used OEM CSL airbox

[shimmy]

i know of a very cool gearknob for sale

[GregorFuk]

Please leave CSL parts for CSLs.

[MrCB]

Originally Posted by GregorFuk

Please leave CSL parts for CSLs.

Lol, I am building what BMW should have made in the first place. As a matter of fact, without the SMG components, my CSL build should be a bit lighter than the actual Coupe Sport Lightweight


Back on track, looking for one of these if one is available for sale

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Originally Posted by MrCB

I prefer le manuel , so I am building a CSL from a CS packaged M3 and I need to find an intake

I always thought that till I drove the CSL, not love the paddle box

[GregorFuk]

This type of thing genuinely irks me.

It irked me when I owned my B5 RS4. Front wings became in short supply because S4 owners were doing wide arch conversions.

I bet it irked Escort Cosworth owners when Ford ran out of front bumpers due to people buying them up to chop up and graft onto POS Fiestas.

BMW have done their best by requiring a chassis code to order specific parts but the internet has made it too easy to navigate around this.

My feeling is that CSLs are rare enough, and parts scarce enough, that what parts there are should be left for the genuine cars. You car will never be a genuine CSL so why insist on a genuine air box?

[LeinsCSL]

I was thinking of selling him mine until he insulted my gearbox

[MrCB]

Originally Posted by GregorFuk

This type of thing genuinely irks me.

It irked me when I owned my B5 RS4. Front wings became in short supply because S4 owners were doing wide arch conversions.

I bet it irked Escort Cosworth owners when Ford ran out of front bumpers due to people buying them up to chop up and graft onto POS Fiestas.

BMW have done their best by requiring a chassis code to order specific parts but the internet has made it too easy to navigate around this.

My feeling is that CSLs are rare enough, and parts scarce enough, that what parts there are should be left for the genuine cars. You car will never be a genuine CSL so why insist on a genuine air box?

Three (or five) words depending on how you look at it: OEM build quality

I would agree with what you are saying about most other cars, but not for the CSL since I have a feeling BMW actually made a 6sp which they keep hidden in their warehouse of rare one-off cars.

Originally Posted by LeinsCSL

I was thinking of selling him mine until he insulted my gearbox

SMG is just not for me

[73CSL]

I though SMG in the CSL wasnt going to be for me either, bearing in mind I have 2 manual Porsche 911's and a crash box Landdrover

.... as it is , the box suits the car and I wouldnt get any more enjoyment out of it with a manual box

The SMG is only really crap if you use the car for pottering around

Don't slate the it unless you've had a few weeks behind the wheel of a CSL

[GregorFuk]

Originally Posted by MrCB

I would agree with what you are saying about most other cars, but not for the CSL since I have a feeling BMW actually made a 6sp which they keep hidden in their warehouse of rare one-off cars.

SMG is just not for me

I'm glad that stacks up in your head because it's a poor justification. BMW like any other car manufacturer would have built many testing mules but the reality is that when it came to the crunch the CSL was SMG only. Forget what BMW might have tucked away in a warehouse.

If you must have a manual then a preferable approach from my stand point is that you buy a CSL and convert it to manual whilst keeping all the bits required to reinstate the SMG at a later date.

I've been a manual guy all my life, aside from my 535D, and for performance driving I'd have always insisted on shifting myself. But what people say is true, the SMG suits the CSL and make you a quicker driver, no doubt about it.

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by MrCB

Lol, I am building what BMW should have made in the first place. As a matter of fact, without the SMG components, my CSL build should be a bit lighter than the actual Coupe Sport Lightweight

You're a Dreamer as well KUDOS MrCB

BTW CSL is a Manual that's what the 'M' in SMG stand for