my E30 story

[B C]

whoa, nice work! what were you doing when that happened?

Aluminum does not have an endurance limit so any force being applied to it will fatigue it. So either, those arms had a very stressful life, or perhaps your engine wasnt quite sitting straight in the engine bay and the arms saw some forces they dont normally see. 

Either way, that pic needs a "Thanks Obama" caption.

[Jeff]

Make some steel ones

[johnprusinski]

Got an update, I got the new brackets in, but after about 20 miles the clutch master cylinder broke. I'm now stranded in a parking lot. I'm starting to get frustrated with this thing.

[KaiserRolls]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Earl]

That motor is cursed

Lol

Caused Dans car to crash on the highway, ate Jakes fuel pump, and now snapped your mounts and then the master cylinder died

[Earl]

Double post ftw!

[B C]

Earl said:

That motor is cursed

Lol

Caused Dans car to crash on the highway, ate Jakes fuel pump, and now snapped your mounts and then the master cylinder died

bat signal.

im here.

[johnprusinski]

i ordered a new clutch master cylinder tonight. ive been thinking about just tearing the car down and replacing the majority of it. i want to make it reliable so i can actually learn how to drift, because as of right now i cant really drive it down the road, how is it going to handle going sideways?

[B C]

what are your reliability concerns besides the clutch hydraulics

[Earl]

John, tuck your bumpers and paint them black like my friend Rob=D

Untitled by robertnesvanulica, on Flickr

[johnprusinski]

im not sure to be honest. i cant think of anything else that is on the car that i need to run. i am thinking of just replacing all of the bushings in the rear subframe. i plan on replacing the suspension soon if that counts. im just sick of it breaking.

and earl i will tuck the bumpers soon.

[Earl]

Paint them black too=) And get hella fogs

[B C]

Dont die when you drill holes in the pressurized dampers to tuck ze bumpers,  late model front end is a simple swap too

[johnprusinski]

I ALREADY DRILLED THE HOLES IN THE SHOCKS A LONG TIME AGO. I COULDNT GET THEM TO PUSH IN WITH A HAMMER OR ANYTHING ELSE SO I HAVE TO DRIVE IT UP TO A WALL OR WHATEVER.

[KaiserRolls]

caps lock [ENGAGED]

[johnprusinski]

haha sorry i need it for work. too lazy to turn it off.

[johnprusinski]

here are some pictures.

[YoungCR]

Is it common for pedal boxes to break on E30s too? I know that people reinforce the E28 ones, wonder if its all the same hardware.

[johnprusinski]

I'm not sure if they are a common problem. I'm amazed that the rod broke though.

[B C]

does your firewall have any accident damage causing the clutch masta to be mounted off on an angle from where BMW intended it to be?