E30 M50 tear down kinda thing
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Rowleym said:
Quick question. You said this was your drift e30. Does a m50 have enough power to drift an e30 somewhat effectively? About the injectors-just throw out a price man!
Yep! But there's a lot of other factors that go into getting it to slide effectively. The motor is stock with a sport tune tms chip. That doesn't seem like much, but you have to remember how light a base model 2dr e30 is too lol. So that, along with running a welded 3.73 diff, hydro ebrake, and full bc coilovers is more than enough to get it sideways. The car is light and stiff, so you can pretty much feel every move its going to make.
And I have no idea how much 42lb injectors go for man lol. I've seen 30lb go for like $120 almost new. It's your call. Pm me if you'd like!
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Rowleym said:
Quick question. What motor mounts are you using for the swap? And thanks for the info. Hopefully I will have a similar setup by spring.
I just used whatever mounts were on the motor when I picked it up from Dan. E36 mount arms and the green mounts (e34 I believe?). But the driver side mount cracked. When it goes back in Ill be using AKG "m50 into e30 chasis" mounts. I havent decided on urethane or solid aluminum. I think for the solid ones you need to reinforce your subframe a bit.
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Rowleym said:
Ever hear about condor speed shops mounts? They are quite cheap.
I just looked those up. For the price of AKG mounts, you can get both engine and trans mounts. I might end up going with these with AKG subframe mounts, since they're only $15 right now
Snap Understeer said:
AKG Motorsport has the subframe mount reinforcements. I have a set waiting to go in. I got pretty annoyed with the solid mounts on another car, but it wasnt a smooth BMW 6 so that may help out substantially.
What exactly bugged you? I know vibration annoys a lot of people, but the car wont be on the streets (that much lol) so it might not be a big deal
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Launching the car was awesome
Cold idle made the car feel like it was going to eventually shake all the interior loose, and it made the B-pillar resonate at over 4000rpm.
If it was me, I would probably run a set of very stiff fail-safe polyurethane mounts (ones that will not fail catastrophically) along with the reinforcements and replace the mounts as needed. They are easy enough to change and are a better "weakest-link" than the subframe itself.
That is just me though. I am not as hardcore.
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Snap Understeer said:
Launching the car was awesome
Cold idle made the car feel like it was going to eventually shake all the interior loose, and it made the B-pillar resonate at over 4000rpm.
If it was me, I would probably run a set of very stiff fail-safe polyurethane mounts (ones that will not fail catastrophically) along with the reinforcements and replace the mounts as needed. They are easy enough to change and are a better "weakest-link" than the subframe itself.
That is just me though. I am not as hardcore.
Actually poly mounts with reinforcements doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. Almost perfect actually. I don't want the inside of my car to resemble an earthquake, which is what I've been reading lol. Either way, can't seem to go wrong with the subframe reinforcements. And with brand new mounts I wouldn't think they'd have to be changed too often.
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StewCrew said:
Actually poly mounts with reinforcements doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. Almost perfect actually. I don't want the inside of my car to resemble an earthquake, which is what I've been reading lol. Either way, can't seem to go wrong with the subframe reinforcements. And with brand new mounts I wouldn't think they'd have to be changed too often.
I run OEM rubber mounts for the engine + trans. I would say I probably gave the car a good 10-15 hard launches, 2 hrs of track time, and a handful of slidey corners this last summer and they are holding up fine. Clutch-kicks are another story. I don't do clutch-kicks but I think that is where OEM mounts would get really angry. If my OEM mounts last are able to last 2 or 3 summers between replacement then I will be satisfied. I do know that Bimmerworld sells a stiffer rubber mount that I may try next time.
I absolutely love the sig pic btw!
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Snap Understeer said:
I run OEM rubber mounts for the engine + trans. I would say I probably gave the car a good 10-15 hard launches, 2 hrs of track time, and a handful of slidey corners this last summer and they are holding up fine. Clutch-kicks are another story. I don't do clutch-kicks but I think that is where OEM mounts would get really angry. If my OEM mounts last are able to last 2 or 3 summers between replacement then I will be satisfied. I do know that Bimmerworld sells a stiffer rubber mount that I may try next time.
I absolutely love the sig pic btw!
In that case I think I'm going to stay away from oem mounts then. Many clutch kicks and hard high revving shifts are in store. Last thing I need is for a mount to rip lol.
And thanks! It's actually going to be the "December" page for a British drift calendar... But that's a secret
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Earl said:
Sure thing.
Woah, those are cheap. You werent kidding man.
Some more work tonight. Cleaned this guy up a bit. I wish I took "before" pictures, because it was literally black.
I might start scrubbing the block a little bit. Or I might just go home. Idunno lol
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StewCrew said:
Woah, those are cheap. You werent kidding man.
Some more work tonight. Cleaned this guy up a bit. I wish I took "before" pictures, because it was literally black.
Something wrong with that?!?
Do you have a parts washer? I need to get my diff cover cleaned up and dont feel like scrubbing for an hour. I may end up taking it to a coin-op carwash.
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