Forum: Cars for Sale 02-01-2015, 08:06 PM |
Replies: 10 Views: 5,775 Bump! A/C installed; brake ducts/pork... Bump! A/C installed; brake ducts/pork chops/both fender liners in; M3 control arm bushings in (less harsh than solid urethane); found one door vapor barrier missing, so fixed that, and all door... |
Forum: Cars for Sale 11-07-2014, 05:29 AM |
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Forum: Cars for Sale 10-06-2014, 12:40 AM |
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Forum: Cars for Sale 09-30-2014, 01:56 AM |
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Forum: Cars for Sale 09-14-2014, 10:08 PM |
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Forum: Cars for Sale 09-08-2014, 03:14 AM |
Replies: 10 Views: 5,775 1996 325ti Autocross Monster 1996 325ti Autocross Monster Selling only because I don’t use it enough. It’s been fun to build and fun to drive. It’s time for someone to get some real miles and track time on this thing! ... |
Forum: Brakes 08-26-2012, 04:56 PM |
Replies: 10 Views: 3,679 Follow-up: * I used M3 rear calipers. The... Follow-up: * I used M3 rear calipers. The difference between those and the Mcoupe/roadster ones is that the latter has the hole in the rear face of the caliper. Regular M3 ones have the flex pipe... |
Forum: Brakes 05-09-2012, 04:42 PM |
Replies: 10 Views: 3,679 Thanks Jim. Probably should have thought to... Thanks Jim. Probably should have thought to email you first. Did you use the m roadster/coupe rear calipers, with the pipe going into round back face of the piston area, or the M3 ones, with the... |
Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 05-07-2012, 03:01 AM |
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Forum: Brakes 05-04-2012, 01:08 AM |
Replies: 10 Views: 3,679 Anyone personally installed a Z3M rear end? Has anyone here ever actually done a rear end upgrade, IE put on the M coupe/roadster trailing arms? Seems that the brake pipe routing is different. wondering how you solved that issue. Could... |
Forum: US and North America 05-04-2012, 01:03 AM |
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Forum: US and North America 08-09-2011, 11:57 AM |
Replies: 18 Views: 3,263 -- thanks for the consideration, but... ... -- thanks for the consideration, but... I've SOLD my strut bar. paid, shipped, gone (Thanks Pete!). So, clutter away! My bar fit just like tiFreak's. The car's PO notched that corner of the... |
Forum: US and North America 08-06-2011, 05:36 PM |
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Forum: US and North America 08-05-2011, 06:07 PM |
Replies: 18 Views: 3,263 Sparco front strut bar Sparco front strut brace. One of the few that fit around an M44/M42. Also fits fine with a 6cyl, and doesn't get in the way as much. Also, this is one of the few with a big opening for access to the... |
Forum: US and North America 07-11-2011, 11:35 PM |
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Forum: eBay and Craig's list listings 06-30-2011, 05:11 PM |
Replies: 2 Views: 2,348 318ti cali roof $2k http://martinsburg.craigslist.org/cto/2465415498.html "the tail light shorted out n caught on fire it only damaged the light though. And the front fenders are bent from me wrecking it A few... |
Forum: Engine 06-21-2011, 10:26 PM |
Replies: 66 Views: 12,425 Hindsight is always 20/20... Besides, if the... Hindsight is always 20/20... Besides, if the bottom of that rod is worn / oversized now, sure, it could be ground even and an oversize bearing put in, but then you'd need to pull the piston to get... |
Forum: Engine 06-21-2011, 05:21 PM |
Replies: 66 Views: 12,425 edit/update, one more: The issue was... edit/update, one more: The issue was actually on the bottom end of the #2 cylinder connecting rod. Bearings spun in the rod. Some visible galling/wear on the rod and outside bearing surfaces,... |
Forum: Engine 06-17-2011, 01:33 AM |
Replies: 66 Views: 12,425 PO autocrossed the car plenty. Enough high-g,... PO autocrossed the car plenty. Enough high-g, long, sweeping turns could possibly have contributed? Here's something that I should have known. Obvious in hindsight. I could have taken a dowel,... |
Forum: Engine 06-15-2011, 01:55 AM |
Replies: 66 Views: 12,425 Update: the naked little engine block is now... Update: the naked little engine block is now hanging off a borrowed engine stand... after a little fiddling such that the timing chain was out of the way and I could just freely spin the crank, ...... |
Forum: Engine 06-12-2011, 04:27 PM |
Replies: 66 Views: 12,425 quick update: Best guess was a failed bearing... quick update: Best guess was a failed bearing in the top end of a con rod. Motor was replaced with a tuned M50. Would be nice to figure out what was wrong with the M44. Cylinder head looked... |
Forum: US and North America 05-14-2011, 07:03 PM |
Replies: 2 Views: 920 ti motor, exhaust, etc. Leftover bits from my 6cyl conversion. parts from 3/96 318ti. all prices OBO. M44, 184k miles. Have disassembled motor. Bearing spun on #2 cylinder, IE at bottom of rod. Inside of bearing,... |
Forum: Engine 03-09-2011, 03:56 PM |
Replies: 66 Views: 12,425 I looked again at the debris in the oil filter... I looked again at the debris in the oil filter last night. The picture must show some sort of optical illusion. The bits are maybe, I dunno, .001" approx diameter? They do seem to be darker gray... |
Forum: Engine 03-07-2011, 01:41 AM |
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Forum: Engine 03-07-2011, 01:40 AM |
Replies: 66 Views: 12,425 |