Year: 2009
Make: BMW
Model: 1-Series M
Price: $50000
Mileage: 79500
Color: Slate Grey
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (State): TX
Transmission: Manual
Drivetrain: Rear Wheel Drive

I'm absolutely a perfectionist and keep my cars very well maintained. All parts are specced to the car, not just a mod list of random stuff. Car can make 650-700whp to the wheels if you upgrade the fuel system but right now it sits at 520whp max and only tracked at 400whp to keep the heat down. It does 1.5X on ECR with no sweat or fighting. I pulled a 2:05 with bad rotors and XP8. Dead hooks thanks to the suspension and chassis setup. I have spent around another 15k on top to get the car were I wanted, before receiving the car. The was a bit loose and needed a full inspection which classic BMW have finished up. We tighten down all the bolts on the under the chassis. We got brand new parts, new all new Giro Rotors, stronger pads XP20, square set up with brand new tires, redid the positioning of the piping, heat shields, strong motor mounts, Inozetek wrap to protect it from debris, and got the pros at classis BMW to fine tune the suspension. Sadly, I don't have time to track and feel like this car is going to a waste just sitting in my garage with my other cars. So I need to slim down a bit and focus on business that I'm expanding. This car only saw professionals from Luke (former Dallas Performance tech), Classic BMW race team and JP euro all in DFW. I have receipts for everything I have done. The car received 3k miles since I have purchased it last year and got a refresh on everything. This car needs literally nothing and ready to be tracked or driven.

The car is very well balanced, as I mentioned I never had to fight the car to get it where I want to go. The GT3076R feels perfect with its strong mid range to shoot you out of the exits. The square set up and super car 3R has changed this car characteristics. It's a much faster car than the past and I know Alex can agree to that. This thing pretty much grabs everyone's attention on the track and they wonder what is done to it every time I pull out from the pits from hot laps.


From the previous ad of Bern:
"When I hopped out of my E90 335i 3 years ago, I really wanted something with less weight and more aggressive looks. I’m a huge fan of the N54 motor, so I started looking for 135i’s. Found the perfect example… White, 60k on the clock, single owner, bone stock, needed nothing.

I got right into the car and started setting it up for the track. As quickly as I realized the potential of this chassis, I found its limits in regard to tire fitment. Frustrated at the lack of available wheels and the struggle to stuff wide rubber under the front fenders, I ended up doing the 1M front-end. Of course this would mean that I’d always turn around to look back at the car and yearned for wide rear quarters. One phone call to my buddy Ivan from StrasseSport in Irwindale, the body shop that tackled this project with expert craft and precision, and we’d ordered full 1M rear quarters from BMW. They arrived on a pallet with the rear bumper and sideskirts. What a site that was.

There are easier, less expensive ways to turn a 135i into a 1M, but this car was going to see track time, which meant I wanted real metal rear quarters with OEM fitment and durabiliy, not some mix of FRP flares attached to sliced rear quarters with bondo and filler. My goal from the beginning was to build a GT3 RS / M3 GTS / factory safety car kind of build. Light weight, factory racecar looks, attention to detail. Doing it right meant removing the rear glass, and once the glass was off, I felt foolish leaving the factory steel roof and sunroof intact, so I called iND distribution and ordered their RKP carbon roof. Well, that meant I couldn’t just reuse my beautiful anthracite sunroof headliner, so I bit the bullet (again) and ordered the OEM slicktop headliner from BMW too. When this car left the shop, I was blown away at what we created, and I still am. From little details like the quick release front bumper to the Trackspec Motorsports hood vent and the Seibon carbon hood and trunk, to the OEM 1M rear valence that had its pass-side exhaust outlet hole filled to be a true single-exit 1M rear bumper, this thing has such aggressive presence. It is wide, loud, mean and beautiful simultaneously.

Along the road, I got tired of the issues that plague the n54 with stock rattling turbos grasping for life when they’re run well beyond their intended use and efficiency range. People complain about temperature issues with this engine often, and it’s taken some time to dial it in perfectly, but much of the temperature spikes are due to the stock turbos. They are TINY, and have no place on a racetrack. While there are plenty of options out their for hybrid replacements, I wasn’t confident in any of the solutions, and really wanted to simplify the system, so I worked with John @ CES Motorsport to build a track-worthy single turbo kit around a reliable and badass Garrett GTX-3076R Gen-II. This is a 750hp dual ball bearing turbo with a billet wheel, mounted in T4 twin-scroll format to the CES/SteedSpeed cnc-log manifold. I went with a big 1.06a/r turbine housing to give linear and controllable power, further helping temps, but without much sacrifice in spool since it’s a twin scroll medium frame turbo.

Boost is controlled with a GFB electronic boost controller, tucked away and hidden in the center console ashtray in front of the shifter (channeling Vin Diesel's FD). Leave it exposed or close the lid. Set it and forget it. The boost controller has 5 programmable boost maps, so 400hp, 450, 500, 550, and keep going… All at the press of a button. The car is tuned to run on an ethanol blend on E30. Ethanol helps keep the engine cool, aids in making way more power and is generally a lot safer than pump gas. We run E30 because I wanted to keep the fuel system as simple as possible, and that's as much ethanol as we can run safely within the limits of the high pressure pump and stock injectors.

I’ve got a Bluetooth Fuel-it ethanol content analyzer that’ll show you your fuel mix on your phone, along with upgraded fuel lines and a Fuel-It stage 2 in-tank low pressure fuel pump. While it’d be easy to turn this into a 700whp build, I have no desire to stress the motor more than necessary, as reliability is everything for a track car. With that, I am a fan of simplicity, so I wanted to keep most of the fuel system stock with no additional port injection or overdriven setups for the factory high pressure fuel pump. Injectors and HPFP are both the newest revisions and fuel pressure is perfect on E30 and 20psi. I’ve got a 91-octane pump tune as well, still safe for 20psi, just with much less timing. 91 octane is about 480whp vs 530whp on E30.

I’ve spent hours logging data both on the street and on the track, and I’ve worked closely with Ken from Wedge Performance. This tune is DIALED and custom tailored to my requests. 1M throttle mapping, an aggressive rev limiter that won’t get in the way and close the throttle if you happen to be sideways at the top of 3rd on corner exit. Ken is incredible, and it’s safe to say, he knows this car better than most, so I’d be happy to make the intro for the new owner and keep him on board for future tune updates and needs as required, should there be a setup adjustment or fuel change.

20psi comes in around 3400rpm, and power climbs until you hit the rev limiter at 7300rpm. If you’re on the freeway in 6th, you don’t need to downshift to pass. Lightly feed in the throttle and boost builds quickly with all that load. The E82 is faster in 6th than anything else I’ve driven.. This car is obscenely quick. Fast enough to pass a GT3 RS on the straights, or pretty much anything, with ease, especially since you’ll have faster corner entry and exit thanks to an epic damper and spring setup from Motion Control Suspension & Eibach, plus the aero...

Every arm, bushing and bearing has been replaced and upgraded in this car. I felt there was no need to swap the rear subframe to that from the 1M/M3 since it’s heavier. The benefits from the slight change in rear geometry are negligible, and to date, nobody’s run faster in an E82 at Buttonwillow, so the rear subframe does its job. The subframe and diff bushings are PowerFlex black “track” bushings. I didn’t go solid because I hate the NVH diff whine and clunks associated with solid bushings. Power hits the ground with a Wavetrac LSD, and shifts are a joy with the 3.46 128i final drive from Diffsonline, and an AKG DTM chassis mounted shifter. The motor and trans stay put, even with almost 500lb-ft of torque, shift after shift, thanks to AKG motor and trans mounts.

The Spec Stage 3+ clutch has been bulletproof, and it’s paired with a SPEC billet steel flywheel. Yes, I could have shaved more weight off by opting for the aluminum flywheel, but I prefer some rotational flywheel mass with turbo cars, especially if you’ll be doing any street driving. The flywheel is quiet, and while engagement takes some getting used to, pedal feel is great on the street.

I could go on, and on, and on about this car. I can’t even imagine the hours I’ve put into it, along with friends, partners and shops like StrasseSport and European Auto Source, and my buddy Ken Suen who made some custom track-spec updates to the turbo kit and built the front aero. This car is built to be driven. It has been tested, improved, and it’s set records, and even got me on the podium at some Global Time Attack and Bimmer Challenge events. You can leave it as is, or take it to the next level. You can store it and put stock seats in it, along with the quiet muffler that can be fitted in minutes thanks to a full custom 3” v-band exhaust system. I’ve always been tempted to gut it and get it down below 3000lbs, but didn’t have the heart to go against the philosophy of the build for me. It’s easy to gut a car, but a lot harder to have balance and reserve in a build. This car was a dream for me, and I’ll probably cry when I hand over the keys."

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Motortrend: https://www.motortrend.com/features/...2009-bmw-135i/

SPECS
2009 135i, 79k on the clock, Driven weekly
Always garaged
6 speed manual transmission
3170lbs wet

Engine
- CES Motorsports Single Turbo kit with Garrett GTX3076R Gen 2, t4 divided 1.06a/r (amazing midrange turbo)
- Tuned by Ken @WedgePerformance with MHD
- GFB G-Force 3 electronic boost controller with 4-port MAC solenoid
- Fuel-it! Stage 2 bucket with upgraded lines and ethanol content anlayzer
- VTT Billet Valve Cover with dual catch can setup, head ports plugged, fully external PCV
- 3.5bar tmap

Drivetrain
- SPEC stage 3+ clutch with billet steel flywheel
- AKG DTM shifter with DSSR
- Turner 80A motor mounts NEW (These melt so we had to build a heat shield. The AKG would also break from excessive heat from the manifold.
- AKG e21 trans mounts with isolating cups
- Wavetrac LSD with 3.46 FD built by Diffsonline
Brakes / Wheels / Tires
- StopTech Trophy BBK ST60 front & ST40 rear (fresh j-hook rotors, caliper seals, hardware & knockback springs)
-XP20 Carbotech pads NEW
-Giro disc 2 piece rotors 345mmx28mm slotted- NEW
-Carbon fiber brake ducts from - NEW
- Castrol SRF fluid
- APEX ARC8 18x10.5/18x10.5 285 square setup is what we were suggesting- Fronts are new
- Motorsport Hardware stud conversion and Titan lug nuts
- Goodyear Supercar 3R streetable tires (1 second or less slower than slicks)

Cooling
- CSF radiator
- CSF intercooler
- Twin Setrab 19-row oil coolers, custom lines, mounts, Motiv thermostat delete
- Trackspec hood vent

Suspension
- MCS 2-way coilovers with Eibach Springs and true rear conversion 700lbs/550lbs
- Vorshlag camber plates
- E9x M3 steering rack
- SPL Front lower control arms
- BimmerWorld precision front upper control arm bearing kit
- BimmerWorld rear spring arm bearing kit
- BimmerWorld adjustable rear camber and toe arms
- M rear guide rods
- PowerFlex Black Track bushings for rear subframe & diff
- Eibach front & rear swaybars?

Interior
- AntiGravity Batteries ATX30-HD lithium ion battery. Weighs 8lbs, holds a charge for over a month, has a bluethooth adapter to check charge and condition. The single best dollar per pound weight reduction you can do.
- Leather Recaro Pole Positions
- OMP 6pt harnesses
- Macht Schnell floor mounts w/ sliders
- Custom leather rear seat delete and 1pc bolt-in custom roll bar powder coated white
- OEM anthracite 1M sliktop headliner
- Alcantera wrapped dash trim, door handles, shifter and handbrake boot
- E9x M3 leather steering wheel

Exterior
- OEM 1M front & rear bumpers, front fenders, rear quarters, sideskirts
- OEM professional painted to stock color after 1M OEM installed
- IND Distribution / RKP Carbon Roof
- APR 135i-spec rear wing and custom chassi mounted quick release front splitter
- Chassis mount splitter brackets and support by Ken Suen (@bigredksr on IG)
- Vicrez front lip
- Seibon Carbon hood w/ aerocatch & carbon trunk (both painted)
- OEM 1M rear valence, custom filled and painted for single turndown tip

- Custom Carbon Fiber Headlight Delete
- Inozektek Slate Grey Wrap (Paint is in perfect condition before wrap- Factory White)
-10 year Ceramic Pro on wrap, wheels, brake calipers and carbon fiber body parts

 

Read corky bell’s maximum boost, studied flow charts for weeks, decided on gt2876r on my civic a long time ago.

loved that turbo

That thing must be a riot. All the fun of those on off switch big turbo cars but it starts at 1/3 of redline instead of 2/3rds

 

Haha yeah, definitely love how this turbo is so peaked out no lost on torque through the corners. Damn you have that on a civic. I love it haha

 

Pending

 

Cool toy! glws

 

Just chiming in to say incredible attention to detail and incredible build. GLWS.

 

I must say, WOW, this is an incredible build and if I was in the market right now I’d be all over this. It looked amazing in white, but Slate Grey wrap looks sooooo good…the stance on the ARC8’s with the flared fenders is absolutely perfect. Well done, can’t wait to see what you build next!

 

Is the car still available for sale? Thanks for PM if so.