Z3 Coupe content
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I sure hope we arent back to that pattern where when your car is driving mine is not and vice-versa.
I love the Z! Glad to see it finally out and being enjoyed
Haha yes! Seemed like we were in that pattern for a bit with our old cars, huh?
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Tidy looking unit sir!
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Tidy looking unit sir!
Thank you, sir!
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That stance is perfect, this car looks great.Thanks man! Paint is a little rough around the edges, but that will eventually be sorted out. Runs great, so thats all that matters right now, lol.
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Thanks to @Rekpoint for the deal on the e36 racing dynamics strut brace. Got it installed this morning on the coupe. Needed just a bit of clearancing on underside of hood and for the strut tower ground lug. Otherwise fits great!
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Thanks to @Rekpoint for the deal on the e36 racing dynamics strut brace. Got it installed this morning on the coupe. Needed just a bit of clearancing on underside of hood and for the strut tower ground lug. Otherwise fits great!
Looks right in place!
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Good things will be happening this winter...
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M3 setup?
Yup! M3 clutch & pressure plate with a jb racing lightweight flywheel. Along with a DSSR and all new shifter parts and detents.
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Tomorrow is clutch day! Taking the Z to a friend's shop to use his 2-post lift to knock it out before the salt flies.
Finished up installing parts on the spare transmission. It got all new detents, new slave cylinder, SS braided clutch line, shift fork pin & spring, shift rod joint, UUC DSSR, shift bushings and Redline MT-LV fluid.
Will be doing the rear main seal, JB racing lightweight flywheel, M3 pressure plate & spring hub clutch disc with new throwout bearing and pilot bearing as well.
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love the parts setup pics! curious to hear your review on the LTW flywheel
Dan
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Job is done and very well worth it! Didn't get a whole lot of pics, but got a few. First drive home makes me not want to put it in garage for winter yet. Lol. Revs like a son of a bitch and shifting is very smooth with new detents.
I did screw up and bought the wrong DSSR. The one I got was for the e36, thinking it was the same. Well, the Z3 shift arm is almost twice as long as the e36. Had to reuse the stock arm for now and will be ordering the correct one to swap in over winter.
All-in-all I'm very happy with the result and will be tough to take it easy next spring to break-in the clutch correctly.
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So uh, do you have a spare ZF now? And are you planning on selling it to me lol
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So uh, do you have a spare ZF now? And are you planning on selling it to me lol
It's already accounted for, lol. @wasnt m3 was nice enough to lend me his spare ZF to rebuild before I did the clutch job. So now my old one gets rebuilt and given back.
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It's already accounted for, lol. @wasnt m3 was nice enough to lend me his spare ZF to rebuild before I did the clutch job. So now my old one gets rebuilt and given back.
What a nice guy
@wasnt m3 are you planning on selling it lol
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Test fitting the new shift knob for next year. Joined the motorsport golf ball shifter club!
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Figured I would get the car on the lift and prepped for work this winter. Had to do some multiple up-downs with the jack and lift in order to get the tallest lift feet under it. These are needed for when I install the dssr since they give the most clearance between the lift surface and underside of car for exhaust removal and such.
Also decided to take the wheels off and throw the Motorsport Hardware 78mm stud kit on too. The studs are too long to reuse the oem BBS screw-on center caps, but that's not a problem.
I have something planned for different center caps that involves the 3d printer for mock up and test fitting. Stay tuned!
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Took some measurements of the OEM center caps and drew something up in TinkerCAD.
Getting the threads correct was the hardest part. Nice thing about McMaster-Carr is that they have the CAD files for every part they sell. Once I figured out the thread pitch I found a bolt on McMaster that matched and pulled it into TinkerCAD.
Worked like a charm and fits perfectly!
Now I'll be able to run these wheels with the Motorsport Hardware stud kit installed.
Gotta figure out if I want to get these wheels refinished this winter too
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And just like that, goes from 3D printed plastic to machined aluminum.
I was about to call up some machine shops, but ended up finding a company called Bimmertune out of Lithuania. They already sold the custom centercaps for BBS RC wheels at a very nice price. Free shipping was incredibly fast as well. Some new domed BBS center cap stickers are on their way as well.
I also picked up a throttle body adapter plate from them while I was at it.
It's to mount the M52TUB28 throttle body to an M54B30 manifold. I have the B30 manifold on the shelf already and hear it's great gains up top without affecting the low end torque for the TUB engines. That will be a project for when I feel very confident, lol.
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