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Must be running on 3, or that's the quickest speed you get upto?

Yeah its the ///M parts he charges the premium for really. Yup A49 past Oulton Park and all the way down. Its just a generic map with raised limiter and better fuelling for the M50 tbh, it did make a big difference mid and high range. AFRs were spot on when RR'd too. See what the new engine...

Lol - who knows then. I know my consumption is down slightly due to the nikasil bore wear anyway, but you must have a special one - most people I know with them never break 330-340 mixed driving. I do have the inlet and a different map too mind. Yeh plenty of times, not that close, about...

I wouldn't worry, I just replied to his other thread with the same :clown: Usually work from full until the light comes on, so 52L. Does me for about 300-320mi, on a 200k engine. Works out approx 30mpg. I'm on the 3.15 diff though, so RPMs are higher.

I have some Z3 plates on mine and they still aren't really sufficient for heavy track day use IMO. Without them the top mount area would be knackered by now mind! Going to come up with something to weld in to place with more surface area this year.

Re: E36 v2 Bottom end stripped to a bare casing - block is actually lighter than the head, can pick it up with one hand :clown: Dropped off the head and block at the machine shop for refacing and honing, probably have them back next week. Now to collect the rest of the bits.

Re: E36 v2 Yeah, I've just always had to work with what was available at the time. I did the E30 in a unit but it was hassle having to drive there just to work on it, then you'd end up forgetting something, etc. My parents were against the idea at first (2008!) and needless to say soon came...

Re: E36 v2 I saw your thread on E36coupe the other day ;) Good job to do, they go brittle as f*ck really as you found out! I've only had the driveway... although the fun starts when the snow comes! The garage was a complete mess (one of those that are a waste of time and a car wont fit in...

Re: E36 v2 Slightly different setup on the S50/S52 engines, more parts required and various other bits, sometimes bits need machining etc, so no can do lol! Had a bit of time before so stripped the rest of the head down ready for machining. Didn't take all that long.. :clown: Started with...

Re: E36 v2 Mine originally just felt 'flat', and you couldn't hear the changeover between 3-4k in the engine note. Now its working fine if I slowly build the revs up to 3k when driving you hear the engine note change as its climbing - might not be the same for them all. Fuel economy was down...

Re: E36 v2 Its pretty easy to remove, timing tools required though. I sold my F4R timing tools a while back and bought some BMW ones instead which have been used quite a bit. Rocker cover off, lock timing, undo the Vanos unit and use the tool to remove it from the head. Quite a few other bits...

Re: E36 v2 M52B28, same as whats in there now. Although, a steel lined block, not Nikasil. Unfortunately the amount of hassle the turbo conversions are (especially on RHD) it just does not interest me. If the exhaust manifold was on the other side it would make sense, but not with how it is...

Re: E36 v2 Was the plug already there for the clutch switch?

Re: E36 v2 Good news! Might be a US thing I read then

Re: E36 v2 I've had a look and it seems you need the part of the loom along with the stalk and cruise 'ECU' from behind the glovebox. All no problem... plus the bits from the engine bay. Although fitting it to another car seems to be a bit more complicated, involving swapping all sorts of pins...

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Stuff hits the chassis rails and exhaust first, sump is plenty safe enough!

Yes, I changed it to stop the PMs!

Re: E36 v2 Il make sure to get round to it this week, lol.

Re: E36 v2 Mono's, but I've been out in cars with both. There isn't much difference if I'm honest, changing the spring rate would probably do more. Even when mines on full soft it's very firm, but that could be down all the bushes being poly etc. Its firmer than my E46 M-Sport was on their...

it worked yes

The only sensible words mentioned in here.... this is what you need to learn Rob - thats how you don't wear out a set of pads and ruin a set of discs inside the space of a single day :clown:

Re: E36 v2 Yep, just a typical day driver - has more power but can't drive for sh*t... boost on the straights, hold everyone up in the corners

Re: E36 v2 Exactly hit the nail on the head^. The whole reason I wanted to rebuild the entire running gear set up was to get the car driving as well as it would have 15 years ago from factory, and then some again. I'd probably say I've put more time into this than the Clio up to this point...

Re: E36 v2 One reason really.. Clio = Front Toe + Camber adjustment, easy to get near-ish with wire E36 = Rear Toe + Camber, Front Toe + Camber + Castor (not to mention the big difference in track width!) It really did make a night and day difference. I thought I got it 'close', but when it...

Re: E36 v2 I don't plan on fitting a cage anytime soon or anything like that, and in reality its not going to save me 'that' much weight. Front seats are the bulk of it, dashboard isn't worth removing etc. If I was fitting it cage it would be worthwhile for access (and to cancel out the weight...

Re: E36 v2 Some things never change :clown: On an empty track it may be, but it looses much more speed 'in-corner' in comparison. Its very close either way, not at all bad considering the E36 still has most of its interior in!

Re: E36 v2 Cool. Yeah sometimes its for the best - mine was split down the side where the core joints the casing on the expansion tank side as per the picture further back in the thread. Had a few go like that. I put a clip together last night to compare the E36 against my old Mk1 F4R...

Hilarious lack of quality for the money they charge.

Re: E36 v2 Its one of the 'must do' sub £100 mods really. The map to suit makes it better again. It would probably make more power/torque with a stronger engine compression wise but it still runs sweet so there isn't any need to mess about for now. It's really well balanced when on the limit