Manual props

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oze30
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:57 pm

Are all the manual props the same length/ ie: inmterchangable from 4 pot to 6 pot?
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Post Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:04 pm

No, but I belive all the rear halfs are the same length.

Im pretty sure there are 3 maybe 4 different lengths of the front half
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Post Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:50 am

The problem with swapping the front half of the prop, is each prop is balanced.
If you make one prop out of two, you would need to get it balanced or it could cause bad vibrations as it turns.

4pot props are longer than 6pot props because of the different length gearboxes. 320i props are longer than 325i props.
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Post Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:00 pm

right. need to hunt one down now!

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