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  4. M20 Turbo => M50 turbo fun.

M20 Turbo => M50 turbo fun.

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    Looks like your flywheel may be off to the machine shop for some more material removal and balancing.

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    • EarlE
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      Brian said:

      lol, ebay clutches.

      lol....not

      Some ebay clutches are actully decent. Especially for the price. I know XTD makes a decent clutch for the price. Just because something is sold on ebay, doesn't mean it is junk. Look at Condor Speed Shop.

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        snap oversteer said:

        Looks like your flywheel may be off to the machine shop for some more material removal and balancing.

        damn. That means I have to get new flywheel bolts also, no?

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          Rowleym
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          Earl said:

          lol....not

          Some ebay clutches are actully decent. Especially for the price. I know XTD makes a decent clutch for the price. Just because something is sold on ebay, doesn't mean it is junk. Look at Condor Speed Shop.

          Thank you sir. I did my research on this and a ton of people are running F1 clutchs on bmw's with success. The only downside I have seen is clutch chatter, which I could care less about.

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            Flywheel bolts are TTY (torque to yield) and need to be replaced each time they are torqued to spec then removed. Sure, you can re-use them, but if they back out 500 miles after everything is back together then it would be incredibly annoying to have to do the job over, while risking damage to the transmission from a loose clutch assembly/flywheel flailing about within the confines of the bellhousing.

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              snap oversteer said:

              Flywheel bolts are TTY (torque to yield) and need to be replaced each time they are torqued to spec then removed. Sure, you can re-use them, but if they back out 500 miles after everything is back together then it would be incredibly annoying to have to do the job over, while risking damage to the transmission from a loose clutch assembly/flywheel flailing about within the confines of the bellhousing. 

              GOD DAMNIT. Thanks, But that blows. They were like 30$.

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                Screw it. I looked it up and a whole bunch of people have reused them. Ill put some loctite on there for some piece of mind ;)

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                  dont screw it up

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                    Rowleym
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                    snap oversteer said:

                    dont screw it up

                    That was hilarious. me gusta. I promise I won't ;)

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                      Had a real night day today. Taking the flywheel to the machine shop tomorrow hopefully, and getting the back shaved

                      Down and hopefully lightened a bit.

                      Ripped the dash out.

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                      Anyone have a hint for getting the fuse box through/getting the wiring out some how?

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                      When we tore the carpet out we found some rust. I will be cutting basically that whole piece out and welding in a new sheet.

                      Anyone have opinions on a dash? What about fitting a couple bent street signs and mounting them and putting the stock gauges and stuff back in?

                      That is all till Saturday probably.

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                      • JeffJ
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                        Rowleym said:

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                        When we tore the carpet out we found some rust. I will be cutting basically that whole piece out and welding in a new sheet.

                        I too had floor herpes once upon a time:/

                        1976 530i e12
                        1990 325ix e30
                        1992 325i e36
                        1995 740il e38
                        2001 330xi e46
                        ^More to come :)

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                          It sure sucks. Whatever. I like welding and such activities.

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                            Jeff said:

                            I too had floor herpes once upon a time:/

                            Herpes is for life man

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                            • JeffJ
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                              Damn:( I tried cutting them off too

                              1976 530i e12
                              1990 325ix e30
                              1992 325i e36
                              1995 740il e38
                              2001 330xi e46
                              ^More to come :)

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                              • KaiserRollsK
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                                Jeff said:

                                Damn:( I tried cutting them off too

                                ouch

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                                  KaiserRolls said:

                                  ouch

                                  it was quite messy

                                  1976 530i e12
                                  1990 325ix e30
                                  1992 325i e36
                                  1995 740il e38
                                  2001 330xi e46
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                                    Rowleym said:

                                    Had a real night day today. 

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                                    Removing the ring off the backside of the flywheel should get the flywheel weight  from 18.5 lbs to roughly 14 lbs. Its a nice way to help your acceleration a bit since the rule of thumb is that removing dynamic mass has about the same impact on performance as removing 2-3 times the static mass. So it would be like removing 10-15 lbs from the car. 

                                    But nevermind the flywheel lightening, because from the looks of it, your car is trying to lighten..... itself.

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                                      Rowleym
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                                      snap oversteer said:

                                      Had a real night day today.

                                      Removing the ring off the backside of the flywheel should get the flywheel weight from 18.5 lbs to roughly 14 lbs. Its a nice way to help your acceleration a bit since the rule of thumb is that removing dynamic mass has about the same impact on performance as removing 2-3 times the static mass. So it would be like removing 10-15 lbs from the car.

                                      But nevermind the flywheel lightening, because from the looks of it, your car is trying to lighten..... itself.

                                      LOL. "Had a real NICE day today." Is what it was supposed to be. I just hope it doesn't cost too much. I always wanted a lightened flywheel anyways. And maybe he can get me some dowel pins.... We whipped out the heat gun last night and got high off all the tar. Wait.. I mean we removed the tar. It sucked. But the car is getting lighter and lighter every day. Real fun.

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                                        How long did it take to get the trunk tar out? I got lucky. I peeled all mine up by hand in large chunks in about 5 minutes.

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                                          snap oversteer said:

                                          How long did it take to get the trunk tar out? I got lucky. I peeled all mine up by hand in large chunks in about 5 minutes.

                                          Took like 10 minutes with a big chisel haha. The tar under the rear seats and in front of the drivers and passenger seats is what took the longest. Just have to get it good and hot.

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