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Old 12-20-2021, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Happy View Post
I lived in Southern California during the time I felt that way. Very unforgiving drivers to say the least. I swear they were going to run right over me at times. Plus, I generally had all 5 seats filled, because our E53 was our family ride at the time.

The ZHP setup for the E46 with just cams alone, bumped up the power a bit. I would assume a head, Schrick cams would definitely bring up the power. Although, I believe a tune would be necessary. Headers for me would be a must!
Tune+headers+head+cams is good for 35-40whp in an E46. Presumably a little extra drivetrain loss in an E53, but it'd definitely be noticeable.

And yeah, the stock M54 headers would not cut it.

As for SoCal drivers, well... I never have issues out there. They seem friendly and slow to me. But I'm an East Coast driver.
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