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Re: E36 v2 They were great. Stopping power was plenty with the bigger master cylinder/calipers/discs. The previous Yellow Stuffs were fine, id compare those to DS2500s, but CL's are the next step up. I used the RC6's in the other E36, brilliant again but really dusty and noisy. The RC5's came...

Re: E36 v2 Went to Oulton Park on Saturday - so the night before I fitted some RC5+ front pads (to replace the Yellow Stuffs), checked a few bits over and filled it with fuel. I had already got a replacement tyre fitted after Blyton, so I was hoping for a dry day to use the RS-Rs again...

Re: E36 v2 So continuing from the RR video, here are a couple of graphs.. Ended up making 216hp/205lbft.. Then we put the graph over the top of the other E36, without the M50 inlet.. Quite some difference. Lost 10lbft, but gained much more peak power. Its actually revving to 7300rpm...

Re: E36 v2 216hp. I will upload the graphs later. We put the old graph from the Blue E36 (Non M50 inlet, etc) over the top of it and you can clearly see the difference it makes. I guess peak power is slightly down compared to other cars of the same spec but its to be expected from a Nikasil...

Re: E36 v2 Bit of both really. Its more than likely the rings/bores/hone thats worn. Its a Nikasil block anyway, on very high miles (180k), so more than likely that. Pulls well enough anyhow. The test will be tomorrow at Oulton, at high RPM all day, see how much oil it uses then!

Unplug the Vanos and see if the rattle is still there... also if you have any diag kit you can turn the Vanos solenoid on and off with the car idling, see if the noise comes and goes. Last thing to try is if it has any codes stored like 'Vanos Jammed or Vanos Unresponsive'.. Buy the kit off...

Re: E36 v2 So yeah.. It loves a bit of a smoke :clown: Yeah, it soon adds up when you start doing the 'proper' jobs to get it sorted. Makes it so worth while when you feel how much better it drives though!

Re: E36 v2 So the car was cutting out on idle sometimes, cranking for longer than it should, etc - eventually got the code reader on it and there was a crank sensor intermittent fault. Swapped it out for my spare, all good. Decided I wanted to swap out the (very high mileage) fuel pump, as I...

Yes. Plug ECU in, connect power to loom, turn the key in the barrel = away you go

Andrew Cooke did the ECU

Re: E36 v2 Used with new sidemounts.. Like f*ck I'm paying 600 for one seat!

Its Brens, take a look in the project section, hes just bumped his thread :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251377971704 Ends Saturday!

Re: E36 v2 Not OMP no, had a few of these and never had any bending issues! It is only 330mm, not the usual 350mm mind.

Re: E36 v2 Few changes made this weekend. I've been meaning to sort the idle control valve pipework for a couple of weeks, and tidy up underneath the inlet manifold. Removed it.. Better picture of the oil pressure take off + oil cooler take off.. Due to the way the airbox sits, I wanted...

Funny times. Unfortunately its not

Re: E36 v2 Not without taking the header tank out of the radiator... its an easy job really. The coolant will drop out obviously, so you may aswell just replace the seal if you are taking it out anyway. Put some more coolant in and bleed it, should sort it!

Re: E36 v2 Daniel... Going from the picture and which side its from, it will more than likely be the seal on the bottom of the 'header tank' which is part of the rad. Done a few of them.. Number #3 on here.. http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BG12&mospid=47431&btnr=17_0089&hg=17&fg=05...

Re: E36 v2 Just lets water circulate the rad from a lower temperature, it doesn't really need it with the size radiator I've got but its always better being on the cooler side of 'hot'. Where is it leaking from?

Re: E36 v2 Yeah, I've seen people use some proper shears to chop it before but I found it much easier with tape and a 1mm cutting disk. Just be sure to clean the inside of the pipe etc before assembly

Re: E36 v2 Yeah the Teflon/PTFE is the one with the olive, I found them really easy to work with. No issues so far anyway!

Re: E36 v2 If you look on eBay for AN fittings, they sell under the name of 'Torques'. Good quality and basically the same as what you buy from any other supplier. Earls sell the proper 'speedflex' stuff, but its very expensive, and this stuff does the job fine. Basically AN fittings are the...

Re: E36 v2 Set about sorting the thermostat this weekend, along with a couple of other bits. They use a 92deg thermostat as standard, I've switched to an 88deg. I had ordered a few new bits from BMW in the week - two new radiator supports (as the standard euro 328 ones are not the same as the...

Re: E36 v2 LOL. Ive only got the stalk to remove now I think. PM incoming in the next few days :)

Re: E36 v2 How do you mean? Haha. North west, yeah.

Some of the things I have witnessed.... hilarious :clown:

He tried, and somehow got it in his mouth... some people...

Re: E36 v2 If you mean fresh air shots with the hammer, 'can't do it' being said every 10 minutes, and watching how its meant to be done, then yes! :clown:

Re: E36 v2 Yeah, well its not an easy job by any means, takes quite some time too. Id estimate a good 6-7 hours in fully stripping it down off the car, cleaning, removing old bushes, then however long to paint (or powdercoat in my case) and then fitting the new bushes and building it up...

That was just a lucky rigup