lowering an e30? raising the sump?

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Post Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:28 am

hi guys, already know as do the rest of us tht the sumps in the e30 is ridicolous low. other than sump guards, ive heard of boys getring the sump raised but it means 1 ltre less of oil. excuse the spelling as am on the phone anyone ever done this mod before?
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Post Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:22 am

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9335

It's not recommended to raise the engine very far, of course because of the additional stress you'll put on components such as the propshaft couplings. But just enough to clear the subframe should be ok for a "show car". It's something I want to do with mine too.
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:19 am

Shiz wrote:hi guys, already know as do the rest of us tht the sumps in the e30 is ridicolous low
Have to disagree with you there.
Have owned 4 e30's including a 60/40 lowered Cab and
I'm still yet to smash a sump. What am I doing wrong?
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:01 pm

gooner1 wrote:
Shiz wrote:hi guys, already know as do the rest of us tht the sumps in the e30 is ridicolous low
Have to disagree with you there.
Have owned 4 e30's including a 60/40 lowered Cab and
I'm still yet to smash a sump. What am I doing wrong?
You've had no 4 pot wrongness in your life? :)


Tbf, my first 318i was ridiculously low, and the 4 pot sumps sit lower than the 6 pots, but I never had an issue either.
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:12 pm

Out of my 4 e30's, only one has been a 6 pot.
Which incidentally was the lowered one. :)
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:13 pm

Its not the the sumps too low its that the car is too low.
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:15 pm

Blitz wrote:Its not the the sumps too low its that the car is too low.

Exactly, Mo, exactly.
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:31 pm

Blitz wrote:Its not the the sumps too low its that the car is too low.
Most definitely.
4 pots sumps are lower than the 6 pot sumps, but if the car is a sensible height it won't be an issue, bar the odd brick in the road!

My S50 conversion was low and the sumps are really vulnerable on the 24v swaps. I bought a sump guard but never fitted it, there was a couple ring clenching moments but again, never a smashed sump.
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:38 pm

you guys must have some bloody nice roads round your aread. im running a 40mm drop all round with a 4 pot engine and i have cought my sump that many times one woer down so much it developed a hole. :(

i dont hit speed bumps fast or drive at pot holes.

yorkshire roads are poo.
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:53 pm

dirtee-herbert wrote:you guys must have some bloody nice roads round your aread.
Not really. My 24v sump actually hit the road at about 50-55mph due to the natural rise and fall of the tarmac - the road looked nice, but the hump in the middle was massive.
I know it was definitely the sump that hit as I could see the large scratch - it happened in the first week of having the conversion on the road and the sump was brand spanking new from BMW 8O :cry:
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Post Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:18 pm

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dirtee-herbert wrote:you guys must have some bloody nice roads round your aread.
Not really. My 24v sump actually hit the road at about 50-55mph due to the natural rise and fall of the tarmac - the road looked nice, but the hump in the middle was massive.
I know it was definitely the sump that hit as I could see the large scratch - it happened in the first week of having the conversion on the road and the sump was brand spanking new from BMW 8O :cry:
Awh man that's gutting :(
The highest section in the middle of the road is the worst. It get scrapes off it all the time. I have made a sump guard recently, only had it fitted a couple of days. It protects the sump but scraping is a lot worse from the guard as its even lower than the sump.