E46 M3 Handling Upgrades
By Thorney Motorsport
| Thorney Motorsport - BMW E46 M3 Stage 1 Handling Upgrade TMS Fast Road Geometry Setup (From £150) Vehicles arrive from the factory with fairly benign settings. The manufacturers don't want hundreds of people throwing themselves into hedgerows at every corner. This does mean that handling is compromised. With standard suspension we are obviously limited by what we can do, but we can certainly extract the some more fun from the chassis. We have a complete 4-Wheel alignment rig at HQ in Milton Keynes. To progress further you'd need to introduce suspension changes, either springs or fully adjustable coilovers from Nitron or Moton. See details below. Fast Road Geometry setup prices are based upon our hourly rate. It usually takes 60-90 minutes to complete. |
Thorney Motorsport - BMW E46 M3 Stage 2 Handling Upgrade
Eibach Pro-Kit Lowering Springs & Fast Road Geometry Setup (£215 Supplied, £399 Fitted)
 Ride height difference with Eibach springs. For real upgrades in handling, we recommend fully adjustable coilover kits from Nitron or Moton. The greater adjustment available, the better we can tone the car to your needs. |
Price List (Click to Buy): Eibach Pro-Kit (E46): £215.00  |
Thorney Motorsport - BMW E46 M3 Stage 3 Handling Upgrades
1-Way Adjustable Coilover Suspension by Nitron & Moton
| Fully
adjustable suspension is the only way to truly transform the handling
of your CSL. Using either Nitron or Moton coilovers (as we use on our
CSL Cup cars) we are able to tailor your car to your track / road needs. Monotube shocks are as it sounds, they have a single tube in the construction, this means that they can run larger diameter piston which allows for a larger volume of oil in the shock. The more oil used means the less the shock is affected by heat build up and so the damping retains consistency in its use, it also means the shock is a lot lighter than a dual tube design (which has another tube inside the outer). However the best attribute about monotube shocks is that their adjustment is very sensitive, a single click on the adjustment can make a huge difference to how the shock feels on the car, thats very different to dual tube where you really are limited to how much adjustment you can really get. All F1 cars use monotube shocks. Nitron NTRSport Coilover Kit: £1,735.00 Supplied  NTRSport for E46 M3 Nitron NTRSport+ Coilover Kit: £2,060.00 Supplied  NTRSport+ for E46 M3 Moton SS 1-Way Road Coilover Kit: £2,958.00 Supplied  |
Price List (Click to Buy): Nitron NTRSport Kit: £1,735.00 Nitron NTRSport+ Kit: £2,060.00 Moton SS 1-Way Kit: £2,958.00  CSL Cup Series Leader Dan Stringfellow on NTRRace by Nitron.  CSL Cup Series Leader Dan Stringfellow on NTRRace by Nitron. |
| Thorney Motorsport BMW E46 M3 Stage 4 Handling Upgrades 2-Way Adjustable Coilover Suspension by Nitron & Moton |
We’re often asked which suspension is ‘best’ for a car and the short
answer is that we’ve not found one supplier that can do all of it,
suspension is about hours of research and development, time in the cars
on road, track, in competition and no one supplier is good for every
application.
Moton SS 2-Way Road Coilover Kit: £3,984.00 Supplied Nitron NTRTrack Coilover Kit: £3,357.00 Supplied NTRSport+ for E46 M3 |
Price List (Click to Buy): Nitron NTRTrack Kit: £3,357.00 Moton SS 2-Way Kit: £3,984.00   John Thorne on Moton Competition Suspension.  John Thorne on Moton Competition Suspension. |
Thorney Motorsport BMW E46 M3 Stage 5 Handling Upgrades
Competition Moton & Nitron Suspension Kits
| We’ve a long history with working with Nitron, we co-developed the
VX220 kits for road and track and we were delighted to be involved with
the development of the BMW range of shock absorbers, a long season of
racing in the CSL Cup has opened our eyes to the benefits of running
monotube shocks for the BMW.
Nitron NTRRace Coilover Kit £3,356.00 Supplied NTRSport+ for E46 M3 Moton Competition Kit: From: £2,958.26  |
Price List (Click to Buy): Nitron NTRRace Kit: £3,356.00 Moton SS 1-Way Kit: £2,958.26 CSL Cup Series Leader Dan Stringfellow on NTRRace by Nitron. CSL Cup Series Leader Dan Stringfellow on NTRRace by Nitron. |
