Confused with Mods, some help

[cetrero23]

Hi guys, following the thread, very fast question....
my first idea was to get the sunbelt with vac spring valves, lifters, ticker head gasket, Dr vanos stage 1, chip (obvious) tms short headers.
I have my US Spec M3 e36 in Lima, but we live in Finland, and it is easy to get some stuff from the Euro M3, i am taking with me back to Peru the complete oil cooler (lines, cooler and housing) and some carbon covers.
Ok, i didnt know my wife wanted to come with me to Lima, so i bought her and my kid also the flight tickets (4000$ for high season) so i was thinking to drop the proyect, but i really want to race little bit against all the Japanese crap we have over there,so i have thinking to go with just the shrick cams, chip, regular head gasket, and bmpdesign headers, so what you think guys?
since i am here what else i can take with me from Euro M3?
Do i have to get perfromance srping valves for the sricks? do i need to install thicker head gasket with them? since my M3 got only 78K miles, i guess it can still take some abuse from my right foot,?
I saw lifters for 325i, 24 units for 200 euros, do i have to change them too?
thanks for your comments, all are welcome,
Erik

[BadGTho]

the cams are a pretty nice mod.. the thicker headgasket will lower compression.. not needed.

i would research a built head from VAC motorsports and buy a complete built head if you have the budget for it.

if you plan to go with aftermarket cams on a 78k mile car you will want to fully rebuild the head anyway.

have you considered a supercharger instead?

[Roland H]

Originally Posted by BadGTho

the cams are a pretty nice mod.. the thicker headgasket will lower compression.. not needed.

i would research a built head from VAC motorsports and buy a complete built head if you have the budget for it.

if you plan to go with aftermarket cams on a 78k mile car you will want to fully rebuild the head anyway.

have you considered a supercharger instead?

Bingo.

However, I would contact Chuck @ CSSMotorsports before I went to VAC for a rebuilt/built head.

[cetrero23]

Originally Posted by BadGTho

the cams are a pretty nice mod.. the thicker headgasket will lower compression.. not needed.

i would research a built head from VAC motorsports and buy a complete built head if you have the budget for it.

if you plan to go with aftermarket cams on a 78k mile car you will want to fully rebuild the head anyway.

have you considered a supercharger instead?

Yeah i have been thinking and thinking, but i would like to keep NA for a while, but a SC it will be coming but next 2 years maybe. of course i would like to built the whole engine But right now i got just $2K i can spend, so that's why i am confused,what would you do with that money guys?

[cetrero23]

Originally Posted by Roland H

Bingo.

However, I would contact Chuck @ CSSMotorsports before I went to VAC for a rebuilt/built head.

Sorry for my ignorance, who is that guy?

[Roland H]

Originally Posted by cetrero23

Yeah i have been thinking and thinking, but i would like to keep NA for a while, but a SC it will be coming but next 2 years maybe. of course i would like to built the whole engine But right now i got just $2K i can spend, so that's why i am confused,what would you do with that money guys?

Spend it on suspension, it will be much more fun, and will get your car around the track quicker than it would with cams.

Originally Posted by cetrero23

Sorry for my ignorance, who is that guy?

Quite possibly one of the best BMW engine builders on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

[cetrero23]

Originally Posted by Roland H

Spend it on suspension, it will be much more fun, and will get your car around the track quicker than it would with cams.

Thanks Roland, i already have bilstein coil overs, mine is manly street car, of course some nights drag racing...

Quite possibly one of the best BMW engine builders on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

I will send him an email,
More suggts?

[cetrero23]

Originally Posted by Roland H

Spend it on suspension, it will be much more fun, and will get your car around the track quicker than it would with cams.



Quite possibly one of the best BMW engine builders on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sorry Roland i forgot to mention i already have bilstein coil overs, bushes, gruppe supports, uuc strut and rear bars, but i didnt know that will make it faster than with the cams, thanks for the tip

[Roland H]

Originally Posted by cetrero23

Sorry Roland i forgot to mention i already have bilstein coil overs, bushes, gruppe supports, uuc strut and rear bars, but i didnt know that will make it faster than with the cams, thanks for the tip

As long as your suspension is under control, then go for the cams. Just remember, if you're going to go faster, you will need to stop faster too.

[cetrero23]

Already took care of it, uuc steal break lines, and carbon break pads are being used for a month, thinking for rotors, but the stocks are still with a lot of life.
Yeah definitivily i will go with the shricks, but i will not be able to change the valve springs and the lifters, will be ok?

[Roland H]

Originally Posted by cetrero23

Already took care of it, uuc steal break lines, and carbon break pads are being used for a month, thinking for rotors, but the stocks are still with a lot of life.
Yeah definitivily i will go with the shricks, but i will not be able to change the valve springs and the lifters, will be ok?

You should be fine with stock springs and lifters as long as there are no issues with them. I know of a few people with that setup. Just set your redline conservatively and you should be fine.