M20 Clutch/Flywheel and Starter on an M52?

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:05 am

Quite simply, using the e36 box, an I fit an m20 flywheel clutch and starter to an m52?

answers in a post below please!:D

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:08 am

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:11 am

Jhonno wrote:Yes

Win!

Cheers

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:12 am

I believe you are supposed to use a 323i release bearing to go with

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:15 am

Jhonno wrote:I believe you are supposed to use a 323i release bearing to go with

e36 323i?

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:48 am

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:50 am

Jhonno wrote:E30

hmm.

did the 323 not use the getrag 240 box like the 320? If so, I'll probably be able to lay my hands on sucha a release bearing..

RealOEM here we come..

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:57 am

looks like the early 323i used release bearing 215 112 045 25..

Later ones had the same bearing as the facelift m20b20 215 175 214 71

Guess it'll be a case of suck it and see!

thanks for the help

Post Tue May 17, 2011 7:52 am

Ive done bags of these without the E21 bearing and never had any issues.

If you do want a taller bearing then these late ones are a nice touch -

The one on the right is a standard height bearing I welded some 5mm strips onto

Post Tue May 17, 2011 8:12 am

Dan,
Are you saying that a standard M20 release bearing should be fine? My Sachs clutch kit arrives today and I don't want to fit it if it's going to cause me problems further down the line...

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:36 pm

It will be fine, there are loads and loads of M50/M52 engines with standard M20 starter/clutch kits

Post Tue May 17, 2011 12:38 pm

DanThe wrote:It will be fine, there are loads and loads of M50/M52 engines with standard M20 starter/clutch kits

Cool cool.

The brother got a taste for drag racing at York, 24 runs at Crail didnt do the e36 any good