Ess 525 3rd, 4th, 5th gear power.

[Csa225]

Ran out of room before going into 6th gear. Hit 175ish with it almost red lined in 5th.

[F360C]

Well it's not slow! Car sounds great!

[Nikitas_Z4mcoupe]

Originally Posted by Csa225

Ran out of room before going into 6th gear. Hit 175ish with it almost red lined in 5th.

Nice!!!! Car is running really strong. It seems you are running with 3.62 diff right?
For the sake of comparison with other SC cars, have you recorded any 60-130mph times?

[Csa225]

Thanks. It does run strong, especially when its cold out. Makes a huge difference. Ill do a 60-130 the next chance i get. And also go for top speed. Im very curious to see what itll do. Had a ton of power left when i hit 175!

Gearing is stock, car only has the 525 kit, supersprint xpipe and mufflers, h&r coilovers and 19s.

Headers are next. Can anybody verify if status gruppe fit well?

[Nikitas_Z4mcoupe]

Originally Posted by Csa225

Thanks. It does run strong, especially when its cold out. Makes a huge difference. Ill do a 60-130 the next chance i get. And also go for top speed. Im very curious to see what itll do. Had a ton of power left when i hit 175!

Gearing is stock, car only has the 525 kit, supersprint xpipe and mufflers, h&r coilovers and 19s.

Headers are next. Can anybody verify if status gruppe fit well?

With so much power you will go well above 300Km/hr...
Are you running catted headers?
From my experience (with NA Z4m) going from euro headers to stepped ones it had very small difference...

[Steenos]

Very nice! I'm hoping to get my 455 kit installed soon.

[GuidoK]

Impressive acceleration.
I just looked at the ESS site and noticed something strange.
Why is the vt525 kit so much more expensive for the z4m than for the e46?
It's a $1500 difference. the z4m kit is priced between the e46 vt550 and vt575 kit.
Is there different hardware? (apart from some different piping/brackets etc)

The TS2 kits for e46 and z4 are similar priced.

[Csa225]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Impressive acceleration.
I just looked at the ESS site and noticed something strange.
Why is the vt525 kit so much more expensive for the z4m than for the e46?
It's a $1500 difference. the z4m kit is priced between the e46 vt550 and vt575 kit.
Is there different hardware? (apart from some different piping/brackets etc)



The TS2 kits for e46 and z4 are similar priced.

Good question. I do know that there is a different oil cooler and the intercooler piping is not the same. I was sent the e46 cooler and none of the piping fit right. Had to send lots of pics back and forth with ess to get the right stuff finally. Im sure they sell many more e46 kits so who knows about the price. Worth every penny to me!