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That'd get beached driving into my work carpark. I lol'd at this: Only on stanceworks... how can 5-6 degrees of negative camber ever be "flawless".

That's not going to do it. you need a 3lb one.

It's a little known fact that the joint is held in there with swear words - you have to get them out. I've done what dubman says in the past. Sometimes you have to hit it pretty hard, and a lot.

BYF100 (db kiwi) looking for a park behind the Mt Eden shops. So was I... You were probably looking to do something more interesting than me - I was fetching a piece of cake for my pregnant wife.

I remember reading the E36 does poorly for driver foot protection. FWIW, seeing that a car is completely munted in a frontal collision doesn't necessarily indicate its more or less safe - crumple zones are exactly that, and a crumpled car may simply have done its job. I totally agree with this Ron - the driver (and concentration level) and quality/condition of the car and road are why accidents occur. How safe the car is simply decides how badly the participants are injured.

I don't know re: the angle of the gearboxes. I can work it out if I think about it. I'm pretty sure it tilts the box away from the driver and recall its about 15 degrees. I believe you use M20 flywheel etc and its matching starter motor, but I am not sure and I've never done it before. I know people convert E36 to M20 single mass flywheel this way. The 6spd box is out of an E36 M3 and should withstand any punishment an M20 can create (nothing substitutes for sympathetic driver though), and its the same ratios (approx) as the 5spd ZF mentioned earlier (and in that calculator link) but with an overdrive 6th gear so with your current diff it would be like having a slightly shorter 1st and 2nd and then 3 more gears to reach your current 4th gear (so 4 gears where you have 3), plus an overdrive. I don't know if it fits in an E30 tunnel (I believe yes, but not by much - Ray @ HellBM fit one into a Z3M) and don't know if being on a slight angle is bad for lubrication. If the car's at Bavarian, ask Ernst - he'll have an opinion on what is and isn't a good idea. I paid ~$1750 for the box and that's what I'd want for it - includes box, gearstick cradle, cross member and propshaft (you might need to get a custom propshaft made with the front of the E36 one and the rear of an E30 one). I think it even has the slave cylinder still attached. (another late edit - I'd be most concerned to work out whether the box fits on an angle ----> there's internet evidence it fits when behind an M50/S50 but not an M20).

The 6spd - didn't think of that. You (lsdinnz) could keep your final drive as top gear is an overdrive. 1st gear would be very short but all the gears in between would be good. I have one I should probably sell - good price (as I got it for a good price), and it comes with shift cradle and propshaft. Someone should correct me if I am wrong, but the ZF's mentioned and the 6spd don't mount on quite the same angle when on an M20. (and a late edit - while you can probably find the right M20 bellhousing for a getrag 265, the short ratio one from the M3 is also rare and expensive).

That's right - it won't. You'll still have big gaps between gears compared to a proper close ratio box. There is a getrag (245? I think) available for M20 engines, with a dog-leg first gear that's a proper close ratio box with a slightly taller first gear and 5th gear is 1:1 (ie the same as a normal 4th gear). They're rare, desirable and hence expensive. The later ZF ones from E36 are reasonably close ratio - 1st gear is kinda short by comparison to the proper close ratio boxes but the remainder are reasonably close together. Since you no longer would have overdrive top gear you'd need to change to a suitable shorter diff (multiply your final drive ratio now by 81% to get a rough idea).

It's already a 2 way. They can have the ramp angles modified to be more aggressive on acceleration, and the lockup can be increased (by shimming - rangi, or by adding plates - properly).

^ And me too, this evening, parked. Looooowwwwww.....

283* is surely heaps more than a normal S50 cam. It's awesome power - how many rpm is that at?

Oh look at that - you found a civic under the junk in the back of the garage.

THis guy wants some: http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....mp;hl=e46++sway

Re-installation is the reverse of disassembly... ... jokes... Does this help (it looks to rely on the cams being in the right position already): http://www.beisansystems.com/procedures/vanos_procedure.htm No wait, this is better: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/attachment.ph...chmentid=199691

Thanks Can't say I noticed you - was still barely awake.

This guy might want: http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....st&p=402474 He'd need to swap all the E30 M10 EFI bits in (only because he's looking to turbo). Although there's an e21 pioneer out there who turbo'd a k-jet e21 m10.

They do sound amazing. **If** anything breaks, could be painful. Make sure the wear items are up do date or not imminent (not based on direct experience, but indirect - a friend's S4) - eg brakes, bushings, tyres. I'd buy this, on the basis it should be reliable (low km) and would be more fun to drive. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-358778389.htm

That reminds me - I was way too slow on the phone camera but in Sydney a coupla weeks ago I saw a 70s Mercedes that had been converted to a ute. I LOL'd. Thanks to google, someone else did take a pic: http://www.properrandom.com/post/408927858/seen-mercedes-ute

Beginning to look more like an auction bidding against himself when the price wasn't good enough.

wow - lookit the M5 accelerate, especially at 150kph+ compared to you. An S50B32 is no slouch...

I'd say yes, but you'll need narrowish tyres (like 225 or less, maybe 205). I've got 235s, ET ~30-35 on an 17x8" rim and it doesn't rub but its pretty tight.

If you want the low... you gotta pay the price. That's why mine still looks a little hilux.

stiiiinkkk. Even though its still not as low as you'd like, its pretty low! Looks good too. You just need to sort the guards (and maybe avoid judder bars).

Heaps: http://www.pickapart.co.nz/pricelist.asp?alpha=M Last one I got was a bottle of bourbon. Condition unknown (the engine - the bourbon was in good condition).

Thats not entirely fair - last season's finale for the Aussie Supercars saw 1,2 and 3 in the championship aquaplane in concert into the wall in the critical race to decide the championship. The point is that the cars were even enough and the championship designed in a way that the final event decided the championship. Some of the racing on the way through is pretty good too.... but ... if what you normally watch is motorbikes then they have plenty more passing.