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Or... Just go for 15in wheels. Ez fit and WAY more/better tire options than 13s.
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pic of top of strut would also help. try actually measuring the camber. most smart phones have a "level" function. put a straight edge on the tire and put phone on straight edge, read the degrees.
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Poly mounts are NOT an upgrade. Zero value add for a street car and increase NVH.
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Cool Oil Cooler Idea Theft
M3M3 commented on Mark92131's blog entry in 1970 BMW 1600 Restoration (Nevada)
looks like it is mounted on the drivers side? that is the air intake side. you have effectively blocked a cool air path to the intake. it is also not really in direct airflow so is a pretty ineffective location for an oil cooler. needs to be OUTSIDE the engine compt. two better locations. 1/ passenger side behind the headlights. a car i bought had one mounted there. 2/ best location...suspended from rad support in front of the radiator. this is where i put mine in my S14 conversion. details in my M2 madness build thread. -
This...x1000. WD40 is not a lubricant. WD stands for Wirer Dryer. It's best use today is for cleaning because it is a great solvent. Use real oil in the cylinders, and poured on the valve train, when cranking a dry engine. Hopefully with all the dry cranking you have done there is not more damage than there was before.
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that is kinda backwards thinking. safety before looks. based on the suspension descriptions, you appear to be driving a car that has decades of deferred maintenance. fix the brakes. the normal basic brake improvements that fit in 13in wheels will be perfect for any wheel size. from the old school volvo caliper swap to the smaller wilwood calipers for more visual. more than enough for any 2002. sweat the brakes first. it is all going to be apart anyway. same goes for the rear. if doing all the bushings back there, sweat the brakes. be that the 320i bigger drums or the VW disk brake conversion. just do it.
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ok, then why did the factory drop using wire in this location on all later cars? they learned lock tite works. (ref the E30 M3). yep, if the bolts loosen up, you may have an issue. but if you fasten them correctly THEY DON"T LOOSEN UP..... correctly could be with wire...or with locktite....or with both. i have had many 2002's, including full tilt track cars. never used wire. always locktite blue. never had one of those bolts loosen up. LOL...your sig line quote applies here.?
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Brakes, brakes, brakes. You will have everything apart for the suspension. Now is the time for some safety focus. Replace the brake hoses, rebuild the calipers and replace the rotors. Put some good brake pads on on it. And don't sweat the safety wire thing in the "special bolts". Use blue locktite and torque to spec. Done. Wire optional IF thread locker is used. Nothing wrong with wire, but locktite is the mordern replacement.
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LOL! searched thousands of "whats the best oil" threads to find.....there isn't one. started a new "whats the best oil" thread. guess what the result will be? bunches of personal favorites and no definitive answer. just like all the rest of the threads....
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the current crop of newer bmw owners does not seem to care about going around corners. it is all about cat delete pipes, coding iphones into the car and "stage x tunes" to get more HP that they will never use.... apparently 350HP is not enough to safely get the cars to the next photo shoot so that they can post pics for more "likes". it looks like BMW is building perfectly for the current customers. I was interested in the new M2 coming out next year so i made the mistake of joining the M240/M2 group on FacePlant. nothing but drivel about the above topics.....ugh.
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this sounds like a bad ticktock challenge.
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E10 is at type of ethanol laced fuel......
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isn't that kind of bass ackwards? FG or CF could be made in the same mould to the same quality level. once painted, you can't tell the difference. FG perfect for street car. CF is really pointless on a street car. well, except for C&C bragging. FG is cheaper if you, ah, have to fix it a lot, but, for full tilt race car where every ounce saved is more speed, CF is the way to go.
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If you need parts, I have a full harness for sale in the for sale section....
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what mike said..... you put sport springs on the car. the ride is going to be much stiffer than anything stockish. especially if you really had stock springs and dead shocks on the car. the stiffer ride is why it appears to drive better... and....adjusting koni S/A's is not going to make the ride any better. koni S/A's are only adjustable in rebound, not compression. compression stiffness is what makes the shock feel "stiff".
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We just swapped a non airbag mtech1 onto jgerock's airbag 91 318iS. Both fine splines. All bmw's after 84ish have fine splines.
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in continuing research, it appears the hub may be the "rare" tall E30/E24/E28 hub. originally for the airbag cars to allow mounting a wheel at proper distance from turn signal stalks. NLA.
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I ended up with this steering hub, but have no idea what car it might fit. It came on a steering wheel with an "M" horn button, so believe it to be for a BMW. pretty sure it is not for a 2002. MOMO with only ID numbers on it being "C 2007". fine splines, turn signal tab, horn contact ring and about 3.5in tall. thought it might be for an E30, but it is about an inch taller than the hub on my E30. anyone recognize what it may go to? E28? Have done some googling on the numbers and an image, but have not found a positive ID.
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A Caveat when dealing with Pelican Parts
M3M3 replied to Mike Self's topic in BMW 2002 and other '02
Turner is also part of the evil ECS Empire. FCP is first place I look for stuff. Pelican/Turner/ECS are last resort in an emergency. I have been burned too many times by the empire. -
A Caveat when dealing with Pelican Parts
M3M3 replied to Mike Self's topic in BMW 2002 and other '02
Not surprised. Pelican is part of the evil "ECS Empire". Run away. -
RSH is a track pad. R4S is not. I would not use track pads on street car.
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We have been recommending the porterfield R4S pads on this thread. Is that the pad you dumped due to track performance? If so, well, it is NOT a track pad. The R4 (no S) is a track pad. The pagid rsh42 you liked on track is a track pad. You appear to be comparing apples and oranges. Thread is about pads for street use. Track pads are a whole different discussion.... For street, auto-x, and first timers on track you can't beat the R4S.
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less about a technical solution than the "frequent bumpers" being considerate of others.....
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you can get new from any of the major bolt chains. cheap.
