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Engine + Driveline / 4th (and sometimes second) popping out of gear when off the throttle

« on: August 30, 2014, 04:27:52 AM »

SO....

Clutch in, all good it can handle the boost, BUT....

It's now got a bad habit of popping out of gear. It only pop out when my foot is off the throttle, If i'm on the gas it will hold itself in but I can feel it vibrating quite a lot through the gear knob.

I've noticed it do it in second a couple times but it usually doesn't. 4th is the main culprit and it's so bad that with the clutch in (Engine running) it won't stay in 4th if I don't hold it in gear, it just pops right back out.

Interestingly enough I have noticed that on the odd occasion I will put it in 4th and it doesn't vibrate so hard and in this instance it will hold itself in when not on the throttle. However this is a rare occurrence.

Of note it did do this before the new clutch and flywheel went in but nowhere near as bad, only popping out on occasion when coming off the gas on the overrun.

What could be causing this and is it likely to require a full strip down of the gearbox?

Gearbox is a getrag 260 on and e30 m42 motor.

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Engine + Driveline / Re: Starter not disengaging - new clutch and flywheel

« on: August 26, 2014, 11:55:46 PM »

Flywheel was sitting fractionally closer towards the motor causing the starter to hang up on it. Spaced the starter back, problem solved! cheers team

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Engine + Driveline / Re: Starter not disengaging - new clutch and flywheel

« on: August 24, 2014, 03:39:26 AM »

sounds like a plan, will let you know how i get on

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Engine + Driveline / Re: Starter not disengaging - new clutch and flywheel

« on: August 24, 2014, 12:57:18 AM »

Yeah from what I've gathered that' the case with some m20 FW's however I didn't think that the m42 and e36's were different. From memory, all e36 starters are pretty much the same and given that the e36 shared this motor and that e36/e30 m42 FW's etc were interchangeable that through a convoluted linking process, I shouldn't have any issues with starter.

It's a 240mm Clutch, I belieeeeeve its euro (s50) kit as I don't think we get much, if any american gear down here in NZ.

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Engine + Driveline / Re: Starter not disengaging - new clutch and flywheel

« on: August 23, 2014, 05:58:37 AM »

Sorry e30.

You mean an e36 m3 starter? What's the difference?

Will do! cheers

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Engine + Driveline / Starter not disengaging - new clutch and flywheel

« on: August 23, 2014, 02:49:07 AM »

SO...

I'm running an m42 turbo with a getrag 260 gearbox.

I decided to go with an e36 m3 clutch AND flywheel as the current clutch couldn't handle the 300 odd hp it's putting down.

I was expecting it to be a straight Bolt up jobbie and it would be, as It's all bolted back up, however the starter motor will not disengage now.

I have not had any issues from the starter prior to the clutch and flywheel install. Is it possible, or likely, that it's due to the e36 m3 flywheel, or what else could be causing this issue?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

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Member Profiles / Re: '90 e30 318iS Turbo - BrilliantRot

« on: August 04, 2014, 12:26:04 AM »

Yeah a big yes to the mtech side skirts, just not easy to find coupe skirts here! Fitted my spoiler today, looks muuuuuch better! Also purchased an m3 e36 clutch to go into my beast so I can start getting all those those kilowatts to the ground properly.

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Member Profiles / Re: '90 e30 318iS Turbo - BrilliantRot

« on: August 03, 2014, 02:28:07 AM »

Haha unfortunately the previous owner put a clutch in that can't handle the boost so I've gotta put in a new one, also had a misfire which I've fixed and had a low profile resonator welded in as the last one caught on a bump and ripped the exhaust off. They also replaced the diff oil with a shitty standard gear oil so that's been done, as well as it had a parasitic battery drain and potentially a dodgy alternator.

I'm also slowly returning her to what she would have looked like out of the factory (bar the bbs rs rep wheels). When i bought it it had a set of modern lenso rims, missing the RH highbeam in favour of the air intake, spoiler deleted (new one going on tomorrow) and it has ripped up recaros out of something else cause the previous took the almost immaculate anthracite plaid recaros out . In saying all of that, I don't know if I want to replace the mtech bumpers it has on it for the standard iS items, I quite like the mtech kit.

All in all for what I paid for the car, I couldn't be happier, even with the issues i've had. I love it to bits.

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Member Profiles / Re: '90 e30 318iS Turbo - BrilliantRot

« on: August 02, 2014, 08:14:01 PM »

It was done by the apprentice of a guy called Kayne Barrie. He tells me it's putting down a little under 300rwhp at 16 psi.

It's running a Motec m4 ecu

Specs:

Mosselman log manifold
JE Forged pistons + lowered CR (unsure of actual CR)
Garrett t3 turbo
Motec m4 ECU with full electronic engine maps + boost control (Had ICV delete)
Quaife LSD
Turbo cams
Getrag 260 Gearbox
Koni gas adjustables with eibach springs
Custom intercooler setup with superstealthy low profile intercooler

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Member Profiles / '90 e30 318iS Turbo - BrilliantRot

« on: August 02, 2014, 07:59:47 PM »

Hello from NZ,

Just picked up my first BMW, a 1990 318is (+turbo).

Thought I would join and share and tap into the wealth of knowledge that exists round these parts. Keen to learn and now that I've got the Bimmer bug I'm already looking at what's next!

Below is an album of a few photos I took of her

http://imgur.com/a/8p7R0#9gCsfJM