Pushing a dyno-proven 570bhp out of an E46 M3 is something relatively achievable with supercharging, but it comes with compromises - the main one of which is heat, as found by Nathan at Auto Upgrades. Using a slightly customised ESS supercharger setup, his E46 M3 produces a dyno-proven 570bhp, helped along by some light internal mods to the engine. However, the...
Mitch Aynsley's E46 M3 is somewhat infamous for being slung sideways around the Nordschleife, and is no slouch, but was in need of a bit of a mid-season overhaul. So, he booked it in with us with the to-do list including one of our cylinder head overhauls, a thorough service and investigating a rear end knocking noise. Dropped to us freshly...
The S54 engine as found in the E46 M3 has a few weakpoints, one of which is the bottom end - most specifically the big end bearings. Having found out the hard way on a previous M3, Tim didn't want to make the same mistake again and so booked it in with us for a big end upgrade. Once the...
E46 M3 track cars are the bread and butter of what we do here at Hack Engineering, and so when Billy mentioned bringing his infamously quick M3 to us to cure his fuel starvation issues, we were delighted to be able to help. A quick introduction to Billy's car should give you the idea of what this machine is all about....
S54 engines are something of a speciality here at Hack Engineering, with an increasingly common process being full cylinder head overhauls - including our renowned Vanos rebuilds. Craig dropped his beautiful Laguna Seca Blue E46 M3 to us recently for this job. Image by Steve Timms Craig booked his car in on a precautionary basis, having heard slight pinking under acceleration -...
A project nearing mechanical completion is KED #001. To get the back story, check out the links found here. We'll bring full details on the recent improvements to this section soon. With dyno time booked and imminent, a base map from Calibrated Performance has been flashed onto KED #001's MSS54HP 'CSL-clone' ECU, the Deatschwerks 440cc injectors have been...
A recent visitor to our workshop was Ben's E92 M3. A well-known car featured on various YouTube channels and often seen at the Nurburging, it came to us for a host of jobs that needed doing in preparation for this year's 'Ring season. First on the list was the big end bearings. With extremely regular oil changes and...
Undoubtedly one of the most iconic BMWs of all time is the E30 M3. Originally designed by BMW's M Division solely with the DTM championship in mind, showroom versions were a homologation special and shared a lot of the mechanicals with their racecar counterparts. These days, the E30 M3 has two 'qualities' that get people really talking - the value, and...
S54 Vanos overhauls are bread and butter work here at Hack Engineering, and we recently had the pleasure of carrying one out on Nathan's lovely M3 CS. During recent work elsewhere it was spotted that the CS had broken an exhaust camshaft hub tab - these parts drive the S54's Vanos oil pump disc, as seen below. This is a common...
If there's one thing we love at Hack Engineering it's an M3 Touring. Halloween 2016 for us was a day spent with 'Danger Bryan''s E36 M3 Evo Touring, named Winston. Having started life as a Fern Green 328i Auto Touring, it now boasts the full complement of M3 Evo running gear, interior, suspension and more. As well as being essentially a...
