Feeler: Z3 Rack

[Erick]

So after hearing that the Z3 has less steering angle than a regular 3 series steering rack, I decided to go on the hunt for a '95 M3 rack instead. This is the Z3 rack with a 2.7 turn lock to lock ratio.... as opposed to the e30's 4.0 turn lock to lock.

I could toy around with the inner tie rods and see if the Z3 and e30 inners are interchangeable, but I rather not to.

This rack was removed from a Z3 with 66,xxx miles. All I have done is pop the original clamps on the rubber boots to check the condition of the tie rods inside. (So right now I have zip-ties holding the boot in place). Everything looks good and I got the rack with the inner and outer tie rods.

So yea... up for grabs. To follow rev's policy, I'll say 200 OR BEST OFFER. I have no idea what these go for so hey... make offers.

- Erick

[REVHARD05]

trade a maplight fur it..

[JGood]

Just a word of warning... unless you have a 95 m3 rack in your hand, and have verified it is a 95 m3 3.0 turn rack, you may not want to get rid of your nice low mileage rack.

I originally "bought" one 4 months ago, and after many wrong racks, parts-network-searching, refunding, etc... I finally got one a few weeks ago.

[Dominic49]

how much less angle does the Z3 rack have do you know?

[Erick]

Nope, no idea, but it made sense to me as roadsters in general usually dont carry that much steering angle.

[155///MPH]

I have a 95 M3 rack from my old 95 M3. It leaks from the passenger side boot, but works fine. I'd let it go pretty cheap.

JP

[e30 gangsta]

ill buy it erik. 130 picked up.

[Erick]

I've been offered $200 shipped over PMs by 3 different people already. Shipping is $20 for most cases.... $180 and its yours.

BTW, this isnt dibs. Right now I'm not accepting payment for the fact that the rack is in storage.... if I was able to ship this today, I would have already sent paypal addresses to people.

[e304me]

my z3 rack had as much movement as my stock e30 rack. dont listen to the people that dont know what they are talking about

[e30 gangsta]

ight 180 u got pm.

[Dave]

I'll give you a bent bottlecap and a set of US grilles for it.

[BrandC]

So after hearing that the Z3 has less steering angle than a regular 3 series steering rack, I decided to go on the hunt for a '95 M3 rack instead. This is the Z3 rack with a 2.7 turn lock to lock ratio.... as opposed to the e30's 4.0 turn lock to lock.

Who verified that the Z3 rack has less angle?

How much angle a steering rack will give the wheels is determined by the distance it travels left/right. If you go to www.battleversion.com, it will tell you how tie rod spacers give the AE86 steering rack more length.

If the same tie rods can be used by E30's and E36's, I highly doubt there is any difference in the effective travel of Z3/M3/E36/E30 steering racks. In other words, you are getting the same angle regardless of which rack you choose.

An option is to look into tie-rod spacers custom made for your Z3 rack. This will give you more angle for sure, but I'm not sure if it will interfere with the wheel housing or suspension geometry. I've been thinking hard how to get more steering angle out of BMW's, maybe you can be the guinea pig since you actually drift.

[Erick]

I've been thinking hard how to get more steering angle out of BMW's, maybe you can be the guinea pig since you actually drift.

If you can provide the parts/spacers, I'll be the guinea pig.

[e30 gangsta]

so yes no erik on the pm?

[Erick]

I'm waiting on someone to confirm a trade for parts first.