Tanya: My 2008 335Xi 6AT E92 Build & Pic Thread

AlpineSwift · 02-24-2014, 11:48 AM

Decided I needed to keep track of everything I was doing rather than make multiple threads about my mods (should keep the admins happy about less clutter...if they care

).

So I purchased this car after trading my old 2007 328Xi 6MT E92 on her. Meadow (as my last car was named) had roughly 76,680 miles on the odometer when this happened. 4 years of ownership and never once did I feel like I had made a terrible decision on this car.

@ Wuste 2012

Fueling up for the trip to Wuste

Anyway, Tanya had 43,123 miles on the clock when I picked her up. I got $11,500 in trade for Meadow and paid ~$11,900 out of pocket. Pretty awesome deal considering I didn't have to leave the state to get the color combo and options I wanted.

Day 1 (you can't tell I'm happy at all

):

A couple days later my first mod arrived in the mail, DCI's from BMS

The next day happened to be when I decided to put the Vishnu OFT Stg 0 map on the car. That was an epic difference in power.

About a week later, after hard wiring my Valentine 1 and rewiring my left paddle shifter to shift correctly (F.U. BMW for doing this), my VRSF CP came in. Just 3 days after my Tial BOV (the spring seems ok but I've got a strange 2 stage vent sound coming off boost. not really sure what to attribute that too seeing as TGS says the included spring is correct for the N54). Perhaps I'm not running a strong enough vacuum tube...

About 4 days ago to this post my Turner Motorsports Black Chrome kidney's came in the mail. They are sooooo worth the money.

And after a small edit yesterday, the side grills became black and the center grill went buh-bye. On order currently is my VRSF 7" FMIC to drop my IAT's down. The car is scheduled to go in for spark plug replacement and a turbo performance check (or whatever it is they do) to see if I can get some new snails.

More updates to follow as things progress. Ultimate goal is around 600whp by the end of my build. I feel that's more than enough for the street with this car since it's my daily driver.

J-Spec Dan · 02-24-2014, 12:06 PM

off the a great start

dohctec · 02-24-2014, 12:14 PM

Subbed!

TopBack_Mack · 02-24-2014, 12:19 PM

Congrats on the pick up. Not too many modded Barbera Reds on here. 600HP should make for a very nice build

_Sinister_ · 02-24-2014, 12:43 PM

Sweet build Thread so far

vladberca · 02-24-2014, 01:12 PM

Great color and aggressive performance mods

135Pats · 02-24-2014, 02:29 PM

Nice car man. It’s begging for MTECH front bumper, just begging for it.

Mardio · 02-24-2014, 02:54 PM

Awesome color...

AlpineSwift · 02-24-2014, 03:34 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone

I took the car to CarZ Performance today to check into the BOV spring. Sure enough, it was the WRONG one. Yellow spring at this altitude? Hell no.

Ended up buying a white spring and it's PERFECT. Anyone getting Tial BOV's need to double check their vacuum pressure and the included spring prior to installation.

Knobi · 02-26-2014, 12:34 AM

Clean Mods and very nice car, keep us posted

gds52 · 02-26-2014, 01:08 AM

For a moment I thought a girl named Tanya has started this build thread

AlpineSwift · 02-26-2014, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gds52

For a moment I thought a girl named Tanya has started this build thread

Sounds like you need to get laid.

So I went a little mad and bought a bunch of Black Chrome decals from @MDecals on here. Also added a little extra to the rear window. I need to find someone that makes the "got boost?" in Black Chrome. The Silver CF doesn't look right.

ALL of the roundels are done (engine, wheels, steering wheel, trunk, hood, etc)

Patrick303 · 02-26-2014, 11:37 AM

Looking good!

Please let me know when you plan to install the FMIC. I'd like to come watch/assist if I could as I'm planning on doing the same mod in the near future.

Thanks!

AlpineSwift · 02-26-2014, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick719

Looking good!

Please let me know when you plan to install the FMIC. I'd like to come watch/assist if I could as I'm planning on doing the same mod in the near future.

Thanks!

I'm most likely going to be doing it at a friends place in Aurora since he has more tools than I do.

I'll keep you in the loop when it happens though. Still haven't even received my confirmation email from VRSF yet saying they received payment despite the money being verified as sent on paypal.

MDecals · 02-26-2014, 12:24 PM

Looks awesome! But ya know I could have done the got boost for you too right? haha

AlpineSwift · 02-26-2014, 01:44 PM

Son of a...

Oh well. I found some company that does the black chrome finish on decals. I'll keep that in mind for next time though.

AlpineSwift · 02-28-2014, 10:37 AM

My morning just got about 10x more awesome thanks to Fedex and @Tiago@VRSF.

nmpsons · 02-28-2014, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlpineSwift

My morning just got about 10x more awesome thanks to Fedex and @Tiago@VRSF.

That sure is a nice hunk of shiny metal!

JAL0988 · 02-28-2014, 11:32 AM

Nice job so far! Love the color too, nice and rare.

_Sinister_ · 02-28-2014, 11:34 AM

Dang! now that's some bling

Awesome looking shepherd

AlpineSwift · 02-28-2014, 12:31 PM

I might have installed photos today if everything works out.

His name is Jaeger, he's almost 9 months old, and he's over 100lbs

@_Sinister_

david06co · 02-28-2014, 06:29 PM

Wow, I hope to see your car around it's looking great!

02-24-2014, 11:48 AM	#1
AlpineSwift Colonel 77 Rep 2,114 Posts Drives: 2008 335Xi Coupé Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Castle Rock, CO iTrader: (3)	Tanya: My 2008 335Xi 6AT E92 Build & Pic Thread Decided I needed to keep track of everything I was doing rather than make multiple threads about my mods (should keep the admins happy about less clutter...if they care ). So I purchased this car after trading my old 2007 328Xi 6MT E92 on her. Meadow (as my last car was named) had roughly 76,680 miles on the odometer when this happened. 4 years of ownership and never once did I feel like I had made a terrible decision on this car. @ Wuste 2012 Fueling up for the trip to Wuste Anyway, Tanya had 43,123 miles on the clock when I picked her up. I got $11,500 in trade for Meadow and paid ~$11,900 out of pocket. Pretty awesome deal considering I didn't have to leave the state to get the color combo and options I wanted. Day 1 (you can't tell I'm happy at all ): A couple days later my first mod arrived in the mail, DCI's from BMS The next day happened to be when I decided to put the Vishnu OFT Stg 0 map on the car. That was an epic difference in power. About a week later, after hard wiring my Valentine 1 and rewiring my left paddle shifter to shift correctly (F.U. BMW for doing this), my VRSF CP came in. Just 3 days after my Tial BOV (the spring seems ok but I've got a strange 2 stage vent sound coming off boost. not really sure what to attribute that too seeing as TGS says the included spring is correct for the N54). Perhaps I'm not running a strong enough vacuum tube... About 4 days ago to this post my Turner Motorsports Black Chrome kidney's came in the mail. They are sooooo worth the money. And after a small edit yesterday, the side grills became black and the center grill went buh-bye. On order currently is my VRSF 7" FMIC to drop my IAT's down. The car is scheduled to go in for spark plug replacement and a turbo performance check (or whatever it is they do) to see if I can get some new snails. More updates to follow as things progress. Ultimate goal is around 600whp by the end of my build. I feel that's more than enough for the street with this car since it's my daily driver. __________________ E92 '08 335Xi 6AT - Cobb AP3 Tuned by MAC Autosport, Original Prototype Xi DOCRace 6266 Single Turbo Swap, VRSF CP w/Synapse BOV, VRSF 7" FMIC, BMS Cowl, H&R Coilovers, Renn Motorsport RS-51's, Stoptech Stage 2 Slotted, xHP Stage 3, Earl's Racing Oil Cooler, Turner Boost Gauge, M3 Lip Spoiler. Standing Mile Record Holder for Xi over a mile high: 168.2MPH @ 5512'; The Colorado Mile hosted by The US Mile.
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TopBack_Mack Major 41 Rep 1,474 Posts Drives: E93 M3 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: NY iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 335XI COUPE [10.00]	Congrats on the pick up. Not too many modded Barbera Reds on here. 600HP should make for a very nice build
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135Pats Major General 456 Rep 6,478 Posts Drives: A few BMWs Join Date: May 2012 Location: Maryland iTrader: (3)	Nice car man. It’s begging for MTECH front bumper, just begging for it. __________________ E88 N54 Alpinweiss/Coral Red/Motiv HTA 3586r Tial .82AR/Other stuff...652WHP F30 N55 XDrive EBII
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02-24-2014, 03:34 PM	#9
AlpineSwift Colonel 77 Rep 2,114 Posts Drives: 2008 335Xi Coupé Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Castle Rock, CO iTrader: (3)	Thanks for the comments everyone I took the car to CarZ Performance today to check into the BOV spring. Sure enough, it was the WRONG one. Yellow spring at this altitude? Hell no. Ended up buying a white spring and it's PERFECT. Anyone getting Tial BOV's need to double check their vacuum pressure and the included spring prior to installation. __________________ E92 '08 335Xi 6AT - Cobb AP3 Tuned by MAC Autosport, Original Prototype Xi DOCRace 6266 Single Turbo Swap, VRSF CP w/Synapse BOV, VRSF 7" FMIC, BMS Cowl, H&R Coilovers, Renn Motorsport RS-51's, Stoptech Stage 2 Slotted, xHP Stage 3, Earl's Racing Oil Cooler, Turner Boost Gauge, M3 Lip Spoiler. Standing Mile Record Holder for Xi over a mile high: 168.2MPH @ 5512'; The Colorado Mile hosted by The US Mile.
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Knobi Captain 93 Rep 716 Posts Drives: 2015 YMB M3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Weston, FL iTrader: (4) Garage List 2011 BMW E90 335i [9.50]	Clean Mods and very nice car, keep us posted __________________ 2015 BMW M3 \| DCT \| Yas Marina Blue \| Silverstone \| Executive \| Lightning \| Driver Assistant \| Carbon Ceramic Brakes Instagram: @benrivasplata
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gds52 Colonel 886 Rep 2,720 Posts Drives: BMW Z4M Coupe, BMW 328i E93 Co Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	For a moment I thought a girl named Tanya has started this build thread
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Patrick303 Lieutenant 675 Rep 474 Posts Drives: F36 440i GC Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (2) Garage List 2017 Ducati Monster ... [0.00] 2017 BMW 440i xDriv ... [0.00]	Looking good! Please let me know when you plan to install the FMIC. I'd like to come watch/assist if I could as I'm planning on doing the same mod in the near future. Thanks! __________________ 2024 Porsche Taycan 4S 2017 Ducati Monster 821
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AlpineSwift Colonel 77 Rep 2,114 Posts Drives: 2008 335Xi Coupé Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Castle Rock, CO iTrader: (3)	Son of a... Oh well. I found some company that does the black chrome finish on decals. I'll keep that in mind for next time though. __________________ E92 '08 335Xi 6AT - Cobb AP3 Tuned by MAC Autosport, Original Prototype Xi DOCRace 6266 Single Turbo Swap, VRSF CP w/Synapse BOV, VRSF 7" FMIC, BMS Cowl, H&R Coilovers, Renn Motorsport RS-51's, Stoptech Stage 2 Slotted, xHP Stage 3, Earl's Racing Oil Cooler, Turner Boost Gauge, M3 Lip Spoiler. Standing Mile Record Holder for Xi over a mile high: 168.2MPH @ 5512'; The Colorado Mile hosted by The US Mile.
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02-28-2014, 10:37 AM	#17
AlpineSwift Colonel 77 Rep 2,114 Posts Drives: 2008 335Xi Coupé Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Castle Rock, CO iTrader: (3)	My morning just got about 10x more awesome thanks to Fedex and @Tiago@VRSF. __________________ E92 '08 335Xi 6AT - Cobb AP3 Tuned by MAC Autosport, Original Prototype Xi DOCRace 6266 Single Turbo Swap, VRSF CP w/Synapse BOV, VRSF 7" FMIC, BMS Cowl, H&R Coilovers, Renn Motorsport RS-51's, Stoptech Stage 2 Slotted, xHP Stage 3, Earl's Racing Oil Cooler, Turner Boost Gauge, M3 Lip Spoiler. Standing Mile Record Holder for Xi over a mile high: 168.2MPH @ 5512'; The Colorado Mile hosted by The US Mile.
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JAL0988 Lieutenant Colonel 123 Rep 1,503 Posts Drives: 2023 X7 40i, 2022 X5 M50i Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: NY iTrader: (1)	Nice job so far! Love the color too, nice and rare.
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_Sinister_ Major 72 Rep 1,181 Posts Drives: Very Slow Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: The High State iTrader: (0)	Dang! now that's some bling Awesome looking shepherd __________________ _Sinister_
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AlpineSwift Colonel 77 Rep 2,114 Posts Drives: 2008 335Xi Coupé Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Castle Rock, CO iTrader: (3)	I might have installed photos today if everything works out. His name is Jaeger, he's almost 9 months old, and he's over 100lbs @_Sinister_ __________________ E92 '08 335Xi 6AT - Cobb AP3 Tuned by MAC Autosport, Original Prototype Xi DOCRace 6266 Single Turbo Swap, VRSF CP w/Synapse BOV, VRSF 7" FMIC, BMS Cowl, H&R Coilovers, Renn Motorsport RS-51's, Stoptech Stage 2 Slotted, xHP Stage 3, Earl's Racing Oil Cooler, Turner Boost Gauge, M3 Lip Spoiler. Standing Mile Record Holder for Xi over a mile high: 168.2MPH @ 5512'; The Colorado Mile hosted by The US Mile.
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david06co Registered 0 Rep 3 Posts Drives: 2011 335i xdrive coupe Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Colorado Springs iTrader: (0)	Wow, I hope to see your car around it's looking great!
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