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Hi folks,

The previous owner replaced the stock distributor with one from a ti engine (0231 151 008). It has a weber 32/36 carb.

How is it's reliability and ease of maintenance (set engine timin ...

Consider that your new thermostat may not be opening all the way. It happens, although that would not entirely explain why you are not seeing overheating at slow speeds. Or, perhaps you have a piece o ...

Monsieur- pls provide details. Everyone wants to know...

I'm running the MSD 6A unit, with Blaster 2 Coil, hooked to a tii mechanical distributor outfitted with a PerTronix Ignitor. Set-it and forget-it reliability, and superlative spark throughout the ful ...

Vacuum advance is really a Very Good Thing for a stock compression motor- and really, for every streetable 02 motor. The extra advance under light throttle conditions provides smoother running when mi ...

Say, compadre. How did you mount that ignition trigger wheel on your 02?

There is a section in the MSD instructions about what to do in this situation.

The black wire connects the distributor to the coil, and typically is daisy-chained to the tach at the dizzy. The main purpose of the wire, however, is to provide the connection between the coil and d ...

In the original setup, there is a green/red wire running from the ballast resistor to the "+" side of the coil, and also from the ballast bypass relay to the "+" side of the coil. You no longer need t ...

So, what kind of tach are you running?

Yeah, or after you disconnect the swaybar, use a 2x4 or other lever between the body and the control arm and push it down an inch or two. The spring will fall out. Really.

You don't have to remove the sway bar, just the end link on one side. Takes a couple of minutes.

Another good reason to stay with the factory setup is that it provides a cold air intake, which no K&N will without some kind of custom airbox.

Can someone help me figure out the install of my MSD 6a
What needs to be bypassed. I have an un-molested 72 with all electrics in place including the ballast. Do I need to re hook up the ballast and ...

You should not have to compress a stock rear spring to remove it. Have you disconnected the sway bar? That should allow the trailing arm to drop down a bit more. Ultimately, it is the axles (half shaf ...

It must have been the French...

A flat spot is most likely to be a carb tuning problem rather than an ignition timing problem. With all due respect to everyone on the board, distributor setup is a bit of a black art. The odds of any ...

Michael, these things are not electronic, so there ain't no windings on the magnet. I "recalibrated" the speedo that was in my 02 when I bought it by stretching the spring a bit- just twisted the need ...

See the bottom of my coincidentally very recent post at http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/topic_view,threads/p,519071/t,308131/

In summary, speedos are m ...

The speedo does indeed use a magnetic field to spin the needle up. There is also a small, delicate spring to return the pointer to 0 and provide some linearity to the movement of the needle. I am not ...

The only knob on the instrument cluster is for tripmeter reset- you turn it to zero out the tripmeter.

Speedo needle "flutter" might be caused by a dry cable, but is more likely to be due to a wor ...

The blue wire is D+, the brown wire is D- and the black wire is DF.

If you look in the carb throat with a flashlight, you should be able to see the size marked on the front of the venturi.

You must really be moving some air through that motor. Most folks will find that 32-36 chokes are the way to go with an m10 motor.

You will need to install a relay circuit and use the foglamp switch in the dash as the trigger. Here is a good resource for information about this:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/rela ...

A comment on the "turn sign...only illuminates for 2 or 3 pulses" problem. This is caused by either a defective flasher relay or excessive resistance somewhere in the flasher circuit. Mike S. has an e ...

Send me an email and I will reply with my phone number.

Send me an email. I am in the Bay Area- not that close to you, but I can talk you through identifying the jets and other parts you have so you can start to tune your carbs. I agree with what Toby said ...

At a minimum, you need to take an inventory of your calibrated parts: chokes, main jet circuit (main jet, emulsion tube, and air corrector), and idle jets before anyone can offer much advice. What mak ...

82-11-9-413-174, for E30 15' wheels

82-11-9-413-174, for E30 15' wheels