4 door e30 opinons
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Ok I know I can search this info but figured you e30 guys would know. What fluids for MT and the tear diff? And what is recommended for oil?
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Between Valvoline ATF, Valvoline synthetic MTF, Lucas synthetic MTF, and Redline MTL there is a very tangible difference in shift quality when using Redline MTL.
Between Royal Purple, Redline, Lucas, and Valvoline in the diff I have never heard/felt any real difference between any of them.
I like valvoline max life 20w50
For temperatures consistently under 45F i run 10w40
The engine stays very clean inside and i have never had any issue running the engine extremely hard with that oil.
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Between Valvoline ATF, Valvoline synthetic MTF, Lucas synthetic MTF, and Redline MTL there is a very tangible difference in shift quality when using Redline MTL.Between Royal Purple, Redline, Lucas, and Valvoline in the diff I have never heard/felt any real difference between any of them.I like valvoline max life 20w50For temperatures consistently under 45F i run 10w40The engine stays very clean inside and i have never had any issue running the engine extremely hard with that oil.
Ok so some synthetic 20w50 for the diff and am I good with RP in the MT? Thats what I used in my e39 and my e46 M3. and are we talking syn 10w30?
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Oh ok. Got confused as to what you were putting 20w50 in. So either or, ir are you saying mix 10w40 with 20w50?
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Ordered the KYB shocks/struts and the H&r race springs today. Will hopefully arrive before next weekend. If so I willbe installing them Saturday. Can't wait to do some work on it.
Tomorrow I am going to change the fluids and maybe tuck the bumpers.
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Boris3 has a thread about Conforti chips being 100 dollars off for black friday from Turner Motorsports so I went ahead and ordered one. Anybody have personal expierence with the e30 chip?
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75w80 for the trans20w50/10w40 in the engine75w140 for the diff
How much fluid to fill each?
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Would 75w90 royal purple be ok in the transmission?
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I recently swapped the royal purple out for redline in my z3m and was amazed at how much better it shifts. Definitely worth the extra money!
I had the exact oppsite in my e46 M3. Put in RL and it was really stiff espcially when cold. Put the RP in and liked it much better.
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Oh ok. Got confused as to what you were putting 20w50 in. So either or, ir are you saying mix 10w40 with 20w50?
20w50 in the spring summer and fall.
10w40 in the winter
I had the MarkD chip
The chips for the eta definitely provide more notable gains. Good upgrade though.
Unfortunately you have low impedance injectors (ETA) otherwise id suggest upgrading to a more modern design
You could still upgrade but i never studied up on low impedance stock sized upgrades
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A few bottomside pics and the engine bay. Kinda looks like the coolant resivor is leaking. Is that a known issue?
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