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Actually the tach needle is white but it had a second orange needle that was an adjustable redline marker. How cool is that? Only one I have ever seen...

You can see the white tach needle sitting ...

Here's the picture. The fellow I sold the car to sent a number of pictures. I cropped this one to show the gauges. Click on the picture to see full size.

Definitely an ammeter.

Jeff

I contacted the guy I sold the car to in 1982 and he had some pictures of the gauges. I appears the third gauge is definitely an ammeter.

He sent me the pictures in a pdf so I can't post them here ...

My gauge cluster was installed at Alpina and they cut the rib on the dashboard.

I do not recall my volt meter having the coloured face shown in the picture. I recall all the gauges being black fac ...

I would go with the dash location where Alpina put them.

Up there they are within your normal range of vision without having to look down and take your eyes off the road.

That little shelf on th ...

I found the pictures of the car but none of them are of the interior.

My recollection is that needles were orange or red-orange. Black faces with white numbers.

Back then there wasn't much sele ...

The gauge console in the lower two pictures is definitely the one I had in my 1970 car.

Mine definitely had oil pressure, oil temp and a voltmeter or ammeter. The one the picture certainly looks l ...

I owned a 1970 2002 Alpina back in 1976. I recall the gauges were oil pressure, oil temperature, and an ammeter or voltmeter. Definitely not a clock.

The gauges were housed in a sheet metal housi ...

Toby

I built my own. Mocked it up in cardboard and then made it out of aluminum. I went for maximum volume and kept the filter as far away from the stacks as possibility. I believe you want to h ...

Mark

Nice pictures. Interesting car.

One detail that I would seriously consider changing is the design of the rear trailing arm mounts. The picture shows a rod end mounted vertically with the ...

Do you have tii struts? The larger wheel bearings are required for the tii struts only.

In my experience my local auto parts store always has bearings for the tii struts as the same bearings fit a ...

That appears to be the same setup that is on my racecar.

It has worked very well for me.

Jeff

Have you sent the discs back to Alcon and asked them for advice?

They can probably give you some idea why the cracking is happening.

Jeff

I used the stock slave cylinder and clutch release mechanism with my Tilton clutch until I installed the Quaife gearbox.

My recollection is I used a different t/o bearing from another model BMW.
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The way I understand it the reason to use a multi-plate clutch is to get more friction surface area to handle larger loads.

If a single plate isn't working it will slip and you should see evidenc ...

Has nothing to do with single or multi-plate clutches. It sounds like the Alcon isn't working for some reason.

Why are the clutches cracking?

Why would going to a multi-plate solve the proble ...

I would contact Tilton and talk to them. I have run a Tilton 7.25" single plate racing clutch for 15 years without any problems. The JB Racing clutch PeteinJP referred you to looks like a Tilton to ...

It depends on how serious you are - which means how much do you want to spend.

Ireland is very knowledgeable and makes a good coil-over setup with Bilstein shocks. This setup works all right.

I ...

I actually installed a MegaJolt system. My post was based on someone else's experience with an Electromotive system.

Jeff

Do the sensor wires run anywhere where they could experience electrical interference? Are the sensor wires shielded properly?

It sounds like the sensor wires are running near the starter motor and ...

Well, it depends on what you want. I am certain that if you replaced the mechanical injection with Megasquirt the car would run better and make more power if you use individual throttle bodies. It w ...

I went last year and it was a great course. Very interesting.

Megajolt does only ignition. So if all you want to do is replace the dizzy then Megajolt is all you need.

Megasquirt is Fuel Injection and you can add ignition control to it. So if you want to go ...

My map is so simple it is not worth posting. My car is purely a racecar so I don't care about part throttle running.

I will have to check my other computer where the maps are stored but my recolle ...

Probably so they could charge more for them...

I have no idea. All I know is we got Turbo rotors and bolted them to the tii hubs.

The idea for this came from Mike Mason of Roel Engineering wh ...

Turbo brakes bolt up to the stock tii hubs.

I used them on my racecar for years. You will need spacers in the calipers as the discs are thicker.

I have a set of used Turbo discs and the modifie ...

I would definitely absolutely 100% run shielded wire.

If el-cheapo Ford Escorts have shielded wiring it is because they wouldn't run without it, otherwise Ford wouldn't have used it.

A friend ...

What info do you want?

Ground control have a couple of options for coil-overs. I went with the double adjustable Advanced Design shocks. They also do Konis.

I would just call them. They were ...

with my Massive brake setup and it works great. The pedal is very hard and it does take a lot of leg strength but it works just great. I can out brake a lot of cars with this set-up. That much brak ...

Congrats

Don't forget to check the heater hose coming off the back of the head for your coolant leak before you pull the tranny.

I would love to see the rechromed seats you go ;)

Jeff