My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[Earl]

You guys are silly=P lol I'm thinking the dark wheel silver, unless I find something close to BMW A08

[Earl]

Sold my wastegate, so I am now purchasing my COP kit=D

[REKIII]

Looks good! So jealous of that steering rack.

[Rowleym]

Earl said:

Sold my wastegate, so I am now purchasing my COP kit=D

Freaking finally!!

[B C]

REKIII said:

Looks good! So jealous of that steering rack.

Recirc. ball got you down?

[Earl]

REKIII said:

Looks good! So jealous of that steering rack.

Why you jealous of the steering rack? I want a Z3 one=P

What I actually want to find is a Merc 190e brake booster=) Either the steel dual chamber, or the aluminum single chamber.

[B C]

Earl said:

Why you jealous of the steering rack? I want a Z3 one=P

What I actually want to find is a Merc 190e brake booster=) Either the steel dual chamber, or the aluminum single chamber.

Crazy thing is, the Z3 rack felt stock after driving for a while, and that was coming from the extremely lazy 4.1 turn lock to lock E30 rack.

These steering quickeners look like a pretty sweet addition

http://pitstopusa.com/i-5080741-howe-steering-quickener-1-5-1-ratio.html?gclid=CLXK26HyobUCFfBDMgodxQQAbA

[Earl]

How much did you get your Z3 rack for? Where does that quickener get placed?

[REKIII]

Snap Understeer said:

Recirc. ball got you down?

Earl said:

Why you jealous of the steering rack? I want a Z3 one=P

Yeah, e39 540 and M5 got the shaft in the steering dept. They did an unbelievable job with what they had, but......

[B C]

I think I paid $190 for it. I got it from a junkyard in the Germantown area off a Z3 2.8 with ~80k.

The steering quickener is mounted inline on the steering shaft so your original steering shaft needs to be cut, shortened, and welded.

[Earl]

REKIII said:

Yeah, e39 540 and M5 got the shaft in the steering dept. They did an unbelievable job with what they had, but......

Is the steering on the m5 not so good?

[REKIII]

It's really good. Just archaic.

[REKIII]

Steering box and a bunch of linkage to fit under the engine.

[Earl]

REKIII said:

Steering box and a bunch of linkage to fit under the engine.

I looked it up. That's lame. They did it for clearance reasons on all v8 e39's. The 6 cylinder cars came with a rack.

[REKIII]

Yeah, I know. Thats why I feel a pang of jealousy anytime I see a BMW rack. It mostly goes away upon incinerating the tires, but it's still there

[Earl]

Awesome=P lol

[Earl]

I removed the lower dash on the driver side today, allowing me to work on the fusebox delete. I removed the brake booster with the help of Jake (StewCrew). I couldn't figure out how to get the clevis pin out. Then Jake got it out. I was trying to pull it out the wrong direction:P lol We also attempted to put some snows on my mk3, but it is too racecar to fit 14" bottle caps up front. Dat big brake setup hits the barrel. I then had to get home because my girlfriend got sick. More progress on Wednesday.

[StewCrew]

The line "the mk3 is just too racecar to fit 14"s" makes me laugh every time. Lookin forward to Wednesday!

[Earl]

StewCrew said:

The line "the mk3 is just too racecar to fit 14"s" makes me laugh every time. Lookin forward to Wednesday!

I had to mention it;) I think I even cracked myself up.

Edit: I quick stopped in today and got the fusebox fully unbolted. Now to pull the wires and then relocate the beast under the dash

[Earl]

I might be building two sets of wheels for the car now. I can get a sweet deal on some OZ Breytons from the homeland=)

I'm either going to build them wider, or flip them. Here is a picture of them for those who do not know what they look like:

They're pretty rare, but I have seen them on a few e36's. I've always had a soft spot for them=P We will see what happens.