E30 Zone

Hi guys getting close to been done with the s50 at last but was wondering was there a oem solution to the throttle cable

Thanks for the help

shortened e36 m3

Cheers will have a look for one anyone use a standard cable

Not that I know of, that's why you need to shorten an e36 m3 one..

Thanks will do that so will see if i ca one in a scrappy

Alan

they cost about £18 from bmw.

I install the original cable of my car

E30 M3 with s50b30 engine

taper wrote:I install the original cable of my car

E30 M3 with s50b30 engine

E30 M3 cable is the correct length. It's RHD cars that have problems.

ian332isport wrote:

taper wrote:I install the original cable of my car

E30 M3 with s50b30 engine

E30 M3 cable is the correct length. It's RHD cars that have problems.

that's good news!

Didn't realise they were so cheap will get one from my main dealer. Thanks for the help

You can use the trottle cable of e36

As a temporary measure to allow me to move the car, I moved the bracket back on mine and used a standard cable (E36 M3 I think), but its held up fine for last few months driving so Ive not bothered changing it yet.

I fitted a length of metal on to where the bracket sits on the intake runner and just moved the bracket back so the front hole (nearest the engine) was on the rear thread. The length of metal is held by the 'silver nuts' to the intake runner on both threads, the bracket is held only held by the rear thread, but is riveted to the length of metal through its unused bolt hole.
If anyone is really bothered/interested, I will take pic to make sense of what Ive just written

If you could post a pic it would be great. Have a good few little bits to do would be good to check one of the list

Alan

Sorry Alan, Ive been having problems accessing the zone for the last few days - I can read it at work but not post, and cant get on at all from home

I will get a pic for you, but I might not get it online until Monday.

No hurry not going anywhere for a while would just be good to see your setup thanks

Alan

Here ya go......



Not the best, but I even painted it because it became more of a permanent feature , although I never did bother to cut it down to size

I think the length of metal I used was actually a shelf bracket , as it just happened to have to holes in the right place. One day I will get round to shortening the cable and doing it properly, but its been working fine like that for the last year or so, and the last few months on the road.

You do realise shortening the cable is a 10 min job...

Yeah I do now, but not at the time when I did the above - and now its just part of the car

Dan, it will get changed, but I have other things to sort on the car in the near future

Thanks for he picture james, jhonno how did you shorten the cable didn't realise it was such a handy thing to do

Cut the cable to required length.. Cut the end piece past the crimp, drill the hole slightly deeper with a 1.5/2mm drill bit, coat the end of the cable in flux, put back in the hole heat and apply solder

/\ Exactly what I did with a standard E36 M3 cable. I cut 50mm off if my memory serves me.

Thanks for the help lads will order a few bits from bmw later

Alan

jmc330i wrote:Yeah I do now, but not at the time when I did the above - and now its just part of the car

Dan, it will get changed, but I have other things to sort on the car in the near future