E46 M3 vs CSL observations

[outnumbered]

Originally Posted by englebert

You may as well get powerflex bushes, it improves things and the standard RTABs will only bite your ass some other day.

The CSL is quite a bit stiffer than the M3, so on anything other than smooth roads it's going to be skittish. The less compliance, the less grip on uneven surfaces.

Also, the front wheels/tyres are wider. Compared to the M3, the CSL consequently has less of an understeer balance.

I'm going to stick to the standard bushes if it needs them, I've heard & seen mixed reports on the powerflex ones, and don't want to risk any issues with BMW if it ever needs the boot floor doing...

Agree with you on the rest, makes sense.

[DuncanR]

Originally Posted by BOUNCE

Thought you were gone,can you bring me some cigs back.

I was gone mate, but im back now ! Had to get rolling for me mum though bless her ! Loves her Golden Virginia ...another time, though TBH Tenerife wasnt that cheap, fookin euro is giving us grief out there !

[DuncanR]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Not true Rob

sport gives up to an extra 30bhp when the flap is working ie between 3500 and 5000 revs

extra 30 gee gees then all the time for me ...no flap !!

[glendog74]

Originally Posted by DuncanR

extra 30 gee gees then all the time for me ...no flap !!

It's not all the time...

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by outnumbered

Well, I've found one root cause for a bit of wayward handling.... snapped offside spring. I'll see what difference getting that fixed makes, and pursue RTABs if it still feels odd.

I also had my springs renewed today after Murketts found a broken one,the car did seem to handle better after.

[outnumbered]

Mine's now fixed too and it does feel better. But I've now found it's got a slighty sticky front caliper and I can't enough access to the top mounting bolt with a big enough breaker bar to get it off... so it's going to be back to the garage next week to be stripped and cleaned.