E30 Zone

Looking for a bit of advice.

I am swapping all the power steering set up from one Freg 320i to another Freg 320i wihich doesnt currently have PAS.

What i need to know is,are all the pulleys needing to be changed an easy swap?

Is the rack as easy to change as it was on my 318is?

Any other tips/hints would be welcomed

Easy job mate
Just make sure you take all the braketry for the pump and the crank pulley.
And the belt if its any good
Oh yeah dont forget the collumn linkage

Thanks mate.

Is the crank pulley an easy change?as in not interfering with the cambelt etc.

Yeah, the fan/PAS belts pulley seperates from the cam belt pulley easy enough

Thats what i needed to hear,thanks mate

why don't you try a conversion to leccy p/s using a Saxo pump or something...should release a couple more bhp and improve engine response slightly too as there is less load on the crank!

Or you could just use non power steering. IMO it has a better feel, but I guess its a personal preference. The only time PAS really does anything is when parking, but if you have a bit of beef on your arms it makes no difference.

Motorhole wrote:why don't you try a conversion to leccy p/s using a Saxo pump or something...should release a couple more bhp and improve engine response slightly too as there is less load on the crank!

Ugh!! The thought of an E30 polluted with anything from a Saxo makes me feel quite ill.

Motorhole wrote:why don't you try a conversion to leccy p/s using a Saxo pump or something...should release a couple more bhp and improve engine response slightly too as there is less load on the crank!

id skip this if reliability is important the current crop of small ps setups are cack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you would wish u kept the manual rack.


more work too to retro fit that trash!

DanThe wrote:Easy job mate
Just make sure you take all the braketry for the pump and the crank pulley.
And the belt if its any good
Oh yeah dont forget the collumn linkage

There's nothing easy about getting a power rack onto a 6 pot! Spent last Saturday doing one. Just won't go between the brackets and the sump. You eventually force it in, try to connect the sreering linkage, and it falls out again. Get it back in again, get the linkage on, and the mounting bolts in, and the two steel pipes have managed to cross themselves over .......

Brian,is it possible to undo the engine mounts and jack the engine to gain some more room?

eko wrote:Brian,is it possible to undo the engine mounts and jack the engine to gain some more room?

Probably, but my car was 6 foot in the air on a ramp, so had no way of jacking the engine.
Settled for bending the bottom bracket down a little instead.

ok thanks Brian,ill see how i get on.
Just one more thing if you dont mind mate,can you just confirm what `DanThe` said about when it comes to changing the crank pulley that it is a simple swap?
No interfering with the belt as such?

Thanks for your advice!

think im gonna need to pas the tec1

cnt be arsed with heavy parking all over again lol

daz man how many e30s u want if u can push all them on ure drive u can park one ok ,cant ya

i wouldnt consider it worth the effort im sick of parking with my little finger lol

infact if i was without ,i would fit the 36 rack .

Brianmoooore wrote:Settled for bending the bottom bracket down a little instead.

Just like I said then Brain,,,,, easy

The car im converting isnt mine,it belongs to a mates mate.

I thought it was a bit strange not having PAS on a facelift car,only ever seen it on earlier ones before.

Anyone know if it should have it to start of with?
Car is an F reg 1988 320i.

My Glass's Guide says from Sept 88 onwards.

eko wrote:ok thanks Brian,ill see how i get on.
Just one more thing if you dont mind mate,can you just confirm what `DanThe` said about when it comes to changing the crank pulley that it is a simple swap?
No interfering with the belt as such?

Thanks for your advice!

I wasn't doing a conversion, just changing a leaking rack, but IIRC, the single pulley unbolts, and the double one justs bolts on with six bolts.
Definitely no need to go near the cam belt.