This is a 2003 E46 M3 in Carbon Black Metallic.  Until 2019, this car had lived a relatively modest life as a standard, road-going, manual BMW M3 closing-in on 72,000 warranted miles.  In 2019, it was purchased by a wealthy motorsport enthusiast with a desire to build and develop a front-engined and rear wheel drive track day car to enable he and his driving coach to perfect his skills before moving into competitive motorsport, which he now has.  Since this time – and following some £45,000++ of development – it has been used only eleven times on track, and never close enough to the tyre wall to cause concern for the driver, or the next owner….

Being a West-Country resident, much of the set-up and development was under the watch of Historic Motorsport (South West) Limited, AmSpeed, and Litchfield in Tewkesbury.  More recently, residing in North Yorkshire, near us, it has been maintained by JC Racing of Thirsk.

The mileage now is close to 79,000 miles.  This car maintains road-legal status and has an MOT until June 2025.  The engine remains the standard S54 power unit with no modifications, though did have new bearings in December 2023 with Litchfield.  The 3.2 litre engine is good for c338bhp.

Suspension and brakes:
Boot floor plated with Hack Engineering reinforcement kit
Super-Pro control and trailing arm bushes front and rear
Super-Pro rear sub frame bushes
Hack Engineering diff bushes
OEM Strut brace
Eibach anti roll bars 29mm/25mm front/rear
Geoff Steel rear lower camber arms
Nitron R3 dampers, three way adjustable with remote reservoirs and camber plates (£3,525!)
Braided brake hoses
Suspension set up by AMSpeed
AP Racing front brakes and discs (replaced October 2024, one outing since)
OEM rear brakes with Pagid pads. (replaced Oct 2024, one outing since)

Interior:
2 x Cobra Suzuka race seats
2 x Schroth Racing 6-point harnesses (due for replacement)
Safety Devices B028 bolt-in rear cage with rear sub-brace
Rennline throttle pedal extension
Polycarbonate door and side windows
‘Track Car’ door cards
Working air conditioning
Working door mirror adjustment
GPS Navigation System DVD Drive OEM 65 90-6 920 182-02
65.12-6 934 649 radio module
6 923 268 tuner
65.12-6 913 388 CD changer
HS3755 Harman/Kardon amplifier
Speakers
Short shifter
OMP deep dish racing steering wheel
Autoblip intelligent downshift device (£475)
(Original glass windscreen, side windows, rear quarter and rear windscreen glass accompanies this car)
(All interior items removed available if required (seats, trim, seat belts, carpets, etc.))

Wheels and tyres:
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 18 x 9” rims
Yokohama Advan 255/35 R18 all-round (1,600 miles old)

After the level of investment awarded to this car you can bet it’s a very good one indeed.  Have yourself some fun in 2025, and get on track!….