ALPINA C2 gearbox help

[cubic]

hello there can anyone tell me for sure if i can fit a phase 1 sport gearbox to a phase 2 automatic alpina C2 2.7 its just i think from memory there's a difference to do with the position of the electrical sensors but not sure also what sort of result will i get if i leave the auto diff in...
thanks in advance of any help guys

[cubic]

cheers mate wasn't to sure about that one... does anyone know about the diff ???

[cubic]

thanks again for your help will check it out 1st thing tomorrow morn... cheers jay

[cubic]

checked it out it says 3.64 3282 is this good as i only want the best for the new found love of my life...
oh ye do ya know how ya tell if its limited slip or not for sure as i am told the the large S on the top of diff disappears with time, and thanks loads for all ya help it is well appreciated

[Theo]

On the metal tag you checked to get those numbers you mention above there will be an s followed by the ratio ie s3.64, if it doesnt say this, its not a slipper. To check for sure jack up one wheel, put it in gear and try and turn the wheel by hand, if it turns easily, its a standard open diff. HTH.

[cubic]

cheers will try that now... which gear? bearing in mind its the sports auto

[Theo]

Oh right, thats a good point, 1 would be best I suppose.

[cubic]

tried but no luck must be an auto thing gears wont engage unless running

[Theo]

Of course, sorry about that, brain seems to be rotting away today. To be honest if there isn't an 'S' on the tag, it wont be an LSD, unless the tag has been swapped over (highly unlikely). However, this is someone elses advice on checking the diff internally;

You can remove the rear cover, undo the 6 or 8 bolts holding the rear cover on,
when you look in there will be a large toothed gear to one side in both type's, the difference between
the two will be in an open/non LSD diff you will be able to see a lot more gears inside this cover
(2, 3 or 4 depending on what position it's in) in a LSD you will only be able to see the large toothed gear
and what looks like a dark grey/black cylinder attached at 90 degrees to the large gear.
This cylinder is what houses the LSD mechanism.

[cubic]

hello again i am waiting for sytner to confirm as far as they can and looking around her she seems to have all the rite stickers and stamp id plate exhaust suspension etc that i know of. shes a 1988 phase 2 2door auto lachs silver 112000miles full service history and sytner confirm letter dated 2001 in saying all that though i am new to the alpina world and still have much to learn... cant reply for a while gotta take the wife food shopping shes getting upset now shes been waiting 2hrs now

[cubic]

cheers theo just so happens Ive bought an m tec diff cover so when i change it over ill check it out. Ive also got a dogleg box in the shed but was told there's no way of fitting it to the m20 engine but reading on the forum last night that some guy has done it to his track car i sent a message to ask how but no reply so far...
back in a while gotta go shopping now before the wife divorces me

[cubic]

just got back dudes can put some pics on if some one tells me how as i am pretty much a computer virgin and still trying to get the hang of this forum

[cubic]

i fink i may of got that a wee bit wrong

[ad318i]

WOOOOW Big avatar.... but it is showing a vvvvvvvvv nice pina

[cubic]

god dam the size issues i am havin

[cubic]

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Ulrika i think ive cracked it...

excuse the temporary headlights one of the originals was gone when i got it want to get me a set of A1 smoked hellas

[pegase747]

Hi Cubic,

for info the differential ratio, I have on my B3 2.7, which is basically mechanically the same as the C2 2.7, is a 3.73.

The automatic should be 4.10 originally.

cheers / Pierre