Z4M Eventuri - WIW?

[Ed Doe]

Supercharger

you're a terrible influence!

[mmm-five]

Supercharger

you're a terrible influence!

it’s just man maths…it’ll be cheaper in the long run

[Beedub]

TBH its such a cool mod but its not easily removable if eventually the car sells, the ones I have seen come up for sale with the mod havent sold for loads more to come close to covering the cost. The eventuri is loud anyway compared to stock but being a coupe you dont get the same experience as the roady from a noise perspective. Also I think ive only seen one that actually copies the M3 CSL, the Z4 I dont think has enough room for the snorkel to the air ram so a lot of the ones ive seen arent attached to anything inside



So not sure if the benefit is quite like the CSL as that is vented to the bottom hole in the bumper for the air ram effect. Add the cams etc the increase is minimal and the cost it high. But it is super cool.

One of those, 3-4k is a big investment, if its a forever then ye deffo but in general I would say its a hard sell. There was a guy on Facebook that had the same dilemma but with a higher milage M roady worth like 10-11k wanting to do the same. I cant help but think that spending 30-40% of its value on one mod is not worth it and I cant see it adding loads of value to the car.

Most buyers like standard cars, although it's cool I would still rather spend that extra difference on a lower milage car. There will be buyers but it's even more niche in an already niche market.

For me the Eventuri/GruppM is is a really good compromise.

A good example is that Z4MR thats for sale on the forum at the moment with a few nice mods. 94k and 10k and no bites thats crazy. It is needing a front bumper respray, wheels refurbing and bearings/mounts your easily over 2k before you get going.

What ive found with mine, paid 14.5k for it already in 5k and it needs bearings mounts and a suspension refresh, ideally a bit of paint and the wheels refurbing too so probably 25k into it and its probably worth 12k.

Tough at the mo.

its very tough at the moment for us Zedders they are pretty much worthless, Ive had some wild offers from this very forum for my old snot box..... most probably would think it would be unsellable in such a high state of tune / modification. To me the car is invaluable and something i truly adore so i just keep spending on it, ive just spent my GT4 RS funds on an extension and i don't regret it one bit with the Z sitting in the garage.

[Vanne]

grab the Karbonious CSL box, its really nice.

[BMWZ4MC]

its very tough at the moment for us Zedders they are pretty much worthless, Ive had some wild offers from this very forum for my old snot box..... most probably would think it would be unsellable in such a high state of tune / modification. To me the car is invaluable and something i truly adore so i just keep spending on it

Lucky that so many of us seem to want to keep them indefinitely! I don't mind spending a significant proportion of the car's value to improve it. For me it's about the pleasure of modifying it, as well as seeing the gains on track, not the end value.

...ive just spent my GT4 RS funds on an extension and i don't regret it one bit with the Z sitting in the garage.

Haha! I know that feeling - I've spent my Zed Supercharger / Exige Cup 430 fund multiple times over on emigrating, a house, a wedding, a kid (which necessitated a kid-appropriate family car and a house move), house renovations, another kid and now nursery and school fees... but there's always been enough left over to keep my Zed and use it to its full potential even with 200hp less than I'd hoped!

[Beedub]

its very tough at the moment for us Zedders they are pretty much worthless, Ive had some wild offers from this very forum for my old snot box..... most probably would think it would be unsellable in such a high state of tune / modification. To me the car is invaluable and something i truly adore so i just keep spending on it

Lucky that so many of us seem to want to keep them indefinitely! I don't mind spending a significant proportion of the car's value to improve it. For me it's about the pleasure of modifying it, as well as seeing the gains on track, not the end value.

...ive just spent my GT4 RS funds on an extension and i don't regret it one bit with the Z sitting in the garage.

Haha! I know that feeling - I've spent my Zed Supercharger / Exige Cup 430 fund multiple times over on emigrating, a house, a wedding, a kid (which necessitated a kid-appropriate family car and a house move), house renovations, another kid and now nursery and school fees... but there's always been enough left over to keep my Zed and use it to its full potential even with 200hp less than I'd hoped!

i recently had the chance to get my dream extension on the back of my house i wasn't even planning on it tbh, it gives me another living room that the complete family can enjoy, it wasn't much of a choice when it came down to it ive already got my dream car , as humans we always want the next thing, the gt4RS is going to be a much better car in every respect but is it 150k better??? NO. Not in my world its not and not a soul will convince me of that. Was an easy choice and the right one for my family as we are growing and need more space. Unless i have a VERY VERY good few years at work now, that dream MAY be gone but time will tell, works been slower than usual with the decline in new car sales which effects us directly. Interesting times, in hindsight see my z4m as the poor mans GT4 RS spyder

[taz1966]

its very tough at the moment for us Zedders they are pretty much worthless, Ive had some wild offers from this very forum for my old snot box..... most probably would think it would be unsellable in such a high state of tune / modification. To me the car is invaluable and something i truly adore so i just keep spending on it

Lucky that so many of us seem to want to keep them indefinitely! I don't mind spending a significant proportion of the car's value to improve it. For me it's about the pleasure of modifying it, as well as seeing the gains on track, not the end value.

...ive just spent my GT4 RS funds on an extension and i don't regret it one bit with the Z sitting in the garage.

Haha! I know that feeling - I've spent my Zed Supercharger / Exige Cup 430 fund multiple times over on emigrating, a house, a wedding, a kid (which necessitated a kid-appropriate family car and a house move), house renovations, another kid and now nursery and school fees... but there's always been enough left over to keep my Zed and use it to its full potential even with 200hp less than I'd hoped!

i recently had the chance to get my dream extension on the back of my house i wasn't even planning on it tbh, it gives me another living room that the complete family can enjoy, it wasn't much of a choice when it came down to it ive already got my dream car , as humans we always want the next thing, the gt4RS is going to be a much better car in every respect but is it 150k better??? NO. Not in my world its not and not a soul will convince me of that. Was an easy choice and the right one for my family as we are growing and need more space. Unless i have a VERY VERY good few years at work now, that dream MAY be gone but time will tell, works been slower than usual with the decline in new car sales which effects us directly. Interesting times, in hindsight see my z4m as the poor mans GT4 RS spyder

Totally agree.
I bought a 718 4.0 GTS last month and was going to sell the ZMR.I had the Porsche for just over a week and thought what am i doing. The z with just 50,000 miles on and i was struggling to sell it much above £15000.I just couldn't warrant the extra £50,000 for the Porsche so decided to get keep the ZMR and ditch the Porsche. These cars are tremendous value at the moment and with a few tweaks not that far behind the 718. Dont get me wrong the 718 4.0 is so much easier to drive fast.
So the up shot is I'm keeping and spending some money on it that i know i will never get back, but if i keep the car for say 5 more years who cares.
People will think nothing of spending say £5,00 on a holiday and it's gone, what do you get for it. A bunch of memories.
Just a quick picture to show how beautiful she is and why keeping it.

[MKZ4000]

I love my Z4MR and would only do a swap with a spyder RS and money my way

[taz1966]

I love my Z4MR and would only do a swap with a spyder RS and money my way

[Ed Doe]

Well I've reevaluated my position and for the time being will be prioritising doing track days and at least one ring trip this year over a carbon airbox.

Thanks for the input all!

[Mr Tidy]

That sounds like a pretty good Plan B Ed.