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It was dark and I was turning down a street and didn't notice it was one of those stupid dips then a concrete bit with bricks. Just went BANG and I didn't even notice it had broke, I drove it home and this morning the garage floor was flooded in oil. If I was driving on a road where if I followed the usual path and drove where the road had sort of worn out where cars usually drive and the middle bit is higher it'd scrape at the sump so I had to drive either more left or closer to the center line haha. I'm gonna space the m50 upwards and see if I can get the pan lifted higher and the pickup. if anything all i will lose is abit of oil capacity but wipdy doo. I modified an e30 sumpguard to fit under the m50 sump too just last week but never got around to installing it.

So I wound my car down abit a couple of weeks ago to lose abit of the guard / tyre gap. (they are 205/40/16 tyres so its hard to make it fill the guard gap, if they were bottlecaps with 195/60's it tucks tyre) Which left the oil pan like this. Barely 50mm off the ground. Which last night , ended up like this. Nice big crack down the side. FML. Actually glad it didn't break to pieces like I had happen with 2 m20 oil pans. I may see if I can have it raised and the oil pickup raised abit since it sticks down 20mm lower than an m20 sump does and it's f*cken dodgy.

Lol difference is his engine is fully forged..

Man card deduction IMO.

They came on some of the earlier 4cylinder e30's from what I gather. http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71

Yeah it didn't last though it eventually threw a rod lol. How crazy do you wanna go? I'd talk to Crunchy he seems to be the man to talk to for this kinda stuff.

Pretty sure they wire in to existing wiring for the central locking.

I'd say 9", They look the exact same fitment as mine front and rear, unless the rear has more width on the other side but the front can't cos it'll be against the strut..

Your better of using the 325i 885 head. Flows alot more and lowers compression to 9.5:1. IIRC you have an early ETA block so you would have 11:1 CR with the 731 323i head. But people push stock motors 300-400hp easy.. Just some little things you need to consider to be on the safe side like o-ring the block or use a steel headgasket. ARP headstuds.. Go look on e30tech.com, tonnes of info and heaps of 2.7 turbo builds.. Dan Pinder I think his name is, dyno'd something like 460rwhp using a crappy ebay turbo and something like 27psi all on stock internals.

LED is where it's at..

Sick stance. Would so run the same if I could.

No... it's the final rolling diameter that matters.

atleast he did his own haha

I won't change tbh, there's no way I can fit anything bigger than a 205 under the guards unless I lifted the car which ain't happening.. I'll play it cool til I get pinged.

It was in my old thread.

He's using a 7 series fan I think, But it's pretty much the same for any electric fan. Joining them is easy you can put large screws into the radiators fins and it will hold there fine.

Works for me aye, not sure what's gone wrong with your setup. I used a relay from the fusebox, had spares. You should use T1 as it's the lower temp too. Which wire on the temp sensor are you grounding?

If its the early one the top of the pistons usually stick upwards, others have a dish as said. http://www.bmwccn.no/rogaland/Mahle_m20.html Look at last 2 for reference.

I mis-read title and thought you were looking for a skid vehicle and lol'd when you said a legacy.

The ECU can slightly adjust but it has no idea when your on / off boost. Thats why low boost can sort of work, but a re-map would be best at the least. Fuel pump can handle alot actually. Oil drain should be higher than the oil that is sitting in the sump so it drains properly. Have heard you can tap into the timing cover to do the drain too. Go on e30tech.com and look in the turbo section there for a few hours.

Going to go out on a limb here, But IMHO they look awful on the Ti. The shnitzers looked better. No offence. Needs more poke or smaller tyre, or just the black/polished lip on silver doesn't cut it for me..

Yes. Did you replace the whole clutch assembly?

Which ETA block have you got? What year car? If you have the later 10.2:1 pistons the 885 head will drop compression to 9.5:1 If you get a thick steel headgasket you can dropper lower still..

Would go with the 885 (325i) head if you plan on going turbo down the track. Bigger ports etc. Lower compression. Definitley worth it.

Wheres the m50 swap at? Surely must be done by now?