AvusHatesCones
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Just a click sound off the line and when entering very hard left hand turns. As well as slight mid corner tracking from the rear, but only enough that only I'd notice occasionally.
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I just bought a brand new oem sachs clutch and pressure plate. Shouldn't I be ok with that? I got the 5spd zf also. So you are saying to mix those two fluids to put into my trans?
Yeah the OEM will be fine, the difference is the E34 M5 clutch is a sprung hub clutch, and that really helps cut down on clatter from the LTW flywheel. I 100% recommend that fluid combo! Made a big difference on my E36 for shift quality as well as killing a little of the flywheel noise.
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Its a great flywheel, I have one on my e36 M3 and combined with light wheels, will make a dramatic difference! . Just get an E34 M5 clutch to go with it to cut down on flywheel clatter. Also, for fluid, use 1 bottle of Redline 75W140NS gear oil and 1 bottle of Redline D4 synthetic ATF and you'll be good to go
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BMW also "corrected" the the M3 in 05 and 06, and those fail just as often as well. They never actually fixed anything.
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^ Yep, some worse than others, but the worst one ever I saw (other than 800+hp M3's) was a stock 323i so it can happen to any E46.
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Trap speed is not impressive if you're spraying, you should hit that with bolt on's. Great 60' though, assuming you're on street tires
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I believe the e36 and e46 323i were screwballs since they were actually 2.5's
Then you can count the e30 325e and it being a 2.7 as well.
I think the e23 745i turbo had some logic to it even though it had a 3.3 or 3.5L engine since the turbo gave it the volumetric capacity of a 4.5
Yeah that's very true... Either way calling the most iconic BMW, an M4 is probably the stupidest thing they have ever done with a name
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Bean Counters and Marketing. BMW used to be straight forward....if it said 325i on the back it was a 2.5L engine in a 3 series. They fucked that up.
Then they started adding all the different series, stopped putting the same size engine in that matched the name, etc.
I think they still keep true to that on the few NA motors they make. (someone correct me if I'm wrong) But with the FI motors they name it with the displacement the engine would need to be, if it were NA.
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I can't get over how bad and unfinished looking that hood line is, its all I see. Oh and the Ford Focus side vents are terrible. Other than that, it does look pretty good over all
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Damn that looks good! The 675 has always been one of my favorite bikes.
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http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/3989909877.html
I could drool over this all day... want. so. bad.
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Looks great! Its funny that not all that long ago, clean/semi clean E30's were a dime a dozen. Not the case anymore at all
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What year is your M? It's was my understanding that by the 2003, BMW had strengthed the subframes because of all the problems with the earlier years.
Unfortunately, that's not the case at all. And mine is an 04. There are plenty of people with 06's that have the same issues.
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Remember, the three seris is the most basic BMW. It's designed to be a 318 all the way up to an M3. The M3 USUALLY gets different subframes, but the attachment points are the same. The additional forces that the M's put on themselves is much more than a 318. These extra forces work on paper, but not after lots and lots of cycles.
The guys running HPF kits and whatnot much be tearing their cars apart.
It's my understanding that this is just as common on 323/325/330's as well. It just snow balls once you get a little extra movement
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Really? Jake does this work? That's pretty cool! Hopefully he gets to my transmission soon.
I'm sorry to hear about this. I had no idea the E46 body can crack. How is that possible?
Yep, Jake has become quite the fabricator. There are a few theories on what causes these cracks, I'm assuming its simply bad/too small of load points for the subframe mounts. This is know to happen on E36's also, just not to the same extent.
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Wow, that got real bad real quick! Out of curiosity, how much did it cost to get it welded? That's quite a crack.
Typically its right around 1k to have it all done. That includes tearing apart the whole rear end of the car, chasing cracks, welding, and installing the reinforcement kit. Which in all honesty, isn't all that bad considering most shops charge near that just to swap out a clutch.
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GET YOUR DAMN SUBFRAME INSPECTED!
My subframe went from one small crack to complete hell in 20,000 miles. Also when my car was checked at 60,000 miles it was completely fine so BMW did nothing to it. I know among E46 owners this issue has been beaten to death, but it really is a serious issue and it has to be reinforced, there is no way around it. If you don't have any cracks right now, great! Now go get it reinforced today! If I would have done even 1 track day as my car was before the repair, the floor pans more than likely would have been a total loss. And I dont know about you, but spending 6-7K on new floor plans sounds like one really shitty idea, versus less than a thousand on the reinforcement/repair. Your car will crack at some point! Just get this out of the way before it gets bad. The worst part is the lack of side effects, I only noticed a very minor cick on/off throttle in 1st gear, and the car still felt very confident at 8k rpm in 5th gear. (probably was not the brightest thing to do). All I'm saying is at least get it inspected, this will happen to every E46 (except possibly a very easily driven wagon, they had the strongest floor pans by quite a bit).
Now on to some pictures to scare the fear of god into you to get your car reinforced.
If anyone one is interested, I had the reinforcement/repair done by Jake at Rawsomotion. http://www.rawsomotion.com/
I have known Jake for a few years and referred many people his way , he does great work and will not let anything be done improperly. And he won't rip you off.
You may be a DIY person like myself, I almost never take my cars to a shop, but do not kid yourself. You're not going to do this repair without a lift and without being a talented in place welder, and you sure as hell are not doing that on your back under the car.
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Check out the pictures from my buddy Davis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmonz07/sets/72157634116565820/
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I will be going to McAdams because my friends go through there without any issues. They know what they're doing=) Plus the prices are good.
That's where I ended up going
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You may have knocked a wheel speed sensor loose while jacking the car up.
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Whenever I have a nice wheel that I can not risk a scratch, it goes to big bear in waukesha. Stupid long drive for something so simple, but they really know what they are doing.
I know they do great work, just the issue of weekends again. I was hoping not to have to take off of work for such a simple thing... but its looking like I'll have to
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I'm looking to get my tires mounted by a shop that wont destroy my 30 series side walls. The place I normally go to is booked for about a week. Just wondering if anybody knows a good shop to go to, and maybe even have it done over the weekend. Let me know if you have any ideas.
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Pretty sure I saw TJ in the wagon on Tuesday, going down HWY 100 at about 6pm ish.
Future of ///M cars....
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R.I.P. M division