just wondering fella's do i need to order a different servo for the brakes or will my 318 servo be ok? also which is the best electric fan to use? thanks again pete
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just wondering fella's do i need to order a different servo for the brakes or will my 318 servo be ok? also which is the best electric fan to use? thanks again pete
just wondering fella's do i need to order a different servo for the brakes or will my 318 servo be ok? also which is the best electric fan to use? thanks again pete
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Andy335Touring
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Servo should be ok, i'm using an E32 fan, not sure which model it came from though
i use an e36 m3 one as it was Ԛ£10 and my 325 one was nackered but it isnt a direct fithow will i know if my servo is no good? bare in mind that i only have disks at the front too! well atleast for another week anyway, then im converting it all to dosks.. will that be ok with the standard servo then? 
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I found I had a clearance issue with the M30 inlet manifold / servo / heater pipes so I fitted the Mk1 Golf GTI servo. It is smaller in diameter but thicker so might be similar capacity to an E30 one. ?
I'm using drilled and grooved discs all round with EBC Greenstuff pads and generally find the brake pedal heavy and the brakes totally inadequate!
I want to upgrade as soon as I can afford it!
If your servo is working ok then I would use that - if you can fit it in the space or move it slightly if needed. It's the rest of the brakes I'd worry about with an M30 in there!
I'm using drilled and grooved discs all round with EBC Greenstuff pads and generally find the brake pedal heavy and the brakes totally inadequate!
I want to upgrade as soon as I can afford it!
If your servo is working ok then I would use that - if you can fit it in the space or move it slightly if needed. It's the rest of the brakes I'd worry about with an M30 in there!
Jeremy Clarkson wrote:...but it drives the front wheels. Theee wrooong wheels!
da4x4turbo wrote:I raced a vivaro on the motorway once in a 318is.... and lost!!!
It might just be that my last two cars had excellent stoppers and I've been spoilt!
My last car was a Mazda RX7 twin turbo which when it was launched in 1992 had some of the most powerful brakes on a standard production road car, before that I had an S13 Nissan 200sx with massive 4-pot calipers off a Nissan 300zx.
I didn't spend that much on my brakes (thanks to Ebay!) but I wish I'd just bought a 4-pot caliper kit for the E30 to start with!
Like you say though - more Ԛ£Ã”šÃ‚£Ãƒ”šÃ‚£ !
My last car was a Mazda RX7 twin turbo which when it was launched in 1992 had some of the most powerful brakes on a standard production road car, before that I had an S13 Nissan 200sx with massive 4-pot calipers off a Nissan 300zx.
I didn't spend that much on my brakes (thanks to Ebay!) but I wish I'd just bought a 4-pot caliper kit for the E30 to start with!
Like you say though - more Ԛ£Ã”šÃ‚£Ãƒ”šÃ‚£ !
Jeremy Clarkson wrote:...but it drives the front wheels. Theee wrooong wheels!
da4x4turbo wrote:I raced a vivaro on the motorway once in a 318is.... and lost!!!
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If it's smaller diameter, then it gives less assistance. Nothing to do with thickness, unless it's a double tandem version like the iX one.DRIFTBOY wrote: It is smaller in diameter but thicker so might be similar capacity to an E30 one. ?
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Assistance is proportional to the square of the diameter of the thing. Twice the diameter, four times the assistance.
Do you find your brake pedal a little on the heavy side?ed325i wrote:I have fitted a mk1 golf gti servo.
To be honest, I don't really mind a heavy pedal, I'd just like a little more stopping power!
Jeremy Clarkson wrote:...but it drives the front wheels. Theee wrooong wheels!
da4x4turbo wrote:I raced a vivaro on the motorway once in a 318is.... and lost!!!
Dont know I havent driven it yet.DRIFTBOY wrote:Do you find your brake pedal a little on the heavy side?ed325i wrote:I have fitted a mk1 golf gti servo.
To be honest, I don't really mind a heavy pedal, I'd just like a little more stopping power!