who tracks their swapped car?.....

[JRKOUPE]

yes it is noticable on left hand turns. Get a VAC baffle.

can you elaborate?......

do you run a gauge?......what is normal press?......what does it drop to?....

[JRKOUPE]

I track my turbo M50. Had some overheating issues and I get lifter tick now and then, but nothing too bad.

I assume no gauge?...

[JRKOUPE]

i have drifted on my mine for the past year now no real issues just lots of r3vlimit

no real issues?.......any fake issues?.....

do you run a gauge?...

[JRKOUPE]

Euro motor, track only since I built the car. Race car now. No oiling issues ever. Regular E36 oil pump, E34 pan. Oil sprocket tack welded on. No problems ever. Data log to prove it. I don't even have an accusump on it. There are other people that have had huge issues with oiling. *shrug* Mine is just a data point. Proves nothing.

does the euro have any differing oiling upgrades?...


" just a data point?".....what does that mean?...

blows me away.....how can some have huge isssues...other's not?...

[e30polak]

does the euro have any differing oiling upgrades?...


" just a data point?".....what does that mean?...

blows me away.....how can some have huge isssues...other's not?...

The Euro motor, as well as the s54 have different oil filter housings, which hook up to an oil cooler.

[lennon]

does the euro have any differing oiling upgrades?...


" just a data point?".....what does that mean?...

blows me away.....how can some have huge isssues...other's not?...

well he said he is running the e34 pan setup like the non-euro 24v cars, and isnt the pan and pickup the issue in question?

also, i believe he means he is just a data point, just one case, that doesnt mean all 24v motors will be the same.

but i should let him speak for himself...

[JRKOUPE]

well he said he is running the e34 pan setup like the non-euro 24v cars, and isnt the pan and pickup the issue in question?

also, i believe he means he is just a data point, just one case, that doesnt mean all 24v motors will be the same.

but i should let him speak for himself...

I understand better now...thanks.

[gobuffs]

well he said he is running the e34 pan setup like the non-euro 24v cars, and isnt the pan and pickup the issue in question?

also, i believe he means he is just a data point, just one case, that doesnt mean all 24v motors will be the same.

but i should let him speak for himself...

that pretty much covers it. Thanks.

The only other thing I can add is, during my research all 6 cylinder E36s use the same pump except the Euro 3.2. Even the Euro 3L uses the same pump as the 2.0L I6.

[FredK]

On a Euro/S54 swap, does the oil pump gear get changed to the standard E36 pump gear? What about the oil pump chain?

[markseven]

Yes with no Oil Pressure gauge, just added a quart more oil for track days. Drained the oil out when I got home some days others I did not.

Plenty of people do that, but I wonder about the negative effects of overfilling the crank case.

[kishg]

no issues with quart over.. baffle can't hurt can it ?

[gobuffs]

On a Euro/S54 swap, does the oil pump gear get changed to the standard E36 pump gear? What about the oil pump chain?

Chain stays, gear changes.

[e30s50dan]

big believer of oil baffles too..have them on the 944 track car,now the oil light doesnt even flicker when making sharp left turns...will be on my 88' M50/M52 track car

[daleb]

gobuffs: which tracks do you race on? Are you right hand tracks or left hand tracks?

I've been racing an M20 in the pacific NW for the last 9 years, long left sweepers when using the stock oil pan, no baffle, caused OP to drop into the 20psi range for a few seconds, then it would recover. I ran it like that for years.

Others racing M20s in the Pacific NW would race for years at Pacific Raceways, Portland Intl Raceway, Spokane Race, Mission Raceway(BC), no trouble.

One trip to Thunder Hill in CA, and the next race, their bottom end goes boom.
As a group (ICSCC) we stopped racing Thunder Hill a few years ago.

Pacific Raceways is left hand, Portland Intl Raceway is right hand, Thunder Hill is a little bit of everything.

[JRKOUPE]

no issues with quart over.. baffle can't hurt can it ?

you have a swapped car?........more secrets?.....