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On 6/20/2020 at 5:39 PM, b33mer said:

Hi guys, does anyone have a getrag 260 suitable to mate up to the m30b35?

Did you ever find one in the end? I might have a lead on one

oil pressure instead of fuel economy would be cool

So I had a look on my spare column and there are two motors with a power plug each. First thing is to check these are connected properly. There is also a third plug which is proboably the control. Check that is plugged in properly too.

Then report back and we will look at testing the motors

Best advice I can give is to find the fault, before replacing parts.

Otherwise you are just doing guesswork and wasting money.

I'll pull out my 4.6is column tommorrow and have a look for you - could be as simple as a loose connection

It shouldn't be battery related, otherwise other things wouldn't work.

Are you sure its not something silly like your seatbelt has to be on, or door closed for it to work? I don't have my 4.6is anymore, but I do have a column I can take photos of? We could work out which wires we need to send power to, and then you could do that to find out if its a bad motor or something else

I'm not a fan of silver trims. I like the carbon or black ones, especially on a car with such a beautiful exterior colour.

Did you figure out the electric steering column? Could it be a fuse?

fcp euro will deliver in one week. Schmeidmann is around ten days

I would be interested to see your performance differences with your modified muffler

Do you find those exhaust mods makes as good an improvement as buying a good branded aftermarket muffler?

A cold air intake will actually lose power, unless it is behind the bumper or very well insulated from heat.

check the part numbers on realoem to see if they are the same

Great info!

Thanks

Check out the reviews if you dont believe me

11 hours ago, Michael. said:

Awesome Jon you must be very happy.

The Aplina cast block is what gets me, I wonder if there is more information about it.

Is it a M62 block design but just improved to meet their specs for 4.6L, does the same supplier of BMW make it? Are these blocks only used in E39 B10 cars? 

Such a special step you don't hear about too often, talk about an expensive way to increase performance haha. Very cool either way. 

My understanding is the blocks were made by BMW to Alpinas specifications. Its basically a m62 block design with a bigger bore and a different crank to increase stroke.

Same engine used in the e53 4.6is, although the story goes that BMW liked the modifications Alpina made so much that they bought the rights to put them in the e53.

The heads are a different casting too - so you cant swap the much better b46 cams into the b44.

There is lots of conflicting info out there, but Alpina ported and polished the b46 heads by hand for their cars, whereas BMW didnt do this step with the b46 they put in the x5.

Alpina did lots of cool subtle things in their design too, like fewer oil rings, lighter pistons, underdriven crank pulley etc.

14 hours ago, Sol53 said:

From my research they are all essentially the same hardware units, same software,  just rebranded, probably all come out of the same factory in China. 
Brand choice would just be based price point and maybe customer service history. 

Nah, they are very different.

There are many tests online comparing the units and the avin and the dynavin are the only two without any lag

Have a look at the avin units. Better than the xtrons, and also better than the dynavin imo

5w30 long life fully synthetic. If your car has done over 200k kms you could consider 5w40.

I use castrol edge, but alot of people really rave about the penrite.

Hengst oil filter from fcp euro. Tests have shown this is the best oil filter for our engines, although the mann filter is also very good. 

If you add a few to your next fcp order they work out at only around $5 each, which is waaaay cheaper than the shitty repco or supercheap ones.

For coolant ONLY use bmw blue from the dealer. Mixed 50/50 with distilled water.

So good.

Have you thought of buying or making a sand blasting cabinet, or a vapour blasting cabinet?

Or do you find doing it by hand is therapeutic?

Personally, Id always take a 4.6is over a 4.8is every day of the week

Yea, pretty easy to make your own with basic skills

Just measured mine and they are 320mm high by 380mm wide

I have a pair of massive ramps that were used as truck ramps.

Really heavy, but really high and wide too. 

My advice is get the biggest ramps you can find.

No one ever wished they got lower ramps.

Great car.

These are only going to go up in value in the future.

I had a silver one, and I love that alpina engine

3 hours ago, Greenday694 said:

  All these attacks on his character based on hearsay don't belong on this forum.

They are not hearsay - thats the whole point.

I have the screenshots to prove it, and he's been kicked off multiple forums.

You seem like a nice guy, Keith. I wish you well.

I just reread this thread, and its truly inspirational Glenn.

I'm so proud of you mate.

I'd love to catch up for a chinwag some time in the future after this covid stuff.