crochetg

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Just checked out your video, and for a first attempt, that's pretty solid work! It's always cool to see someone diving into videography and sharing their passion projects. The more you practice, the better you'll get, and it's all about finding your style and what works for you.
 

If you're looking for a simple yet powerful tool to help polish your videos, you might want to explore imovie for windows. It's great for beginners and offers a lot of flexibility to get creative with your edits.

Hmm, may have to go this time! 

I am no spacer expert, I will say that.  But IE races their cars, and has for years.  I suspect they don't go above 10mm for spacers for a very good reason.  Quoting their site: "I normally do not use spacers more than 1/2” thick. If using spacers, make sure you have long enough studs to have at least 1/2” (8 turns) of thread in the lug nuts."

 

Check this thread.  It is a lot of reading, but there is a lot of good info there from people who have been at this far longer than most. 

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/142446-tires-and-wheelrims-fitment-guide/

 

Spacing aside, I am sure you can make your size of rim work, but at what cost?  The above poster has a fully adjustable coilover setup.  Might be cheaper to just get smaller rims, instead of changing your entire suspension and doing bodywork to accommodate rims.  Also consider the stiffness, and thus livability of such a setup.   Show or Go?

Haha thank you for the guide! This page is great!

And I am extremely used to that look / setup. My M3 is the same way, full coilovers camber plates spacer etc. However with this 02 I wont be aiming to get the same "perfectly flush" fitment. Just simply need to clear the suspension components and that's all 

You will need at least 9mm in front to clear the strut & tie rod. You will need at least 3mm in the rear to clear the strut. Good luck. 

This makes it simple. So simply order the IE 9.5mm front and rear and be done with it  

Hey everyone! Wow those BBS wheels pictured above are like.... my dream wheels.. Wow!

Anyway I was about to make a new topic but then saw this so I hoped someone here might be able to help me.

I bought a set of 15x8 Enkei 92 et 25. They are currently sitting in the shop waiting to go on.

They do contact the strut on the inside of course so I'm having to wait to purchase spacers before putting them on. What is the final say on what size spacers I need with this setup and where to buy them?   

 I know most want to say "Blaaah go measure it perfectly somehow!" ... but it seems to me that Enkei 92s are a popular 2002 wheel choice so surely someone else has a working setup they could share the details of.

**I have turbo fender flares so if there is any poke outward that's all fine in that regard. 

I heard someone somewhere say 10mm was fine on this same setup, but when I look on Ireland Engineering they decided that making spacers in standard sizes rather than metric was somehow a good idea for our BMWs. 

Anyway, that bit was just weird to me-- had to point it out.    The largest they offer is 3/8'' thick which is like 9.5mm. Now that's close to 10 but I also know things are going to be really tight in there and I remember doubting if even 10mm would be enough to clear things. So I wouldn't want to order these and then find out that sure enough the guy who had real 10mm spacers from somewhere else could run things fine but mine are hitting with 3/8'' .. or something like that..

Any help would be appreciated! 

Hey was wondering what ever happened with this. I happen to have a set of 15x8 Enkei 92 et25 sitting in the shop waiting to go on.

**I have turbo fender flares so if there is any poke outward that's all fine in that regard. 

They do contact the strut on the inside of course so I'm having to wait to purchase spacers. What is the final say on what size spacers I need with this setup and where to buy them?

I heard someone somewhere say 10mm was fine on this same setup, but when I look on Ireland Engineering they decided that making spacers in standard sizes rather than metric was somehow a good idea for our BMWs. 

Anyway, that bit was just weird to me-- had to point it out.    The largest they offer is 3/8'' thick which is like 9.5mm. Now that's close to 10 but I also know things are going to be really tight in there and I remember doubting if even 10mm would be enough to clear things. So I wouldn't want to order these and then find out that sure enough the guy who had real 10mm spacers from somewhere else could run things fine but mine are hitting with 3/8'' .. or something like that..

Any help would be appreciated!

All these options seem much better than the ugly Ramflows im going to be stuck with for a bit.  I just wanted something that would work and make it driveable sooner. But I think in the future I will invest more time into getting some sort of solution that keeps the stacks and still offers clearance.

I had seen the angled stacks and like them a lot, but I doubt they will clear in my setup with only 1.2-1.5 inches of space. Before you say that will clear, look at a picture of the angled stacks, their thickness the bend etc, now look on a ruler and visualize how little space 1..25-1.5 inches actually is. Heck 45mm in inches is already thicker than that (1.7 inches). So even a 90 deg bend immediately on the carb.... well you get it, its impossible.

Yes people will say "see these pictures! Plenty of people are running them no problem of course it will fit for you" but you must remember I have an oddball manifold which is definitely much thicker than it needs to be and designed poorly for space saving. Most likely all those photos are on cars with decently designed manifolds. 

crochetg:   You're gonna have to go get use to nothing being really 'bolt-on,' or 'plug-in-play' on these cars.  Even stuff from major suppliers will often need modified a good bit to work.  Sometimes drilling/grinding/welding is necessary, and its assumed that you can do it.  These cars are old, there are tons of variations, there aren't that many parts suppliers, and most customers/02 owners have a high skill level and tolerance for 'figuring out how to make it work.' 

^Words of wisdom^

That is very truthful KFunk, and certainly something I'm coming to realize more and more. 

Practically anytime I get my hands dirty working on it some sort of fabrication / modification to make things work is needed. I should have figured so with this intake as well.

I suppose the reason I was slightly agitated with the supplier is that, unlike other components on the car thus far, this was a big ticket item being over a grand, and one justifies paying the high prices in exchange for the convenience of receiving a well thought out kit free of obvious design flaws that hinder its installation. Surely had they placed  the kit they sell on a 2002 themselves they would be like "ohh wait one moment, its impossible to even bolt this on the way it is, we should move the hole down 1/4 inch, etc."  

But it still does get you a bit further perhaps in that it has gotten me past the hurdles of piecing a kit together bit by bit  myself.  Of course like you said, we are a small group and many things we order aren't as streamlined and perfected as more common car aftermarket parts would be. 

I'm still learning, and have much much more to learn

But this 02 has definitely stolen my heart! Glad to be part of the 02 club finally!

MMMm those all look great guys! Had I have known I would have pieced the kit together myself and gone with the IE manifold. But I wanted a kit that was already put together so I wouldn't have to spend lots of time researching each and every component I needed as I am new to 2002 stuff. But the manifold is the one regret so far because I really wanted more clearance to keep the trumpets. 

I called them back today actually at first wanting to swap my order from the ramflos to the clip on filters as I had an idea of shortening trumpet #3 myself. However. today the actual 02 guy was in and was the one I spoke with and he assured me the ramflow would both fit, and was actually the best flowing option. He also stated the trumpet filters don't filter as well and are mainly for show cars not daily drivers. So I kept the order as it was. 

And removing the airhorns in favor of a ramflow filter kills air-flow velocity (and power)

How big of a difference are we talking?  Also did you convert between the two and feel the hp difference on your car, or did you compare between cars? 

Don't get me wrong I think the trumpets and individual filters looks WAaaaaaay better! And that was how I wanted to make this build.  BUT thinking about it, what they were saying does make sense.  To illustrate the point I'm about to make, id rather draw from something I'm more familiar with. So think about a normal fuel injected/modern car for a moment. 

Random picture to get idea across:

If you were to take off the cone air filter and just put in one chuck of foam in the middle of the intake piping (internally positioned -same diameter as piping), you would be forcing ALL air taken into the engine to pass through that one piece of filter of given diameter. 

Why might that be detrimental? And more to the point, why do cold air intake manufacturers emphasize the importance and improvements one gains with LARGE filter surface area? 

Well its simple, the same amount of air that would, in the case given above, be forced to pass  through only a small amount of filter ( forced to be moved at higher speeds through the actual filter itself ,to still provide the engine with the air it needs -- one creates greater strain and resistance to air moment) now can be drawn through much more surface area, thus easing the ability of air to be filtered as it may be drawn in more slowly per given unit of filter area. This also creates a sort of air reservoir so to speak. 

This same logic would be directly applicable to to our case here between the stack based snap on screens or the Larger domed Ramflos.

***Also I would think there might also be a cleaning benefit too as a bit of junk on the small filters means a lot more restriction than the same amount of junk on a large Ramflow

Is this reasoning correct? 

Though ideally if space were no concern you would still want long trumpets to aid in a more homogeneously directed air flow, and then have a large domed filter over those to get the best of both worlds.

Ended up finding a larger power grinder that had a large diameter grinding wheel. Took care of that problem!

This kit is very frustrating. I was wondering why no matter how hard I tried, I could not get a nut to go onto the bottom manifold bolts......

Took it off to find

They left like NO ROOM for any kind of bolt.. Why didnt they just  move the bottom hole down a little, they had plenty of room to come down with the hole on the top..... ugh, you would think if they knew enough to make the adapters fit together and have installed one on a 2002 in the past, things that dont make sense at all like this wouldnt be put into the final product.

Don't know what to do other than attempt to somehow find a Dremel sanding bit that has a huge diameter such that I can hold it perpendicular to the surface and still have the Dremel shaft clear the metal flange that projects upwards.....

Thoughts?

It looks like you're trying to slide the carb on with the velocity stack / trumpet pre-installed on the carb.  Don't do that.  Take the velocity stack off, slide the carb onto the studs, then slide the stack on.  It's the only way you can do it.

Unfortunately no :/  still very far off no irrespective of install method

Please forgive me in advance. I'm probably going to picture spam this thread. 

Hey guys, thanks for the fast replies!

I went out to try and get more accurate clearance measurements. The camera makes it look like 1.5 inches but in reality it may be a tad less.

Hmmmm. I still hope they will fit..

Hey great thread guys! 

Thought I would chime in as Im currently facing the same fitment issue. I ordered 45's from a listing I found on ebay which had a "complete kit". Anyway went to do a quick test fit as I was running out of the retun time on the kit in case anything was wrong, and I discovered the whole ordeal with the #3 trumpet hitting the brake booster. Here was a pic of it from the other night. 

Anyway called the company to ask about it as a shorter trumpet would probably fix the issue. I noticed in their ad the trumpets they showed (which it said you receive air horns "as seen in picture") definitely looked shorter and I figured, if it came down to it and they wouldn't help me out with the matter, maybe ebay could help as I did seem to get longer trumpets that what they showed, and the kit definitely doesn't fit as is.

Got off track there... Anyway!

Called them up, the main guy was out and the guy there was confused about why this wasn't fitting. I asked for the shorter trumpets but he said they only have those made for the 40's. So I was out of luck there.

As I was also needing filters, He did say that the Ramflo style filters they sold would clear the BB as he himself had seen 45's with Ramflos installed at their shop on a 2002... 

Ramflo Filter: http://www.racetep.com/weber/m086ramflosm.jpg

Anyway, purchased two of those. Kind of bummed because I really wanted to look under the hood and see some nice trumpets but I guess this will have to do. 

But the reason I'm posting is, after looking at the car again today in the daylight, I'm worried that the Ramflow may not even fit. After all that guy wasn't the main 2002 guy at their company, maybe he just saw one with a tii booster or other factors and didn't really know / I spent $90 for nothing....   Does anyone have the Ramflo filter dimensions?

I also just learned about the variance that can come from the manifold chosen. This one seems to be thicker than others, like the short ones on IE -- Thus these are bad for clearance. The kit is provided by the guys at racetep.com but oddly I cant find the exact kit they list on ebay on their real website so, there's no direct link I can give you as ebay auction links will change over time. But to see what I'm talking about if you go on ebay they are the only ones with a full 2002 weber side draft "kit" listed. -- Has anyone here seen that kit installed, with the clearance their manifold offers used with Ramflow filters to successfully clear the brake booster? 

Thanks!

Hello. Is this still available? I may be interested. Thanks!