E36 Diff will it fit?

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Post Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:50 pm

Im at that stage of my second M50'd E30 where i got to get a prop, but before i do i heard that some people on here are running the full E36 running gear, gearbox prop and diff, is this true and can it be done? I have the M50 gearbox on mine at the moment, so would be ideal if i could get a 3.07 E36 diff on there as well. I would like the gearing longer on this E30 so think 3.07 would be ideal. Thanks for any advise.

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Post Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:09 pm

You would have to seriously modify the rear beam to fit the E36 diff, apparantley the internals of some E36 diffs can be rebuilt into E30 casings and vise versa.