suspension setup ?'s

[1990m3]

Who has a 318 with M50/S50 swap?

I just (finally) put mine on the ground. 318is with e30 m3 suspension, struts, trailing arms, brakes, blah blah blah...point is that something ain't right. I decided to try to reuse the H&R sports that came with my 318is just to drive the car for a while and figure out which springs I really want to run. The H&R sports are for a '91 318is, but here's the problem...with m3 strut mounts, Koni SA shocks, offset CA bushings, and brand new everything else I've got way too and i mean WAY too much negative camber.

Could the light duty H&R sports from a 318is be affected so much by the weight of the S50 motor that it is sitting lower thus causing more negative camber? I'll post a picture in a little while, but it's bad. I think somethings wrong in the front end, but I'm not sure what exactly...

any ideas??

[1990m3]

some pics...195/60/15 snows on there, no comment please:

[325Projectz]

Uhhh yeah... That is easy to do and easy to fix.

Swap the knuckles around.

See part #4

[1990m3]

I'll look at those again tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure I have those right. On the m3 i think they only go one way because they have little tabs on them that fit into the bottom of the strut.

Like I say, I'll check again, I might be retarded

[BimmerToad]

I've got e30 M3 suspension and brakes on my swapped car but don't have nearly as much camber as your car, probably even if I dial my plates out to max neg setting. Make sure your suspension is properly installed. The front suspension does gain camber when lowered (until the arms are parallel w/ ground), but not nearly that much, for your ride height.

Projectz is probably right. You might have swapped the left knuckle for the right

[1990m3]

i am retarded, i installed the knuckles backwards, you boys were right. At least my biggest mistake to this point is a simple fix. I suck

[e9nine]

Hey, we all make mistakes :p ! Couldda been way worse.
Just last nite,I put shocks on all 4 corners and 30 seconds into the test drive; I noticed the car felt odd, loose lugs DUH!! I turned back and tightened them. :mrgreen: