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mini steels defo need spacers to fit the front, as i have some, need to grind the centers out slightly so get em to slot on. 12mm spacers make them the same offset as mims, which dont catch, could probably get away with less but I had 12mm ones handy.

drifting personally, but the car is way too low for speedbumps, curbs, some camber in roads etc, i can deal with changing a guard a few times but not the sump.

that is the exact reason i want one papercutout, 3 sumps on the last car, m30 sumps wont be as easy to find I dont think, that and it was a gay job before, with the 3.5 in its going to be harder, swapping guards would be piss. if anyone has the angles it would help, if not ill wait for dan. an thank...

any info on this yet dan? cheers

it is satin, but its only one coat at the minute, does look pretty much matt there for some reason, I dont mind either way, as I like both, as they are easy to repair.

mine almost finished

one so i can work out those angles would be awesome, thanks man

Cheers dan, im gonna be a proper pain now though, any chance youcan get a picture side on so i can work out the angles of the bends, also a measurement where the holes in the back are would be good, thanks man

so a nice grippy rear end for drifting and an ass end trying to overtake the front end for track use is fine then? He's already said he's welded the diff.. I really didnt want to rise to this but seriously man, if you dont like drifting for whatever reason thats fine, but you really dont have a clu...

I have an e36 rack on mine, and im currently working on the exhaust, im adding a whole lot of flexi onto the front manifold as there is no way I can get the e34 manifold to fit, I have spacered the engine up for more clearence on the sump which hasnt helped. a Pic of what I have got to work around.....

There should be a cable strap from the engine block to the chassis leg. Connect a booster cable from the chassis / battery earth and clip the other end onto the engine block, if it then starts then you need a permanent earth strap added. that worked a treat! :D thanks a lot man, an I dont get why i...

cool, thanks guys ill try tomorrow.

A while back, when i undid a the two bolts that hold the steering rack onto the subframe, the engine would not turn over, so assumed it was an earth, put the bolts back in, and it started up fine. Now ive just swapped to an e36 rack, and the car wont start again, so im assuming its the same thing, b...

top lad, thanks mate! helped me out to no end

no worries, pleasure was all mine

man that rocks, if mine looks half as good as that I will be a happy man.

leave them empty....

does anyone know where to get some of these? or who makes them if its someone on here? I wouldnt have a clue how to make them?

might sound daft, but have you checked all the bolts are in on your driveshafts? if one of them comes out the metal thing that joins 2 holes swings about when driving making that sort of noise. (will probably make more sense if you look

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thta is badass, guy has skills

cool cheers

Will any size diff fit any car? or are the subframe mounts different between sizes? I have a small case diff but need to swap it, can i just get a diff and driveshafts? Or will i need the full subframe?

Im not wooried bout the upfront weight, i have fk coilovers, H&R arb's and powerflex bushes all round so im not worried on that, they should cope, its just the steering lock to lock. cheers for the pics gareth

Not cheap aint good! lol, trail and error will do, there will be a way

Looks like being trial and error at conversion time really then.

Tall order, but do you have any pictures of how tight it is? and the room to work with?

EDIT: cheers gareth

Back to the other question though, would custom downpipes solve the e36 rack clearence problems?

Is there room to have custom downpipes that would sort these issues out with the steering rack or would putting the engine further back (more bulkhead bashing) solve this problem? I ask as I really need to have full steering but i will be doing the 3.5 swap myself soon.

gareth wrote:another option with the rack would be to fit a 'proper' E30 quickrack kit but these are only available in manual 2.5 turn format. may be a bit heavy for road use but it saves going to the gym!

Sorry to Hijack but where could I find one of those?

Cheers, i have a guard on the car at the minute, but before i did the car was lower, and i want to go that low again, but dont fancy breaking another sump. extreme yes but has it will be off the road while the 3.5 gets done, i figure i might as well look into it. thanks for the info on the presure r...

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/lee_dg/sumpdiagram.jpg Please forgive the rubbish drawing but it should help what im trying to understand. Firstly when i changed the m20 sump last, it has 2 things coming down from the block into the sump, i assume the red one is the oil pick up, and the blue ...

oh well, glad its been of use to someone though

Ziggy wrote:E28 M535i front half fits directly onto my E30 rear half, & goes down to 1450mm - we'll see if that's short enough, but it seems pretty promising to me!

Dont supose the e28 m535i prop is the same as the e34 535 one is it?

My first port of call would be the manually adjustable valve clearances, not a bad job to do, and free! :) Have you checked the clearence's of the tappets ? Quick guide on how to do it? I havent checked anything yet other than if it has oil in the engine anyways (which it does) Soon as I get time i...

oh my bad, I could have sworn my 2.5 I had had 6 bolts holding the main diff casing onto the subframe,

the 320 I have now as a well smaller diff an that has 4 on top

s3.64 is an LSD mate yeah, as for fitting, it depend on what size diff is already on? If they are the same size casing (6 bolts on top / 4 bolts on top... should be 6 on a 2.5) then its a straight swap mate

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