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Chickie
04-29-2014, 10:28 PM
Here is my 1985 Alpine white M635CSi with 120k miles, "Chickie". I have the original TRX wheels that came on the car. Options on the car include: alarm, thermal insulated green glass, electric sunroof, rear headrests, and air conditioning. It has a Stebro polished stainless steel exhaust and e39 sport wheels with polished lips.

When my father passed last year, I ended up with his low mileage 2007 350Z roadster, a real nice car but it was an automatic. I've wanted a BMW M for quite a while and was able to trade for this (and a bit of cash on their part.) My father's childhood nickname was Chickie....hence the name of the car.

As I have gotten into the workings of the car, I've gotten lots of help from the members of this community and those of bigcoupe. I the only things I've done to the car since I got it are silicone intake reducers and replace the in-tank fuel pump. Since I did them both at the same time, I'm not sure which one, or if both of them worked, but it was like driving a different car afterwards. Ran smoother and had considerably more power. There are still a lot of projects I want to accomplish, and with further help from you, I'm sure I'll get it done. I'm glad there are people that care enough about these fine cars that take the time to help fellow fanatics keep them doing what they were meant to do.

I'm looking forward to meeting some of you (and your cars) at SESF this year!!

Frank

PS I haven't figured out how to post anything but thumbnails, I'm sure someone has posted a "how to resize your images" post, I'll search for it later.



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Ed Lyerly
04-29-2014, 11:33 PM
Hi Frank,
I saw (and did a test drive) of your car at Campabello Cars back in 2012. Great looking car, and I was impressed with the drive !! It will be well received at the SESF this weekend.
I'm looking forward to meeting you and seeing that beautiful M635 once again.
--Ed

Roku35
04-29-2014, 11:42 PM
Why is it that NC have all the M635csi that I want? Really nice Alpine White M635csi, can you feel my jealousy across the ocean? Hahaha. Welcome to the madness of E24 ownership. I'll be watching and admiring your E24 from afar.

Still looking for my Alpine White E24 :(

e24mpwr
04-30-2014, 06:29 AM
Rocky - the East Coast isn't much farther away. If you see one, enlist the E24 Army to check it out!

Chickie - love the car and the story behind it. Welcome to the community! It is my second family, and I think you'll find SharkFest has a family reunion feel to it. Looking forward to seeing the M635 and meeting you!

xing6666
04-30-2014, 08:36 AM
I'm interested to hear how your Stebro exhaust compares to mine in terms of loudness. Mine is quite so.

FernandoBunster
04-30-2014, 10:09 AM
Welcome. Beautiful car. Can't wait to see it at SESF.

Roku35
05-03-2014, 01:15 PM
I'm interested to hear how your Stebro exhaust compares to mine in terms of loudness. Mine is quite so.

Kai, Chickie

Is your system loud? I also have a Stebro Euro System (resonator with rear muffler) with 2" performance header upgrades. I took off the CAT as well, so it flows quite well. But it is louder than I expected. Almost V8 loudness in my opinion. I tend to drive my quieter 635 more because it is loud on the road and definitely gets everyones attention at each stop light. Vrrrrooom vrooom...

e30luv318i
05-04-2014, 09:28 PM
You sir made and awesome trade good choise and beautiful car

Chickie
05-04-2014, 11:36 PM
My system was on the car when I got it so I'm not sure of the particulars of it. I do know that it is straight pipes from the headers to the rear muffler. I don't think that it is too loud, and Kai did say that his is louder than mine from the quick listen he got of it at SESF. It does seem to get a bit angry at high rpm's, but that is nice too.

Thanks for all the kind comments on my baby.

Frank

xing6666
05-12-2014, 07:31 PM
My system was on the car when I got it so I'm not sure of the particulars of it. I do know that it is straight pipes from the headers to the rear muffler. I don't think that it is too loud, and Kai did say that his is louder than mine from the quick listen he got of it at SESF. It does seem to get a bit angry at high rpm's, but that is nice too. Thanks for all the kind comments on my baby. Frank

Mine is WAY louder than yours. It makes me wonder if I really have a Stebro or not - it was pulled from a friends car and he said it was, and it is indeed a high quality stainless piece, but it's so angry loud...

FireDevlin
05-12-2014, 09:23 PM
Great looking M.

rmorin1249
05-12-2014, 09:36 PM
My system was on the car when I got it so I'm not sure of the particulars of it. I do know that it is straight pipes from the headers to the rear muffler. I don't think that it is too loud, and Kai did say that his is louder than mine from the quick listen he got of it at SESF. It does seem to get a bit angry at high rpm's, but that is nice too.

Thanks for all the kind comments on my baby.

Frank

Kai, do you have a resonator or just a rear muffler? I assume you have no cats.

Randall

xing6666
05-13-2014, 02:36 PM
Kai, do you have a resonator or just a rear muffler? I assume you have no cats. Randall

No cats but yes it has a resonator...