Rebuilding and Modifying a $4000 BMW E46 M3 - Part 22

Our BMW E46 M3 Drift Car is fully rebuilt and ready for drift action thanks to a Borla Type S Exhaust and proper drift alignment by NV Auto.
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[@richardcampbell8685]

Pretty cool to see a clapped out M3 that would have other wise been left for dead come back to life. I tip my hat

[@bradcarpenter1881]

Honestly such an underrated channel!

[@2_2_4_3]

The rebuild for sure cost double what the car was worth. . But it is beautiful.

[@navindralr]

just thinking it isn't a 4k m3 anymore lol

[@oldirtydave22]

@@navindralr try triple

[@VemacRD350]

If you think about it, $8k for a rebuilt E46 M3 is still a money well spent.

[@2_2_4_3]

@@VemacRD350 12K too much imo.. but to some money is a non issue. They'll do it because they have the means , they love and are a fan of that model.

[@VirusTornado]

@@2_2_4_3 To be fair they didn't just rebuild it they also modified it for track use and abuse, so it shouldn't need anything else for a while.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

We should use this M3 as a tow car instead!! Love your work especially for engaging with the audience and chronologically going through the process of saving abandoned forgotten machines

[@richardcampbell8685]

I love this build.

[@lamboferruccio]

Turned out great guys, love it when a plan comes together, now break in that clutch and do some skids 😝

[@WhiteHawkHDGaming]

Popular mod (I just did it) is to stick in an ar25 in the section 1. One pipe already has it so just put one in the other side. Lots of rasp gone!

[@Ovadose850]

Can not wait to see this thing finally drift !!! U guys are my heroes !

[@jonburnquist]

After your done drifting the m3, change up the alignment, supercharge it and track it. It might he faster than the brz

[@davidalarid16]

Supercharge a 100k motor. What could go wrong?

[@jonburnquist]

@@davidalarid16 did you watch the series on the refresh they did?

[@TopiAS06]

@@davidalarid16 whats wrong with that?

[@pFbSpecV]

I am a nissan guy.... and I think I like this build better than the 350z!! Sounds good and looks baller as heck with the seat and the interior. Nice work guys!!!!

[@speedacademy]

Thanks!

[@killersushi99]

-Sounds Real Good-

[@Jeffe46M]

I really enjoyed this M3 resto series. That trick with the exhaust hangers will get used on my m3, no more low hanger muf!

[@wobblysauce]

But wait for it to set before you put a load on it...

[@ado038]

My brother and I have been following both the 350Z and M3 builds from the start and absolutely love what y'all are doing. What really caught our attention though is the fact that you two own the same cars we own in the same colors, albeit slightly differently configured since my 350Z is an HR variant and his M is a coupe but still, theyre too close for us not to follow your builds. So happy to see the M car being complete, now just post up some exhaust vids so my brother can make his mind up on which route to go on his haha.

[@rodgerball6149]

I did the same steps but added the borla mid pipe to get rid of that last bit of rasp. Didn't have to touch the headers or cats. Loved mine and it was quiet enough to run Laguna Seca (notorious sound limited track).

[@thedownshiftchannel]

Awesome work guys! Time to kick the life back out of it on track!

[@ehdriel4178]

You guys killed it!! Can't wait to see it on the track

[@TankRust]

You guys did a great job on this car! Its gonna look great sideways at full lock bouncing off the rev limiter!

[@BrandonK80]

The Bimmer looks great guys! Can wait to see her rip!!

[@jimmehvideos]

Sounds great! Nice work with the build, guys!

[@antbymcnair4297]

Cannot wait for the track vid. Great looking car!

[@g-mane7497]

I freakn love this channel

[@Patrick-HD]

i threw this setup in Asseto corsa on a BMW M1 and it drifted wel LOL !!! never drifted so good in my life!

[@PANTYEATR1]

it's cool to see car projects completed💪

[@CRLAMB]

My favorite m3 and colour too! Nice

[@rmandingo357]

You guys are champs! What a pain in the arse it must've been

[@vmoutsop]

You should also get another mid-pipe and cut out the resonator and weld it next to the other one. Really helps with the droning and rasp having two resonators

[@basithph8958]

The M3 is now an awesome track machine

[@davo705]

Good job! The rack has a centre mark too.

[@angelrestituyo9718]

Always enjoying your videos!!! Can't wait for more keep up the good work.

[@theo.k]

Excellent video as always. Thank you!

[@PK-R]

Smashed it ten times!!

[@matthewjedlicka6121]

The rasp is caused by the section 2 pipes after the headers. Add another resonator or get an aftermarket section 2 to remedy the noise

[@Leofred2000]

On rusty bolts you have on the exhaust hangers, you can brush on 50/50 ATF and acetone mix and leave it for a day and then have a go at them

[@tacticalcustard5488]

I've never had much luck with that over pb but I've heard a lot of guys swear by it

[@nicksutcliffe4395]

Nice can’t wait to hear that motor scream 😱

[@comet30265]

Hell yeah awesome job dudes!!!

[@Gio_Hb]

Beautiful. Please change this rear view mirror and install the LED tail lights would change the whole rear end.

[@VirusTornado]

LED rear on the E46 looks so mean

[@NGAAutoTV]

Great build guys! I envy your jobs! Also, the exhaust sounds great. Close to my Remus exhaust on my Z4M.

[@BlakesGarage]

Any chance you guys can to a breakdown on total build cost? Even if it’s MSRP on sponsored parts that may not have been a cost incurred on you guys? I think it would be cool to know. I’m guessing 12K total

[@VirusTornado]

12k for a drift-ready street M3 is pretty good. A standard M3 in good condition is 10k or something and you'd still need to modify it to make it track ready.

[@MrTynar]

Hi guys nice job with the m3 i love it ....can u leave me a link from where i can buy that half cage ? thank you and keep up the good work

[@speedacademy]

Nv auto built the cage, its custom. Watch the video on it for all the details

[@JDM_DAISUKI]

Nice one guys

[@youknowimwhite]

Embrace the raspe, BE the rasp

[@kvn071179]

Hi guys.. great respect for your build.. do you have a complete specs sheet of the parts youve used?

[@jonkat323]

Borla is such a dad exhaust xD

[@gameisgame3000]

Consider buying Mason Engineering X braces in the back

[@JesseCarmichaelAutos]

The more I see DP with those glasses the more I like em

[@justinaszvirblis6950]

Muffler delete was must!

[@RobertKohut]

Nice!!

[@jlehm]

Anyone else think Pete looks like DJ Qualls.

[@Pengajim]

Your definition of 'straight through' is much different than mine

[@18iser]

drifting in the wet is going to be hard with -3,5 camber though I had it lower then that but it might work.

[@raynaidu2500]

Awesomnessssss

[@Ztaal3]

Good looking street car, will be great to see if the street car can drift also...

[@vikietphan8093]

Do you guys think you could tell me what the song at 5:13 is? Thanks in advance!

[@LiteSwitch]

Yasssssssss! Finally!

[@voltairee3012]

No exhaust clip after it was warmed up? You guys like to tease us

[@SamHuard]

Looks good! Are those the rear head rests or are the roll over bars deployed?

[@Fenyx46]

Noticed your rear view mirror has a glass plate over it, I'm guessing the auto-dimming liquid within the mirror is leaking. Radar-Mirror is going to be your best bet for replacing that. You should definitely get it resolved otherwise the liquid will leak over your dashboard/seats and stain them. radar-mirror.com/Mirror_Repair.html

[@shanebep3135]

I think its just one of those extra big mirrors taped on it, I've seen them put it on some of their other cars too

[@kevindelacoudray7272]

That CT 200h in the back thou

[@lb9gta307]

That's DP's wife's Lexus Prius I think

[@s.a.i.v]

How is it that you guys are in canada and im in the wisconsin but we have snow and u dont

[@rocky_top_deluxe]

Painting the lip soon?

[@bakamotorworks505]

Giving me motivation to get my e36 back together! Does the clutch delay delete change where the pedal bites? Been thinking of removing mine, but I’ve also seen a “neutered” valve you can replace it with, but that might be $50 wasted if it feels fine without it.

[@Anthraxegott]

It doesn’t change where it bites, but increases the feel of the bite. The CDV's job is to lessen the impact of quick clutchdrops and gearchanges to the transmission at the costs of clutchfeel and wear. It’s easy to reverse if you don’t like it, but most do.

[@willae1]

the way you grabbed those muffler tips was almost lewd. i cant decide if i should report..

[@Tim82621]

I would defo get some more toe out in the front for drifting!

[@Industry-insider]

Did y’all just drill out the delay valve? Mine wasn’t exactly free but pretty close

[@Fenyx46]

Can we get a proper exhaust video? I have an E46 M3 (in the same color, too!), and I've been trying for years to find the "right" exhaust setup (I've tried Status Gruppe, different restonators, even sunk so far as to try an eBay exhaust to see how it'd sound) and absolutely nothing sounded good to me on this car. Would love to hear your setup in high quality!

[@andyfreeman4054]

What type of sound are you looking for?

[@Splooge_]

what did you guys end up doing to the steering wheel?

[@mrmidnight32]

I feel like all Canadian men should be handed a set of bolt extractors at birth. You guys really need to invest in a set of bolt extractors and fear rust no more

[@sergesvz]

It would be nice to know the total cast on this build.

[@haydenhairston5821]

Make sure you break in those rod bearings

[@nhiamoua1841]

I miss Ken's rx7. Can we get a update?

[@alfredolozano695]

Lexus hatch.. hybrid powa... man i was thinking about getting one of those for like a daily / track car... but man no man pedal

[@vmoutsop]

What wide mirror add-on did you go with?

[@muhdsyakir9502]

where the 350z drift car at ?! been missing for s long or dont say you give up man

[@sani9238]

Drifting this weekend?

[@heliumargon]

What rear view mirror is that? Got a link?

[@scottchladek1770]

I was wondering the same thing. Hope they say what it is.

[@speedacademy]

It's a Broadway convex Mirror: amzn.to/2IaSfpv There are cheaper ones but they dont lock into place as well so this is the one to get IMO

[@msabbagh4518]

whats with the Lexus in the background? Future drag build?!

[@rthomp03]

CT 200h...basically a glorified Prius. If they can make that thing fast, I'd be really impressed.

[@clarencetrinidad9149]

Let us know how the clutch chatter is?

[@speedacademy]

Actually its been quite surprising how good it is but you do have to throttle it a bit more.

[@heliumargon]

Rod bearings = 3000 miles of break-in!

[@OfficialParkit]

Is that true?

[@speedacademy]

@@OfficialParkit Negative, VAC Motorsports said there is no break-in on the bearings. Break in usually involves seating the piston rings not the bearings.

[@andyfreeman4054]

@@speedacademy +1 and good choice with VAC. They're awesome and close to home for me.

[@anpredictable]

Just need headers, intake, tune. Say less than 2g$ or less. It will be a sweatheart

[@mikewoo7999]

In before the exhaust falls out

[@xozindustries7451]

Zzthe Borla warrantee isn't worth the paper it's printed on, tried to get e replacement on my nephews Jeep, the place that installed it went out of business and they wouldn't do anything for him

[@polipochilegge]

Ooh come on u never show us sound clips :(((

[@MikeNyaundi]

He’s so lost without DP not very bright always something with him lol 😂

[@TheJanz3n]

I hate those line clamps so very much.

[@louhutchinson]

The exhaust alone is $4000.

[@andyfreeman4054]

How?

[@louhutchinson]

Andy Freeman through exaggeration and sarcasm. Still that borla exhaust is 1/3 of the cars “supposed” price. Its literally had more than 10k of work done to it so its kind of the running joke.

[@Executioner425]

Not loud enough!!

[@Turtleism]

Hey guys loving the channel and the content, I just want to touch on what your drift pro mate has been suggesting to you and add my 2 cents as a casual drifter in Oz and Japan as frankly i feel his suggestions are about 50% correct. Without going on a giant rant just please for the love of god read this www.superstreetonline.com/how-to/chassis-suspension/modp-1201-basic-drift-chassis-setup/ these guys are fantastic and their suggestions have been tried and tested many times by me and others in many countries for many years. Now that you have done that take your drift expert and put him in the bin of "no you don't need lock mods to drift you fucking idiot stop pretending to help when you are making it worse". Then get some actual cones setup on your skid pad (ideally wet) and work on the basics of drifting, donuts in both directions focusing on being as close to the cone as possible with minimal power output, figure 8s in both directions. From there goto an actual drift day with actual drift people and go through process of learning how to drift, ChrisFix on youtube hit the nail on the head for this and I know there is some really good learn to drift stuff in Canada. You have a great channel with some seriously good content that is so varied and in depth, I just would hate for you guys to try to learn to drift but get totally steered in the wrong direction and in doing so misinforming a bunch of people as I know you have the best intentions. (Also sorry for saying I won't go on a giant rant but preceding to go on a giant rant, kinda passionate about drifting and I just hate fuckheads who spout bullshit)

[@willrogers5713]

please remove those roll over bars in the back seat, it ruins the look

[@Tommikegetitright101i]

Sounds like shit, go get headers it will be alive.

[@REALSHYT666]

Awesome build... However the Borla Exhaust looks wonky AF buldgy and takes up a lot of space from what it looks like. It's supposed to be a Loud and Obnoxious drift car if it's too loud you're too old for it you guys are really showing your age. LOL straight pipe it and send it stop being pansies.

[@ninobrown5524]

Lol you're a moron

[@lb9gta307]

God no. Grassroots drift events have far too many horrible sounding straight piped BMWs as it is. We don't need another.

[@speedacademy]

FACT: We are old! FACT: Straight pipe cars sound like shit. FACT: You only realize when you become mature enough to appreciate a proper exhaust system. :)

[@lb9gta307]

@@speedacademy especially if you're street driving the car. Even in the event it does sound good it gets old after like 3 minuts and eveyone hates you for it.

[@081588101]

Im surprised to see this much toe in at the rear for a drift car. Im excited to see how it will drive.

[@tubs429gmail]

You should turn this car into a giveaway for the viewers.

[@xozindustries7451]

Zzthe Borla warrantee isn't worth the paper it's printed on, tried to get e replacement on my nephews Jeep, the place that installed it went out of business and they wouldn't do anything for him