chronicle of putting, "go fast" parts on my car. Here's the lil bmw beating car, now that my dad has moved I do almost all of my own work, this was fresh after a wash a few weeks ago.
Hi guys!!! I know it's been a minute, I've had to stay away from the lil car because my girlfriend (who's now my fiance ) just visited and I had to spoil her. But just a few days ago I installed an intake on the car. The DDM works m62 with the foam filter because WMW recommended it. I think I feel a bump in power, but I'm not trying to placebo myself. Overall the experience of installing it was not too bad, other than the terrible build quality of the sheet metal intake box. I also cut my finger real hard on the rough hewn sheet steel. Other than that, didn't have to redo anything, didn't strip any screws, didn't lose any super important hardware, and only one run for tools! But damn it was all worth it when I heard the throttle go, "woosh." Sometimes I feel that I am too easily amused. But how are you guys doing?
Glad you got it installed & you only spilled a little blood. From what I understand it is a decent intake. Be careful. Way will want to keep his hand in your wallet. LOL Congratulations on your engagement.
The intake is great once it's installed but the heat shield is just rough hewn sheet steel with only tac welds holding it together, there were some rubber pieces that ended up falling off of the shield. Other than the gripes of installing it, I love it, car runs great, sounds great, feels great. I am going to begin researching the autocross club around here, see if they're still kickin' during covid.
Congratulations on the engagement! What better way to spoil her than take her for a ride in the Mini? Glad you like your CAI, I do like the added supercharger sound they make. As far as suppliers I much prefer Detroit Tuned. Chad is a great guy. https://www.detroittuned.com/