Z4MC SG Loads of mods...

[donjon1990]

Hi everyone! I have been on Uk forums for a long time but thought I would share some pictures of my car stateside!
So on to my car, it has been quite substantially upgraded from the base car that BMW came up with in 2007. Correcting most of the shortcomings often noted in the press. The car now drives smoother has no understeer and sounds absolutely amazing at full chat without being intrusive when you want to cruise on a summers eve. It also feels like the front and rear axles are now working as a team for you rather than fighting amongst themselves when you power on out of a long sweeping bend. Plus I think they have aged really well and still look fresh, considering this design is damn near as old as an E46 it looks as though its from a later generation IMHO.

So to Recap the standard car comes equipped with the same S54 engine as the E46 m3 and the steering rack and brakes from the CSL. It has 343BHP weighs 1430kg and 0-60 in 5.0 dead. My car has the optional extended leather pack as well which lifts the rather plastic standard interior up to Garching standards.

So onto the list of Mods over stock..

Gruppe M
Stoptech trophy BBK front and rear with the 380mm upgrade (these are the best brakes you can buy for a z4 period. not to be confused with standard stoptechs, do a search for the trophys...)
Ground control adjustable coilovers with adjustable top mount plates
full supersprint powerloop system including the manifold
genuine CSL wheels with Michelin pilot super sports
wheel stud to nut conversion
Some very nice interior touches with wrapping in carbon fibre and blue led illumination in the door handles and when you open the boot.
Illuminated ZHP from an F10 M5.
UUC lightened flywheel
Rougue engineering trailing arm bush limiters
turner adjustable camber arms
short shift kit
clutch stop
sports clutch
CSL shrick cams
remap to 370bhp
Strongstrut 3piece strutbrace
stubby BMW aerial
RPI scoop
UUc lightened pulleys

and finally some arty dusk pictures




















I am a bit of a old school VW nut as well and these are some of my previous money pits!

Vw corrado VR6 storm: Bought when I was 19 and was a dog until I replaced pretty much every mechanical component!



Audi S3: Sold the Corrado and bought an S3 and went about playing with that for a while. Here in various guises:




Vw Corrado 16v
Had a hankering for an old school car again so went and got another corrado! 2.0 16v this timeand ran it around for not much money because I was saving up for...



VW Golf Mk2 with 4WD and Audi S3 engine! Went a bit nuts here and bought it after seeing its potential. Ended up making it a sleeper Evo killer.





Vw Corrado G60. I bet you are sensing a theme here! Yeah I like corrados, someone offered me this in PX for the golf and a good deal of cash and I couldn't refuse a supercharger!




Vw Corrado VR6: Having always missed the growl of my VR I needed another hit, and after my first I knew what to looked for and bagged this little beauty.



and that brings me to the Z4! Who knows whats next?

[dorifto88]

Looks good! Do you have any dyno plots? Cams would be an interesting upgrade

[donjon1990]

That's one, I do have a slightly better one done a few days later which shows a flatter curve but you get the idea.

[AmmarYasirA]

Absolutely beautiful. Show us those small details. (Wanna see how those blue illuminated door handles look like)

[dubsesd]

Beautiful m coupe. Absolutely love the trophy kit and schrick cams

[Vanne]

nice ride mate, shame about all the VW stuff in there, but will excuse you this once ;P

very nice list of upgrades mate, very nice indeed. the VR6 is indeed very drool worthy, and goes like stink. (for a V-dub yeah more pics required of said mods

cheers
V.

[Finnegan]

Nice Z! I too would like more regarding those small details (e.g. LEDs).

[yousefnjr]

Cams must be a glorious upgrade on this car very jealous!

[donjon1990]

Hard to take photos of them but here are some of the led setup.

[BIMMERGUY91]

0-60 in 5 seconds flat is slow for a Z4M. They run faster than that stock. Whatever you used to time that is probably a little off. Sweet car though. I like the mods.

**Edit I just realized you were quoting the stock specs. Still a little slow most times have been noted at 4.6-4.8)**

[donjon1990]

Originally Posted by BIMMERGUY91

0-60 in 5 seconds flat is slow for a Z4M. They run faster than that stock. Whatever you used to time that is probably a little off. Sweet car though. I like the mods.

**Edit I just realized you were quoting the stock specs. Still a little slow most times have been noted at 4.6-4.8)**

I haven't timed mine but expect it to be around 4.5.

Got my calipers back from being refurbished and managed to get them all fitted today. I will leave the joy of bleeding them for tomorrow though! I went for interlagos blue and plan on tying them into the car with more colour coded bits and pieces.

[pungo]

I really like your Corrado references since I've been driving a 1990 G60 for 20 years. Can be finicky at times, but overall a great car. It's got a stage IV and worked supercharger putting out 200 whp. I'd post a pic but the body is a little rough with the original faded red paint, badly needs a respray. We never got the 16v here in the USA. A popular mod here is to put do a 16v head on the G60 block since the G60 head doesn't breath enough for a small pulley worked supercharger.

Oh, back to the Z4 content. I have a mostly bone stock Z4MC with 10k miles on it that I plan to start some mods on.

[donjon1990]

Originally Posted by pungo

I really like your Corrado references since I've been driving a 1990 G60 for 20 years. Can be finicky at times, but overall a great car. It's got a stage IV and worked supercharger putting out 200 whp. I'd post a pic but the body is a little rough with the original faded red paint, badly needs a respray. We never got the 16v here in the USA. A popular mod here is to put do a 16v head on the G60 block since the G60 head doesn't breath enough for a small pulley worked supercharger.

Oh, back to the Z4 content. I have a mostly bone stock Z4MC with 10k miles on it that I plan to start some mods on.

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I think my g60 was the fastest and most fun on the twisty back roads over here but I love the noise and refinement of the vr6! Nice M I love interlagos blue.

[R0ME0]

Love the calipers!

[KevinC]

Nice VW's! Can I play too? Here's my old Scirocco 16v, the precursor to the Corrado. Had it for 10 years before selling it in '08...

[VMRWheels]

Nice shots! The Z4 looks amazing in those first pics

[donjon1990]

Originally Posted by KevinC

Nice VW's! Can I play too? Here's my old Scirocco 16v, the precursor to the Corrado. Had it for 10 years before selling it in '08...

Nice, we never got the 16v in the UK. I see you have a Kamei grille as well that's a rare thing now! Not as rare as my brothers Zender Z400 bodied rocco though!

[KevinC]

Originally Posted by donjon1990

Nice, we never got the 16v in the UK. I see you have a Kamei grille as well that's a rare thing now! Not as rare as my brothers Zender Z400 bodied rocco though!

The Kamei grille was hard to come by when I got it, which was back in around 2001. The real unobtainium part I had was the 16V B-pillar badges. Those have been virtually impossible to find for decades.

I owned that car for 10 years, sold it in 2008. It was featured in a european car article along with a buddy's Mk1 back in 2005.

[tiltmode43]

Nice work & great pics!