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Engine + Driveline / Are any of you using a "clutch stop" in the floor board?

« on: March 30, 2008, 08:06:37 PM »

i'm going to make something, so it just goes in that little threaded thing under the carpet right? whats the right thread for the bolt?

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Engine + Driveline / will a 1985 rear end fit?

« on: March 30, 2008, 10:17:39 AM »

in my car now is a open 4.10 and i wanted lsd and a little better on the highway. so i found a local 1985 323i parts car i was just wondering whats in it for a rear end? and will it fit my 1991 318is?

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Vendors / GB / GB Feeler: E30 Shirt "Down and Out". 20 to be produced.

« on: March 20, 2008, 09:29:29 AM »

i would get one or two!

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Vendors / GB / might get some spacers made up....

« on: March 07, 2008, 07:12:22 PM »

might get 3mm spacers made up for the e30 hub 57.1mm with only 4 holes in it for the bolts. They will be aluminum. i needed 3mm spacers for the front of my car, and the universal spacers are junk so i thought i would get some laser cut. and then there nice and perfect. so i would get a bunch made up if there is interest in them, also might get like 5mm ones made up. with the 3mm spacers your hub will still stick out i think so there is no need for hub centric rings on them. will just be a flat plate. not sure exactly what they will cost let me know if your interested at all, and any other suggestions to this would be great.

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Engine + Driveline / 1991 318is and 1992 e36 318is difference

« on: March 06, 2008, 07:48:46 PM »

Yes

yes to all of my questions? so it will bolt to my tranny but in that car is a different tranny? what about sensors? and wiring?

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / 1991 318is and 1992 e36 318is difference

« on: March 06, 2008, 06:56:04 PM »

whats the difference looking to buy a smashed up 1992 e36 318is with a good motor and trans and stuff. so whats the difference with my motor and trans? i know i will need to swap oil pans and intake mani, what about the tranny is it different? and wiring? any info will be a help.

thanks Jeremy

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Engine + Driveline / 1991 318is and 1992 e36 318is difference

« on: March 06, 2008, 06:28:04 PM »

so to swap it i would swap oil pans? and intake mani? does it bolt to my tranny?

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Engine + Driveline / 1991 318is and 1992 e36 318is difference

« on: March 06, 2008, 04:17:22 PM »

whats the difference looking to buy a smashed up 1992 e36 318is with a good motor and trans and stuff. so whats the difference with my motor and trans?

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Engine + Driveline / should my timing chain be done?

« on: March 05, 2008, 08:43:24 PM »

ya nothing blocking it all the bolts are back in with blue loctite and the screen looked fine. see what happens

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Engine + Driveline / should my timing chain be done?

« on: March 05, 2008, 03:57:05 PM »

You might get 10-20k out of it.

of the tensioner? or the hole timing system? i read so many things with people having the same problem and its just been a tensioner worked fine after that.

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Engine + Driveline / should my timing chain be done?

« on: March 05, 2008, 08:32:30 AM »

just got it all together and running, can hear it a little and a certain rpm but its nothing. not going to worry about it.

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Engine + Driveline / should my timing chain be done?

« on: March 04, 2008, 07:03:30 PM »

put the tensioner in today and the bolts are all back in and filled the oil up but its a little low so ill get more oil tomorrow before i start it. before i put the tensioner in i tried to get as much oil in it as i could. slid it in and stuck a socket extension down from the top of the motor because the vc is still off. touched it it came out the chain went snug, so i don't need to rev it to pop it. thanks for all the help see how it works tomorrow.

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Engine + Driveline / e36 swap and diff questions...

« on: February 29, 2008, 05:58:31 AM »

i was wondering how much work it is to swap the e36 m42 in the e30? can i use all my wiring and ecu? or do i need all the e36 wiring? i don't think there is much of a difference besides some year they started using knock sensors if it was one with that i would need the wiring and stuff from that car right? i know this swap has been done but is there a cretin year i would need to use? and the trans is the same in the e30 and e36 m42 cars? also thinking about a lsd now my car is a open 4.11 what about a 3.73 lsd? how much lower will my rpms be going 60mph?

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Engine + Driveline / should my timing chain be done?

« on: February 27, 2008, 02:39:25 PM »

May just want to look around, you can find M42 and M44 engines for a couple hundred bucks. I paid $200 for mine. Bmwman91 replaced his whole timing chain housing assembly for less than that if I recall.

ya i'm going to start looking around

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Engine + Driveline / should my timing chain be done?

« on: February 26, 2008, 08:42:28 PM »

and picking around for parts would not be a bad idea when i get it all sped the $ for a shop to do it, or read up allot and do it. so what would be the exact parts i would be replacing?